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

 

 

München-Riem

ca. mid-1970s

 

D-ABOG (1) "Bonn"

Boeing 707-430

18056 / 192

Lufthansa

 

Note: D-ABOG (2) is Boeing 757-330(WL) c/n 29014/849 still flying for Condor in January 2023.

 

D-ABOG is lining up on runway 07 for take-off. Lufthansa operated five Boeing 707-430s with Rolls-Royce Conway engines: D-ABOB, D-ABOC, D-ABOD, D-ABOF and D-ABOG.

 

In the summer of 1976 Lufthansa retired its Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 707-430s. Of the 5 707-430s that the airline owned, 4 of them went on to work either directly or indirectly with infamous Biafra war mercenary pilot, Henry 'Hank' Warton. See here for more details:

oldjets.net/index_bestanden/Page11938.htm

 

First flight 23 February 1961 and delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABOG on 17 March 1961. Sold as N9985F in October 1976. Ended up as 3C-ABH with Bata Intern / Israel Aircraft Industries / Air Sinai. Almost burnt out 6 March 1989 at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport during fire-exercise; the cockpit remained and was attached to the fuselage of Boeing 707-458 4X-ATA c/n 18070/205 used as a cabin trainer. (Source: planelogger.com)

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/D-ABOG/490147

 

D-ABOG with Lufthansa ca. early 1960s, together with B720 D-ABOH (initial colours, postcard):

i.pinimg.com/originals/db/74/46/db74464e562a66c29fec4da81...

 

D-ABOG with Lufthansa at JFK in November 1963 (revised colours):

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

 

D-ABOG with Lufthansa at SNN late 1960s (later colours):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/8/2/0411285.jpg

 

This airframe as N9985F at MIA ca. late 1976 (basic Lufthansa colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/34352859240

 

N9985F with Intercon Air (Ireland) at SNN in August 1978:

www.flickr.com/photos/137541733@N06/51729220884

 

The aircraft was last seen partially scrapped (missing cockpit section) in the 1986 movie "The Delta Force" where it was used for training purposes for a counter terrorist commando:

repaint.eddl.de/intercon7.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on January 31, 2023