VH-EAB Lawrence Hargrave
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| Type: | L-749-79-31
Constellation L-749A-79 Constellation (converted) |
| MSN: | 2565 |
| Subsequent Identities: | G-ANUR N1949 CX-BHC |
History:
| 47 | Built as L-749-79-33 for KLM but completed as L-749-79-31 for Qantas. |
| 10MAR47 | Registered to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAB. CofR No 1196. |
| 08OCT47 | Export CofA No E-14755 issued. |
| 09OCT47 | Accepted by Qantas as VH-EAB "Lawrence Hargrave". (Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian researcher and experimenter who proved many of the basic principles of flight during the late 1880s). |
| 22OCT47 | Departed Burbank on delivery to Australia. |
| 25OCT47 | Arrived Sydney. (Capts. McMaster, Connolly and Henderson). |
| NOV49 | Operated several Melbourne Cup charters (Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney) for TAA. |
| 19AUG51 | Departed Sydney for Darwin where the aircraft was based until 03SEP51 operating flights to Iwakuni, Japan. |
| 03SEP51 | Fuselage painted with white top and red cheatline. Aircraft returned to service 08SEP51. |
| 27OCT51 | Withdrawn from service for conversion to L-749A-79 with higher all up weight. |
| 31DEC51 | Returned to service. |
| 11DEC52 | Right hand rudder damaged in collision with KLM L-749 PH-TDK at Karachi. |
| 16DEC52 | Departed Sydney on the first South African service. |
| 16FEB54 | Diverted to Mangalore due Essendon weather. |
| MAR54 | Departed Sydney on a Royal flight Sydney-Adelaide-Kalgoorlie-Perth. |
| NOV54 | Departed Sydney on the first Tokyo service. |
| 18FEB55 | UK CofA issued as G-ANUR. |
| 24FEB55 | Departed Sydney on its last Qantas service (to Tokyo). |
| 26FEB55 | Sold to BOAC as G-ANUR. |
| 28FEB55 | Cancelled from the Australian Register. Departed Sydney on delivery to BOAC. Carried Qantas colours with registration G-ANUR. |
| 05MAR55 | Delivered to BOAC at London Heathrow. Named "Basildon". Used in a 60 seat tourist configuration. |
| 12JUL55 | Entered service with BOAC. |
| 27JUL55 | Operated its first BOAC service to Sydney. |
| 10SEP55 | Port undercarriage collapsed during maintenance at Heathrow. |
| 58 | Withdrawn from service by this date. |
| JUL59 | Leased to Skyways. |
| 60 | Fitted with a large rear cargo door by BOAC during early 1960. |
| 12SEP60 | Received minor damage at Delhi but repaired. |
| 02JUL62 | Sold to Skyways. |
| 01SEP62 | Taken over by Euravia (London) Ltd. Used as a freighter or 82 seater. |
| 15NOV63 | Painted in Euravia colours at Luton. |
| 30JUL65 | Delivered Luton to Gatwick on lease to ACE Freighters. |
| 12AUG65 | Entered service with ACE Freighters. |
| 11SEP66 | Last service with ACE Freighters. |
| 14SEP66 | Returned to Euravia (Britannia Airways) after ACE Freighters ceased operations on this date. |
| 23FEB67 | Cancelled from UK Register on sale to Nelson Puente, Puerto Rico. |
| 04MAR67 | Flown across the Atlantic on delivery. |
| 06MAY67 | Sold to Woodrow W. Tilton. |
| 24MAY67 | Registered N1949. |
| 25MAY67 | Sold to American National Bank of Jacksonville and leased to Woodrow W. Tilton same day. |
| 06JAN68 | Sold to Woodrow W. Tilton. Earlier reported having been transferred to Peru International Management Corp. Same day sold as CX-BHC to Laura Puente trading as Aerolineas Uruguayas. |
| 29JAN68 | Cancelled from US Register. |
| MAY68 | Believed to have been delivered from Miami. |
| 68-69 | Aerolineas Uruguayas ceased operations. |
| JAN70 | Last reported stored at Montevideo. Presumably subsequently scrapped. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 3 | 25FEB16 |
Revised
presentation of type.
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| 2 | 14SEP00 | - |
