This aircraft was ordered new by Lufthansa - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-330C - October 1965

First flown - October 28, 1965

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-ABUA - November 1965

Accepted by Lufthansa at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 10, 1965

The aircraft was named 'Europa'

It was leased to German Cargo Airlines - April 21, 1977

Returned to Lufthansa at the end of the lease - January 1985

Delivered to HAECO, Hong Kong for overhaul - October 16, 1985

Sold to Transcorp Airways (HK) Ltd - October 17, 1985

Entered onto the Hong Kong Aircraft Register as VR-HTC - October 17, 1985

The aircraft was named 'Perth' and later 'Hong Kong Trader' and then 'Kowloon Trader'

Entered service with Transcorp on charter services - October 28, 1985

Ansett Transport Industries purchased 51% of Transcorp shares - November 1985

Flown to Burbank Calfornia for the fitting of Tracor hushkits by Comtran - September 1986

The cost of hushkitting was approximately $US 2,000,000

Returned to Hong Kong after the conversion - October 24, 1986

Transcorp was finally issued an Airline Operating Certificate - 1987

Commenced schedual airfreight services as 'Hong Kong Trader' - May 18, 1987

Commenced Manila - Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) freighter services - June 01, 1987

The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority temporally refused to renew Transcorp's license - October 1987

Re-entered service - October 27, 1987

Ferried Hong Kong - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) (Captain C. Kaye; F/O F. Walker) - October 24, 1988

Operated its last service for Transcorp Sydney - Noumea - Sydney as TC200/201 - October 24, 1988

Cancelled from the Hong Kong Aircraft Register - October 27, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HTC - October 28, 1988

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was named 'Brisbane'

Operated its first Ansett Air Freight service in the T.N.T. livery Sydney - Manila - Sydney - October 30, 1988

Used by Ansett Air Freight on domestic flights but was never painted in Ansett livery

Withdrawn from use and stored at Perth Airport, December 21, 1990

Leased to Global Air, Bulgaria by A.W.A.S. - December 06, 1991

Entered onto the Bulgarian Aircraft Register as LZ-PVA - ?

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 14, 1992

Departed Perth on the ferry flight to Miami - January 17, 1992

Flight crew: Captain V. Laforgia; F/O L. Kamman; F/E G. Castillo

Delivery route: Perth - Brisbane - Honolulu - Los Angeles - Miami

The aircraft was placed in storage at Varna, Bulgaria - July 1992

Ownership transferred to Ansett Industries Australia - August 03, 1993

Entered onto the Ecuadorian Aircraft Register as HC-BTB - ?

Ferried to Marana, Arizona for long-term storage - October 1994

Leased to Vias Aereas Manabitas Cia Ltd t/a VIAMA - October 1995

Operations were suspended - December 1995

Leased to AECA Aeroservicios Equatorianos, Guayaquil, Ecuador - December 15, 1995

Returned to Ansett Industries Australia at the end of the lease - November 1996

Leased to Aries del Sur SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 1996

The airline was renamed International Enterprise Group SA - January 1997

Sold to Air Taxi International - April 1997

Leased to Aeroservicios Equatorianos CA, Buenos Aires, Argentina t/a AECA - April 1997

Withdrawn from service and parked at Latacunga, Ecuador - September 1998

Current status - ?