Old Qantas Jumbos

[Lachlan C]

G'day all
Just watched a video on youtube which was done recently which briefly showed what appeared to be one of qantas old 747-300. This got me wondering as to what has happened to them? Dose anybody know where they ahave all gone?

[Sarah C]

EBT - has been scrapped at RME, New York State.

EBU - still in Avalon, never to fly again.

EBV - It was sold to Al Sayegh Airlines in November 2010.

EBW - has a new rego, N176SG, which belongs to the Bank of Utah

EBX - Not sure - still think it is stored in Marana but has been purchased.

EBY - got a new rego a month ago (XT-SAG). There was a picture of it in Oagadougou in Burkina Faso.

[Lachlan C]

wow thanks for that its good to see some are still to fly

[Russell D]

On a similar note, checking a.net this morning as part of my usual routine and I noticed these 3 ex-QF 744s at Victorville:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untit...4H6/1834090/L/

Just wondering, were these the first few QF 744s to be replaced by the A380 coming online? And if so, is QF gradually phasing out the 744 fleet as the a/c are starting to age?

Having a look at the fleet age of QF's current 744s here: http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Q...ctive-b747.htm I assume VH-OJA would be the next candidate to be stored/sold/scrapped, followed by VH-OJB, OJC, etc???

[Dave Dale]

Originally Posted by Russell D

Just wondering, were these the first few QF 744s to be replaced by the A380 coming online? And if so, is QF gradually phasing out the 744 fleet as the a/c are starting to age?

Having a look at the fleet age of QF's current 744s here: http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Q...ctive-b747.htm I assume VH-OJA would be the next candidate to be stored/sold/scrapped, followed by VH-OJB, OJC, etc???

It would be nice to have one of these at Longreach. 2x preserved 747's would be crowd pullers for the museum. I maybe dreaming here, but it would be nice nonetheless.

Dave

[Mick F]

I don't think many people realise how much space is NOT at Longreach. Unless you want to move the businesses which reside next to where the other 2 aircraft are, then there's not really anywhere else that's suitable to place another large aircraft.

They've got 2 of the most important aircraft in Qantas' history, no use putting more there which aren't really that much more significant than the others.

Mick

[Dave Dale]

I realise this, but wishful thinking.

[Sarah C]

Space is one restriction at Longreach but they are currently planning a major development of the airport, the Museum and the GA area. It is a significant project they hope to complete by 2020. They plan to have room for more aircraft but this is a long term thing, not a short one.

[Damian N]

Originally Posted by Sarah C

They plan to have room for more aircraft but this is a long term thing, not a short one.

......Maybe they could display the left wing of -OQA after it is replaced???

[Sarah C]

It would make a nice cover for the 747 or 707