N85_1971_MUC_1600_ARC

 

Photo from the Andreas Rink collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.

 

 

München-Riem

1971

 

N85 (2)

North American Rockwell NA-282 Sabreliner 40

282-97

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

 

Note: N85 (1) was Douglas C-54D c/n 22176 flying for FAA between 1962 and 1968, N85 (3) was Canadair Challenger 601-3R c/n 5183 delivered to FAA in September 1993, still active in March 2023.

 

The presence of a Paninternational B707 in the background (probably D-ALAL) dates this photo to 1971.

 

This Sabreliner was delivered to FAA in December 1968 (source: scramble.nl). It was w/o on 14 January 1976 due to fuel starvation. It ditched into sea off the coast near Recife, Brazil, en route from Ascencion Island to Recife (source: planelogger.com). One of the three occupants did not survive (source: aviation-safety.net).

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N85/792380

 

N85 with FAA at THF in July 1972:

www.airhistory.net/photo/391153/N85

 

N85 with FAA at DUB in July 1973 (revised colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/4358084688/in

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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