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VH-OJG. Boeing 747-438. c/n 24779-801. |
This aircraft was the first of two additional Boeing 747-438s ordered by Qantas Airways - October 18, 1988 It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RT557' Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - June 18, 1990 This aircraft was the 801st Boeing 747 constructed at the Everett plant Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines First flown as 'N6009F' - July 11, 1990 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OJG - August 15, 1990 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Las Vegas as QF7447D - August 15, 1990 Accepted by T. Ford for Qantas Airways at Las Vegas - August 15, 1990 This was the 84th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 37th Boeing 747 to be delivered to Qantas Ferried Las Vegas - Vancouver as QF7447D - August 15, 1990 Operated its first revenue service Vancouver - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF7447 - August 17, 1990 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - August 18, 1990 Flight crew: Captains A. Bones, B. Henwood Delivery route: Seattle - Las Vegas - Vancouver - Sydney The aircraft was named 'City of Hobart' at Hobart - September 20, 1990 Registered to RIL Aviation OJG Pty Ltd / Allco Finance Group, Sydney - November 14, 2005 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Advertised for sale by DVB Aviation Asset Management having flown 94,735 hours with 11,910 cycles - July 07, 2011 Achieved the milestone of 100,000 flying hours - May 19, 2012 It was operating the service Bangkok - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) service as QF24 Operated its final revenue service Johannesburg - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF64 - July 17 - 18, 2012 It was observed withdrawn from use at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) without titles and logo - July 24, 2012 Departed Sydney (13:25 local) on the ferry flight to the United States for storage at Marana - August 21, 2012 Aircraft had flown 100,612 hours and 12,489 cycles on arrival at Marana On average it was airborne for 12.5 hours per day and travelled over 85 million kilometres This distance equates to 110 return trips to the moon Estimated to have carried over 3.8 million passengers during its 22 years of service with Qantas Airways Registererd to RIL Aviation OJG Pty Ltd, Sydney - August 27, 2012 Stored at Marana in the basic Qantas livery as VH-OJG awaiting scrapping Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 03, 2012 Observed at Marana minus engines and rudder awaiting further mismantling - December 02, 2012 The airframe was scrapped at Marana - 2013 |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-196.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Airport, April 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-332.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Airport, March 03, 1992. (N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 4631-774.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, February 1994. (M. Rathke Copyright Image 4631-197.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Airport, July 1994. (N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 4631-775.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery with additional '75 Years' logo at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-399.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Hobart' in the standard livery at Johannesburg Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-796.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas - in the basic livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 21, 2012. (K. Young Copyright Image 4631-698.) |
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VH-OJG. Qantas - in the basic livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 21, 2012. (K. Young Copyright Image 4631-697.) |