D-ABOC_1972-06_MUC_1200_NK
Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Scan edited by Michael Röser and kindly provided by Stephan Barth.
München-Riem
June 1972
D-ABOC (1)
Boeing 707-430
17719 / 106
Condor
Note: The aircraft preserved at TXL as D-ABOC in basic old Lufthansa colours is Boeing 707-458 cn 18071 / 216 (ex 4X-ATB El-Al). The registration D-ABOC was later used for Condor Boeing 757-330 cn 29015 / 818.
Delivered new to Lufthansa as D-ABOC in March 1960. Leased to Condor at various times during the 1970s. Sold to Janco Panama as N64739 in June 1977. To Interconair as EI-BFN in July 1978. To STAC Transports Aériens Centrafricain as 5A-CVA in February 1979. Noted derelict at TIP in December 1982 and scrapped in 1988. (Sources: rzjets.net, flickr/Kerry Taylor, oldjets.net).
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/D-ABOC/489797
Information from oldjets:
In the summer of 1976 Lufthansa retired it's Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 707-430s. Of the 5 707-430s that the airline owned, 4 of them went on to work either directly or indirectly with infamous Biafra war mercenary pilot, Henry 'Hank' Warton.
...
And so what of N64739 which had returned State-side in November 1977 after it’s stint as a gun runner? It was registered in Ireland in August 1978 as EI-BFN with Interconair, Dublin who already owned a Britannia and intended to use the 707 on long-haul livestock and general charters (N9985F had their titles applied but never entered service), however there were certification difficulties and the aircraft returned to the US register as N90498 with Landy in January 1979 at Manston. In April 1979 it left Manson for Tripoli as 5A-CVA with STAC (Soc. Transports Aériens Centrafricains), a company formed by Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa, to carry ivory for resale abroad. Bokassa was overthrown in a coup in September 1979 and the aircraft was nominally transferred to United African Airlines, the successors to STAC. The aircraft officially reverted to N90498 with Anderson Aviation in January 1980, but never departed Tripoli, remaining there till 1988 when it was broken up.
Check out the full article here: www.oldjets.net/good-guys-went-bad.html
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at JFK in February 1966 (earlier colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/1/0193161.jpg
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at NCL in April 1967 (earlier colours, revised titles):
pbs.twimg.com/media/EI4Scq1XYAEG74y?format=jpg&name=m...
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at AMS in July 1969 (later colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/8/4283861.jpg
This airframe as N64739 operated by Air Trans at SZG in September 1977 (yellow tail):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/1/8/2688819.jpg
N64739 stored at SNN in February 1978 and June 1978 (blue tail):
www.flickr.com/photos/eidwfotos/31889761711
www.flickr.com/photos/137541733@N06/51729457425
This airframe as EI-BFN with Interconair stored at MSE in December 1978 (blue tail):
www.flickr.com/photos/antonov22/49962363538
A Boeing 707 reported as ex-Condor D-ABOC derelict on the TIP dump in September 2004 (yellow tail):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/9/3/0642391.jpg
www.airpics.com/pics/public/63863/large.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
D-ABOC_1972-06_MUC_1200_NK
Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Scan edited by Michael Röser and kindly provided by Stephan Barth.
München-Riem
June 1972
D-ABOC (1)
Boeing 707-430
17719 / 106
Condor
Note: The aircraft preserved at TXL as D-ABOC in basic old Lufthansa colours is Boeing 707-458 cn 18071 / 216 (ex 4X-ATB El-Al). The registration D-ABOC was later used for Condor Boeing 757-330 cn 29015 / 818.
Delivered new to Lufthansa as D-ABOC in March 1960. Leased to Condor at various times during the 1970s. Sold to Janco Panama as N64739 in June 1977. To Interconair as EI-BFN in July 1978. To STAC Transports Aériens Centrafricain as 5A-CVA in February 1979. Noted derelict at TIP in December 1982 and scrapped in 1988. (Sources: rzjets.net, flickr/Kerry Taylor, oldjets.net).
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/D-ABOC/489797
Information from oldjets:
In the summer of 1976 Lufthansa retired it's Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 707-430s. Of the 5 707-430s that the airline owned, 4 of them went on to work either directly or indirectly with infamous Biafra war mercenary pilot, Henry 'Hank' Warton.
...
And so what of N64739 which had returned State-side in November 1977 after it’s stint as a gun runner? It was registered in Ireland in August 1978 as EI-BFN with Interconair, Dublin who already owned a Britannia and intended to use the 707 on long-haul livestock and general charters (N9985F had their titles applied but never entered service), however there were certification difficulties and the aircraft returned to the US register as N90498 with Landy in January 1979 at Manston. In April 1979 it left Manson for Tripoli as 5A-CVA with STAC (Soc. Transports Aériens Centrafricains), a company formed by Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa, to carry ivory for resale abroad. Bokassa was overthrown in a coup in September 1979 and the aircraft was nominally transferred to United African Airlines, the successors to STAC. The aircraft officially reverted to N90498 with Anderson Aviation in January 1980, but never departed Tripoli, remaining there till 1988 when it was broken up.
Check out the full article here: www.oldjets.net/good-guys-went-bad.html
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at JFK in February 1966 (earlier colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/1/0193161.jpg
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at NCL in April 1967 (earlier colours, revised titles):
pbs.twimg.com/media/EI4Scq1XYAEG74y?format=jpg&name=m...
D-ABOC with Lufthansa at AMS in July 1969 (later colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/8/4283861.jpg
This airframe as N64739 operated by Air Trans at SZG in September 1977 (yellow tail):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/1/8/2688819.jpg
N64739 stored at SNN in February 1978 and June 1978 (blue tail):
www.flickr.com/photos/eidwfotos/31889761711
www.flickr.com/photos/137541733@N06/51729457425
This airframe as EI-BFN with Interconair stored at MSE in December 1978 (blue tail):
www.flickr.com/photos/antonov22/49962363538
A Boeing 707 reported as ex-Condor D-ABOC derelict on the TIP dump in September 2004 (yellow tail):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/9/3/0642391.jpg
www.airpics.com/pics/public/63863/large.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.