Aircraft Photo of YI-ALM | Boeing 747SP-70 | Iraq Government | AirHistory.net #19331
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:YI-ALM
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-70
C/n (msn):22858 / 567
Operator Titles:Iraq Government
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:October 1983
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 19331
Photo Comment

Just over a year old at this time and probably staging on to the USA with Saddam Hussein for further talks about the Iran-Iraq war, the presidential SP was positioned to Tozeur in Tunisia prior to the first Gulf War in 1990 for safe keeping. It remains there to this day, all white and maintained by Iraqi mechanics every six months. By 11.10 was up for sale by Iraqi Airways

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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