D-ABUD_1981-06-06_MUC_1290_RS

 

Photo taken by Robert Samweber, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.

 

 

München-Riem

1981-06-06 (6 June 1981)

 

D-ABUD (1)

Boeing 707-330B

18927 / 454

Lufthansa

 

Note: D-ABUD (2) was Boeing 767-330/ER c/n 26983 / 471 flying with Condor from January 1993 to November 2023.

 

D-ABUD towards the end of its time with Lufthansa, taxiing in front of Riem’s tower. No longer wears the name "Nürnberg" by that time.

 

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

D-ABUD 'Nürnberg' c/n 18927 - Boeing 707-330B was delivered new to Lufthansa in Nov 1965. In 1981, the aircraft was one of five Lufthansa machines that was sold to the newly independent country of Zimbabwe's national flag carrier Air Zimbabwe. The aircraft flew initially as VP-WKV, and later as Z-WKV. Ten years later, the aircraft was sold again, to African Express Airways as 5Y-AXI, and was only withdrawn around 2000 after 35 years in service. It ended up withdrawn at Sharjah International, UAE.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=1262

 

D-ABUD with Lufthansa at Boeing Renton in December 1965 (initial colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/79009322@N04/13940558055

 

This airframe as VP-WKV with Air Zimbabwe at FRA in August 1983:

www.flickr.com/photos/23431353@N04/11735335495

 

This airframe as Z-WKV with Air Zimbabwe at LGW in July 1990:

www.flickr.com/photos/105925977@N03/50392921276

 

Z-WKV at OST in June 1992 (all white):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/1/4/1044412.jpg

 

This airframe as 5Y-AXI with African Airways International (formerly African Express Airways) at SHJ in December 1996:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/7/7/2821778.jpg

 

5Y-AXI with African Airways International stored at NBO in November 2000:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/5/5/1417557.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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