EI-BED. Boeing 747-130. c/n 19748-44.
This aircraft was ordered new by Lufthansa German Airlines - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Boeing Field) - 1970 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 engines First flown as D-ABYC - May 13, 1970 Accepted by Lufthansa at Seattle - May 23, 1970 The aircraft was named 'Bayern' at Seattle Sold to ITEL Corporation - January 09, 1979 Entered onto Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BED - January 09, 1979 Leased to Aer Lingus as the registered operator The aircraft was named 'St Kieran' but then renamed 'St Patrick' - September 29, 1979 Leased to Air Algerie in the basic Aer Lingus livery with small stickers - October 15, 1979 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - April 01, 1980 Leased to Air Jamaica in the basic Aer Lingus livery with full titles and tail logo - November 15, 1986 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - April 16, 1987 Leased to the Qantas Airways in the Aer Lingus livery - November 30, 1987 It operated its first Qantas revenue service London - Frankfurt - Baharain - Singapore - Melbourne - Sydney as QF864 - November 30, 1987 This aircraft was operated by Aer Lingus technical crews with Qantas supplying the cabin crews It operated its final Qantas revenue service Melbourne - Sydney - Singapore - Bahrain - Frankfurt- London as QF863 - February 24, 1988 Returned to Aer Lingus at London (Heathrow) at the end of the lease - February 25, 1988 Leased to Lan Chile in the standard Lan Chile livery - December 14, 1988 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - March 05, 1990 Sold to Aer Lingus by GATX at the end of the lease - April 30, 1993 It operated its final Aer Lingus revenue service - October 05, 1994 Withdrawn from use and stored at Dublin Ferried Dublin - Tucson - Marana for storage - February 08, 1995 Sold to Westco International - July 1996 Sold to Jetaway Aviation Services - July 1996 Cancelled from Irish Aircraft Register - July 1996 The aircraft was scrapped at Marana - August 1996 |
EI-BED. Aer Lingus - in the standard livery at Tarbes Lourdes Airport, October 1980. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-042.) |
EI-BED. Aer Lingus - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 29, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4635-545.) |
EI-BED. Aer Lingus - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-600.) |
EI-BED. Aer Lingus - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-043.) |
EI-BED. LanChile - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-044.) |
EI-BED. Aer Lingus - in the basic LanChile livery at Tarbes Lourdes Airport, April 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-966.) |