D-ABIB _1973ca_MUC_1600_AMC

 

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

 

 

München-Riem

ca. 1973

 

D-ABIB (1) "Augsburg"

Boeing 727-30

18360 / 24

Lufthansa

 

D-ABIB at the holding point for Riem’s runway 07.

 

This was Lufthansa’s first Boeing 727. Delivered on 22 February 1964, first reaching Germany (Hamburg) on 21 March 1964, christened Augsburg at Riem on 15 April 1964 and put into operation on 16 April 1964, the aircraft was sold on in 1974 and so was nearing the end of its service life with Lufthansa by the time of this photo.

 

Note: D-ABIB (2) was Boeing 737-530 c/n 24816 / 1958 flying for Lufthansa between November 1990 and January 2014.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Michael Röser:

Delivered 22 February 1964 and presented at several German airports in due course. Sold 1974 as N68649, FAA N77 1975. Reregistered N97 1987 and N46 1991. Withdrawn Atlantic City, NJ and cancelled 1994, still present 2020 used by for training by Federal Air Marshalls.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=54545

 

D-ABIB with Lufthansa while being christened Augsburg at Riem on 15 April 1964:

img.nzz.ch/2014/04/14/1.18283850.1397464439.jpg

 

D-ABIB with Lufthansa at ARN in August 1964:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/5/4/0192453.jpg

 

This airframe stored as N68649 ca. 1974 (basic Lufthansa colours):

www.ansichtskartenversand.com/shop/ak/111/11198111/Fotogr...

 

This airframe as N77 with Federal Aviation Administration at HNL ca. mid-1970s:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/49261010712

 

This airframe as N46 with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA Airport Technology R&D) at ACY in December 2023:

cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/2538834_1704135083.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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