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 'Brisbane' and 'Hong Kong Trader' and then 'Kowloon Trader'

Featured in the T.V. series 'Noble House' by James Clavell - 1985

It carried the ficticious company name 'Par Con' with the aircraft name 'Brisbane' clearly visible on the nose

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 basic 'Transcorp' livery Sydney - Manila - Sydney - October 30, 1988

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

Repainted into the 'T.N.T.' 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Withdrawn from use and stored at Perth Airport, December 21, 1990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 - ?