Air Memphis' last 707 written off (accident Ca ro 02/04/04)
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Air Memphis' last 707 written off (accident Caïro 02/04/04)
Last edited by Andries on 07 Apr 2004, 23:37, edited 2 times in total.
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Yep there are still lot's of them flying around.bigjulie wrote:Yes sir, those old 707's were really good old planes. Are there any still in flying condition, or have they all been scrapped ?
The US Air Force still has a lot of them flying as Awacs and Tanker planes. Only they are told KC-135 then.
In the Mid East a company cold Saha Air is still flying scheduled pax service with B707's. I thought they have still 2 flying in this config.
Best Regards,
Yvo
And also in the Middle East, this very nice and colourful B707 of Koda Air Cargo is still performing flights :
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?174541
Regards, Robin Bamps.
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?174541
Regards, Robin Bamps.
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Here is some information about the life of these 707:
B707-336C
c/n: 20762 l/n: 868
First Flight: 18 June 1973
Delivered on 29 June 1973 to Egyptair.
Aquired bye National Aviationon 2 June 1994. It also visited EBOS in these cls ( http://www.airliners.net/open.file/216735/M/ )
Aquired bye Air Memphis on 16 May 1998.
During it's period with Air Memphis it became upgraded to Stage III clasification.
Shortly after this upgrade the plane became grounded because of corrosion discoverd in the tail section of this plane. Air Memphis was able to repaire this and the plane became operational somewhere iin 2003, don't know the exact date.
Sadly the plane is written off know.
Best Regards,
Yvo
B707-336C
c/n: 20762 l/n: 868
First Flight: 18 June 1973
Delivered on 29 June 1973 to Egyptair.
Aquired bye National Aviationon 2 June 1994. It also visited EBOS in these cls ( http://www.airliners.net/open.file/216735/M/ )
Aquired bye Air Memphis on 16 May 1998.
During it's period with Air Memphis it became upgraded to Stage III clasification.
Shortly after this upgrade the plane became grounded because of corrosion discoverd in the tail section of this plane. Air Memphis was able to repaire this and the plane became operational somewhere iin 2003, don't know the exact date.
Sadly the plane is written off know.
Best Regards,
Yvo
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