N5771T. Boeing 707-331C. c/n 19212-588.

Was also registered as: EI-BER; LX-FCV; CX-BJV; LX-BJV; 5A-DKA;

9G-ACY; 9G-MAN; N227VV; N730FW; N851MA.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Trans World Airways as a convertible passenger - freighter aircraft - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - May 1967

First flown at Renton as N5771T - May 29, 1967

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N5771T - June 1967

Registered to Trans World Airways

Accepted by Trans World at Renton - June 18, 1967

Operated its first revenue service - June 1967

Sold to Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) - May 06, 1978

Guinness Peat Aviation is a subsidiary of Aer Lingus of Ireland

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BER - May 06, 1978

Registered to Guinness Peat Aviation, Dublin, Ireland

Leased to Aer Lingus as the registered operator as a freight aircraft - May 16, 1978

Returned to Guinness Peat Aviation at the end of the lease - September 1978

Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - September 30, 1978

Entered onto the Luxemboug Aircraft Register as LX-FCV - October 06, 1978

Leased to Cargolux Airlines International as the registered operator

Sub-leased to Aero Uruguay as the registered operator - October 09, 1978

Cancelled from the Luxemboug Aircraft Register - March 1979

Entered onto the Uruguay Aircraft Register as CX-BJV - March 07, 1979

It was observed at New York (Kennedy) in the Aero Uruguay livery - November 21, 1979

Returned to Cargolux Airlines International at the end of the sub-lease - August 1981

Cancelled from the Uruguay Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Luxemboug Aircraft Register as LX-BJV - ?

Sub-leased to Libyan Equestrian Federation - September 10, 1981

Sub-leased to United African Airlines as the registered operator - September 30, 1981

It was observed at Dusseldorf in the standard Cargolux livery - October 14, 1981

Cancelled from the Luxemboug Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Libya Aircraft Register as 5A-DKA - ?

It was observed at London (Heathrow) in the basic Cargolux livery with United Arican Airlines - April 1982

Sold to Zimex Aviation, Glattbrugg, Switzerland - July 1982

It was observed at Shannon in the basic Cargolux livery with 'West Coast Airlines' titles - July 13, 1982

Cancelled from the Libya Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Ghana Aircraft Register as 9G-ACY - July 1982

Leased to West Coast Airlines, Accra, Ghana as the registered operator

It was observed at Dublin in the basic Cargolux livery with 'West Coast Airlines' titles - July 23, 1982

It was observed at London (Heathrow) in the basic Cargolux livery with 'West Coast Airlines' titles - August 16, 1982

It was observed at Dublin with red / blue fuselage stripes and the Ghana flag on the tail - August 06, 1983

It was observed at Dublin in a two-tone blue livery without titles - June 09, 1984

It was observed at Dusseldorf in a two-tone blue livery without titles - July 08, 1984

The aircraft was sub-leased to Transcorp Airways - November 1985

Operated its first Transcorp service Darwin - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - November 28, 1985

Operated its final Transcorp freighter service - March 06, 1986

Returned to Zimex Aviation at the end of the sub-lease - March 1986

The aircraft was reregistered as 9G-MAN - April 23, 1986

Registered to Zimex Aviation, Glattbrugg, Switzerland

It was observed at Dublin as '9G-MAN' in the two-tone blue livery without titles - May 31, 1986

It was observed at Dublin as '9G-MAN' in the two-tone blue livery with small 'WCAL' fuselage titles - July 04, 1986

Cancelled from the Ghana Aircraft Register - July 1986

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N227VV - July 1986

Registered to Omega Air

Leased to Florida West Airlines as the registered operator - September 06, 1986

Sold to Croix Holdings Inc, San Antonio, Texas - March 1987

Leased to Florida West Airlines as the registered operator

Reregistered as N730FW - September 06, 1987

Sub-leased to Southern Air as the registered operator - September 17, 1987

Returned to Florida West Airlines at the end of the sub-lease - February 1988

It was observed at Miami in the Florida West livery - October 1988

Sub-leased to Million Air in a modified Florida West Airlines livery as the registered operator - June 28, 1989

Reregistered as N851MA - August 08, 1989

Reregistered as N730FW - May 16, 1990

Registered to Jetlease Inc

Wet-leassed to Millon Air - September 1991

The aircraft was repossessed by Jetlease - September 03, 1993

It was observed stored at Miami without engines in the Florida West livery - May 05, 1995

Florida West Airlines was declared bankrupt - November 04, 1995

Scrapping of the aircraft had been completed at Miami - November 15, 1995

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 03, 1997

 

 

LX-FCV. Aero Uruguay - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-331.)

CX-BJV. Aero Uruguay - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-332.)

LX-BJV. Cargolux - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-333.)

9G-ACY. West Coast Airlines - in the basic 'Cargolux' livery at an unknown airport, January 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-334.)

9G-ACY. WCAL - in the two-tone blue livery at an unknown airport, June 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-335.)

9G-ACY. WCAL - in the two-tone blue livery at an unknown airport, September 1985.

(T. Williams Copyright Image 4607-336.)

9G-ACY. Transcorp - in the two-tone blue livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-337.)

N227VV. Florida West - in the original livery at Miami Airport, April 04, 1987.

(H. Tenby Copyright Image 4607-341.)

N730FW. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, July 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-338.)

N730FW. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, August 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-339.)

N851MA. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, October 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-340.)

N730FW. Florida West - in the revised livery at Miami Airport, August 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-342.)

N730FW. Florida West - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, August 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-285.)

N730FW. Florida West - in the modified livery at Miami Airport, October 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-343.)

N730FW. Florida West - in the modified livery at an unknown airport, January 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-351.)