This aircraft was the second of two new Boeing 747-438s ordered by Qantas Airways - July 07, 1988

It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RT556'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - February 23, 1990

Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines

First flown as VH-OJF - March 20, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OJF - April 06, 1990

Registered to NBB Fremantle Lease Co. Ltd (Tokyo)

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator

Accepted by T. Ford for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - April 06, 1990

This aircraft was the 82nd Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 36th Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas

The aircraft was named 'City of Perth'

Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Seattle (Seatac) - April 06, 1990

Departed Seattle on the delivery flight to Australia as QF531 (a supplementary service) - April 06, 1990

Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - April 08, 1990

Delivery route: Seattle - Sydney

It operated its first revenue service - April 1990

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - May 30, 2005

Offered for sale by Qantas having flown 86,641 hours with 11,215 cycles - November 16, 2011

Operated its penultimate revenue service Sydney - Los Angeles - New York (Kennedy) as QF107 - June 03, 2012

Operated its final revenue service New York (Kennedy) - Los Angeles as QF108 - June 03, 2012

Ferried Los Angeles - Victorville for storage as QF6021 - June 04, 2012

Stored at Victorville in the standard Qantas livery awaiting sale - June 04, 2012

It was observed stored at Victorville in a very good condition - April 28, 2013

Handed over to Midwest Sales and Leasing - September 05, 2014

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 08, 2014

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N956JM - September 22, 2014

Registered to Q747 LLC, Wilmington, Delaware

Ferried Victorville - Marana - late 2014

It was observed stored intact at Marana as 'N956JM' - November 14, 2014

It was observed in the Marana scrapping area as 'N956JM' with the right winglet missing - January 2015

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 18, 2018

It was observed with the cabin interior, engines, flaps and landing gear removed - October 28, 2018

It is intended to be totally scrapped - 2018 - 2019

VH-OJF. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - 'City of Perth' in the original livery with additional 'Olympics For Melbourne Australia 1996' logo at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1990.

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VH-OJF. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - 'City of Perth' in the original livery with additional 'Sydney 2000 - Gold Sponsor' titles and logo at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-193.)

VH-OJF. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'City of Perth' in the standard livery with additional '75 Years' logo at an unknown airport, September 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-975.)

VH-OJF. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - 'City of Perth' in the revised livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, November 1998.

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VH-OJF. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - 'City of Perth' in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2001.

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VH-OJF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Perth' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, April 08, 2006.

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