Originally Posted by
morno
Interesting that back then, Qantas would operate a new aircraft for as little as 4 years and then retire it?
Why did they operate the 707's for so little time?
morno
Despite what Curtain Twitcher said, the B707-138B model, which was the first model introduced to Qf, was relatively quickly superseded by the B707-338C model because the latter had superior performance all round.
I well remember the 138s which were sold to Braniff lined up at Mascot, ready to be delivered, painted pink, lime green, yellow, purple, maybe orange, in 1969.
Braniff went bust a few years later.