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N88ZL_1987-07ca_MUC_1600_RS

 

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

 

 

München-Riem

ca. July 1987

 

N88ZL

Boeing 707-330B

18928 / 457

Lowa Ltd.

 

Previously a Riem regular with Lufthansa and Condor, this airframe would frequently return to the airport in the late 1980s and early 1990s as N88ZL with Lowa Ltd.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Michael Röser:

Delivered 1965 as D-ABUF "Hannover" to Lufthansa. Transferred to Condor 1978-1981. Lowa N5381X 1984, converted to Executive Jet, reregistered N88ZL 1986. Withdrawn Opa Locka 2010 and scrapped. Had APU installed in rear of forward hold and Comtran/Tracor Stage II hushkits fitted to ensure operation beyond 1986. It would fly on until 2010.

 

Finally scrapped at OPF in 2021 after being cut up for "planetags" by MotoArt:

planetags.com/products/boeing-707-330-planetags-tail-n88zl

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=335003

 

D-ABUF with Lufthansa at SYD in 1966 (initial titles):

www.airhistory.net/photo/12711/D-ABUF

 

D-ABUF with Lufthansa at HKG in December 1967 (revised titles):

www.flickr.com/photos/10264618@N03/2125579985/

 

D-ABUF with Lufthansa at FRA in April 1977 (later colours):

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1417688

 

D-ABUF again with Lufthansa at HAM in April 1984:

www.planepictures.net/a/105/79/1310015625.jpg

 

This airframe as N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at LHR in July 1988:

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/31448757042/

 

N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at MUC in July 1994:

www.flickr.com/photos/gooneybird29/54317528831/

 

N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at NUE in July 2001 (later colours):

www.airhistory.net/photo/350248/N88ZL

 

N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at SJU in July 2004 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/sjuap74/29422707842/

 

Some views of N88ZL’s interior at PHX in February 2009:

www.flickr.com/photos/sandsy/albums/72157615215138286/

 

N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. stored at OPF ca. 2010 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/8532160280/

 

N88ZL cut up for "planetags" at OPF ca. 2010s:

cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1353/7931/files/Boeing707_330_G...

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on May 13, 2025
Taken in July 1990