Delivered to KLM as PH-DSI in July 1957 and converted to DC-7F in August 1962. In 1969 it was sold to Aer Turas as EI-ATV but quickly passed to Affretair as TR-LNZ. Briefly leased to the Rhodesian AF as 7230 in 1979 it returned to Affretair as VP-YTY in 1980. In 1982 it was sold to the USA as N103LM, operating for La Mancha Aire, JBM, and Million Air before sale to Trans Air Link as N869TA in February 1985. It was leased in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1998 and reportedly scrapped at Kinshasa in 2010. Note; although reregistered N103LM in July 1982 those marks had not yet been applied.

Delivered to Eastern Air Lines in October 1957 it served until sold to California Air Motive in May 1965. In 1967 it was leased to Overseas National Airways but in 1968 returned to CAM and was earmarked for sale to Transair Sweden as SE-ERF, but the deal fell through and in the early 1970s it was briefly operated by the American Sportsman and Gordon Cooper Travel Clubs. In 1974 it was bought by William Dempsay/Central Air Services who sold it to Kinney Air Tankers in January 1981 and converted into an air tanker, but it was burnt out whilst parked at Glendive, MT., in May 1982.

Photo by John Wegg.

Photo by John Wegg.

This DC-7 was built in 1957 and flew with SAS from August 1957 until October 1967. It was scrapped the following month at Copenhagen (CPH) with the forward fuselage now preserved at this super museum.

Owned by Brooks Fuel.

Photo by John Wegg.

Delivered to KLM as PH-DSF 3 June 1957 and named Arabische Zee. Converted to freighter November 1960. To Aer Turas as EI-ATU 25 February 1969. To Air Gabon Cargo as TR-LNY 1 April 1970. Used by Jack Malloch to circumvent sanctions against Rhodesia flying to Europe and the rest of Africa. Derelict at then Salisbury Airport by 1980 and in the early 1980s used by the Air Force of Zimbabwe as a ground trainer. Photographer unknown

Delivered to KLM as PH-DSI 14-Jul-1957, converted to DC-7F August 1962. To Aer Turas as EI-ATV 31-Mar-1969 and sold to Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affrêtements Aériens 27-May-1969 as TR-LNZ. This was a front for Jack Malloch's sanctions busting activites to Biafra and Rhodesia. During 1979 used by the Rhodesian AF as 7230 in cross-border raids, returning to Affretair as VP-YTY, July 1980. Sold to La Mancha Aire July 1982 as N103LM, to Million Air May 1983, Trans Air Link in February 1985 as N8699TA. To Filair in the DRC in 1995, allegedly used to supply UNITA forces in Angola, scrapped at Kinshasa around 2010. Seen here at Harare with DC-7CF TR-LNY of Air Gabon Cargo (another Malloch front) in the background. Photographer unknown

Delivered to KLM as PH-DSI 14-Jul-1957, converted to DC-7F August 1962. To Aer Turas as EI-ATV 31-Mar-1969 and sold to Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affrêtements Aériens 27-May-1969 as TR-LNZ. This was a front for Jack Malloch's sanctions busting activites to Biafra and Rhodesia. During 1979 used by the Rhodesian AF as 7230 in cross-border raids, returning to Affretair as VP-YTY, July 1980. Sold to La Mancha Aire July 1982 as N103LM, to Million Air May 1983, Trans Air Link in February 1985 as N8699TA. To Filair in the DRC in 1995, allegedly used to supply UNITA forces in Angola, scrapped at Kinshasa around 2010. Seen here at Recife during the ferry flight to Miami after La Mancha took ownership of the Seven Seas. Photographer unknown

Delivered to KLM as PH-DSI 14-Jul-1957, converted to DC-7F August 1962. To Aer Turas as EI-ATV 31-Mar-1969 and sold to Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affrêtements Aériens 27-May-1969 as TR-LNZ. This was a front for Jack Malloch's sanctions busting activites to Biafra and Rhodesia. During 1979 used by the Rhodesian AF as 7230 in cross-border raids, returning to Affretair as VP-YTY, July 1980. Sold to La Mancha Aire July 1982 as N103LM, to Million Air May 1983, Trans Air Link in February 1985 as N8699TA. To Filair in the DRC in 1995, allegedly used to supply UNITA forces in Angola, scrapped at Kinshasa around 2010. Seen here at Harare immediately before the Affretair titles were removed before the ferry flight to Miami, FL. Photographer unknown

Withdrawn from use at Stansted in 1968, and served as a fire training airframe with the Board of Trade Fire Fighting School until around 1981.

Withdrawn from use at Stansted late 1968 and served as a fire training airframe with the Board of Trade Fire Fighting School until broken up around 1980.

Held in the Museum's storage/reserve area at Dugny, across the airfield at Le Bourget. The effects of many years outdoors are very apparent.

Delivered to SAS as SE-CCF in 1957. Sold as N9734Z in 1962. Converted to a firebomber then to T&G Aviation in 1977. To Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos as EC-889 in 1995. Reregistered as EC-GGC in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Cordoba, Spain in 2000. Preserved at Parque de Miraflores Cordoba from 2011.

Delivered to BOAC as G-AOIB in 1956. To Saturn Airways as N90802 in 1964. To other operators from 1970 then to T&G Aviation in 1979 and converted to a firebomber. To Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos as EC-888 in 1995. Reregistered as EC-GGB in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Cordoba, Spain in 2000. Scrapped in 2010. Nose section to Montelimar, France for preservation.

Delivered to Alitalia as I-DUVB in 1958. Sold as N6000V in 1966. To T&G Aviation in 1983 and used for parts. Scrapped in 2006.