VH-EBI was delivered to Qantas in August 1961 and withdrawn in September 1968. The following year it was sold to Braniff as N105BN.

VH-EBH was delivered to Qantas in July 1961 and withdrawn from use in June 1968. It then sat around Sydney airport for more than a year until sold to British West Indian Airways as 9Y-TDC. The 707-138B was shorter than the normal 707-100, tailor-made for Qantas and in some ways akin to the 747SP in trading capacity for range. But by 1968 improved airports meant the 707-300 could flying all the routes and with better seat-mile costs. Several of Qantas' 13 707-138Bs ended up as corporate aircraft.

VH-EBB was delivered with JT3C jets engines in 1959 and upgraded to turbofan JT3D engines in 1961. It was sold as N790SA in 1967 for service with Standard Airways. Behind -EBB is the then international terminal, little more than a shed. It was replaced in 1970 by the building that still forms the core of the current international terminal. The old site was cleared for a new terminal for Trans-Australia Airlines (now called Terminal 3).

The first Qantas 707, VH-EBA was delivered as a 707-138 with JT3C jet engines. It was fitted with JT3D turbofans in 1961 to became a -138B or V-Jet to Qantas. -EBA was sold in 1967 to Pacific Western as CF-PWV. In 2006 if returned to Australia for the Qantas museum as Longreach, Queensland, registered VH-XBA

VH-EBM first flight 29-Jul-1964, delivered Sep-1964 (Qantas), to N108BN registered Jun-1969 (Braniff > TAG Aviation), to N707XX registered Jul-1990 (TAG Aviation), to N707JT registered Dec-1998 (John Travolta)

Taxying for a runway 25 departure. The 707 was sold to British Eagle in 1968

Oh, how times change ! The ground crew walk out to the aircraft shortly after its arrival.

Fitting a 707 in the viewfinder in 1966 meant retreating deep inside the Civil Aviation hangar. The taxiway was later realigned for 747s.

Sold in 1968 as N792SA

Retired by Qantas in September 1968

Sold to British Eagle as G-AVZZ in 1968.

Malaysia Singapore Airlines stickers. VH-EBM was withdrawn by Qantas in 1968 and sold to Braniff the following year.