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VH-ZNJ. Boeing 787-9. c/n 66074-929. |
The order for Boeing 787 aircraft was announced by Qantas Airways Ltd - December 2005 This aircraft was ordered by Qantas Airways Ltd - ? It was allocated the Boeing Variable or Block Number 'ZB278' The aircraft was assembled at the Everett plant The final assembly commenced in Position P1 - September 16, 2019 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - October 01, 2019 Powered by General Electric GEnx-1B74/75/P2 engines The aircraft is configured to seat 42 business class, 28 premium economy and 166 economy class passengers Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ZNJ - October 04, 2019 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Rolled out of the paintshop in the 'Qantas 100 Years' special livery - ? First flown Everett (Paine Field) - Moses Lake - Everett (Paine Field) as BOE278 - October 29, 2019 Flight duration was 2 hours 44 minutes Customer inspection (Customer Walk) of the aircraft was carried out - November 01, 2019 Customer flight (C1) flown Everett (Paine Field) - Moses Lake - Everett (Paine Field) - November 01, 2019 Flight duration was 2 hours 26 minutes FAA Export Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - November 07, 2019 CASA Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - November 07, 2019 Accepted by J. Becroft for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field at 14:50 pst) - November 07, 2019 This was the 270th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 21st Boeing 787 delivered to Qantas The aircraft was named 'Longreach' The aircraft had flown 7 hours 17 minutes (block time) on acceptance by Qantas It had flown 6 hours 10 minutes (flight time) with 3 cycles on delivery to Qantas Total days in production - 52 Total days in final assembly - 15 Total days in post assembly activities - 21 Total days involved in pre-flight activities - 6 Total days invovled in pre-delivery testing - 10 Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Los Angeles as QF6027 - November 07, 2019 Flight crew: Capt A. Passerini; F/O P. Jensen Flight time: 4 hours 48 minutes Ferried Los Angeles (10:05 PDT) - London (Heathrow) as QF6027 - November 12 - 13, 2019 Flight crew: Captains A. Passerini, L. Norman; F/O D. Summergreene Flight time: 10 hours 43 minutes Departed London (Heathrow) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF7879 - November 14, 2019 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 12:18 AEDT) on completion of the delivery flight - November 15, 2019 Delivery route: Everett (Paine Field) - Los Angeles - London - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Delivery flight crew: Captain H. Trenerry; F/O G. Ryan; S/O C. Agnew, T. Grey Flight time from London - Sydney: 19 hours 19 minutes Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hong Kong as QF127 - November 16, 2019 Current with Qantas Airways |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-133.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-134.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-135.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-136.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-137.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-138.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-139.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-140.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-141.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-142.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-143.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 15, 2019. (S. Collins Copyright Image 4680-144.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4680-174.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4680-175.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4680-176.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 19, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4680-159.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 23, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 4680-158.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 23, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 4680-162.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 05, 2024. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 4680-184.) |
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VH-ZNJ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Longreach' in the special 'Anniversary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 09, 2024. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 4680-187.) |