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SkyStef's aviation page |
| 02/02/59 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 11/04/59 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 13/05/59 | N738TW | Trans World Airlines | Delivered with fleet No 7738 |
| 00/00/61 | - | - | Ferried to Renton for tail and fin modifications |
| 00/00/61 | - | - | Redelivered |
| 01/06/71 | - | - | Removed from service and placed in storage at Kansas City |
| 17/12/71 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased and delivered via Heathrow |
| 00/10/73 | 4X-ACN | Israel Government | Requisitioned by Israel Government as VIP aircraft during Six-Day War |
| 00/10/73 | 4X-JYI | - | Reregistered |
| 29/11/73 | OO-TED | Trans European Airways | Purchase agreement signed and officially registered with CoA 2387, but held under requisition of the Israeli Government. Named "Rena" |
| 00/01/74 | N738TW | Israel Aircraft Industries | Reregistered and placed in storage Tel Aviv. Proposed conversion into freighter configuration was abandoned. |
| 00/01/74 | OO-TED | Trans European Airways | Purchased and ferried to Brussels and parked on military side. It still carried N738TW registration. Some Belgian documents suggest that the aircraft was kept under requisition of the Israeli Government till December 1983 |
| 00/03/74 | - | - | Entered service |
| 00/09/78 | - | BEA Airtours | Leased |
| 00/10/78 | - | Trans European Airways | Returned |
| 00/08/80 | - | Braniff | Leased |
| 00/09/80 | - | Trans European Airways | Returned |
| 00/12/80 | - | - | TAT 48462 hrs |
| 00/07/82 | - | Air France | Leased |
| 00/07/82 | - | Trans European Airways | Returned |
| 12/09/82 | - | El Al | Leased during strike at El Al |
| 00/12/82 | - | Trans European Airways | Returned |
| 22/04/84 | - | - | Engine-failure after t/o from Brussels. Safe landing |
| 00/07/84 | - | Air Algerie | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/08/84 | - | Trans European Airways | Returned |
| 07/10/84 | - | - | Made a special farewell flight with 184 enthusiasts on board. Took off from Brussels on runway 25R at 1417pm flew at 12.000ft to Belgian Coast and landed via Antwerp at Brussels on runway 25L at 1502pm. TAT 50259 hrs |
| 23/12/84 | - | - | Last revenue flight Tel Aviv-Brussels. |
| 06/01/85 | - | - | Placed in storage at Brussels. |
| 14/11/85 | - | - | Canx from register and used for spares |
| 00/03/87 | - | AirXport | Purchased |
| 00/09/87 | - | - | Broken up at Brussels |
| 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) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol Het Laatste Nieuws Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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