TRANS - AUSTRALIA AIRLINES (TAA) BOEING 727-276 (ADVANCED) VH-TBQ – LAWRENCE HARGRAVE. VH-TBQ's Technical Details: Built by The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company (BCAC) at Renton, Washington State, USA from August 1979 to January 1980. Boeing Aircraft marketed this extended model as a Boeing 727-200A. Construction / Serial Number: 22017

A TAA Douglas DC-9-31 at Essendon Airport in 1971, wearing the 1964-1969 Whispering T-Jet colour scheme used exclusively on DC-9s and Boeing 727s. East-coast services were continually expanded and TAA soon earned its title as a true 'trans Australian' airline with services to Perth on the west coast of the continent, using Douglas DC-4 aircraft.

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It is of interest that the Boeing 727 Fuselage was based on the original Boeing 707 Fuselage Cross-Section and used most of the Tooling and Rigs that were used during the manufacture of the Boeing 707 Airplane.

Boeing 727-76. c/n 18741-72. Was also registered as: N91891; N40AF; N18480. This aircraft was the first of two aircraft ordered new by Trans-Australia Airlines - February 01, 1963

TAA referred to its 727 aircraft as 'Whispering T-Jets'. The last Ansett 727 left the fleet in April 1997. This wooden model is painted to represent Boeing 727-76, VH-TJA operated by Trans Australia Airlines in the mid-1960s. This aircraft was first flown on 24 August 1964 and arrived in Melbourne on 16 October 1964.

Trans-Australia Airlines was finally able to enter the jet-age when in February 1963 they signed a contract with the Boeing Aircraft Company to purchase two Boeing 727-100s, for delivery in 1964. These aircraft were delivered and entered service just before the busy Christmas period in 1964.

Trans-Australia marketed its aircraft as the ‘727 whispering T-Jet’, advertising it as the most advanced pure-jet of its type and the quietest jet in the world. The ‘T-Jet’ name was, according to the publicity brochures, ‘chosen to distinguish TAA’s 727 from those built for other airlines.

TAA would paint 2 aircraft, the Boeing 727 (the scene - Ularu or Ayers Rock) and a Douglas DC9-30 (Coral Islander celebrating the Queensland tourist coast). 1972. 1972 - Enter the new Boeing 727-276, a 150 seater aircraft, larger and more sophisticated than its earlier model the 727-76.

The Boeing 727-100 was the first version of the 727 to be produced and 582 were made. Eventually twelve 727-100s flew for Australia two major airlines. This model represents VH-TJC of Trans Australia Airlines as it appeared in the mid 1960s.