Planetags QANTAS B747 VH-OJP Gold/White Skin Tag

Description: Qantas B747-438 VH-OJP “City of Albury” Ultra-rare Combo Planetag GOLD & WHITE Its QANTAS Tag-mania! The gold band signified an era when the airline distinguished itself above others by offering a gold or gilt-edged productThis band was approximately 10cm in width and ran along the leading edge of the entire boundary between the white hull and the distinctive red tail of the flying kangaroo. It became thinner as it ran up the leading edge of the vertical finThe gold band existed for over twenty years from its first appearance on newly delivered747-300's and 767-200's in 1984The shift in corporate sentiment saw it gradually removed from the airlines identityIronically the most recent Qantas livery now features a sweeping silver band This release produced very few solid gold tags due to OJP's poor paint condition as a result of long term desert storage These tags most likely number less than 200 out of a total production run of 10,000 QF combo tags sold out almost instantly and have become highly sought after Each tag is individually serialised Features unique RED tinge throughout engraving Excellent opportunity to purchase rare and specific piece of an icon of aviation as the final curtain comes down for the Jumbo across the globe Please bear in mind that pricing is in AUDAUSTRALIAN DOLLAR$ Check out the exchange rate at your leisure Combined postage encouraged VH-OJP 'City of Albury' Qantas’ 99th Boeing and 46th B747 Powered by x4 Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines Allocated Boeing Block Number RT566 Off production line 10th April 1992 - first flown 29th April First Qantas test flight 11th May FAA CofA issued 19th May prior to Qantas Airways acceptance Put into storage at Everett on the 20th due to RB211 performance shortfalls Removed from storage and placed on the Australian Aircraft Register on 22nd May as VH-OJP Qantas acceptance flight on 24th June CAA CofR/CofA issued on 26th June and named ‘City of Albury’ having already flown 8hrs 59min and 5 cycles QF7416P departed Everett at 1500 that day bound for Vancouver then QF7416D to San Francisco Operated first commercial service as QF531 SFO-SYD on the 27th June 1992 Penultimate commercial service as QF107 SYD-LAX-JFK on 10th June 2012 Final revenue service as QF108 JFK-LAX Ferried as QF6021 LAX-VCV on 11th June and available for immediate sale A test flight to Monterey and return as QF6022 on the 13th June 2012 was to be VH-OJP's final flight It was placed into long term storage having flown 91,387hrs and 10,934 cycles Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register on 8th September 2014 and registered to the Bank of Utah, Salt lake City registered as N952JM The fuselage remained intact until December 2018 Qantas and the B747The Qantas Airways relationship with the 'Jumbo' spanned 50 glorious years VH-EBA 'City of Canberra' -Qantas' first B747, arrived at Kingsford Smith on the 16th of August 1971 The airline marked the end of its relationship with the 'Queen of the Skies' with a series of relatively short 'joy flights' using VH-OEJ 'Wanula' - the last operating QF Jumbo These flights took place over Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra and raised money for HARS where the flagship VH-OJA is statically preserved VH-OEJ made its final departure from Australia on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 The iconic sight of a Qantas Jumbo flying over Sydney Harbour, the CBD and its surrounding suburbs and beaches is now a thing of the past After just over an hour into the flight and the crew provided a fitting tribute and initiated a series of expertly executed manoeuvres which allowed the flight path to approximate the outline of the iconic flying kangaroo After arriving in LAX ‘Wanula’ flew to Victorville the following day into permanent storage and most likely dismantling VH-OEJ 'Wanula' C/N 32914-1331 Last of six -400ER’s ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd on the 29th of November 2001 Added to the Australian A/C register on the 15th of May 2003 registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Construction completed on the 6th of June 2003 First flew as N60668 on the 11th of July 2003 1331st B747 built by Boeing – the 57th Jumbo for Qantas Ferried in an all over red livery to New Iberia, LA on the 31st of July 2003 where painting was completed as ‘Wanula Dreaming’ (as originally applied to VH-OJB) Ferried to LAX as QF6020 on the 15th of August 2003 Ferried to SYD as QF6020 next day First