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CS-TBB_1972-10_MUC_1600_AMC

 

Photo from the Andreas Müller collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Michael Bernhard.

 

 

München-Riem

October 1972

 

CS-TBB "Santa Maria"

Boeing 707-382B

18962 / 501

Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (TAP)

 

CS-TBB is taxiing to Riem’s runway 25 for take-off. This airframe was noted here on 12 September 1972 (possibly the precise date for this shot), 27 February 1977 and 11 October 1978.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Kerry Taylor:

Delivered new to TAP on 08 Jun 1966 as CS-TBB. Leased to Eagle Air as TF-VLV on 14 Aug 1984. Returned to TAP as CS-TBB on 24 Oct 1985. Transferred to Air Atlantis on 26 Mar 1986. To the US as N46RT in Feb 1987 and WFU at Waco. Leased to the US Navy as 165343 in Mar 1995. It was designated as a TC-18F and was used as a trainer for the E-6 fleet. To storage at Oklahoma City in Dec 1999. Noted derelict in May 2001 and later scrapped.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=337263

 

CS-TBB with TAP at LHR in August 1978 (slightly revised colours):

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/7/1/2536174.jpg

 

CS-TBB with TAP Air Portugal at LGW in October 1980 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/53277566@N06/7415810438

 

This airframe as TF-VLV with Eagle Air at AMS in October 1985 (basic TAP colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/21243046024

 

CS-TBB with Air Atlantis at DUB in June 1986:

www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/16190186809

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on April 27, 2025
Taken in October 1972