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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-436
    Construction Number:17711
    Last Civil Registration:G-APFJ
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-436 cn 17711 cr G-APFJ
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 707-436.

    9 September 1960

    First flight.

    22 September 1960

    To BOAC with new c/r G-APFJ.

    4 November 1971

    To Malaysian Airlines System keeping c/r G-APFJ.

    3 September 1974


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Boeing 707-436 leased by Malaysian Airlines System as seen at Heathrow in September 1974.

    3 April 1975

    To British Airways keeping c/r G-APFJ.

    3 September 1975


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: G-APFJ : Boeing 707-436 : British Airways - On climbout from runway 31 at Prestwick

    13 April 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: G-APFJ Boeing 707-436 British Airtours. After withdrawal from service, PFJ was preserved at Cosford for many years before being dismantled. The front fuselage survives at The Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland.

    31 May 1981

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford.

    2006

    To National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
    Fuselage only survives.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Front fuselage preserved at Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland
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