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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-321C
    Construction Number:17608
    Last Civil Registration:N707GE {1}
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-321C cn 17608 cr N707GE
    Latest Owner or Location:General Electric Co, Mojave, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a 707-321.

    28 April 1960

    To Pan American World Airlines with new c/r N730PA.

    May 1971

    To Donaldson International Airways with new c/r G-AYXR.

    August 1971


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Boeing 707-321 G-AYXR - Donaldson - London Heathrow in August 1971.

    August 1974

    Converted to a 707-321C.
    Converted to dedicated freighter.

    From February 1977 to September 1977

    Leased to Kuwait Airways.

    February 1977


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At East Midlands Airport, UK

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AYXR.

    April 1980

    To Pakistan International Airlines with new c/r N37681.
    On lease.

    By 1982

    To Batch Air keeping c/r N37681.
    Noted stored at Mojave, CA.

    12 March 1987

    To General Electric Co, Mojave, CA with new c/r N707GE {1}.
    In use as an engine testbed.

    11 March 2011

    Civil registration, N707GE {1}, cancelled.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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