846th Seven-Oh-Seven to come into being as a 331C ordered by TWA
N794TW first flew on August 17th 1970 and started her useful life 8 days later by serving TWA. Interestingly, the airline also accepted and introduced its first Boeing 747s into service a few months earlier. Undeterred, N794TW accepted the challenge and donned the red-arrow and twin-globe classic livery.
Link to Picture of N794TW in her prime made in 1977 at Zürich
http://runway14.blogspot.com/search/label/1977
N794TW first flew on August 17th 1970 and started her useful life 8 days later by serving TWA. Interestingly, the airline also accepted and introduced its first Boeing 747s into service a few months earlier. Undeterred, N794TW accepted the challenge and donned the red-arrow and twin-globe classic livery.
Link to Picture of N794TW in her prime made in 1977 at Zürich
http://runway14.blogspot.com/search/label/1977
And a year later, while taxying to gate at Paris/CDG (Eric Legendre)On April 04th 1980, she is withdrawn from use and parked at Kansas City. Her log counted 32,724 hours of flying.
On January 25th 1983, Israel Air Force opens a new chapter of her life.
She is initially registered 4X-BYB and then converted as a KC-707 tanker/transport.
On January 25th 1983, Israel Air Force opens a new chapter of her life.
She is initially registered 4X-BYB and then converted as a KC-707 tanker/transport.
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Now registered as 4X-JYU and coded 242, she keeps soldiering as a "Saknaï" along with sixter-ships.
Sources : http://www.planelist.net
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