B744 VH-OED Retirement

[Sarah C]

Thanks for those pics Karl - those are sad images

[Jon Harris]

Great pics Karl! Thanks for sharing...

Have to agree with Sarah - it is sad looking at them like that...:-(

[Jack B]

just a month or so ago, we were spotting those at SYD...quite sad indeed

[Jason H]

It's sad to see the 744s as i was on both OEC and OED just a few weeks before their respective retirements....

[Ash W]

Don't think too many will be too sad to see the back of those two a/c. Flew in both myself in their early days with Qantas and they were shockers.

[Brandon Giacomin]

Great pics Karl! Very sad though

[Jack B]

Originally Posted by Ash W

Don't think too many will be too sad to see the back of those two a/c. Flew in both myself in their early days with Qantas and they were shockers.

what was the issue with 2? something to do with the cabin, or maintainence or...?

[Ash W]

VH-OEB, OEC and OED were purhcased second hand from Asiana (OEB) and Malaysian (OEC and OED) circa 1998 and were known as the ugly sisters for various reasons. OEC and OED in particular were in a very bad state both inside and out. Cannot recall the exact details but the two ex Malaysian aircraft had some structural issues that needed addressing owing to the manner in which Malaysian stripped paint using the wrong tools.

Inside the cabin when they first arrived Qantas didn't update the cabins to their own standard so were of a less quality than the rest of the 744 fleet. In latter years that changed of course.

[Karl M]

Thanks for the comments all.
As stated, it was a bit of a sad drive form me out of VCV. It's not really nice to see aircraft Ive been on/worked around sitting idle like that.

Now that OGA just arrived, it may have been a bit more.

[Anthony J]

Sad to see OGD like that!

I'm sure OGA looks like that by now, but we left her looking like she was ready for a CityFlyer!