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G-AYVE_1972-03ca_MUC_1290_AM

 

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

 

 

München-Riem

ca. March 1972

 

G-AYVE

Boeing 707-321

18083 / 209

British Midland Airways (BMA)

 

Seen from the spotters’ hill near the village of Feldkirchen, G-AYVE is taxiing to Riem’s runway 25 for take-off. Note the onlookers at the fence. G-AYVE had been seen at Riem before on 21 April 1971 with BMA would visit Riem again with Sudan Airways on 3 June 1973 and several times with Syrian Arab Airlines in 1975 and 1976, starting on 1 May 1975.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Paul (slightly adapted):

c/n 18083/209. New to Pan Am as N757PA in 1961. To British Midland Airways as G-AYVE in 1971. Leased to various airlines (including El Al, Syrianair, Sudan Airways, Nigeria Airways, East African Airways, Malaysian Airline System, Kenya Airways, Kuwait Airways). To MCA leasing as N757PA in 1977. Reregistered as N432MA in 1978. To Jet Power Inc in 1980. Scrapped at Miami in 1983.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AYVE/490306

 

This airframe as N757PA with Pan American at PRG in August 1969:

www.planes.cz/photo/1010/1010763/b707-321-n757pa-pan-am-p...

 

G-AYVE with British Midland Airways at EMA in July 1971 (earlier colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/53277566@N06/5304078380

 

G-AYVE with Sudan Airways at GLA in 1973:

www.airhistory.net/photos/0317517.jpg

 

G-AYVE with BMA (on contract to BCAL sticker) at GLA in 1974:

www.airhistory.net/photos/0318193.jpg

 

G-AYVE with BMA at LHR in 1974 (all white, carrying a fifth engine):

www.airhistory.net/photos/0106528.jpg

 

G-AYVE with Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at MEL in April 1976:

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/30980029395

 

G-AYVE with East African Airways at LHR in January 1977 (basic MAS colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/30980029395

 

G-AYVE with Kenya Airways at ZRH ca. 1977 (basic MAS colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/16243258087

 

G-AYVE with Kenya Airways at MIA ca. 1977 (basic Kuwait Airways colours, on contract to Kenya Airways sticker):

www.flickr.com/photos/brunogeiger/24861653302

 

This airframe as N432MA at MIA in 1982 (basic Kuwait Airways colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/128045420@N04/15214877079

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on December 18, 2025
Taken in March 1972