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SE-IEY_1987_MUC_1290_AKC

 

Photo from the Albert Kuhbandner collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

Spring 1987

 

SE-IEY "Ada of Gothenburg"

Convair 580

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ScanBee

 

Parked out in the "Westpilz" parking area. Almost precisely ten years before this shot, ScanBee's Convair 340 SE-GTE had visited Riem in practically the same colour scheme. A JAT DC-9 is seen in the distance close to the Lufthansa maintenance hangar.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Kerry Taylor:

Built in 1957 as a Convair 440-90 and registered to Convair as N8466H. Delivered to General Dynamics Corp as N440J on 20Mar57. To the Gulf Oil Co as N108G in Jan62. Converted to a Convair 580 on 28Mar62. Reregistered to N108GL in Mar71. To N114M in Apr71. To N114ML in Feb77. To Sweden and ScanBee as SE-IEY in Dec80. Next to Canada with Kelowna Flightcraft on 20Jan87. On to New Zealand as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ in Feb90. Transferred to Air Chathams on 29Nov16 and still current in 2021.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/SE-IEY/764509

 

This airframe as N114ML ca. late 1970s:

www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/52117521898

 

This airframe as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at AKL in September 1992:

www.airhistory.net/photo/234034/ZK-KFL

 

ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at CHC in December 2002 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/146301829@N08/29341592765

 

ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at AKL in October 2011 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/vj_bhana/7112039753

 

ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at WLG in October 2017 (all white):

www.flickr.com/photos/154880822@N02/39570367711

 

ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at AKL in September 2018

(wearing a depiction of the Chatham Island mollyhawk bird head and feathers on the tail):

www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhothersall/31347670258

 

ZK-KFL with Air Chathams in May 2020 (detail of mollyhawk bird head):

www.flickr.com/photos/zk-ngj/50797835313

 

ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at AKL in October 2021 (wings and engines removed):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/7/5/6602571.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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