City of Canberra (aircraft)
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For the Boeing 707 formerly operated by Qantas, see Qantas Founders Outback Museum.
The City of Canberra is a preserved Boeing 747-438 delivered to Qantas in 1989 and now on display at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society museum at Shellharbour Airport, Albion Park Rail, Australia.
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The City of Canberra lands for the last time at Shellharbour Airport, 8 March 2015 | |
Type | Boeing 747-438 |
Construction number | 24354 (Line Number 731) |
Manufactured | February 1989 |
Registration | N6046P (Boeing Test) VH-OJA (Qantas) |
First flight | 3 July 1989 |
Owners and operators | Qantas |
In service | 6 September 1989 - 13 January 2015 |
Last flight | 8 March 2015 |
Flights | 13,833 |
Total hours | 106,154 |
Total distance | 85 million kilometres |
Status | Preserved by Historical Aircraft Restoration Society |
Preserved at | Shellharbour Airport |
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On 16–17 August 1989, whilst en route from the Boeing Everett Factory in the United States following its registration as a newly completed Qantas aircraft, the City of Canberra made a non-stop delivery flight from London Heathrow to Qantas' headquarters in Sydney.[1][2]
As of February 2015[update], the month of the aircraft's final passenger-carrying flight, this was still the longest non-stop un-refuelled delivery flight by an airliner.[3][4]