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 seventy-first Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the seventh 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 - 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 - ? |
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.) |
N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, March 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-094.) |
N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at San Francisco Airport, August 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-104.) |
N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at San Francisco Airport, August 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-160.) |
N2767. Blue Star Aviation - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, May 21, 2018. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4650-836.) |