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| 20/04/60 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 12/05/60 | OO-SJE | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1308 |
| 25/05/60 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 07/06/60 | - | - | Handed over |
| 11/06/60 | - | - | Ferried to Brussels |
| 05/07/60 | - | - | Carried 164 pax from London to Idlewild (largest number of pax to leave London on a single flight to date) |
| 09/07/60 | - | - | Participated Congo airlift (together with SJA, SJB, SJC and SJD: 62 flights with average of 250 pax) |
| 00/03/61 | - | Persian Air Service | Leased for weekly Teheran-Geneva-Brussels service |
| 00/00/61 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/00/62 | - | Air Congo | Leased several short periods till early 1967 in Sabena colors with Air Congo titles |
| 05/03/67 | - | Nigeria Airways | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 30/03/67 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 01/04/72 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Vienna-Teheran-Bangkok-Singapore service |
| 00/11/75 | - | Mandala Airlines | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/01/76 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/03/76 | - | Nigeria Airways | Leased |
| 00/05/76 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 18/05/76 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Montreal-Havana-Mexico service |
| 00/00/77 | - | Sobelair | Leased in full Sabena markings |
| 15/02/78 | - | - | Nose wheel collapsed during undershot landing at Tenerife/Santa Cruz and destroyed by fire. No injuries among 189 pax and 9 crew. TAT 56787 hrs |
| 10/05/78 | - | - | Canx from register |
| 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) World Directory of Airliner Crashes (PSL) Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 (MCP) Chronicle of Aviation (JLIP) Chronique de l'Aviation (JLIP) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Sabena 60 years experience Sabena 70 jaar luchtvaartpionier Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol, Onze/Notre Sabena Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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