VH-OEF Boeing 747-438ER

VH-OEF. Boeing 747-438ER. c/n 32910-1313.

This aircraft was the second of six Boeing 747-438ERs ordered new by Qantas Airways - November 29, 2001

It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RF002'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - August 19, 2002

First flown as 'N60659' - September 13, 2002

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OEF - October 31, 2002

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by R. Leplaw for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - October 31, 2002

This was the 133rd Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 52nd Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas

Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Los Angeles as QF6024 - October 31, 2002

Departed Los Angeles as a revenue freighter service as QF7572 - October 31, 2002

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - November 02, 2002

Delivery route: Seattle - Los Angeles - Sydney

The aircraft was named 'Sydney' (originally not shown on the outside of the aircraft)

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Avalon) for interior modifications as QF6195 - November 02, 2002

Ferried Melbourne (Avalon) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6196 - November 08, 2002

Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Los Angeles as QF11 - November 08, 2002

Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - May 11, 2005

Operated the final Qantas Sydney - San Francisco - Sydney service as QF73 / QF74 - May 07 - 09, 2011

Operated the last service Hong Kong - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF128 - June 27 - 28, 2012

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Avalon) for cabin modification as QF6195 - July 02, 2012

The cabin was reconfigured to seat 58J / 36W / 270Y passengers

Ferried Melbourne (Avalon) - Xiamen for maintenance and repainting as QF6023 - August 12, 2012

The aircraft was repainted into the 'New Roo' livery with 'One World' titles and logo

Ferried Xiamen - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6024 - September 01, 2012

Returned to service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Dallas (Fort Worth) as QF7 - September 02, 2012

It operated the Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hong Kong in the 'One World' livery as QF85 - February 06, 2018

Underwent maintenance and possible repaint with HAECO in Hong Kong

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Los Angeles as QF99 - February 09, 2020

It was withdrawn from service at Los Angeles and prepared for sale with titles removed

Ferried Los Angeles (12:25 PDT) - San Bernardino (12:47 PST) as QF6021 - February 13, 2020

Flight time: 22 minutes

The aircraft had flown 79,622.58 hours with 7,379 cycles

The engines were removed at San Bernardino by Qantas engineers

The aircraft and engines were sold to GE Aviation Materials - February 20, 2020

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 21, 2020

N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 13, 2002.

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N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 13, 2002.

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N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 13, 2002.

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N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 2002.

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N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 2002.

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N60659. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Everett Paine Field, September 2002.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, January 2003.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, January 2003.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Brisbane Airport, September 28, 2012.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 19, 2013.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 19, 2013.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 20, 2013.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Johannesburg Airport, March 20, 2013.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 15, 2014.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Brisbane Airport, November 17, 2014.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 30, 2015.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 30, 2015.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 30, 2015.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 30, 2015.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 2015.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Brisbane Airport, June 2018.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Brisbane Airport, July 22, 2018.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Perth Airport, July 30, 2018.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Perth Airport, July 30, 2018.

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VH-OEF. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Sydney' in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 14, 2018.

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VH-OEF. Qantas - in the basic livery at San Bernardino Airport, February 13, 2020.

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VH-OEF. Qantas - in the basic livery at San Bernardino Airport, February 13, 2020.