Model Aircraft In My Collection - 11

B-2503 737-7W0(WL)

Model Photo

Registration Information (Planelogger)

Registration History
	Reg	Airline	Delivered	Status
	B-2503	China Yunnan Airlines	14.06.99	Left Fleet
	B-2503	China Eastern Airlines	00.06.03	Active

Photos of Aircraft

Argentine Air Force 707-387B, TC-91

Model Aircraft In My Collection - 10

Argentine Air Force 707-387B, TC-91

Model Photos

Information about Aircraft

TC-91 was delivered to the Fuerza Aerea Argentina on 11Jun75 where it flew for the Argentine Presidential Flight as T-01 until it was converted to a -387C configuration in June 1977 and joined the regular Fuerza Aerea Argentina fleet of 707's.  The aircraft went on to serve with Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE) from 1996 until 2005/2006 when it operated some of the last 707 passenger services worldwide.  TC-91 has reportedly been at El Palomar ever since.

Images of Aircraft

Model Aircraft In My Collection - 9
G-AVFB - HS 121 Trident 2E

Model Images:

Registration History from Plane Logger

Registration History
	Reg	Airline	Delivered	Status
	G-AVFB	Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited	11/1967	Left Fleet
	G-AVFB	British European Airways	06/06/1968	Left Fleet
	5B-DAC	Cyprus Airways	06/1973	Left Fleet
	G-AVFB	British Airways	12.05.77	Left Fleet
	G-AVFB	Duxford Aviation Society	13/06/1982	Stored

Image of Actual Plane - At Duxford

Image of Actual Plane - At London

Model Aircarft in my Collection 8: N707JT (John Travolta Qantas 707)

Model Images:

Aircraft History:

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138B - July 29, 1964

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register (Qantas) as VH-EBM - September 10, 1964

Suffered undercarriage failure on take off from Perth Airport - March 6, 1965. Right rear axle on starboard undercarriage truck broke leaving wheel assembly hanging by torque rod. Aircraft landed safely and undercarriage repaired

Sold to Braniff International via Regency Income Corp - June 7, 1969. Entered onto the U. S. Aircraft Register as N108BN

Sold to Kirk Kerkorian / Tracy Investments Corp (Tracinda) - September 1975

Sold to TAG Aviation, Saudi Arabia - September 26, 1977

Reregistered as N707XX to TAG Aviation Ltd - July 1990

Sold to Jet Clipper Johnny LLC (John Travolta) - May 25, 1998. Re-registered as N707JT - December 13, 1998

Repainted in full Qantas 'V-Jet' livery for Qantas marketing campaign - June 2002

Currently owned and operated by John Travolta

Historical information from aussieairliners.org.

Images of Actual Aircraft

Full size image at aussieairliners.org

As N108BN

As N707JT - Original Colour Scheme

As N707JT Qantas V-Jet Scheme

Model Aircarft in my Collection 7: OO-SDD DC6 

Another DC6 - This time from the Aeroclassics stable

Images of Model

OO-SDD Air Congo DC6

OO-SDD Areoclassics DC6

History of Aircraft

This Douglas DC-6, cn 43148/157, started out with Sabena on 27/05/1950 as OO-AWU. It was shortly thereafter re-registered to OO-SDD on 23/07/1951. After a lease to Transair Sweden from 18/12/1960 until 25/01/1962, it was returned to Sabena, and subsequently leased to the newly formed Air Congo as of 01/04/1962. After nationalization of the airline in 1965 the aircraft was re-registered as 9Q-CLA as of 31/12/1965. It flew for the airline until 1969 when it was transferred to the Congolese Air Force and registered 9T-TLA. It was transferred to the Zaire Air Force 12/1971. Ten years later during 1981, it was sold to cargo outfit Lukim Air Services and registered 9Q-CBM. The end came 1982 (some sources suggest 1986) when this DC-6 was scrapped.

Images of the Aircraft

Link to Image on Airliners.net

As TSA

As Sabena

Model Aircarft in my Collection 6: N6260C- DC6

Model Aircarft in my Collection 6: N6260C- DC6 

Old workhorse that fell foul with the law.

Model Image

History of N6260C

N6260C is (was) a DC-6A aircraft delivered to Pan American in June 1953. It remained in service for 5 years before being sold to Los Angeles Air Service (LAAS) in September 1958. LAAS was absorbed into the Transamerica and was operated by various airlines in the group including Slick Air and Hawaiian Air Lines. It was then sold to Aaxico leasing company (exact date unknown likely about 1965). It was leased to Ariana Afghan Airlines and operated on the weekly Kabul to London (Gatwick) route until the mid 1970's (registration YA-DAO). It was then leased to various airline and cargo services over short periods with registrations YS-38C, HR-TNQ and finally to a leasing company in Miami when it carried the registration N8057X. In its guise as N8057X it fell foul of the law and was last sited after being impounded at Great Inagua (Bahamas) in 1982. Although not sites it still appeared on the impounded asset register in 2008.

Photos of N6260C

As N6260 - Hawaiian 

As YA-DAO Ariana Afghan

As HR-TNQ

As N8057X

Model Aircrafts in My Collection 5: Qantas VH-SUM - Short 360

Model Aircrafts in My Collection 5: Qantas VH-SUM - Short 360

Model Image

Gemini Jets - VH-SUM

 

Model History:

VH-SUM was a Short 360 short haul twin turboprop plane manufactured by Short Bros in Ireland. Usually configured to carry 33-36 passengers with a crew of three. Due to the small fuel tank,s at full load the aircraft had a range of less than 400km and speed of about 350km/h. It was mainly used for short haul flights to mining towns with hubs in Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns. The Short 360 as it was known was also used for a short duration for flights between Melbourne and Mildura.

The early history of VH-SUM is somewhat unclear. It was manufactured in 1987 and registered as G-BNFD probably to Gill Air via the leasing company Lynrise. It then appears as EI-BTK with Philippines Airlines. It was finally sold to Qantas and appeared on the Australian register as VH-SUM in 1996. It was sold to Air Cargo Carriers in December 2005 with registration change to N372AC. The aircraft was converted to carry cargo with larger fuel tanks. During a demonstration flight two AIC Short 360 aircrafts  (N372AC and N3735W) were involved in a mid air collision with N3735W crashing with loss of three lives and N372AC making a crash landing with no loss of life. Unfortunately both planes were damaged beyond repair and scrapped.

Aircraft Images

As VH-SUM

 

As EI-BTK Philippines Airlines

Crashed as N372AC