VH-EBS_1972-08-06_MUC_1200_HS
Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1972-08-06 (6 August 1972)
VH-EBS (2) "Kalgoorlie"
Boeing 707-338C
18955/467
Qantas
Note: This was the fourth aircraft and the third jetliner to wear the registration VH-EBS.
VH-EBS (1): DHA-3 Drover c/n 1508, delivered to Qantas in September 1951
VH-EBS (3): Boeing 747-238B c/n 22616 / 543, delivered to Qantas in November 1981 and wfu in December 2002
VH-EBS (4): Airbus A330-202 c/n 1258, still active with Qantas in 2020
The 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich brought a lot of airlines and airliners to Riem airport that were otherwise never seen there, including this Qantas 707 at the holding point for runway 07. Another Qantas B707, VH-EAG, visited Riem about a month later, on 12 September 1972, very likely also in connection with the Olympic Games.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Delivered to QANTAS Airways in Feb-66 as VH-EBS, it only stayed with QANTAS for just under 8 years before being leased to MAS Malaysian Airline System in Mar-73 as 9M-ASO. It was sold to Malaysian Airlines in Oct-73 and re-registered 9M-MCS in Oct-75. The aircraft was withdrawn from Service by Malaysian in Jan-81 and stored at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. In Oct-81 it was sold to the Air Supply Corporation and sold on the same day to United African Airlines (Jamahiriya Air Transport), Libya, as 5A-DJO. Sadly it was written off on 14-Mar-83 after an engine exploded on take-off from Sebha, Libya.
Detailed history of this airframe including many photos:
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/vhebs.html
VH-EBS with Qantas at SEA in February 1966 (original V-Jet livery):
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/4605.202l.jpg
VH-EBS leased to Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at HKG in June 1973:
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/4604.612l.jpg
This airframe as 9M-MCS with Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at HKG in December 1977:
www.airhistory.net/photo/70832/9M-MCS
This airframe as 5A-DJO with United African Airways at BLQ in October 1984:
cdn.jetphotos.com/full/1/92424_1197848495.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
VH-EBS_1972-08-06_MUC_1200_HS
Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1972-08-06 (6 August 1972)
VH-EBS (2) "Kalgoorlie"
Boeing 707-338C
18955/467
Qantas
Note: This was the fourth aircraft and the third jetliner to wear the registration VH-EBS.
VH-EBS (1): DHA-3 Drover c/n 1508, delivered to Qantas in September 1951
VH-EBS (3): Boeing 747-238B c/n 22616 / 543, delivered to Qantas in November 1981 and wfu in December 2002
VH-EBS (4): Airbus A330-202 c/n 1258, still active with Qantas in 2020
The 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich brought a lot of airlines and airliners to Riem airport that were otherwise never seen there, including this Qantas 707 at the holding point for runway 07. Another Qantas B707, VH-EAG, visited Riem about a month later, on 12 September 1972, very likely also in connection with the Olympic Games.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Delivered to QANTAS Airways in Feb-66 as VH-EBS, it only stayed with QANTAS for just under 8 years before being leased to MAS Malaysian Airline System in Mar-73 as 9M-ASO. It was sold to Malaysian Airlines in Oct-73 and re-registered 9M-MCS in Oct-75. The aircraft was withdrawn from Service by Malaysian in Jan-81 and stored at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. In Oct-81 it was sold to the Air Supply Corporation and sold on the same day to United African Airlines (Jamahiriya Air Transport), Libya, as 5A-DJO. Sadly it was written off on 14-Mar-83 after an engine exploded on take-off from Sebha, Libya.
Detailed history of this airframe including many photos:
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/vhebs.html
VH-EBS with Qantas at SEA in February 1966 (original V-Jet livery):
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/4605.202l.jpg
VH-EBS leased to Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at HKG in June 1973:
www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebs/4604.612l.jpg
This airframe as 9M-MCS with Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at HKG in December 1977:
www.airhistory.net/photo/70832/9M-MCS
This airframe as 5A-DJO with United African Airways at BLQ in October 1984:
cdn.jetphotos.com/full/1/92424_1197848495.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.