VH-OGL Boeing 767-338ER

VH-OGL. Boeing 767-338ER. c/n 25363-402.

Was also registered as: N326BC; C-FWAD; N563AZ.

This aircraft ordered new by Qantas Airways - July 02, 1990

It was allocated the Boeing Customer Number 'VN092'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - October 21, 1991

Qantas Production Inspectors: Terry Cox, Michael Wong, Tony Cleal, David Sutcliffe

CASA Delegate: Bob Willis

First flown as 'N6018N' - November 06, 1991

Accepted at Everett (Paine Field) by S. Collins on behalf of Qantas Airways - November 21, 1991

Boeing Power of Attorney for the sale: Mr Clay Richmond

Boeing Customer Engineer: Mr Paul Renter

Qantas Acceptance Pilot: Captain David Oliver

This was the 97th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 19th Boeing 767 delivered to Qantas Airways

Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Las Vegas (Captain D. Oliver) as QF7612P - November 21, 1991

Ferried Las Vegas - Vancouver (Captain D. Oliver) as QF7612D - November 21, 1991

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OGL - November 22, 1991

Registered to PSRC Business Trust Q767-91, Public Resources Corp, Newak, N.J.

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd as the registered operator

Operated its first revenue service Vancouver - Papeete - Sydney (Captain J. Blair) as QF531 - November 22, 1991

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - November 24, 1991

Delivery route: Seattle - Las Vegas - Vancouver - Papeete - Sydney

Flight crew: Captain D. Oliver, J. Blair; SFA W. Paine

The aircraft was named 'City of Wangaratta'

Operated its first local Qantas service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Christchurch as QF65 - December 04, 1991

Operated its last Qantas service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF515 - October 14, 2002

Ferried Sydney - Sydney (Richmond) for repainting into the Australian Airlines livery as QF6111 - October 14, 2002

Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Auckland for refurbishment and 'C' check as QF6017 - October 28, 2002

Leased to Australian Airlineas Pty Ltd - November 15, 2002

Ferried Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF7624 - November 20, 2002

Accepted by Australian Airlines at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - November 20, 2002

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Cairns as AO7081 - November 20, 2002

Operated its first Australian revenue service Cairns - Singapore as AO7861 - November 21, 2002

Operated a Air Niugini service Cairns - Port Moresby - Cairns as AO7990/7991 - April 21, 2003

Operated its final Australian revenue service Nagoya - Cairns AO7950/21- May 22, 2006

Ferried Cairns - Brisbane for cabin refurbishment as AO7804 - May 22, 2006

Returned to Qantas service Brisbane - Darwin in the 'Australian Airlines' livery as QF824 - July 01, 2006

Registered to RIL Aviation OGL Pty Ltd - July 24, 2006

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator

Operated its last Qantas service in the 'Australian Airlines' livery Brisbane - Darwin as QF824 - August 04, 2006

Ferried Darwin - Beijing for repainting into the Qantas livery as QF6015 - August 04, 2006

Ferried Beijing - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the 'Qantas' livery as QF6016 - August 14, 2006

It was named 'City of Wangaratta' but it was not carried externally on the aircraft

Returned to Qantas service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF431 - August 14, 2006

Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Sydney after special repaint for Rugby World Cup as QF6102 - May 25, 2007

The aircraft carried 'Uniting Fans Around The World - Wallabies' titles

Returned to service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF449 - May 25, 2007

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney (Richmond) for removal of the 'Wallabies' titles - January 30, 2008

Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the old Qantas style livery - January 31, 2008

Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - September 02, 2011

On the last day of Qantas 767 operations this was the last Boeing 767-338ER to be withdrawn from service

Operated its fnal revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF767 - December 27, 2014

On arrival over Sydney it performed three circuits over the city and Sydney Harbour before landing

Flight crew: Captain Mike Galvin; F/O Kirrily Zupp

Cabin Crew: CSM Jennie-Lee Frazer; F/As Michelle Forrester, George Cauchi, Shelley Carney, Leah Radford,

Raymond Spiteri, Evelyn Ounsworth, Jasmine McCarthy

The aircraft was then withdrawn from service and all titles and marking were removed

The aircraft had flown 83,681.25 hours with 27,145 cycles

Test flown Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6100 - January 08, 2015

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to the United States as QF6017 - January 23, 2015

It arrived at Victorville for long term storage - January 23, 2015

Flight crew: Captains Paul Martin, John Goodlet; F/Os Christopher Roope, Peter Weir

The aircraft had flown 83,696.82 hours with 27,147 cycles to date

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 07, 2015

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N326BC - April 2015

Registered to BCC Equipment Leasing Corporation, Seattle

Ferried Victorville - Lake Charles for maintenance in preparation for lease to Westjet (Canada) - June 02, 2015

Test flown Lake Charles - Lake Charles in the standard WestJet livery - January 11, 2016

Ferried Lake Charles - Calgary on delivery to WestJet as SXA1287 - January 19, 2016

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 22, 2016

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FWAD - January 25, 2016

Registered to WestJet, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Operated its first revenue service Calgary - Toronto (Pearson) as WJ670 - January 31, 2016

Operated it last revenue service Cancun - Toronto as WJA2581 - March 22, 2020

Ferried Toronto - Calgary as WJA655 - March 23, 2020

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Calgary due to the COVID19 pandemic

Ferried Calgary - Lake City (Gateway) for storage as WJA8960 - September 08, 2020

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - September 11, 2020

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N563AZ - September 14, 2020

Registered to Amazon.com Services LLC, Seattle, Washington

The aircraft is stored at Lake City pending conversion to freighter configuration

Ferried Lake City - Mexico City for freighter conversion - September 24, 2020

The aircraft will be operated by Amazon Prime Air

Current status - ?

VH-OGL. Qantas Australian Airline - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1994.

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VH-OGL. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1994.

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VH-OGL. Australian - in the standard livery at Coolangatta Airport, July 2004.

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VH-OGL. Australian - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 09, 2006.

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VH-OGL. Australian - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 09, 2006.

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VH-OGL. Australian - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 09, 2006.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Christchurch Airport, August 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the special 'Australian Wallabies World Cup' livery at Hobart Airport, November 13, 2007.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 19, 2010.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 25, 2013.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Adelaide Airport, October 21, 2013.

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VH-OGL. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'City of Wangaratta' in the standard livery at Adelaide Airport, November 06, 2014.

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