Ordered new by Qantas Empire Airways Limited - September 08, 1964

Cost of aircraft was 1,000,000 pounds Australian

Powered by Bristol Siddeley Viper 521 engines

Originally built as a Series 1B aircraft but modified by Qantas to Series 3B standard

Constructed at Chester and fitted out as a Boeing 707 trainer

First flown at Chester - December 02, 1965

Flight crew: Captains A. C. Capper, G. H. Clarke, A. G. Brandon

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ECE - June 03, 1966

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Limited

Accepted by Qantas at Chester - June 04, 1966

Aircraft had flown 58 hours with 36 cycles to date

Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to Australia as QF070-D101 - June 07, 1966

Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - June 15, 1966

Delivery route: Hatfield - London (Heathrow) - Rome - Athens - Damascus - Bahrain - Karachi - New Delhi -

Calcutta - Bangkok - Singapore - Jakarta - Denpasar - Darwin - Mount Isa - Charleville

Flight crew: Captains T. Chaseling, Neilson; Enginerrs M. Pruss, Wells

Flew Charleville - Sydney direct - June 15, 1966

Flight crew: Captains T. Chaseling, Neilson, Bishop, Ovendin

Operated first training flight Sydney - Canberra - June 21, 1966

Operated first overseas training flight Sydney - Jakarta - October 09, 1966

Leased to Department of Civil Aviation - March 03, 1967

Ferried Sydney - Melbourne (Essendon) for the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) - March 06, 1967

Returned to Qantas at end of lease - July 25, 1967

Repainted in new high visibility orange/white livery at Sydney Airport - January 15, 1975

Operated final training flight Melbourne (Avalon) - Sydney - May 25, 1981

Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport

Aircraft had flown 13,936.08 hours with 52,882 cycles with 8,230 missed approaches

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 08, 1981

The engines were removed from aircraft and sold to Rolls-Royce

Aircraft sold to Graham Onus (a Qantas Flight Engineer) without the engines - October 08, 1981

Aircraft transported to The Oaks, south-west of Sydney

Currently stored at The Oaks in a derelict condition