12+04_1972ca_MUC_1290_TK

 

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. summer 1972

 

12+04 (1)

Convair 440-0 Metropolitan

472

Luftwaffe (West German Air Force)

 

Note: 12+04 (2) was Canadair CL-601-2B16 Challenger c/n 3049 flying for Luftwaffe from January 1987 to September 2011.

 

12+04 is lined up for take-off on runway 25 with an interesting assortment of vehicles in the background (note the Fire Department Unimog).

 

Information flickr - thanks to Guido Allieri - and airhistory.net - thanks to Derek Gaynor:

CV-440-0 c/n 472 was initially delivered as N8471H to General Dynamics Corp. Sold to Luftwaffe as CA+031 in February 1959, re-registered as 12+04 in January 1968. Went on to Nor-Fly A/S as LN-MAM in February 1975. Acquired by Gulf Air Transport and returned to the US in July 1980. Subsequently used by string of operators before transferring to the Mexican register in 1996 as XA-NAU and XA-TFY. Still listed as stored in 2021.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/12+04/765353

 

This airframe as CA+031 with Luftwaffe at HAJ in May 1966:

www.flickr.com/photos/60580721@N06/50762285376

 

This airframe as LN-MAM with Nor-Fly at MMX ca. 1975 (basic Luftwaffe colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/46714924145

 

LN-MAM with Nor-Fly at GLA in July 1976 (full colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/75122977@N05/31623816325

 

This airframe as N411GA with Liberty Airlines at MDW in 1982:

www.flickr.com/photos/twa1049g/12074503764

 

N411GA at MIA in November 1986:

www.flickr.com/photos/145798423@N07/52562766417

 

N411GA with Sunbird Air at FLL in August 1988:

www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/51630610950

 

N411GA with Laredo Air ca. early 1990s:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/35536750576

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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