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G-AWDG_1973-05ca_MUC_1290_HS

 

Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. May 1973

 

G-AWDG

Boeing 707-138B

17702 / 64

Laker Airways

 

G-AWDG is lined up for take-off on Riem’s runway 07. I have the following reports for this airframe at Riem: 29 March 1969 (El Al flight), 14 May 1969 (El Al flight), 21 May 1969, 2 July 1969, 26 May 1973 (possibly the precise date for this photo), and 17 March 1975 (Britannia flight).

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour (slightly adapted):

Delivered to Qantas as VH-EBG in 1959 (built as a Boeing 707-138 and converted to -138B in 1961). To British Eagle as G-AWDG in 1968, then to Laker Airways in 1969. To IASCO as N600JJ in 1978, then to Sheik Abdallah Baroom in 1981 and Skyways Aircraft Leasing as N707KS in 1987. Reregistered to N707SK in 1992. To the Government of Congo as 9Q-CLK in 1998. Still operational in 2015.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AWDG/489709

 

Two detailed histories of this airframe including photos:

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/vhebg.html

www.adastron.com/707/qantas/VH-EBG.htm

 

This airframe as VH-EBG with Qantas at SYD ca. 1961 (still as a -138):

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.957l.jpg

 

VH-EBG with Qantas at MEL in August 1961 ('40th Anniversary' tail titles):

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.394l.jpg

 

VH-EBG with Qantas at LHR in May 1966 (later V-jet colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/camperdown/34102367235

 

G-AWDG with British Eagle at SYD in March 1968:

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.101l.jpg

 

G-AWDG with British Eagle at LGW in February 1969:

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6052144525

 

G-AWDG with Laker at STN in September 1978 (later colours):

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.188l.jpg

 

This airframe as N600JJ with Trafalgar Leasing at LBG in May 1980:

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.149l.jpg

 

N600JJ with Sheikh A. Baroom at ARN in September 1982:

www.flickr.com/photos/164902913@N02/54461525496

 

N600JJ with Sheikh A. Baroom in May 1985 (revised colours):

www.aussieairliners.org/b-707q/vh-ebg/4604.146l.jpg

 

This airframe as N707KS with Skyways Aircraft Leasing in January 1988:

www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/6880608676

 

This airframe as N707SK with Skyways Aircraft Leasing at ATH in September 1992:

www.flickr.com/photos/gp707/49916358413

 

This airframe as 9Q-CLK with Congo Government at FIH in November 2008:

img.onespotter.com/v/ZBzzqZ/9ZlEGp/647KWAYwVNg8deoNya.jpg

 

9Q-CLK with Congo Government at ORY in 2013 (later 'Boeing Dreamliner' style livery ):

www.flickr.com/photos/61436866@N06/32298807438

 

9Q-CLK with Congo Government at FIH in February 2023:

www.airhistory.net/photo/847199/9Q-CLK

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on December 2, 2025
Taken in May 1973