Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 707-324C 9V-BEW seen at Zurich Kloten airport

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From a collection of some 500 Boeing slides that I've had scanned from my archives. Hope they will provide some enjoyment and nostalgia from a bygone age.

An evening shot in fading light at Zurich Kloten airport, on the evening of my first ever visit. Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 707 9V-BEW arrives on flight SQ983. Appalling light but this was the first Singapore 707 I had ever seen! - I had just missed seeing them at Heathrow as I first started visiting in 1976, and the 747s had just taken over.

I had got to Zurich quite late in the evening, but after dumping bags at the hotel, the first thing I wanted to do was explore the airport :)
I was treated to this Singapore Cargo 707, a Chinese 707, and an Egyptair 737 - as well as a scattering of Swissair heavies - happy days.

9V-BEW c/n 19351 - Boeing 707-324C was delivered new to Continental Airlines as N17328 in Feb 1967, but only flew with the airline until June 1972 when it was sold to MSA Malaysia-Singapore Airlines as 9V-BEW. Singapore formed its own airline, Singapore Airlines, later that year. In 1977 it was converted to a freighter by SIA and flew as such until 1981 when it was sold to Eagle Air Arnaflug as TF-VLJ. After leases to Transafrican and Libyan Arab in the 1980s, the aircraft was sold by Eagle Air back to Boeing in 1986 for the KC-135 spares programme. Broken up at Davis Monthan Air Force Base between 1987 and 1989.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and 300mm lens. From an original slide, scanned and unrestored.

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Taken in: Switzerland / Zurich / Rümlang / Rümlang / Breite (show map)

Taken on: April 9, 1980

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