SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
| 25/02/59 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 25/04/59 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 24/05/59 | N739TW | Trans World Airlines | Delivered with fleet No 7739 |
| 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 |
| 19/12/71 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased |
| 22/12/71 | - | - | Ferried to Tel Aviv |
| 00/12/72 | - | Scan Leasing Ltd | Leased for further lease to Air Siam |
| 23/12/72 | HS-VGC | Air Siam | Leased and reregistered. Named "Chao Phraya" |
| 01/01/73 | - | - | First revenue service Bangkok-Hong Kong-Tokyo |
| 00/10/73 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Returned |
| 14/10/73 | 4X-ACU | El Al | Reregistered and leased, originally painted for Trans European Airways but not delivered |
| 21/10/73 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Returned |
| 22/10/73 | - | Israel Government | Requisitioned by Israeli Government as VIP aircraft during Six-Day War |
| 00/12/73 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Returned |
| 14/12/73 | OO-TEE | Trans European Airways | Purchased and reregistered with CoA 2390 |
| 26/12/73 | - | - | Ferried Dublin-Brussels and parked under the requisition of the Israeli Government |
| 00/01/74 | - | - | Released by Israeli Government and entered service |
| 00/00/75 | - | - | Named "Perla" |
| 09/07/76 | - | - | Removed from service |
| 07/09/76 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased and ferried Brussels-Tel Aviv. Originally purchased for spare parts but not dismantled. Parked Tel Aviv for military conversion. TAT 42035 hrs |
| 29/10/76 | - | - | Canx from register |
| 00/00/78 | 4X-JYC | Israel Air Force | Transferred, reregistered and converted into Tanker configuration by IAI. Military Code 005 |
| 00/08/89 | - | - | Seen withdrawn from use Maxton minus wings. For KC-135 parts |
| 26/06/99 | - | - | Seen partly broken up at Maxton with faded Trans European Airways colors |
| 13/08/00 | - | - | Still at Maxton |
| 00/00/07 | - | - | Completely broken up but circuit breaker panels used to restore the Sabena simulator preserved 1996 at Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve 2000-2005 |
| 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 Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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