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Boeing 707-365C (19590/654)

 

Date
Registration
Company
History
03/11/67 - Boeing Rolled out at Renton
29/11/67 - - Made its first flight from Renton
21/12/67 G-ATZD Kleinwort Benson Owner of the plane
21/12/67 - British Eagle Airlines Leased and delivered same day in full colors and named "Enterprise"
04/02/68 VR-BCP - Reregistered due to political reasons
08/02/68 - MEA Subleased with full colors
01/03/68 - - Delivered
00/03/68 (OD-APA) - Registration not taken up
01/05/68 - - Jack pierced tail section during lifting in hangar at Beirut
11/12/68 - British Eagle Airlines Returned
11/12/68 - Kleinwort Benson Returned after operations ceased
27/12/68 - BOAC Purchased and ferried to Burbank for interior modifications
18/05/69 G-ATZD - Reregistered and delivered after modifications
01/04/74 - British Airways New corporate identity
00/05/82 - - Removed from service
09/05/83 - TRATCO Purchased
26/05/83 - - Ferried Heathrow-Luxembourg on delivery
12/09/83 5A-DJV Jamahiriya Air Transport Rolled out at Luxembourg and reregistered
00/09/83 - - Ferried to Tripoli on delivery
00/06/86 - Libyan Arab Airlines Merged
00/11/86 SU-DAI ZAS Purchased, reregistered and named "Aswan"
00/00/88 - - Modified with hush kits
07/04/88 5N-AOO Okada Air Purchased and reregistered
00/09/88 - Souvereign Air Purchased
16/09/88 - - Canx from Nigerian register
19/09/88 - BIAC Noted basic Okada Air c/s with BIAC titles at Luton
21/09/88 OO-CDE BIAC Reregistered and handed over at Luton
07/10/88 - Souvereign Air Purchased CoA 3583
07/10/88 - BIAC Leased
08/10/88 - - Ferried Luton-Brussels
21/10/88 - - First revenue service Brussels-Barcelona-Las Palmas
18/05/90 - - Placed in storage Stansted
21/09/90 - - Noted stored in new colors at Stansted. White fuselage, with large black "BIAC" titles and red "Cargo" titles on tail
28/11/90 - - Ceased operations
14/01/91 - German Express Luftfahrt Beteiligung GmbH Purchased
14/01/91 - AMI Cargo Leased
12/02/91 - - Ferried Ostend
19/02/91 - - Ferried Hannover on delivery (new head office owner)
20/02/91 - - First revenue service Hannover-Athens-Johannesburg 
00/01/92 - - Removed from service after operations ceased and placed in storage Brussels
00/01/92 - 707 Leasing Repossessed and remained in storage Brussels
13/01/92 - - Ferried Ostend and placed in storage
00/06/92 - - Ferried Manston and placed in storage
24/06/92 - Omega Air Purchased and ferried Shannon-Amman
24/06/92 - Royal Jordanian Leased
08/07/92 - - Canx from Belgian register. Last operational B707 in Belgium
00/08/92 -- - Noted in maintenance at Amman wearing full colorsl with Belgian registration below wing
21/11/92 JY-AJM - Reregistered
15/04/97 - Omega Air Returned and ferried Amman-Shannon. TAT 59950 hrs
00/06/97 LV-WXL Argentinean Air Force Purchased and reregistered at Shannon
21/09/97 - - Ferried Shannon-Ostend on delivery. Operated by LADE
19/12/97 - - Noted at Manston for maintenance at Modern Jet Support
25/06/04 - - Seen stored Buenos Aires (El Palomar Air Force Base) in good condition but time expired
22/11/05 - - Still stored Buenos Aires (El Palomar Air Force Base)

Following sources are acknowledged.


Individual Aircraft History of the Boeing 707 (Buchair USA)
The Boeing 707-720 and C-135 (Air-Britain Publication)
Airliners in Belgium - BCARG special 1 Boeing 707 Intercontinental (Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw)
Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 (MCP)
World Directory of Airliner Crashes (PSL)
Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS)
JP Airline Fleets (Buchair)
Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol
Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.

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