D-ABBI_1970s_MUC_1600_AMC

 

Photo from the Andreas Müller collection, scan kindly provided by Michael Bernhard for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. mid-1970s

 

D-ABBI (1) Europa Jet Mainz

Boeing 727-30C

19793 / 519

Lufthansa

 

D-ABBI is lined up for take-off on Riem’s runway 07. Note ITT Corp’s Gulfstream I N720G in the background on the right- it came to Munich almost every year during the 1970s.

 

Note: D-ABBI (2) was Boeing 737-86J(WL) c/n 32920 / 1293 flying for Air Berlin from March 2003 to March 2012.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Paul Seymour:

19793/519. It had a cargo door and was used in quick-change configuration doing passenger services during the day and cargo services at night. New to Lufthansa as D-ABBI in 1968. To Pluna as CX-BKA in 1978, CAM Air International as N4555W in 1983, Flying Tiger Line in 1984 and Jet East as N725JE in 1985. To Evergreen International as N748EV then to DHL Worldwide Courier in 1989. Reregistered as N702DH in 1990. Withdrawn from use at Kingman, AZ in 2001. Still there in 2011. Later scrapped.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/D-ABBI/497266

 

This airframe as CX-BKA with Pluna at HAM in 1978 (prior to delivery):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/49363064568

 

CX-BKA ex-Pluna at MIA in November 1983:

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/33330171981

 

This airframe as N4555W with Flying Tigers at PHL in May 1985:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/2/0/2198025.jpg

 

This airframe as N725JE with Jet East International at ATL in February 1986:

www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/51953988399

 

This airframe as N748EV at Marana in October 1989:

www.flickr.com/photos/133813370@N04/49970106983

 

This airframe as N702DH with DHL at MEX in November 1996:

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/23723668591

 

N702DH stored at Kingman, AZ, in September 2009:

www.flickr.com/photos/jaydeekay/22165399900

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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