9H-ABA_1983_MUC_1290_AKC

 

Photo from the Albert Kuhbandner collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1983

 

9H-ABA

Boeing 737-2Y5/Adv

23038 / 949

Air Malta

 

9H-ABA shortly before touch-down on runway 07. The typical Riem lamp posts in the background are enough to identify the airport.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):

9H-ABA c/n 20836 - Boeing 737-2Y5 was delivered new to Air Malta in March 1983, the first in a fleet of five bought in the mid 1980s to supplement their ageing fleet of Boeing 720s. The aircraft flew with Air Malta for 11 years before being sold to air New Zealand as ZK-NAF, and flew with them for another seven years (including a lease to Tonga Airlines). In 2001, the aircraft returned to the USA as N712S with Sierra Pacific Airlines, and flew until 2016 before entering storage at Tucson, Arizona. However, the aircraft was sold again to Aviatsa (Honduras) as HR-MRZ and apparently is still flying 37 years later (in 2023)!

 

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/9H-ABA/507357

 

9H-ABA with Air Malta at EDI in October 1993 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/zone49photography/53030059049

 

This airframe as ZK-NAF at AKL in January 1999:

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6158471273

 

ZK-NAF with Royal Tongan at AKL in ca. 1999:

www.flickr.com/photos/firstgen737/16175703734

 

This airframe as N712S with Sierra Pacific at TUS in September 2010:

www.flickr.com/photos/ned_harris/4959054182

 

N712S with Sierra Pacific at March Air Reserve Base (RIV/KRIV) in October 2013 (revised livery):

www.flickr.com/photos/djlpbb40/10249319645

 

This airframe as HR-MRZ with Aviatsa at TGU in February 2020:

www.flickr.com/photos/140911409@N05/49541399512

 

 

Scan from slide (unknown brand).

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