VH-EBZ. Boeing 707-349C. c/n 19354-503.
Was also registered as: N324F; EI-ASO; G-BAWP; 9J-AEC;
S2-ACG; PT-TCS.
Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - May 19, 1966 First flown at Renton as N324F - June 09, 1966 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N324F - June 1966 Registered to Boeing Aircraft Corporation Leased to Flying Tiger Line as the registered operator - June 21, 1966 Sub-leased to Universal Studios for the original 'Airport' movie - January 28, 1969 Returned to Flying Tiger Line - March 08, 1969 Leased / sold to Aer Lingus - April 01, 1969 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-ASO - April 01, 1969 The aircraft was named 'St Canice' Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd - September 1970 Test flown at Dublin in the Qantas 'V-Jet' livery - September 11, 1970 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBZ - September 13, 1970 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney The aircraft was named 'City of Swan Hill' Departed Dublin on the positioning flight to Frankfurt, Germany - September 14, 1970 It arrived at Sydney (11:07local) on completion of a migrant charter flight from Frankfurt - September 17, 1970 It operated migrant charter flights to Rome, Vienna and London - September 1970 Operated its first commercial service Sydney - London via the Southern Cross Route - September 28, 1970 Utilised to test and evaluate single side band radio equipment - August 1971 Operated its final service Sydney - Christchurch - Melbourne - Sydney as QF312/353/272 - September 24, 1971 Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on ferry the flight to Dublin (Captain A. Terrell) as QF071D - September 29, 1971 It arrived at Dublin on completion of the ferry flight - September 30, 1971 Returned to Aer Lingus, Dublin in the Qantas livery Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 01, 1971 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-ASO - October 01, 1971 Leased to British Caledonian Airways - April 25, 1973 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BAWP (CofR G-BAWP/R1) - April 25, 1973 The aircraft was named 'County of Inverness' Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - May 15, 1975 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-ASO - May 1975 Leased to Zambia Airways in the Zambia Airways livery - July 1975 Entered onto the Zambian Aircraft Register as 9J-AEC - ? Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - October 1975 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-ASO - October 1975 Leased to Zambia Airways in the 'Aer Lingus' livery with Zambia Airways titles - October 1976 Entered onto the Zambian Aircraft Register as 9J-AEC - October 1976 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - January 1977 Entered onto the Irish Aircrafty Register as EI-ASO - January 1977 Leased to Zambia Airways - April 03 to May 03, 1980 Entered onto the Bangladesh Aircraft Register as S2-ACG - May 1980 Leased to Bangladesh Biman in the 'Aer Lingus' livery with Bangladesh titles - May 06, 1980 Operated its first revenue service with Bangladesh Biman from London (Heathrow) - May 11, 1980 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - November 22, 1980 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-ASO - November 1980 Rolled out at Dublin in the 'Libyan Arab' livery - February 27, 1981 Leased to Libyan Arab - March 01, 1981 Returned to Aer Lingus, withdrawn from use and stored at Dublin - October 31, 1982 Returned to Aer Lingus service in the Aer Lingus livery - September 14, 1983 Leased to Arkia, Isreal in the 'Aer Lingus' livery with Arkia titles - December 14, 1984 Returned to Aer Lingus at the end of the lease - February 24, 1985 It was converted to a high density economy seating configuration and returned to Aer Lingus service - April 1985 Operated its final Aer Lingus service London - Dublin - October 27, 1986 Sold to Omega Air and ferried Dublin - Stansted - October 30, 1986 Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - October 30, 1986 Registered N324F to Omega Air Inc, Washington - December 1986 Leased to Transbrasil, Brazil - January 25, 1987 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft register as PT-TCS - January 25, 1987 Departed Stansted on the delivery flight to Transbrasil - January 29, 1987 The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed on approach to land at Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brasil - March 21, 1989 Three crew and 18 people on the ground were killed when it crashed into their houses Aircraft was written-off To read more about this accident please click 'HERE' |
VH-EBZ. Qantas Australia - 'City of Swan Hill' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, April 1971. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-509.) |
VH-EBZ. Qantas Australia - 'City of Swan Hill' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1971. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-545.) |
VH-EBZ. Qantas Australia - 'City of Swan Hill' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1971. (Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-156.) |
VH-EBZ. Qantas Australia - 'City of Swan Hill' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1971. (Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-273.) |
9J-AEC. Zambia Airways - in the basic 'Aer Lingus' livery at London Gatwick Airport, November 1976. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-494.) |
9J-AEC. Zambia Airways - in the basic 'Aer Lingus' livery at Dublin Airport, November 1976. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-437.) |
EI-ASO. Aer Lingus - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, July 1978. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-495.) |
S2-ACG. Bangladesh Biman - in the basic 'Aer Lingus' ' livery at London Gatwick Airport, October 1980. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-516.) |
EI-ASO. Arkia - in the basic 'Aer Lingus' livery at London Gatwick Airport, December 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-496.) |
EI-ASO. Arkia - in the basic 'Aer Lingus' livery at an unknown airport, January 1985. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4605-459.) |
PT-TCS. Trans Brasil - in the 'all-white' livery at Rio de Janiero Airport, July 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4605-137.) |