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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:720-048
    Construction Number:18043
    Last Civil Registration:9Q-CFT
    Compressed ID:Boeing 720-048 cn 18043 cr 9Q-CFT
    Latest Owner or Location:Fontshi Aviation Services

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a 720-048.

    7 April 1961

    To Aer Lingus with new c/r EI-ALC.

    November 1965

    To Braniff Airways with new c/r N7082.
    On lease from Aer Lingus.

    December 1966

    To British West Indian Airways with new c/r 9Y-TCS.
    On lease from Aer Lingus.

    October 1967

    To Trans Caribbean Airlines with new c/r N8790R.

    November 1970

    To Trans Polar Airways with new c/r LN-TUV.
    On lease from Aer Lingus.

    November 1971


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Boeing 720-048 EI-ALC - Aer Lingus after return from lease to Trans Polar, Birmingham November 1971.

    August 1972

    To Trans European Airways with new c/r OO-TEB.

    3 March 1978


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Boeing 720-048 OO-TEB - Trans European Airways, at Brussels 3rd March 1978.

    November 1978

    To Ambassadair with new c/r N8790R.

    Circa 1979


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    March 1981

    To American Trans Air keeping c/r N8790R.

    April 1983

    To American Travel Air keeping c/r N8790R.

    Circa 1984


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    June 1986

    To Airfast Indonesia keeping c/r N8790R.

    June 1986


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    December 1986

    To Samuel Azar keeping c/r N8790R.

    July 1988

    To Fontshi Aviation Services with new c/r 9Q-CFT.

    October 1999

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged whilst landing at Mbuji Mayi international Airport in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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