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Boeing 707-328B (19291/536)

 

Date
Registration
Company
History
07/12/66 - Boeing Rolled out at Renton
21/02/67 - - Made its first flight from Renton
07/03/67 F-BLCE Air France Delivered  with name "Chateau D'Usse"
13/02/68 TU-TXL Air Afrique Leased and reregistered
22/02/68 F-BLCE Air France Returned and reregistered
11/03/68 TU-TXL Air Afrique Leased and reregistered
22/03/68 F-BLCE Air France Returned and reregistered
00/05/81 - - Removed from service and placed in storage at Orly
15/07/81 3X-GCC Air Guinée Purchased and placed in storage at Orly
02/08/81 - - Roll out in full colors
00/11/81 - Air France Returned after purchase failed
00/09/82 - Progress Aviation Purchased for resale while in storage at Orly. TAT 45600 hrs
25/09/83 - - Ferried Orly-Brussels and placed in storage. Full Air Guinée colors
25/04/84 - - Ferried Brussels-Stansted for repainting
24/05/84 OO-TYC Trans European Airways Purchased and reregistered with CoA 3389
18/06/84 - - First revenue service
00/09/84 - - Placed in storage at Brussels. TAT 45676 hrs
00/11/84 - - Used for air-bridge between Khartoum-Brussels-Tel Aviv for the evacuation of Ethiopian Jewish refugees
00/01/85 - - Placed in storage at Brussels
00/12/85 - El Al Leased
00/12/85 - Trans European Airways Returned
00/12/85 (OO-TEP) - Registration reserved but not taken up
23/10/86 - Aircraft Leasing Company Purchased
23/10/86 - Trans European Airways Leased
27/12/88 - - Last service Brussels-Malaga-Brussels. Removed from service and placed in storage at Brussels
07/02/89 - AirXport Purchased. Stored at Brussels. TAT 52694 hrs
22/07/89 - Israel Aircraft Industries Purchased and ferried to Tel Aviv
31/07/89 - - Canx from Belgian register
25/09/89 N2090B Comodore Aviation Inc Purchased and reregistered
27/07/90 4X-BYC Israel Aircraft Industries Purchased and reregistered
10/08/90 4X-JYC Israel Air Force Transferred and ferried Shannon-Miami for overhaul. Military code No 258
00/00/91 - - Entered service
00/00/97 - - Converted to RC.707 ELINT. TAT 54281 hrs
25/04/01 - - Seen stored Tel Aviv, probable withdrawn from use
05/05/08 - - Seen withdrawn from use Tel Aviv

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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