This aircraft was the fourth of six Boeing 747-438ERs ordered new by Qantas - November 29, 2001

It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RF004'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - December 11, 2002

Powered by General Electric GE CF6-80C2B5 engines

First flown as 'N5020K' - January 16, 2003

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OEH - January 28, 2003

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by R. Replaw for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - February 09, 2003

This was the 136th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 55th Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas Airways

Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF6024 - February 09, 2003

It arrived at Melbourne (Avalon) on completion of the delivery flight - February 10, 2003

Delivery route: Seattle - Melbourne

The aircraft was named 'Hervey Bay' (originally not shown on the outside of the aircraft)

Ferried Melbourne (Avalon) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6196 - February 18, 2003

It operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Los Angeles as QF11 - February 18, 2003

Rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with 'Go Wallabies' painted on the belly - November 21, 2003

Returned to service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF431 - November 21, 2003

Registered to QF744 Leasing 4 Pty Ltd - May 11, 2005

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd as the registered operator

It operated an Antarctic Charter flight Sydney - Antarctica - Sydney as QF2901 - January 23, 2011

Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - February 12, 2015

Operated its last revenue service Tokyo (Haneda) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF26 - March 27, 2020

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) due to COVID-19 pandemic

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 10:27 AEST) on the ferry flight to Los Angeles as QF6001 - May 19, 2020

It arrived at Los Angeles (06:44 PDT) on completion of the ferry flight - May 19, 2020

Flight time: 13 hours 17 minutes

Ferried Los Angeles (09:49 PDT) - Mojave (10:16 PDT) for long-term storage as QF6001 - May 20, 2020

Flight time: 27 minutes

The aircraft had flown 79,425.07 hours with 7,271 cycles

Sold to GE Aviation Materials - October 08, 2020

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 09, 2020

VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 16, 2014.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Perth Airport, January 25, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Perth Airport, January 25, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 08, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 09, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 09, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 09, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 18, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 18, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 18, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 20, 2015.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 18, 2016.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 18, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 18, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 18, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 22, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 22, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 24, 2017.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 28, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 28, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 29, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 07, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 24, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 24, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 24, 2019.

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VH-OEH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Hervey Bay' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 25, 2019.

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