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When Were The 747-100 Phased Out At LH?

Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38
Posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1506 times:

Hello everybody,

when did Lufthansa´s remaining 747-100, D-ABYA and D-ABYC (D-ABYB having crashed at NBO in 1974) leave the fleet?

Thanks,

Daniel Smile

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Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1487 times:

Hi Daniel,

I looked in a old Herpa Wings World Magazine because there is a report that is called "75 years Lufthansa" but unfortunately I could not found your requested information.

I found only this about the 741: On Easter Monday 1970, the first of three initially ordered jumbos arrived in HAM. The official name of the plane was 747-130, registered D-ABYA. Named after the state of North Rhine Westphalia, it took off for its first flight from FRA to JFK on April 26, 1970.

Sorry but no word about the dates when D-ABYA and D-ABYC have leave the LH fleet.

I hope that somebody knows the answer because I am also very interested.

Patrick

Na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9605 posts, RR: 10
Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1476 times:

LH sold its two 747-130s as early as 1978 together with the PW-powered 747-230Bs, when GE-powered 747-230Bs arrived in sizable numbers.

Trident From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 484 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1439 times:

Aer Lingus acquired EI-BED from Lufthansa in 1979. That's pretty much in line with Na's time frame.

Na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9605 posts, RR: 10
Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1427 times:

D-ABYA was sold to Braniff as N610BN in 1978.

Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11950 posts, RR: 37
Reply 5, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1398 times:

The last one, 'ABYC, joined EI in 1979 and continued in service until about '94. It has now, unfortunately, been scrapped, but Big Ed served Aer Lingus well for many years. (It was called Big Ed, because the last two letters of the reg were painted just below the cockpit window - SI, SJ and ED!)

Trident From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 484 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1337 times:

I flew in 'ED DUB-JFK in 1984.

Ned Kelly From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 393 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1301 times:

Just to add to above:

D-ABYA LH sold to ITEL corp. 29-Nov-78 & leased to Braniff Dec-78 as N610BN.

D-ABYC LH sold to ITEL corp. 9-Jan-79 & sold to Aer Lingus Jan-79 as EI-BED.

Source: Airliner Production List (1992).

Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38
Reply 8, posted (10 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1293 times:

Thanks to all of you. The reason I asked this is this: I have an LH safety card of a "B 747". It is dated 1/80 and was obviously used on all the All Pax 747s they had at that time. The plane depicted on the cover has only 3 upper deck windows and JT9D engines, so I was wondering whether it is a -100 or an early -200. Since LH didn´t have any -100s in 1980 any more, it´s obviously one of the last old -200s they had.

Daniel Smile

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