What a sad day in Australian aviation history and a great pity that the B747 could not have retired in better circumstances.
I was at Tullamarine with thousands of others on 28 September 1971 when VH-EBB made the first visit of a QF B747 to Melbourne.
I also have a 1:200 scale diecast model of VH-OEE which made the last flight today so that will have pride of place on my shelf.
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