VH-EBE (2)   Boeing 707-138                        (c/n  17700)

                                  

                                      VH-EBE was delivered to Qantas in September 1959 as 'City of Perth'.   It operated as the
                                      official aircraft for the Royal Tour in 1963 and, as such, was the first Boeing 707 to visit New
                                      Zealand.  Greg Banfield's shot above was taken at Mascot in September 1964.   Like several
                                      of its stablemates it was sold and leased to Standard Airways in 1968.   It was re-registered
                                      N793SA.   After a stint with Pacific Western as CF-PWW it returned as N793SA to endure
                                      many other leases (including two tours with Egyptair) and finally wound back with Boeing Air-
                                      craft in 1984 as spares for the KC-135 refurbishment program.