N7201U_1976-11-04_MUC_1290_MK
Photo taken by Manfred Kaffine and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1976-11-04 (4 November 1976)
N7201U
Boeing 720-022
17907 / 85
McCulloch International Airlines
(leased to Peter Frampton for the Frampton Comes Alive tour)
"Starship 1" is heading to runway 25 for take-off, with Peter Frampton on board.
Information from thisdayinaviation:
23 November 1959: The first Boeing 720 airliner, a 720-022, registered as N7201U, made its first flight at Renton, Washington. The 720 was a development of the 707 and no prototype was built. N7201U was used by Boeing for flight testing and was then delivered to United Airlines, 1 October 1960. The airline named the new 720 Jet Mainliner Capt. F. M. Crismore. Over the next two years, United acquired 29 Boeing 720s.
N7201U was sold to Contemporary Entertainment, owned by singer Bobby Sherman and his manager, Ward Sylvester, in January 1973. It was repainted in a gold and black livery and christened The Starship. As a VIP transport, it was used by such rock bands as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper and Elton John. It was last chartered by Peter Frampton.
N7201U was withdrawn from service in 1977 and after being stored for several years, was broken up at Luton Airport near London, England, in 1982.
More information from powerpop.blog:
powerpop.blog/2019/10/20/the-starship-airplane-n7201u/
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N7201U/489855
N7201U with Boeing ca. 1959:
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/48087091531
N7201U with United at SFO in 1967:
www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/7859006658
N7201U with Contemporary Entertainment at LAX in September 1973:
www.flickr.com/photos/52810288@N05/6278533701
N7201U with MCA Records/Elton John at BFI in October 1974:
www.flickr.com/photos/138175399@N04/24801088856
N7201U with (leased to Gary Wright) at LGB in April 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/52810288@N05/6884060820/in
N7201U with AeroAmerica at SHN in September 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/11816014964
N7201U tail-less at LTN in May 1982:
www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/21930853508
Scan from Kodak medium format (6 x 6 cm) slide (cropped to 3:2 aspect ratio).
N7201U_1976-11-04_MUC_1290_MK
Photo taken by Manfred Kaffine and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1976-11-04 (4 November 1976)
N7201U
Boeing 720-022
17907 / 85
McCulloch International Airlines
(leased to Peter Frampton for the Frampton Comes Alive tour)
"Starship 1" is heading to runway 25 for take-off, with Peter Frampton on board.
Information from thisdayinaviation:
23 November 1959: The first Boeing 720 airliner, a 720-022, registered as N7201U, made its first flight at Renton, Washington. The 720 was a development of the 707 and no prototype was built. N7201U was used by Boeing for flight testing and was then delivered to United Airlines, 1 October 1960. The airline named the new 720 Jet Mainliner Capt. F. M. Crismore. Over the next two years, United acquired 29 Boeing 720s.
N7201U was sold to Contemporary Entertainment, owned by singer Bobby Sherman and his manager, Ward Sylvester, in January 1973. It was repainted in a gold and black livery and christened The Starship. As a VIP transport, it was used by such rock bands as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper and Elton John. It was last chartered by Peter Frampton.
N7201U was withdrawn from service in 1977 and after being stored for several years, was broken up at Luton Airport near London, England, in 1982.
More information from powerpop.blog:
powerpop.blog/2019/10/20/the-starship-airplane-n7201u/
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N7201U/489855
N7201U with Boeing ca. 1959:
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/48087091531
N7201U with United at SFO in 1967:
www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/7859006658
N7201U with Contemporary Entertainment at LAX in September 1973:
www.flickr.com/photos/52810288@N05/6278533701
N7201U with MCA Records/Elton John at BFI in October 1974:
www.flickr.com/photos/138175399@N04/24801088856
N7201U with (leased to Gary Wright) at LGB in April 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/52810288@N05/6884060820/in
N7201U with AeroAmerica at SHN in September 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/11816014964
N7201U tail-less at LTN in May 1982:
www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/21930853508
Scan from Kodak medium format (6 x 6 cm) slide (cropped to 3:2 aspect ratio).