SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
| 26/10/67 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 20/11/67 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 08/12/67 | VH-EAA | Qantas | Delivered with name "City of Toowoomba" |
| 10/12/67 | - | - | First revenue (cargo) flight QF702/002 London-Colombo-Sydney |
| 20/01/72 | - | - | Wing life modifications at London |
| 25/02/72 | - | - | Returned Sydney |
| 27/04/77 | OO-YCK | ITEL Corporation | Purchased. TAT 34698 hrs. Painted in full Young Cargo colors at Mascot |
| 06/05/77 | - | Young Cargo | Leased and reregistered with CoA 2728 |
| 06/05/77 | - | - | Ferried Sydney-Brussels |
| 08/05/77 | - | - | Arrived at Brussels |
| 00/00/78 | - | Air France | Subleased |
| 10/10/78 | - | Young Cargo | Returned |
| 27/06/79 | - | ITEL Corporation | Returned |
| 27/06/79 | - | - | Canx from Belgian register |
| 27/06/79 | P2-ANB | Air Niugini | Leased and reregistered. |
| 11/07/79 | - | - | Ferried Tel Aviv to Israel Aircraft Industries for overhaul |
| 13/09/79 | - | - | Ferried Singapore-Sydney on delivery. Carried "Now Singapore, Jakarta, Hawaii" inscription |
| 28/09/79 | - | - | First revenue service Sydney-Brisbane-Port Moresby-Honolulu |
| 00/12/79 | - | - | Carried "South Pacific Festival of Arts, Air Niugini Official Carrier" inscription |
| 00/12/80 | - | - | Registered to GATX Booth |
| 00/06/84 | - | - | TAT 48715 hrs |
| 00/12/84 | - | Air Niugini | Purchased |
| 01/02/85 | - | - | Removed from service and placed in storage |
| 01/04/85 | - | TRATCO | Purchased |
| 13/04/85 | - | - | Arrived in Brussels |
| 21/06/85 | TF-AEB | Air Supply Corporation | Purchased and reregistered |
| 26/06/85 | - | Air Arctic Icelandic | Leased with Air Niugini cheatline and white tail |
| 01/07/85 | - | Kenya Airways | Subleased with Kenya Airways titles + tail logo and Air Niugini cheatline |
| 09/09/85 | - | Air Arctic Icelandic | Returned, placed in storage at Brussels |
| 09/09/85 | - | Air Supply Corporation | Returned |
| 19/11/85 | - | Air Maldives | Leased and ferried Brussels-Dubai on delivery |
| 00/02/86 | - | Air Supply Corporation | Returned |
| 00/02/86 | (SU-DAF) | ZAS | Purchased but registration not taken up |
| 16/04/86 | - | - | Arrived at Stansted for repainting |
| 18/04/86 | 5Y-AXA | African Express Airways | Leased and reregistered. Blue cheatline with "African Express Airways - Kenya" titles + "AE" tail titles |
| 21/04/86 | - | - | Ferried Nigeria on delivery |
| 00/05/86 | - | ZAS | Returned |
| 26/01/87 | N733Q | Croix Holdings Inc | Purchased, reregistered and modified with hush kits at Miami |
| 26/02/87 | N526SJ | Southern Air Transport | Leased and reregistered |
| 26/02/87 | - | CF Airfreight | Subleased. Rolled out in full colors at Miami |
| 00/00/87 | - | Southern Air Transport | Returned |
| 00/11/87 | - | Airborne Express | Subleased for San Jose-Wilmington services |
| 00/01/88 | - | Southern Air Transport | Returned |
| 00/08/88 | - | Croix Holdings Inc | Returned |
| 00/08/88 | - | Jetran | Registered |
| 00/12/88 | - | Capital Air Inc | Registered |
| 00/12/88 | - | CF Airfreight | Leased |
| 11/04/89 | - | Emery Worldwide | Merged |
| 00/06/90 | - | Capital Air Inc | Returned |
| 11/06/90 | - | Grumman Melbourne Systems | Purchased for military conversions (E-8C), and placed in storage at Miami. |
| 00/00/91 | - | - | Refurbished by Boeing Military Company at Witchita |
| 00/00/92 | - | - | Ferried to Lake Charles overhaul facility, being first E-8C production aircraft. Expected to be used as E-8C testbed aircraft |
| 00/12/93 | - | - | Converted |
| 00/03/94 | - | - | Testbed owned by Northrop Grumman in full USAF colors with both civilian register and military serial |
| 00/00/94 | 90-0175 | US Air Force | Reserialed and delivered |
| 01/07/96 | - | - | Grounded due to faulty rivet production |
| 00/00/96 | - | - | Returned to service after repairs |
| 00/10/96 | - | - | Participated in Operation Joint Endeavour in Bosnia. TAT 55205 hrs |
| 00/09/97 | - | - | TAT 56704 hrs |
| 01/01/14 | - | - | Retired MLB |
| 21/01/15 | - | - | Ferried AMARG Davis Monthan AFB for storage at Celebrity Row |
| 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) Boeing 707 Douglas DC-8 & Vickers VC10 (Aerospace publications) 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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