OY-APZ_1973-03-21_MUC_1290_NK
Photo taken Norbert Kröpfl. Scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
March 1973
OY-APZ
Boeing 720-051B
18384 / 237
Maersk Air
OY-APZ visited Munich-Riem a few weeks after delivery to Maersk Air in the first colour scheme used on their Boeing 720s.
The aircraft is parked on taxiway Foxtrot because there was hardly any space left on the ramp on that day. 23 March 1973 brought a lot of soccer charters to Riem due to the European Champions' Cup quarter finals at Munich.
Information from flickr - thanks to Paul:
c/n 18384/237. New to TWA as N795TW in 1961. To Northwest Orient as N733US in 1962 then to Maersk Air as OY-APZ in 1972. Leased to Trans European Airways as OO-TYA from 1979 to 1980 and returned as OY-APZ. To Conair of Scandinavia in 1981, then Allied-Signal as N720GT in 1987. To Honeywell as N720H in 2000. Retired in December 2007 as the last airworthy B720 in the USA after a service life of 45 years, and scrapped at Phoenix in June 2008.
Information and many photos on this airframe’s later use as an engine testbed:
www.air-and-space.com/Boeing 720 engine testbed.htm
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/OY-APZ/490561
This airframe as N733US with Northwest at JFK in July 1970 (also see here for a detailed history of the airframe:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6054317398
OY-APZ with Maersk in September 1977 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/30539937608
OY-APZ with Conair at SZG ca. early 1980s (hybrid Maersk/Conair colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/17131926811
OY-APZ with Conair in September 1984:
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/18644875028
This airframe as N720GT with Allied-Signal Aerospace at PHX in April 1991 (still with Conair cheatline):
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/32834925395
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/32834925665
This airframe as N720H with Honeywell Aviation Services at PHX in October 2007:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/0/5/1591508.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
OY-APZ_1973-03-21_MUC_1290_NK
Photo taken Norbert Kröpfl. Scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
March 1973
OY-APZ
Boeing 720-051B
18384 / 237
Maersk Air
OY-APZ visited Munich-Riem a few weeks after delivery to Maersk Air in the first colour scheme used on their Boeing 720s.
The aircraft is parked on taxiway Foxtrot because there was hardly any space left on the ramp on that day. 23 March 1973 brought a lot of soccer charters to Riem due to the European Champions' Cup quarter finals at Munich.
Information from flickr - thanks to Paul:
c/n 18384/237. New to TWA as N795TW in 1961. To Northwest Orient as N733US in 1962 then to Maersk Air as OY-APZ in 1972. Leased to Trans European Airways as OO-TYA from 1979 to 1980 and returned as OY-APZ. To Conair of Scandinavia in 1981, then Allied-Signal as N720GT in 1987. To Honeywell as N720H in 2000. Retired in December 2007 as the last airworthy B720 in the USA after a service life of 45 years, and scrapped at Phoenix in June 2008.
Information and many photos on this airframe’s later use as an engine testbed:
www.air-and-space.com/Boeing 720 engine testbed.htm
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/OY-APZ/490561
This airframe as N733US with Northwest at JFK in July 1970 (also see here for a detailed history of the airframe:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6054317398
OY-APZ with Maersk in September 1977 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/30539937608
OY-APZ with Conair at SZG ca. early 1980s (hybrid Maersk/Conair colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/17131926811
OY-APZ with Conair in September 1984:
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/18644875028
This airframe as N720GT with Allied-Signal Aerospace at PHX in April 1991 (still with Conair cheatline):
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/32834925395
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/32834925665
This airframe as N720H with Honeywell Aviation Services at PHX in October 2007:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/0/5/1591508.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.