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SkyStef's aviation page |
| 24/06/67 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 27/07/67 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 03/08/67 | N370WA | World Airways | Delivered |
| 15/04/71 | - | Korean Air Lines | Leased |
| 20/07/74 | - | - | Experienced hydraulic fluid and pressure loss on approach to Anchorage. Pilots extended gears manually but the two main landing gear did not go down to a fully locked position. Landed safely |
| 00/07/77 | - | World Airways | Returned |
| 15/08/77 | - | British Midland | Leased |
| 18/08/77 | - | Kuwait Airways | Subleased |
| 19/05/78 | - | British Midland | Returned |
| 28/05/78 | - | Air Algerie | Subleased |
| 00/12/78 | - | British Midland | Returned |
| 29/12/78 | - | World Airways | Returned |
| 05/01/79 | - | Sobelair | Purchased |
| 06/01/79 | - | - | Ferried Brussels in basic Air Algerie colors |
| 24/01/79 | OO-SBU | - | Reregistered with CoA 2949. Air Algerie colors with "Sobelair" titles |
| 00/01/79 | - | Cargo Airlines | Leased |
| 15/03/79 | - | - | Canx from register, but annulated |
| 15/03/79 | - | Sumisho Lease Company | Purchased |
| 15/03/79 | - | Sobelair | Leased |
| 00/00/79 | - | Ontario World Airlines | Subleased |
| 00/00/79 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 00/09/79 | - | - | Repainted in full colors |
| 29/09/79 | - | Nigeria Airways | Subleased for Hadj and ferried Brussels-Lagos in full Sobelair markings |
| 00/11/79 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 20/12/79 | - | Cameroon Airlines | Subleased for hadj (no stickers) |
| 00/00/80 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 00/11/80 | - | Air Tanzania | Subleased |
| 00/00/81 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 00/09/81 | - | - | TAT 44500 hrs |
| 00/05/83 | - | Kenya Airways | Subleased |
| 00/00/83 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 00/06/84 | - | - | TAT 47657 hrs |
| 03/01/87 | - | - | Emergency landing at Brussels with landing gear problems on Monastir-Brussels service. No casualties among 198 pax and 7 crew |
| 00/01/87 | - | - | Noted at Santa Barbara (USA) for hush kits |
| 05/04/87 | - | - | Seen back in service with new blue style "Sobelair" titles |
| 23/11/87 | - | Sabena | Subleased. New blue style "Sabena" titles applied and used for Royal visit to Thailand, Australia and New Zealand |
| 08/12/87 | - | Sobelair | Returned |
| 12/09/89 | - | - | Last revenue service with a Belgian registered pax B707 (Palma-Brussels) and placed in storage at Brussels |
| 03/01/90 | N760FW | Omega Air | Purchased |
| 08/01/90 | - | - | Canx from register |
| 16/01/90 | - | Florida West Airlines | Leased |
| 19/01/90 | - | - | Ferried Brussels-Miami in basic Sobelair c/s with no titles |
| 00/02/90 | - | - | Noted bare metal at Miami for conversion into full-freighter |
| 00/03/90 | - | - | Noted full colors at Miami |
| 31/01/91 | - | SAM Colombia | Subleased in full metal colors |
| 00/07/91 | - | Florida West Airlines | Returned in metal c/s with titles |
| 00/05/92 | - | Omega Air | Returned |
| 14/05/92 | - | Grumman Aerospace | For E-8C Joint STARS program and placed in storage at Davis Monthan AFB. Entered AMARC inventory as CZ 189 |
| 11/08/93 | - | - | Ferried to Wichita for refurbishment |
| 00/00/93 | - | - | After refurbishment by Boeing Military Airplane Company, at Wichita, ferried to Lake Charles, overhaul facility. Second E-8C production aircraft. TAT 59412 hrs |
| 14/05/95 | 67-30054 | US Air Force | Serial adapted prior conversion into Joint STARS |
| 00/02/97 | 94-0285 | - | Reserialled. TAT 59890 hrs |
| 28/04/01 | - | - | Still in service |
| 00/08/13 | - | - | Still in service |
| 08/09/22 | - | - | Final flight Robins AFB and retired |
| 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) 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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