Delivered to Braniff as N9709C on 09 Jan 1960. To Holiday Airlines on 04 Jul 1974 and reregistered to N972HA on 18 Sep 1974. To Air California as N124AC on 17 Jun 1975. To Mandala Airlines on PK-RLE on 14 Mar 1980. WFU and stored at CGK in Sep 1989. Broken up in Oct 1997.

This nice 737 brought a Nixon campaign group in for a rally and later dinner in Orinda.

Seen landing on runway 27 at San Diego. In the back ground is Convair 580 N55H. To Air California as N464GB on 13 Jul 1968. Noted in AirCal colours on 06 Apr 1981 reregistered as N464AC. Merged into American Airlines on 01 Jul 1987. To Airmark Aviation on 01 Oct 1991. It passed through numerous operators over the years. Later registered N777EC with its final registration as 9Q-CKZ in 1997 with Aero Services. Last operator was Hewa Bora Airlines on 11 Sep 2003. Last noted stored at FIH in Aug 2004.

A really early 737 - line number 20. Delivered to Air California as N462GB on 18 Sep 1968. To N462AC and rebranded as AirCal and noted as such on 06 Apr 1981. Merged into American Airlines on 01 Jul 1987. Leased to Braniff Airways 30Apr 1989 to 05 Dec 1989. Leased to Airmark Aviation 01 Oct 1991 to 26 Jan 1992. Noted stored at Kingman AZ in Jul 1992. Noted fuselage only on 23Oct 1994 and since broken up. Some parts including nose and cockpit noted preserved at the observation deck at BWI on 29 Dec 2002.

Delivered new to Air California as N468AC on 15 Aug 1970. W/O on 17 Feb 1981 at Santa Ana when it skidded off the runway.

Lovely picture of this early 737. Air California became AirCal in 1981 and this aircraft had been repainted by November of that year. Photo from: Orange County Archives

Photographer: Not known.

Photographer: Not known.

Shortly to depart on delivery to Air Cal/ILFC

After the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 in the USA, Air California began flying to destinations outside of the state of California. This United 737 was leased from January 1980 to April 1981 until other aircraft ordered could be delivered. It's return to United coincided with the first deliveries of their new MD-80s. The aircraft was withdrawn at United in 1992, stored at Tucson, AZ and later broken up.

When AirCal leased this 737 in March 1986 it was already 18 years old, having flown with NAC National Airways Corporation / Air New Zealand as ZK-NAE from September 1968. American Airlines kept the 737 in their fleet when it merged AirCal in July 1987 before returning it to the lessor in 1991. Stored at Phoenix, Avmark Aviation leased the aircraft in September 1992. Re-named Transtar Airlines in January 1993, the company closed it's doors July 31, 1993. Stored, this time in Roswell, NM, the aircraft was sold to West Jet Airlines in 1997 as a source of spare parts and was scrapped in Roswell.

Still in Wien Airlines colours.

In a hybrid scheme during its lease from United Airlines Photo by ; A. Vogel