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CU-T670_1972-08-20_MUC_1290_MK

 

Photo taken by Manfred Kaffine and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1972-08-20 (20 August 1972)

 

CU-T670

Bristol 175 Britannia 318

13437

Cubana de Aviación

 

The second Cubana Britannia to visit Munich-Riem during the 1972 Olympic Games is taxiing to runway 25 for take-off. (The first one, CU-T671, was noted at Riem on 18 August 1972.)

 

On 12 September 1972, CU-T670 also visited Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) used as a relief airport for Riem during the Olympic Games. Another Cubana Britannia, CU-T668, never came to Riem and was only seen at Fürstenfeldbruck, on 8 September 1972.

 

Delivered to Cubana in 1959 as CU-P670, re-registered to CU-T670, wfu by 1978, scrapped at HAV by 1997.

 

Scan from medium format (6 x 6 cm) slide (cropped to 3:2 aspect ratio).

 

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