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An ex-Qantas 747-400 formerly registered VH-OJA and named City of Canberra, (pictured) the first 747-400 delivered to the airline, is displayed at the Historical Aviation Restoration Society museum at Illawarra Regional Airport south of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is the first 747-400 to be preserved, and also holds the record ...
The City of Canberra, registered VH-OJA and named after Australia's capital city, was the first Boeing 747-400 delivered to Qantas. [note 1] It was not modified for the flight in any way – such as by the installation of extra fuel tanks – but some items of equipment were removed from the galleys and cargo compartments to save weight.
1989 Boeing 747-400 – in addition to their usual city names, all Boeing 747-400 aircraft carry the word "Longreach" as part of the livery. This is actually a double meaning - it signifies both the "long reach" of the aircraft (i.e. they have a long range), and the town where Qantas commenced operations : Longreach, Queensland. [13]
During the pandemic, airlines like British Airways, KLM, and Qantas retired their 747s, and Boeing decided to end production. ... The older 747-400 was delivered in 2001, while a newer 747-8 was ...
A Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200 at Longreach's Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Qantas has had a varied fleet since the airline's inception. Following its foundation shortly after the end of the First World War, the first aircraft to serve in the fleet was the Avro 504K, a small biplane.
Qantas Airways Ltd's <QAN.AX> last Boeing 747 jet drew a kangaroo tail in the sky off the Australian coast as it began its final flight to retirement in the Mojave Desert on Wednesday, ending the ...
747-400ER October 31, 2002 Qantas: July 30, 2003 Qantas: 6 Total 747-400 Series: 694 747-8F October 12, 2011 Cargolux: January 31, 2023 Atlas Air: 107 747-8BBJ February 28, 2012 Govt. of Qatar November 6, 2021 Govt. of Egypt 12 747-8I April 26, 2012 Lufthansa: July 7, 2017 Korean Air: 36 Total 747-8 Series: 155 Total Delivered (All series): 1,573
Qantas 1 (QF1, QFA1) was a Qantas passenger flight between Sydney and London. On 23 September 1999, the aircraft operating as Flight 1 had departed from Sydney that day, and was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok as it was landing for a stopover.