SkyStef's aviation page
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| 29/02/60 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 25/03/60 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 06/04/60 | OO-SJD | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1304 |
| 09/04/60 | - | - | Handed over |
| 11/04/60 | - | - | Ferried Brussels |
| 09/07/60 | - | - | Participated Congo airlift (together with SJA, SJB, SJC and SJE: 62 flights with average of 250 pax) |
| 14/11/60 | - | - | Engine failure en route Brussels-JFK |
| 00/00/62 | - | Air Congo | Leased several short periods till early 1967 in Sabena colors with Air Congo titles |
| 31/03/73 | - | Tunis Air | Leased in full colors with red Sabena cheatline |
| 01/04/73 | - | - | Inaugurated Tunis-London service |
| 00/06/73 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/12/73 | - | Cameroon Airlines | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/01/74 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 31/10/74 | - | Sobelair | Purchased, but stayed in Sabena markings. TAT 48055 hrs |
| 31/10/74 | - | Sabena | Leased |
| 06/05/75 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Libreville-Kinshasa service |
| 00/12/75 | - | Cameroon Airlines | Subleased for Hadj flights |
| 00/01/76 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 07/04/77 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Istanbul-Cairo-Dharhan service |
| 02/08/80 | - | - | Last service Brussels-Athens-Brussels and placed in storage. TAT 60963 hrs |
| 15/01/81 | - | - | Canx from register |
| 26/07/81 | - | - | Most parts and engines removed at Brussels. |
| 00/07/82 | - | - | Completely broken up |
| 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) Chronicle of Aviation (JLIP) Chronique de l'Aviation (JLIP) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Sabena 70 jaar luchtvaartpionier 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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