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Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

January 1978

 

G-AXCK

BAC 111-401AK One-Eleven

90

Dan-Air London

 

 

G-AXCK in Dan-Air’s second 1-11 colour-scheme just before a snowstorm.

 

Dan-Air One-Elevens were regulars at Riem during the 1970s. G-AXCK would become the last One-Eleven to fly, making its last flight as the N164W electronic testbed with Northrop Grumman on 6 May 2019 from Baltimore/Washington (BWI).

 

Information from flick - thanks to Paul:

c/n 090. Delivered to American Airlines as N5044 in 1966. To Dan-Air as G-AXCK in 1969 then to Westinghouse Electric Corp as N164W in 1983 and used as a radar test aircraft, To Northrop Grumman Systems Corp in 1996. Still operational in 2018.

 

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AXCK/834907

 

 

A report on N164W’s final mission including many photos:

photorecon.net/northrop-grummans-final-mission-in-the-bac...

 

This airframe as N5044 with American Airlines:

www.danairremembered.com/gallery/dan_axck4.jpg

 

G-AXCK with Dan-Air at PMI in February 1973 (earlier colours):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/1/9/0487916.jpg

 

Interior of G-AXCK in 1976:

www.danairremembered.com/gallery/dan_axck_interior.jpg

 

G-AXCK with Dan-Air landing at Riem in February 1981 (later colours):

cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/26893_1483109268.jpg

 

This airframe as N164W with Westinghouse at BWI in October 1985 (basic Dan-Air colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/4968865269

 

N164W with Northrop Grumman at BWI in May 2011:

www.flickr.com/photos/42637873@N06/5793534954

 

N164W with Northrop Grumman at BWI in March 2013 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/planes/8574179445

 

N164W fly-by prior to its final landing at BWI on 6 May 2019:

photorecon.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1May6flyby1.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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