Aircraft Photo of N448PA | Boeing 707-321C | Maverick International Airlines | AirHistory.net #826759
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N448PA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 707
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 707-300
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-321C
C/n (msn):19270 / 572
Operator Titles:Maverick International Airlines
Aircraft Name:Bud Sloan
Location
City / Airport:Düsseldorf - InternationalMap
Country:Germany
Airport Codes:ICAO: EDDL   IATA: DUS   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:20 October 1977 to 1 May 1978
Photo from:Fergal Goodman Collection
Photo ID: 826759
Photo Comment

Maverick was set up to specialise in transporting inseminated cows to the Shah of Iran, who was keen to build up cattle ranching. A second 707, N791PA, was also acquired. However the business ran into diffculty once the Shah was overthrown by Muslim revolutionaries in early 1979. One of the Maverick's aircraft was temporarily stranded at Tehran Airport for some days and cattle barns that the company had financed in Iran were seized by the revolutionary government. While efforts were made to keep operating, the company ceased operations some time later, its primary business having dried up.

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