Boeing B747-438 (City of Shellharbour)

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Registration: VH-OJA
Magistral Serial Number (MSN): 24354
· 25.3 years in service
· 13,833 flights
· 4,094,568 passengers carried
· This aircraft has flown nearly 85 million kilometres, which is equivalent to 110.2 return trips to the moon
· VH-OJA” was Qantas’ first Boeing 747-400 aircraft and was named the City of Canberra
· It was delivered to Qantas on 11 August 1989 and made its debut flight on 16 August 1989 from London to Sydney
· On Thursday 17 August 1989, it set the record for having flown the longest non-stop flight (London-Sydney) of any commercial airline (flight number QF7441)
· The flight and subsequent media attention around the world at the time underlined Qantas’ role as the leader in long-range commercial aviation.
· All of Qantas’ B747-400 aircraft were named ‘Longreach’ as a tribute to our place of origin and to demonstrate the long-range of the aircraft.


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