5Y-AYR_1976-02-27_MUC_1200_HS

 

Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1976-02-27 (27 February 1976), 2:17 pm

 

5Y-AYR

Bristol 175 Britannia 307F

12920

African Safari Airlines

 

 

Taken from the viewing terrace in an unusual orientation for that parking position - aircraft parked there usually faced away from the tower.

 

The Riem tower is one of the very few airport buildings that have been preserved. It’s being used by the Brainlab company nowadays:

www.brainlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/brainlab-hq-e...

 

Information from various web sources:

 

This was one of five Britannias ordered by Northeast Airlines but not taken up, and the only one painted in Northeast's colour scheme:

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1191747

 

It served as Bristol‘s demonstrator Series 300 and was painted in full Cubana colours for that purpose:

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1326031

 

After a short lease to El-Al as 4X-AGE ...

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/4X-AGE_J_M_G_...

 

... it was sold to Air Charter Ltd in 1958:

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1057675

 

During the 1960s, G-ANCD was operated by British United Airways:

www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/7330276776/in/photolist-...

 

Later BUA colour scheme:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/9/0/1113096.jpg?...

 

It went on to Lloyd International:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/5/3/0216357.jpg?...

 

African Safari:

www.flickr.com/photos/propfreak/8192059781/in/photolist-2...

 

And finally All Cargo Airlines:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/1/9/2250916.jpg?...

 

Scrapped at Bournemouth - Hurn (BOH / EGHH), UK - England in 1982:

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1002222

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.

Done