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G-BFGN_1978-05-21_MUC_1600_SR

 

Photo taken by Stefan Röhrich.

 

 

München-Riem

1978-05-21 (21 May 1978)

 

G-BFGN

Boeing 727-95

19251/315

Dan-Air London

 

G-BFGN is lined up for take-off on Riem’s runway 07. The airframe was also noted at Riem on 30 April 1978, probably on its first visit flying with Dan-Air London.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Paul:

New to Northeast Airlines as N1635 in 1966. Merged into Delta Air Lines in 1972. To Dan-Air as G-BFGN in 1977. To EBM Group Inc as N29895 then reregistered as VR-BHO and leased to Sirtair in 1982. To Omni International in 1985, Ladeco as CC-CHC in 1986 and Nationwide Air Charter as ZS-NYY in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Lanseria in 2007 and scrapped.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=46008

 

This airframe as N1635 with Northeast at JFK ca. late 1960s:

www.airhistory.net/photos/0661319.jpg

 

N1635 with Delta Air Lines at FLL ca. early/mid 1970s:

www.airhistory.net/photos/0559300.jpg

 

G-BFGN with Dan-Air London at QLA in December 1977 (still in basic Delta colours):

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1432949

 

G-BFGN with Dan-Air London at HER in August 1980 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/141348434@N06/53133918602

 

This airframe as N29895 at BSL in June 1982:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/2/7/0463724.jpg

 

This airframe as VR-BHO at BSL in July 1982:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/8/2/0461288.jpg

 

This airframe as CC-CHC with Ladeco at GRU in October 1988:

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/32561484673

 

CC-CHC with Ladeco at SCL in January 1991 (later colours):

cdn.plnspttrs.net/27899/cc-chc-ladeco-airlines-boeing-727...

 

CC-CHC with Ladeco at SCL in March 1996 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/33249072181

 

This airframe as ZS-NYY with Nationwide at CPT in February 2003:

www.flickr.com/photos/propfreak/22362862649

 

ZS-NYY stored at HLA in July 2006:

www.airhistory.net/photos/0568254.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.

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Uploaded on January 18, 2025
Taken on May 21, 1978