Aircraft Photo of HC-AZO | Boeing 720-023B | Ecuatoriana | AirHistory.net #876069
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HC-AZO
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-023B
C/n (msn):18033 / 206
Operator Titles:Ecuatoriana
Location
City / Airport:Miami - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMIA   IATA: MIA   Local: MIA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 876069
Photo Comment

Delivered to American Airlines as N7547A in May 1961 and traded in to Boeing in Feb 1963 as part of their B727 deal. To Pan Am as N780PA, sold in mid-1974 and registered N780EC for Ecuatoriana in Jan 1975. The registration HC-AZO allocated at the time of this photo was not taken up and the aircraft returned to the leasing company in Mar 1976. However in Apr 1977 after conversion to B720-023B{F) freighter configuration, it rejoined Ecuatoriana as HC-BDP and operated until wfu in May 1984. Stored at Davis-Monthan from Sep 1985 by Boeing as N720BG for KC-135 part stripping. Scrapped in 1991

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

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