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English: Delivered to QANTAS 1981. Used on the Wellington Trans-Tasman services until the arrival of 767s in 1984.

Put up for sale in 1990 and used as back up aircraft. Remained unsold. Experienced two incidents in 2001 - one serious when in the cruise at FL44 it yawed abruptly and then went into a 20 degree bank while on autopilot. At this point it was withdrawn from use. Ferried to Marana, Arizona 2002

Broken up 2004
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Source QANTAS Boeing 747SP VH-EAA, Wellington, 1981
Author Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by PhillipC at https://www.flickr.com/photos/42033648@N00/3127051083. It was reviewed on 31 August 2010 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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