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SkyStef's aviation page |
| 06/03/62 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 03/04/62 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 09/04/62 | OO-SJF | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1408 |
| 16/04/62 | - | - | Handed over |
| 17/04/62 | - | - | Ferried to Brussels |
| 00/00/63 | - | Air Congo | Leased several short periods till mid 1967 in Sabena colors with Air Congo titles |
| 15/12/65 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Madrid-Lagos-Abidjan service |
| 15/06/68 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Montreal-Mexico City-Guatemala City service |
| 25/03/69 | - | - | Canx from Belgian register and placed in storage at Brussels |
| 01/04/69 | OE-LBA | Austrian Airlines | Leased and reregistered. Inaugurated Vienna-Brussels-New York (JFK) same day and vice versa |
| 19/04/71 | OO-SJF | Sabena | Returned and reregistered with Belgian CoA 1408 |
| 00/11/74 | - | Air Algerie | Leased for Hadj flights, Sabena colors with "Air Algerie" titles and logo on blue tail |
| 00/12/74 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/11/75 | - | Mandala Airlines | Leased for Hadj flights, Sabena colors with "Mandala Airlines" titles |
| 08/01/76 | - | Mandala Airlines | Seen without titles Abu Dhabi |
| 00/01/76 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 19/11/76 | - | Mandala Airlines | Leased for Hadj flights, Sabena colors with "Mandala Airlines" titles |
| 07/01/77 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 20/01/77 | - | - | Canx from register. TAT 48695 hrs |
| 20/01/77 | 4X-BYL | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased and ferried Tel Aviv |
| 00/00/78 | - | - | Converted to Boeing RC.707 ELINT (Electronic Intelligence Gathering) |
| 00/05/77 | 4X-JYL | Israel Air Force | Transferred. Military code No 128 |
| 00/00/05 | - | - | Still in use and fitted with PW JT 3D-3B engines |
| 05/05/08 | - | - | Seen stored TLV |
| 00/12/08 | - | - | Seen stored TLV |
| 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) Airplane (Aerospace Publishing) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) 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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