D-ABOF_1970s_MUC_1290_HS

 

Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. mid-1970s

 

D-ABOF (1) "München Intercontinental Jet 707"

Boeing 707-430

17721 / 162

Lufthansa

 

Note: D-ABOF (2) is Boeing 757-330(WL) c/n 29013/846 delivered to Condor in March 1999.

 

D-ABOF has turned into "by-pass area east" by taxiway A to runway 25 - enabling this close-up view taken with a standard lens from outside the fence! Lufthansa operated five Boeing 707-430s with Rolls-Royce Conway engines: D-ABOB, D-ABOC, D-ABOD, D-ABOF and D-ABOG.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Paul:

New to Lufthansa as D-ABOF in 1960. To Geminair as 9G-ACK in 1977 then to Air Trans as N90498 and later Bata International as 3C-ABI in 1981. To Liberian Overseas Airways as EL-AJC in 1983 and scrapped at Bournemouth-Hurn.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/D-ABOF/489806

 

D-ABOF with Lufthansa in 1960 (initial colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/agamemnon/2960423833

 

D-ABOF with Lufthansa at JFK in February 1964 (non-standard livery):

www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/11270152785

 

D-ABOF with Lufthansa at AMS in 1967 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/jbsollentuna/33816489075

 

This airframe as 9G-ACK with Geminair at DUS in 1978 (basic Lufthansa colours):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/0/0/1731008.jpg

 

9G-ACK with Geminair at LGW in August 1978 (Geminair tail logo, Lufthansa cheatline):

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/30622006291

 

9G-ACK with Geminair at LGW in June 1979 (full colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/53277566@N06/37271092870

 

This airframe as EL-AJC at BOH in July 1983:

www.flickr.com/photos/wrnxb03/39745974655

 

EL-AJC (fuselage only) at BOH in August 1987:

www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/8357737276

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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