VH-EAG (2)   Boeing 707-338C                      (c/n  19627)

                                     

                                          Here's -EAG at Mascot in March 1974 just after it had been renamed 'Alice Springs' from
                                          'City of Hobart'.    By November of 1978 (image below) it had received its ultimate Qantas
                                          livery. Withdrawn from airline service in 1979, it went to the RAAF as A20-627.   The serial
                                          numbers of the Boeings in RAAF service were the 'last three' of their c/ns.   At the foot of the
                                          page is a shot of A20-627 in 'interim' RAAF livery (including a close up of the tail with serial
                                          number).  This Boeing was cannibalized in 2001 as parts for the other 707s in service and
                                          ultimately scrapped at RAAF Richmond in 2009.   All photos by Greg Banfield.