QANTAS Boeing 747-200 VH-ECB 'City of Swan Hill'

[reachva]

Just some shots I took of myself flying the CLS Boeing 747-200 which I've had for a while now in a classic Qantas livery of the 1970s (and the livery these jets wore when delivered).

Aircraft is VH-ECB. Boeing 747-238B-SCD. c/n 21977-409. First flew October 25th, 1979 and was the first Qantas 747 to be powered by Rolls Royce engines.

Operated first revenue service San Francisco-Sydney as QF4 - November 15, 1979 and operated final revenue service Tokyo-Sydney as QF20 - April 21, 2002.
The aircraft was ferried to Pinal Air Park April 30, 2002 and was scrapped December 3, 2002.











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Hope you enjoy the shots and the history!

[Flying Trucker]

Wonderful shots...well done...

[FoxThree]

Great shots of a beautiful bird. 8-)

[Bud Greene]

Well done! Love the cockpit shot in particular.
...and thank you for flying Quantas.  G'day mates.

[jankees]

some nice angles here.

[andy190]

Great shots. Can't decide which is best. Love the cockpit one though.

[reachva]

Thanks all.
The cockpit shot did come out better than I was expecting. I love this aircraft even if it is just for that old fashioned cockpit equipment with all the steam gauges and ticker-tape readings for the engines.