N286_1968-06_MUC_1600_MK

 

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

 

 

München-Riem

Summer 1968

 

 

N286

Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas

45205 / 796

Temple Airlines

 

 

N286 was noted at Riem on 15 June 1968 and again on 7 July 1968, that time together with sister ship N287.

 

Temple Airlines made a brief appearance on trans-Atlantic charters during the summer of 1968 operating a pair of former Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7C airliners on lease from Modern Air Transport. Operating from Oakland Airport, California, N286 was first recorded at Munich on June 15, and then at Gatwick five days later. (Source: Propliner Magazine on Facebook)

 

N286 returned to Modern Air Transport in September 1968 and was wfu and stored at Fort Myers, FL, in 1969, later broken up. (Source: planelogger.com)

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N286/636275

 

N286 with Northwest Orient at HND in September 1961:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/8/2/0126289.jpg

 

N286 with Modern Air Transport in MIA ca. mid-1960s:

www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...

 

 

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

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