VH-OGJ Boeing 767-338ER

VH-OGJ. Boeing 767-338ER. c/n 25274-396.

Was also registered as: N324BC; C-FOGJ; N503AC.

This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways - ?

It was allocated the Boeing Customer Number 'VN090'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - September 17, 1991

First flown as VH-OGJ - October 03, 1991

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OGJ - October 16, 1991

Registered JL Sur Lease Co Ltd

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator

Accepted by S. Collins on behalf of Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - October 16, 1991

This was the 94th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 17th Boeing 767 delivered to Qantas

Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Vancouver as QF7610D - October 16, 1991

Ferried Vancouver - San Diego as QF531P - October 17, 1991

Operated its first revenue service San Diego - Honolulu - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF531 - October 17, 1991

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight as QF531 - October 18, 1991

Flight crew: Captains P. Howell, D. Oliver

Delivery route: Seattle - Vancouver - San Diego - Honolulu - Sydney

The aircraft was named 'Port Macquarie' at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - August 01, 1992

It operated a charter service for the Singapore Air Force Rockhampton - Sydney - Singapore - October 16, 1993

Leased to Japanese Government in the standard Qantas livery for Japanese Prime Minister tour of

Australia and New Zealand - April 28 to May 01, 1997

Sectors flown: Sydney - Canberra - Wellington - Auckland - Sydney

Operated its final service in the Qantas livery Singapore - Darwin - Adelaide - Sydney as QF82 - September 01, 2002

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney (Richmond) for repainting as QF6193 - September 02, 2002

Aircraft was painted into the standard Australian Airlines livery

Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6194 - September 15, 2002

Aircraft was presented to the media at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - September 15, 2002

Returned to Qantas service in the 'Australian Airlines' livery - September 16 - 29, 2002

Operated its first Qantas service in Australian livery Sydney - Brisbane as QF500 - September 16, 2002

Operated its last Qantas service in Australian livery Brisbane - Sydney as QF557 - September 29, 2002

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Avalon) for interior refurbishment as QF6195 - September 29, 2002

Configured to seat 271 passengers in an all-economy class layout

Leased to Australian Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator - October 2002

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Cairns as AO7801 - October 14, 2002

It operated the inaugural Australian Airlines Boeing 767 service from Cairns - Nagoya as AO7959 - October 27, 2002

Operated its final Australian Airlines service Singapore - Darwin - Cairns as AO7882 / 26 - April 26 - 27, 2006

Ferried Cairns - Brisbane for cabin refurbishment - April 27, 2006

Utilised on trans Tasman services for Qantas in the standard 'Australian Airline' livery - May 09 - 14, 2006

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney (Richmond) for repainting as AO6193 - May 15, 2006

Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the standard Qantas livery - May 29, 2006

The aircraft was renamed 'City of Port Macquarie'

Returned to Qantas service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF463 - May 29, 2006

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - July 24, 2006

Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF549 - October 06, 2014

Test flown Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6100 - October 07, 2014

Withdrawn from service and all Qantas titles and logos were removed

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to the United States as QF6017 - October 24, 2014

It arrived at Victorville for storage - October 24, 2014

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 19, 2015

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N324BC - January 23, 2015

Registered to BCC Equipment Leasing Corporation, Seattle

Ferried Victorville - Lake Charles for maintenance - February 27, 2015

Prepared for intended lease to WestJet (Canada)

Ferried Lake Charles - Calgary on delivery to Westjet - August 26, 2015

The aircraft was configured to seat 238 passengers

Aircraft had flown 85,000 hours with 26,300 cycles at time of delivery

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 08, 2015

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FOGJ - October 13, 2015

Registered to WestJet, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ferried Calgary - Toronto (Pearson) - October 21, 2015

Operated its first revenue service Toronto (Pearson) - Calgary as WJA655 - October 22, 2015

Operated its last revenue service Montego Bay - Toronto as WJA2703 - March 21, 2020

Ferried Toronto - Calgary as WJA659 - March 23, 2020

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Calgary due to the COVID19 pandemic

It was observed at Calgary with all titles and logos removed - August 18, 2020

Ferried Calgary - Lake City (Gateway), Florida for storage as WJA8956 - August 19, 2020

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - August 27, 2020

It was planned to convert this aircraft to freighter configuration

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N503AZ - August 31, 2020

Registered to Amazon.com Services LLC, Seattle, Washington

Departed Lake City (Gateway) on the ferry flight to Israel - September 03, 2020

It arrived at Tel Aviv on completion of the ferry flight - September 05, 2020

Freighter conversion undertaken by Bedek Aviation at Tel Aviv

The aircraft to be operated by Amazon Prime Air

Current status - ?

VH-OGJ. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'Port Macquarie' in the standard livery with additional 'Sydney 2000 Olympic Games' logo at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 13, 1993.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-053.)

VH-OGJ. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1996.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2002.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2002.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Coolangatta Airport, January 2004.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 2004.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery with additional 'World Expo' titles at Cairns Airport, March 2005.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 23, 2006.

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VH-OGJ. Australian - in the standard livery at Coolangatta Airport, January 2006.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 19, 2010.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 20, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 01, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 01, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 01, 2011.

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VH-OGJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Port Macquarie' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 01, 2011.

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