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OY-APZ_1980-10ca_MUC_1290_FWC

 

Photo from the Florian Weiß collection, kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. October 1980

 

OY-APZ

Boeing 720-051B

18384 / 237

Maersk Air

 

OY-APZ has just landed on runway 25 and is leaving the runway via the end. Lufthansa B747 and DC-10 in the background, and the Dove is very likely Riem resident D-IKUR.

 

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, 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 at JFK in July 1970 (also see here for a detailed history of the airframe:

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6054317398

 

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.

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