Presumably still with International Air Parts soon after delivery.

A shot taken from the access road adjacent to the old Brisbane runway.

Note the pushback tug about to disengage from the port undercarriage bogey. Last passenger configured 727 off the Boeing production line.

Boarding passengers at Rarotonga for a trip to one of the outlying destinations in the Cook Islands. This aircraft was test-flown in 1979 as PT-SAF before delivery to Cascade Airways as N107CA. To Imperial Airlines 82-83, leased to San Juan Airlines 84. Acquired by Air Rarotonga in 89 and re-registered ZK-FTS. Re-registered again on the Cook Is Register in 2010 as E5-FTS.

N1502W was the first of eleven registrations carried by this 707, delivered to Western in 7.68. After disposal in 5.80, lease operators included Eagle Air, Aer Lingus and Arrow before purchase by Shanghai Airlines in 10.85 (B-2425). Stored in HKG from 11.89, next served as a freighter for Chad but in 10.92 took up this Honduran reg although flying in Race Cargo colours, retained during the mere two months under the Star Flight name. Later had 9J, ZS and EL regs but b/u Manston 6.01

Delivered in 1982 and very rarely seen in London, but latterly active in Syrian's current colours and operating for Abakan-Avia in 2008

A later shot than my 1991 image in Air Gambia markings as EL-AKA. Starting out with American Airlines, this 707 had 11 different registrations over its lifetime before crashing at Bangui in 7.02

Once well known as Instone's G-BISU, this Biffo went to Trans Provincial of Canada in 12.88. Seen here still in TPA's colours soon after ferry from Canada on acquisition by John Duncan, a BA Captain. Originally an RNZAF aeroplane, she made a further appearance over Heathrow as part of the airport's 50th anniversary in 1996 but only weeks later on 18.7.96 was sadly was written off during take-off at Enstone in Oxfordshire