PP-VJT parked for a night stop in the cargo area after a diversion into Dusseldorf due to bad weather conditions at Frankfurt. This particular B.707 crashed nearly two yeras later while landing in heavy rain at Manaus, Brazil on the 6th of November in 1981. (mehr von PP-VJT)
N28726 on her way for take off to Chicago on Easter in 1978. Only a few years later, in 1985, this B.707 was bought by Boeing and she was broken up at Waco, Texas. (mehr von N28726)
N7104 on one of the once weekly operated TMA-Cargo flights Beirut-Dusseldorf. The green body painting had been taken over from the previous owner Braniff and was completed with a yellow tail unit painting by TMA. Later N7104 was bought by TMA and reregistered OD-AGZ. From 1985 until 1998 this B.707 was operated at least by Ethiopian Airlines Cargo as ET-AIV. (mehr von N7104)
N18709 in the tenth operational year with TWA on a charter flight during the summer holidays. This pax-B.707 saw also services as 4X-ATD with El AL and Arkia and was finally sold to the US Air Force for the KC-135A-reengine program in spring 1989 and broken up at Davis Monthan AFB-Arizona by August the same year. (mehr von N18709)
N881PA "Clipper Reindeer" at the age of eight in front of Terminal A, which was under construction at this time. In 1983/84 N881PA was leased by Global International and in 1985 the former ` clipper´ was transferred to the US Air Force for the reengine-program of their KC-135A´s and dismantled at Davis Monthan AFB-Arizona. (mehr von N881PA)
D-ABUD "Nuernberg" taxies in after an inbound from Toronto and a rerouting due to bad wheather conditions at Frankfurt. D-ABUD was sold as Z-WKV in 1982 and was operated by Air Zimbabwe for another 9 years. (mehr von D-ABUD)
HZ-ACJ Today the last B.707 military transport still active in Europe, registered as T.17-3 to the Fuerza Aerea Espanola, seen here on a VIP stopover at Lohausen. In the background F-BHML is visible, the last commercial flown Super Constellation in Europe, which arrived on three engines from Nimes on July, 27th in 1978. (mehr von HZ-ACJ)
HZ-DAT B.707 -line number 50, seen here at Lohausen, 22 years after its first flight in 1959, in the first colourscheme of Dallah Avco with additional small Trans Arabia titles. (mehr von HZ-DAT)