Qantas Museum 3

This Boeing 707 was the first one purchased by Qantas and revolutionised travel to and from Australia. It was the first truly reliable jet put into service by Qantas.. This actual aircraft was sold to another airline after use, then ended up in Saudia Arabia where it was the personal aircraft of the Shelk. Qantas Museum negotiated to buy it back while it sat in Southport Airport in England for something like seven years - rusting etc. After it was purchased, Qantas paid for a team of volunteers to spent over six months in England totally restoring the plane, and it was flown, via Dublin, Bermuda, Fiji, back to Sydney and hence Longreach where it will remain. The 747-200, by the way, is the only working 747 on display anywhere in the world...!!