read through to get to aircraft reg, interesting to that parts went to make up a KC-135E
VH-EBI. Boeing 707-138B. c/n 18068-227
Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138B - June 29, 1961
First flown - August 7, 1961
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBI - August 16, 1961
Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd
Departed Seattle on positioning flight to San Francisco - August 17, 1961
Operated its first commercial service - San Francisco-Sydney - (Capts Yates & Fox) - August 17, 1961
Established record for San Francisco-Sydney sector - 13 hours 44 minutes
Established unofficial record for Honolulu-Sydney sector - 9 hours 28 minutes
Arrived Sydney - August 19, 1961
Aircraft was named 'Winton'
Operated the inaugural 707-138B service Sydney-Tokyo via Manila & Hong Kong - November 14, 1961
Operated the inaugural service Sydney-London via Vienna - March 31, 1965
Operated the inaugural service Brisbane-Manila-Hong Kong - April 3, 1965
Operated its final Qantas service - Sydney-Auckland-Sydney - September 3, 1968
Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney Airport
Sold to Braniff International Airways - becoming N105BN - June 7, 1969
Departed Sydney on delivery flight to Dallas, Texas in Braniff's cherry-red colors - June 24, 1969
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 25, 1969
Withdrawn from use and stored - September 26, 1973
Traded in to Boeing - 1974
Registered to Great American Insurance Company - January 1975
Delivered to Boeing - November 1, 1975
Delivered to Atlas Air Systems, Miami, Florida - August 18, 1976
Sold to Montana Flugdienst GMBH, Austria - becoming OE-IRA - September 17, 1976Ferried to Stansted, England in Braniff's green livery - October 2, 1976
Delivered to Montana at Vienna, Austria - October 30, 1976
Leased to Aer Lingus in full Montana colors for brief period - June 1977
Leased to Alitalia in full Montana colors with 'Operated by Alitalia' sticker - November 1, 1978
Returned to Montana - March 31, 1979
Leased to Central Airways, Nigeria for Hadj flights - August 1980
Leased to Central Airways, Nigeria with their red-white chequered tail - April 1981
Operated its last Montana service - New York-Vienna - July 27, 1981
Withdrawn from use and stored at Vienna with Central titles on L.H.S. & Montana on R.H.S. - July 28, 1981
Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - October 1981
Sold to Air Lease Egypt and ferried to Stansted as OE-URA for maintenance - November 14, 1982
Departed Stansted on delivery to Air Lease, Cairo - becoming SU-FAB - December 17, 1982
Leased to Egypt Air - March 1983 to August 1983
Transferred to Misr Overseas Airways when Air Lease was renamed - January 1984
Sold to West Coast Airlines - July 1985
Sold to Air Crew Leasing Inc, Washington, DC - becoming N245AC - June 1986
Sold to Boeing Military Airplane Company - June 30, 1986
Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - August 1986
Scrapped, parts used for KC-135E refurbishment program at Tucson, Arizona - 1991
VH-EBI. B-707-138B. c/n 18068-227.
N105BN - Braniff International - original red cls - taxiing - lhs - (4604-385)
N105BN - Braniff International - new green cls - rhs - (4604-248)
OE-IRA - Montana - full cls - rhs - (4604-245)
OE-IRA - Montana - full cls - lhs - (4604-246)
OE-IRA - Montana Austria - full cls - taxiing - lhs - (4604-319)
OE-IRA - Montana Austria - checkerboard tail cls - rhs - (4604-247)
SU-FAB - Egyptair - full cls - white tail - rhs - (4604-244)
SU-FAB - Misr Overseas - Egyptair c/line - white tail - lhs - (4604-243)
SU-FAB - Misr Overseas - Egyptair c/line - white tail - rhs - (4604-250)
SU-FAB - West Coast Airlines - Egyptair c/line - white tail - lhs - (4604-251)
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