N8731_1977-09-14_MUC_1290_SR
Photo taken by Stefan Röhrich.
München-Riem
1977-09-14 (14 September 1977)
N8731
Boeing 707-331B
20060 / 773
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
TWA aircraft were only seen on charter flights at Riem during the 1970s, not really rarely, but not that frequent eitherly. The airline only started scheduled services to/from Riem by the mid to late 1980s. N8731 had been noted at Riem before on 15 April 1973, 27 May 1973 and 2 October 1976.
The building in the background on the left is the main grandstand of the Olympic Riding Stadium built for the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic games and torn down in 2008.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Delivered to TWA Trans World Airlines as N8731 in Mar-69, this aircraft was sold to Executive Aircraft Inc in Mar-80. It was sold to ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) as N708A in Apr-81. It was sold to the Boeing Military Airplane Company in Jul-85 and re-registered N275B. In Mar-88 it was sold to the Spanish Air Force as T.17-1 (coded 45.10). The aircraft had wingtip refuelling pods added in late 1999 and it was noted by me at Las Palmas in service in Feb-07 (re-coded 47.01) in an all-over grey livery, and again at Las Palmas in Feb-11. It was later re-searialled TK.17-1. After 45 years service it was stored at Getafe, Spain around 2014 and is destined for display at the Air Force Cuatro Vientos Museum, near Madrid, Spain.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N8731/492926
N8731 with TWA at PIK in 1974:
www.flickr.com/photos/markp51/12345698333
This airframe as N708A with ARAMCO at LBG ca. early 1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/16993504193
This airframe as N275B with ARAMCO at MCO in February 1985:
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/8360371373
This airframe as T.17-1 (45-10) with Spanish Air Force at MIA in January 1999:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6054277760
T.17-1 (45-10) with Spanish Air Force at LPA in July 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/127896132@N05/32754172968
TK.17-1 (47-01) stored next to T.17-3 and TM.17-4 at Getafe (QYM/LEGT) in July 2021
www.flickr.com/photos/danraistrick/51349176179
Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.
N8731_1977-09-14_MUC_1290_SR
Photo taken by Stefan Röhrich.
München-Riem
1977-09-14 (14 September 1977)
N8731
Boeing 707-331B
20060 / 773
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
TWA aircraft were only seen on charter flights at Riem during the 1970s, not really rarely, but not that frequent eitherly. The airline only started scheduled services to/from Riem by the mid to late 1980s. N8731 had been noted at Riem before on 15 April 1973, 27 May 1973 and 2 October 1976.
The building in the background on the left is the main grandstand of the Olympic Riding Stadium built for the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic games and torn down in 2008.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Delivered to TWA Trans World Airlines as N8731 in Mar-69, this aircraft was sold to Executive Aircraft Inc in Mar-80. It was sold to ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) as N708A in Apr-81. It was sold to the Boeing Military Airplane Company in Jul-85 and re-registered N275B. In Mar-88 it was sold to the Spanish Air Force as T.17-1 (coded 45.10). The aircraft had wingtip refuelling pods added in late 1999 and it was noted by me at Las Palmas in service in Feb-07 (re-coded 47.01) in an all-over grey livery, and again at Las Palmas in Feb-11. It was later re-searialled TK.17-1. After 45 years service it was stored at Getafe, Spain around 2014 and is destined for display at the Air Force Cuatro Vientos Museum, near Madrid, Spain.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N8731/492926
N8731 with TWA at PIK in 1974:
www.flickr.com/photos/markp51/12345698333
This airframe as N708A with ARAMCO at LBG ca. early 1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/16993504193
This airframe as N275B with ARAMCO at MCO in February 1985:
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/8360371373
This airframe as T.17-1 (45-10) with Spanish Air Force at MIA in January 1999:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6054277760
T.17-1 (45-10) with Spanish Air Force at LPA in July 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/127896132@N05/32754172968
TK.17-1 (47-01) stored next to T.17-3 and TM.17-4 at Getafe (QYM/LEGT) in July 2021
www.flickr.com/photos/danraistrick/51349176179
Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.