22495 / 505 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 22495
Chronological order of events
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Date | Reg | Airline | Livery | Name | Event | Airport | Notes |
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1980-01-16 | Other | Order placed by Qantas | |||||
1981-01-11 | VH-EAA | Qantas | First Flight | ||||
1981-01-19 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Old, white registration | Delivered | |||
1981-01-21 | VH-EAA | Qantas | City of Gold Coast / Tweed | Other | PAE | Aircraft named. | |
1981-01-21 | VH-EAA | Qantas | City of Gold Coast / Tweed | Other | PAE | Departed as QF501D on it's delivery flight. Route: PAE-HNL-SYD. Crew: Capt L.W. Clark, Capt A.E. Bones | |
1981-01-23 | VH-EAA | Qantas | City of Gold Coast / Tweed | Seen | SYD | Arrived on delivery flight. | |
1981-01-25 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Seen | OOL | open for public inspection | ||
1981-01-26 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Seen | BNE | Open for public inspection | ||
1981-01-31 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, white registration | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | WLG | |
1981-02-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, white registration | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | MEL | ![]() |
1981-02-06 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Seen | SYD | Operated inaugural flight SYD-WLG as QF55 | ||
1981-02-18 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, white registration | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | SYD | ![]() |
1981-06-09 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, white registration | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | SYD | |
1981-11-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, black registration, Brisbane 1982 | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | SYD | Rolled out with Brisbane 82 logo |
1982-04-17 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, black registration, Brisbane 1982 | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | ![]() | |
1982-08-12 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Ferried | PAE | Ferried via HNL to PAE for Rolls Royce RB211-524-DE engine refit | ||
1982-09-11 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, black registration, Brisbane 1982 | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | SYD | ![]() |
1986-08-17 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Original, black registration | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | MEL | ![]() |
1990-01-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | New c/s, "The Spirit of Australia" | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | Repainted into "Spirit of Australia" livery | |
1990-03-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | For Sale | Aircraft offered for sale, continues to operate as a back-up aircraft for the fleet. | |||
1992-01-26 | VH-EAA | Qantas | New c/s, "The Spirit of Australia" | Seen | AMS | ![]() | |
1993-12-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | "The Spirit of Australia" with Sydney 2000 sticker. | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | ||
1994-03-20 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Other | SYD | Operated last revenue service SIN-BNE-SYD as QF52 | ||
1994-03-25 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Leased | ||||
1994-03-26 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Other | TPE | Inaugural service SYD-TPE as QF135 | ||
1994-06-01 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | BNE | ![]() | |
1995-03-01 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | City of Gold Coast Tweed | Seen | ![]() | ||
1995-10-09 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Incident | SYD | Loss of separation
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1996-01-01 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Seen | PER | ![]() | ||
1996-02-01 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Seen | BNE | ![]() | ||
1996-04-01 | VH-EAA | Australia Asia | Seen | MEL | ![]() | ||
1996-06-27 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Returned | ||||
1997-01-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | For Sale | Listed by Qantas as being FOR SALE. | |||
1998-03-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | New subtitle: The Australian Airline | City of Gold Coast / Tweed | Seen | MEL | ![]() |
2000-01-01 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Seen | NKM | Landing![]() | ||
2001-04-22 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Incident | Doors failed to disarm after landing.
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2001-11-13 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Incident | Aircraft yawed abruptly to the right and rolled
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2001-12-04 | VH-EAA | Qantas | City of Gold Coast / Tweed | Seen | BNE | ![]() ![]() | |
2002-02-23 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Retired | Last service flight for Qantas. Operated SIN-CGK-SYD as QF42/22 | |||
2002-03-04 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Ferried | MZJ | SYD-HNL-MZJ![]() | ||
2002-03-05 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Stored | MZJ | |||
2002-03-27 | VH-EAA | Reg Cancelled | Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register | ||||
2002-04-01 | VH-EAA | Seen | MZJ | Engines removed and ferried to Qantas in Sydney | |||
2002-07-01 | No titles | Red tail, no registration | Seen | MZJ | |||
2002-07-25 | Scrapped | MZJ | Aircraft broken up. 75,238 hours and 14,011 cycles |