Green 747 at Avalon

[Ryan N]

I was driving past Avalon airport yesterday and noticed a green 747 parked there. The plane was green all over except the tail, which was red. Anyone know what aircraft this is, if it flies at all or is it just a training plane of some sort?

[Paul McFarlane]

Is it a QF 747 with a base coat maybe??

[Andrew P]

I was driving past Avalon airport yesterday and noticed a green 747

was it

Evergreen International Airlines (http://www.evergreenaviation.com/EIA/index.html) :D



Banjo

[Ryan N]

Is it a QF 747 with a base coat maybe??

That's what I'm thinking, given the red tail. I was driving along the freeway at the time so I didn't get a good close look at it. I am unsure if it was a 744 or not.

[Brenden S]

it is EBU

[Marty H]

it is EBU

Wish QF would let go and cut it up, becoming an eyesore.

[Rhys Xanthis]

it is EBU

darn u beat me to it:(

i remember flying first class from syd to mel on her...

[Lukas M]

Yeah, its EBU. Its blue not green, came past AVV late yesterday and saw her there just sitting

[Rhys Xanthis]

it got wheeled out of the hanger a fair while ago...whats going on!

[Ryan Hothersall]

Waiting for the scrap merchant maybe?

[Rhys Xanthis]

We'll need another get together to hold some memorial drinks or something when that happens:rolleyes:

[Bob C]

Rhys

I forget the exact wording but according to the latest CASA Register update which I received yesterday, VH-EBU has been removed from the register (or words to that effect).

So perhaps its very close to getting scrapped.

[Paul C.]

Pretty sure that EBU has had its interior and electronics, etc completley stripped. All usebale parts such as engines are gone. Plenty of useful metal (Aluminium) here. Maybe EBU's artwork could be transferred to an A380 or a 747-400, who knows?

[Kent Broadhead]

Pretty sure that EBU has had its interior and electronics, etc completley stripped. All usebale parts such as engines are gone. Plenty of useful metal (Aluminium) here. Maybe EBU's artwork could be transferred to an A380 or a 747-400, who knows?

I'd like to see the artwork on something else - I've always preferred it to Wunula. Maybe because I'm a coastal boy...

Kent

[Andrew McLaughlin]

I forget the exact wording but according to the latest CASA Register update which I received yesterday, VH-EBU has been removed from the register (or words to that effect).

I understand EBU was struck off the Australian register on May 1.

Gordon Reid has more details in July's Traffic column in Australian Aviation.

[Nigel C]

But you'll have to buy the magazine if you want more details:p

[Torin Wilson]

We'll need another get together to hold some memorial drinks or something when that happens:rolleyes:

If you wait long enough, you could be drinking those drinks out of parts of EBU...