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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-379C
    Construction Number:19821
    Last Civil Registration:4L-GAS
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-379C cn 19821 cr 4L-GAS
    Latest Owner or Location:Mach Avia

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as a 707-379C.

    27 June 1968

    To British Overseas Airways Corporation with new c/r G-AWHU.

    April 1974

    To British Airways keeping c/r G-AWHU.

    Circa 1976


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Toronto, Canada

    November 1983

    To Air Supply Corporation with new c/r 9Q-CKI.

    January 1984

    To Hang Khong Vietnam with new c/r VN-B3415.

    October 1986

    To Hang Khong Vietnam with new c/r VN-83415.

    August 1990

    To Diaro Air Dervices with new c/r 5X-JEF.

    January 1991

    To Golden Star with new c/r ST-GLD.

    July 1991


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: ST-GLD - Boeing B-707 379C - Golden Star Air Cargo at Manston Airport (MSE) UK in July 1991

    September 1991

    To Race Cargo Airlines with new c/r 9G-OLF.

    September 1991


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    April 1992


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 9G-OLF - Race/Phoenix Boeing 707 9G-OLF seen at Ostend in April 1992,

    November 1992

    To Phoenix Aviation with new c/r 9G-ONE.

    May 1993

    To Phoenix Aviation with new c/r 9G-WON.

    September 1993

    To DAS Air Cargo with new c/r 5X-JEF.

    Circa December 1993


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: 5X-JEF - Boeing B-707-379C - DAS Air Cargo at Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)

    To Air Afrique with new c/r 5X-GLA.

    April 2001

    To Great Lakes Airways keeping c/r 5X-GLA.

    2004


    Photographer: Michael Stappen
    Notes: At Sharjah

    October 2004

    In storage at Sharjah.

    1 August 2005

    To Air Memphis with new c/r 5X-EOT.

    7 May 2009

    To Mach Avia with new c/r 4L-GAS.

    7 July 2009


    Photographer: Clive Hindmarch
    Notes: This 707 freighter is seen here on the main ramp in Ras al-Khaimah

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Fujairah International Airport, UAE.
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