Ikara
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A milestone was recently reached at Qantas , with B747-400 VH-OJG reaching arecord 100,000 flight hours.
B747-438 registered as VH-OJG first flew on 11 July 1990 at Paine Field , Everett. After4 Boeing test flights
and 2 Qantas Customer Acceptance flights,it was accepted by Qantas on 15 August1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
VH-OJG was the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] 747-400 to be purchased by Qantas and the 801[SUP]s t[/SUP]B747 built by Boeing at the Everett factory
in Washington State.
On19 May 2012 it achieved 100,000 flying hours, operating the QF24 servicebetween Bangkok and Sydney.
It ceased revenue operations on 20 July 2012 and was prepared for return to the lessor on 14 August, 1 day short
of its 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] birthday.The aircraft departed Sydney on 21August 2012 at 13:25 on its final flight to Marana in Arizona.
It arrived at Marana having accrued 100,612 air hours and 12,489 cycles making it the highest time aircraft to have
operated in the Qantas fleet. Over it’s 22 year operational life VH-OJG has flown anaverage of 12.5 hours per day,
accumulated a total of 100,612 flight hours and 12,489 flight cycles.Carrying over 3.8million passengers,VH-OJG
has travelled over 85 million kilometres,which is equivalent of 110 return trips to the moon !
Now that's some serious FF miles!
JB
B747-438 registered as VH-OJG first flew on 11 July 1990 at Paine Field , Everett. After4 Boeing test flights
and 2 Qantas Customer Acceptance flights,it was accepted by Qantas on 15 August1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
VH-OJG was the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] 747-400 to be purchased by Qantas and the 801[SUP]s t[/SUP]B747 built by Boeing at the Everett factory
in Washington State.
On19 May 2012 it achieved 100,000 flying hours, operating the QF24 servicebetween Bangkok and Sydney.
It ceased revenue operations on 20 July 2012 and was prepared for return to the lessor on 14 August, 1 day short
of its 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] birthday.The aircraft departed Sydney on 21August 2012 at 13:25 on its final flight to Marana in Arizona.
It arrived at Marana having accrued 100,612 air hours and 12,489 cycles making it the highest time aircraft to have
operated in the Qantas fleet. Over it’s 22 year operational life VH-OJG has flown anaverage of 12.5 hours per day,
accumulated a total of 100,612 flight hours and 12,489 flight cycles.Carrying over 3.8million passengers,VH-OJG
has travelled over 85 million kilometres,which is equivalent of 110 return trips to the moon !
Now that's some serious FF miles!
JB
