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N88ZL - Close To The Scrapper At OPF

my1le From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 175 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 9154 times:

This is very scary! Does anyone have details on the fate of N88ZL? Their website shows the interior and the thing is amazing!

http://n88zl.com/N88ZL/Home.html

Photo from when I was in OPF last week:

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LH707330 From United States of America, joined Jun 2012, 181 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 8481 times:

Where did you hear that from? That is a beautiful plane, I'd be sad to see her go, especially since I built a model of her in the 1966 colors.

DLPMMM From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3529 posts, RR: 9
Reply 2, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 8340 times:

Why is this scary?

It is a loud gas guzzling 707 from the 60's

She has had a long and useful life, let her rest in peace.

CrimsonNL From Netherlands, joined Dec 2007, 1615 posts, RR: 42
Reply 3, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 8197 times:

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Quoting DLPMMM (Reply 2):
She has had a long and useful life, let her rest in peace.

Hardly what you'd call peace, more like pieces.. I'm sad to hear she'll be scrapped. I had the pleasure to spot her once on a trip to STN. What a fantastic airplane!

Martijn

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71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2736 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 8051 times:

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United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7157 posts, RR: 8
Reply 5, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 8020 times:

I saw it last Monday. It was up near the fence , no covers on the engines

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Navion From United States of America, joined May 1999, 981 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 7949 times:

Quoting DLPMMM (Reply 2):
It is a loud gas guzzling 707 from the 60's

Wrong on the "loud" claim. Take a closer look at the engine nacelles.

It does drink the Jet-A though!

my1le From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 175 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 7306 times:

Quoting Navion (Reply 6):

Yup, it does have the hush kits installed. I think that the money it took to repaint, install the new interior and avionics would be enough to keep her flying. Heck at least sell it ... don't cut her in half!

UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 32
Reply 8, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 6478 times:

It would be a shame to see N88ZL get scrapped. This aircraft used to be a regular sight at MME in the late 90s, where I saw it on a number of occasions. Certainly one of the more interesting visitors.

BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2291 posts, RR: 7
Reply 9, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 6218 times:

Looks like Lufthansa was the original owner, correct?

Highflier92660 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 591 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 6137 times:

This aircraft was also used in an episode of Playboy's The Girls Next Door a few years ago. Unfortunately much of the footage was at night at LAX, but the interior of the Boeing 707 was still impressive. I don't know why they chose to use the aging airliner for the series; perhaps eighty-six-year-old Hugh Hefner still believes the Boeing 707-320 is a modern, contemporary jet flying the airways today!

falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5671 posts, RR: 29
Reply 11, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4149 times:

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Quoting DLPMMM (Reply 2):
Why is this scary?

It's like cutting up a 57 Chevy or knocking down a local landmark.

There aren't too many 707s flying these days and one that is a VIP plane is even rarer.

Quoting Highflier92660 (Reply 10):
but the interior of the Boeing 707 was still impressive. I don't know why they chose to use the aging airliner for the series; perhaps eighty-six-year-old Hugh Hefner still believes the Boeing 707-320 is a modern, contemporary jet flying the airways today

Because it doesn't look like an old turd or anything. Most people wouldn't know how old it was.

Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 9):
Looks like Lufthansa was the original owner, correct?

Yes.

Serial Number :18928
Status: Valid

Manufacturer Name: BOEING

Certificate Issue Date: 03/19/1986

Model: 707-330B

Expiration Date: 11/30/2013

Type Aircraft: Fixed Wing Multi-Engine

Type Engine: Turbo-jet

Pending Number Change: None

Dealer: No

Date Change Authorized: None
Mode S Code (base 8 / oct): 53016706

MFR Year: 1965
Mode S Code (base 16 / hex): AC1DC6

Type Registration: Corporation
Fractional Owner: NO

Registered Owner
Name: LOWA LTD
Street: 6750 NW 79TH AVE
City: MIAMI
State: FLORIDA
County: MIAMI-DADE
Zip Code: 33166-2779
Country: UNITED STATES

Airworthiness
Engine Manufacturer: P & W
Classification: Standard
Engine Model: JT3D-3&3B
Category: Transport
A/W Date: 01/31/2000

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DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 474 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 3987 times:

I remember spotting this 707 back in 2007 or so at PSP. She had come in from HNL and was heading on to Florida I think. Was quite the treat!

United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7157 posts, RR: 8
Reply 13, posted (2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2113 times:

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This is how it looked last week.

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my1le From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 175 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (2 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1341 times:

Quoting United_fan (Reply 13):

Appears we visited the same week... There is too much to shoot down there. I need to go back.

TC957 From UK - England, joined May 2012, 334 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (2 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1220 times:

This aircraft seems to have a Roman Abramovitch 767 lookalike colour scheme.

AndyEastMids From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 996 posts, RR: 2
Reply 16, posted (2 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1110 times:

I believe she needs a heavy check, and it will be done if there's committed work for the airplane that makes the check viable. But otherwise...

Perhaps Lufthansa should buy it to be the basis of their next project after the Starliner is done?

bennett123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6352 posts, RR: 1
Reply 17, posted (2 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1066 times:

my1le

Perhaps you could post a thread with pictures after your next trip.

LH707330 From United States of America, joined Jun 2012, 181 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (2 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 790 times:

Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 9):
Looks like Lufthansa was the original owner, correct?

Correct, delivered on December 28, 1965 as D-ABUF "Hannover." Served in LH colors and performed the last LH 707 flight in 1984. Originally, she looked like this.

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