VH-EBA Boeing 747-238B (MSN 20009/147) of Qantas, named ‘City of Canberra’, at Perth Airport – 3 September 1971. Photo © Ted Drake. **First Boeing 747 to visit Perth, and the first 747 for Qantas** Is carrying a spare 5th engine under the left wing. It was on a route-proving flight from Sydney via Perth to Singapore, and remained on the ground for a few hours. About 8,000 people turned up to see this aircraft. The public was allowed a close-up look before it departed to Singapore. VH-EBA operated Qantas’ first Boeing 747 revenue service on 17 September 1971, as flight QF727 Sydney – Perth – Singapore. Qantas ordered four 747-100 in October 1967, but changed the order to the 747-200B in June 1969. VH-EBA first flew on 8 July 1971 and was named ‘City of Canberra’, then delivered to Qantas on 13-16 Aug 1971. Later changed registrations and owners, as 4R-ULF, VH-EBA, N614AR, N307TW, LV-WYT, N307TW, HI-756CA, SE-RBP, 3D-NED XT-DMS. Retired at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2010 and reported scrapped in 2012.