revenue service QF107 SYD – LAX on the 26th of August 2003 Final service in ‘Wanula’ livery QF8DFW – BNE on the 30th of December 2011 Ferried to Xiamen, on the 2nd of January 2012 for repainting Final revenue service QF66 JNB – SYD on the 27th of March 2020 Scheduled to depart Sydney for the final time on the 22nd of July 2020 for ferry to Victorville, CA via LAX The 744 Dilemma The Boeing 747-400 is an advanced variant of the B747 series. The 'Advanced Series 300' was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow. The -400 is a larger, more efficient and longer range Jumbo variant which enabled the over-flight of traditional tech-stops. It introduced a glass cockpit and reduced the number of dials, gauges and knobs from 971 to 365 via enhanced avionics eliminating the role of the third knob – the flight engineer. It retained the original airframe with the -300 EUD and introduced 1.8m drag reducing winglets. The -400 also featured tail fuel tanks, revised engines, and a new interior. Powerplants included the Pratt & Whitney PW4062, General Electric CF6-80C2, and Rolls-Royce RB211-524, equivalent and interchangeable with those utilised in the parallel production of the B767’s Northwest Airlines were the launch customer and ordered ten aircraft on the 22nd October 1985. The first-400 rolled out on January 26th 1988 with a maiden flight on the 29th April. Type certification was received on the 9th January 1989, the first commercial flight occurred on the 9th February between Minneapolis and Phoenix An extended range freighter (ERF) entered service in October 2002 followed by a passenger version (ER) in November. Qantas were the only airline to order the -400ER initially for the MEL to LAX and DFW to SYD routes allowing a commercially viable service with full passenger and cargo payloads. Prior to introducing the -400ER, Qantas blocked out E zone to weight limit passenger numbers and associated baggage. The -400ER featured the Boeing Signature Interior, which was later offered as a retro-fit on previous models The -400ER also introduced flight deck enhancements, including the replacement of CRT displays with LCD’s and the three standby instruments were amalgamated into a single combined integrated standby flight display LCD, both of which became standard across the series in late 2003 In March 2007, Boeing announced that it had no plans to produce further passenger versions of the -400, the final delivery occurring in April 2005 for China Airlines. However, orders for 36 -400F and -400ERF freighters were already in place. The -400 was superseded by the stretched and improved Boeing 747-8, introduced in October 2011 to an albeit mild reception With 694 -400’s delivered between 1989 and 2009, it was by far Boeing's best-selling 747 variant. The largest operators of the jet included Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines and British Airways The -400's leasing, resale and salvage value has dropped steeply due to relatively expensive operating costs above more efficient twin-jets. Age is also not on the -400’s side as most airframe exceed twenty years. Airlines are beginning to replace them with more fuel efficient aircraft such as Boeing 777/787’s and Airbus A350’s. The change in emphasis from hub and spoke operations to point-to-point flights has also reduced the need for large, multi-engine jets Moreover, economic weakness in air cargo markets has slowed demand for cargo conversions. Since the cost of replacement is high, most appear to be operating the -400's to the full extent of their accepted useful lifespan prior to scrapping. The current parts resale value for the type has been reduced to its engines and Planetags Planetags gain access to retired aircraft in the later stages of storage and deemed uneconomical to return to serviceThis resurrection or 'second life' is generally the airframes final contribution to aviation – the upcycling to produce a versatile, practical and highly collectible mementoTags exhibit a colour, thickness and wear relative to the portion of the fuselage from where they were cut - no two tags are identicalThis highly collectible tag is attached to an informative display card by a durable metal ring strong enough to attach to luggage or keyrings should you so desireThe rear face is coloured in a medium shade of zinc chromate and features a name and address block if requiredThese tags originate from what was an enormous and iconic fuselage Thank you for looking

Price: 249 AUD

Location: NSW

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