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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 |
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LX-FCV. Aero Uruguay - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1978. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-331.) |
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CX-BJV. Aero Uruguay - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1981. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-332.) |
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LX-BJV. Cargolux - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1981. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-333.) |
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9G-ACY. West Coast Airlines - in the basic 'Cargolux' livery at an unknown airport, January 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-334.) |
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9G-ACY. WCAL - in the two-tone blue livery at an unknown airport, June 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-335.) |
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9G-ACY. WCAL - in the two-tone blue livery at an unknown airport, September 1985. (T. Williams Copyright Image 4607-336.) |
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9G-ACY. Transcorp - in the two-tone blue livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-337.) |
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N227VV. Florida West - in the original livery at Miami Airport, April 04, 1987. (H. Tenby Copyright Image 4607-341.) |
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N730FW. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, July 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-338.) |
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N730FW. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, August 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-339.) |
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N851MA. Millon Air - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, October 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-340.) |
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N730FW. Florida West - in the revised livery at Miami Airport, August 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-342.) |
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N730FW. Florida West - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, August 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-285.) |
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N730FW. Florida West - in the modified livery at Miami Airport, October 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-343.) |
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N730FW. Florida West - in the modified livery at an unknown airport, January 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-351.) |