TRANS - AUSTRALIA AIRLINES (TAA) BOEING 727-276 (ADVANCED)
VH-TBQ – LAWRENCE HARGRAVE
VH-TBQ's Technical Details:
Built by The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company (BCAC) at Renton, Washington State, USA from August 1979 to January 1980.
Boeing Aircraft marketed this extended model as a Boeing 727-200A
Construction / Serial Number: 22017
Line Number: 1564
Customer Order Number: QD011
Rolled out at Seattle - November 1979,
First flown - December 13, 1979
Entered onto the Australian Civil Register as VH-TBQ - January 15, 1980
Arrived Melbourne (Tullamarine 12:02 local) on completion of delivery flight on January 20, 1980
Ferry Flight Delivery Route:
Seattle – San Francisco - Hilo (Hawaii) - Pago Pago (American Samoa) - Brisbane - Melbourne
TAA Flight Crew:
Capts Len Murphy and Gary Reinke and Flight Eng Off (FEO) Mick Stephens
TAA Navigator: Ted Allen
TAA Engineering Staff:Joseph Favazza, Senior Production Inspector Avionics,
John Beaton, Senior LAME
David Patston, Senior Mechanical Engineer
The Full Story of VH - TBQ
The story of VH - TBQ has been compiled by Joseph Favazza it is his version. (Apologies in advance for any errors, it was, after all, a long time ago!). CLICK HERE
to read the story in PDF format.