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VH-EAQ. Boeing 767-238ER. c/n 23896-186. Was also registered as: N772WD; N2767; 2-TSSA. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways - 1986 It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'VE069' Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - July 22, 1987 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E engines First flown as 'N6009F' - August 11, 1987 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAQ - August 27, 1987 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by B. Carr for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - August 27, 1987 This was the 71st Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 7th Boeing 767 delivered to Qantas Airways Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF767D - August 28, 1987 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight from the United States - August 30, 1987 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Sydney The aircraft was named 'City of Launceston' Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Wellington as QF47 - September 01, 1987 Offered for sale by Qantas Airways - March 04, 2003 The aircraft had flown 50,642 hours with 22,086 cycles to date Operated its last revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF460 - October 07, 2004 The Qantas titles and logos were removed at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to the United States for storage as QF6019 - October 15, 2004 Ferried route: Sydney - Honolulu - Victorville (California) Sold to Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Incorporated - Ocober 2004 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 25, 2004 Advertised for sale by Blue Star Aviation, Kansas City Sold to West Dover LLC - January 03, 2005 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N772WD - January 05, 2005 Registered to West Dover LLC Ferried Victorville - Portland in the basic 'Qantas' livery - March 03, 2005 Sold to Blue City Holdings, Palo Alto, California - March 03, 2005 Ferried Portland - San Antonio to be converted to an 'executive' configuration - May 13, 2005 Reregistered N2767 - July 29, 2005 Registered to Blue City Holdings LLC, Oklahoma City Blue City Holdings is the holding company for the owners Larry Page & Sergey Brin, Google Executives The aircraft is nicknmed the 'Google Jet' Operated by Blue Star Aviation for the owners of Google Incorporated This aircraft is operated in a 50 seat executive configuration with a bedroom suite It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on a visit from Christchurch as ELX58 - December 31, 2006 The aircraft is normally based at Moffat Field, California It was observed at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - September 13, 2015 Registered to Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Onalaska, Texas - May 10, 2018 It was observed at Perth being operated by Westair Aviation, Subang, Malaysia for Blue City Holdings - May 21, 2018 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 12, 2018 Entered onto the Guernsey Aircraft Register as 2-TSSA - June 13, 2018 Registered to Westair Aviation, Subang, Malaysia Current status - ? |
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VH-EAQ. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-296.) |
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N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, March 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-094.) |
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N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at San Francisco Airport, August 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-104.) |
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N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at San Francisco Airport, August 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-160.) |
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N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 2016. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-908.) |
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N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, May 21, 2018. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4650-836.) |