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| 12/05/69 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 30/05/69 | OO-SJM | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1909 |
| 13/06/69 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 20/06/69 | - | - | Handed over at Seattle |
| 21/06/69 | - | - | Ferried to Brussels |
| 01/04/74 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Dakar-Buenos Aires-Montevideo-Santiago de Chile pax service |
| 11/02/76 | - | - | Canx from Belgian register |
| 12/02/76 | PH-TVK | Transavia Holland | Leased, reregistered and ferried to Amsterdam |
| 28/02/76 | - | - | First revenue flight: Amsterdam-Cotonou |
| 02/05/77 | - | - | Canx from Dutch register |
| 02/05/77 | OO-SJM | Sabena | Returned and reregistered with Belgian CoA 1909 |
| 00/07/79 | - | Air Zaire | Leased |
| 20/11/79 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 20/11/79 | - | Sobelair | Transferred. "Sobelair" titles applied |
| 24/02/80 | - | Cameroon Airlines | Leased and ferried Brussels - Paris (Orly) same day |
| 00/09/80 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 17/03/82 | - | - | Noted at Basle with small "Sabena" titles on port side only |
| 00/04/83 | - | - | Noted at Brussels with small "Sabena" titles on port side only |
| 00/06/84 | - | - | Noted at Brussels with black "Sobelair" titles |
| 00/12/84 | - | - | Frequently used by Sabena to perform cargo flights to Montreal and Chicago till June 1985 |
| 20/06/85 | - | Sabena | Officially leased for a Royal visit |
| 29/06/85 | - | - | New blue style "Sabena" titles painted for Royal visit to Zaire (25 year anniversary of independence), flew for Sobelair. TAT 45050 hrs |
| 00/07/85 | - | Sobelair | Returned but kept the new style blue "Sabena" titles |
| 14/04/86 | - | - | Made its last revenue flight Pisa-Brussels. Placed in storage at Brussels |
| 00/06/86 | - | Boeing Military Airplane Company | Purchased for E3A TCA (Trainer Cargo Aircraft) |
| 26/06/86 | - | - | Ferried to Istanbul for modifications |
| 00/07/87 | - | - | Ferried to Oberpfaffenhofen (Hamburg) for additional modifications |
| 00/07/87 | LX-N20198 | NATO | Registered |
| 27/01/88 | - | - | Canx from Belgian register |
| 00/12/88 | - | - | Handed over to NATO |
| 23/03/00 | - | - | Ferried Geilenkirchen-Naples Capodichino and subsequently broken up |
| Following sources are acknowledged. Individual Aircraft History of the Boeing 707 (Buchair USA) The Boeing 707-720 and C-135 (Air-Britain Publication) Airliners in Belgium - BCARG special 1 Boeing 707 Intercontinental (Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw) Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 (MCP) Airplane (Aerospace Publishing) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol, Onze/Notre Sabena Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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