Boeing 727-200 · 256 MSN 20819

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-256, serial number 20819, line number 1018, first flight 26 Feb 1974. Delivered to Iberia on 2 Apr 1974, registered EC-CFI. Seen 19 Aug 2001 Madrid in service, withdrawn from use by 3 Oct 2001, seen stored 14 Oct 2001 Magnum Airdynamics Inc, seen at Bournemouth 19 Oct 2002, 21 Oct 2002 basic Iberia colours no titles. Operated by Benin Government on 15 Nov 2006 as TY-24A. Prepared at Bournemouth seen 23 Dec 2002 inside hangar ex IB colours for Sky Way Airlines, approach not taken up, seen 29 Mar 2003 outside, partial IB colours, white fuselage, some parts missing, seen 31 Aug 2003, seen 9 Dec 2003 still as EC-CFI derelict, seen 1 Jul 2004 inside hangar, seen 21 Oct 2004 being made ready for testflight, seen 15 Feb 2005 still stored Bournemouth Airport, seen 20 Nov 2005 white, Iberia tail logo, good condition, seen 15 Nov 2006 re-registered for Benin Government and departed to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, seen 1 Oct 2007 parked, dirty white, seen 19 Dec 2007 new colours, seen 24 Nov 2008, testflight as TY-24A no titles 21 Mar 2009, Republique du Benin-titles applied 25 May 2009 and delivered Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Columbia Regional Airport 26 May 2009, seen at Perpignan Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes Jul 2009, Helsinki, Finland seen 15 Sep 2010, Paris-Orly, France 9 Nov 2011, Paris-Le Bourget, France 17 May 2014 for summit, broken up Oct 2016 at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa, trucked in sections for scrap to Tasbetpark, Mpumalanga 25 Oct 2016, (Tasbok Street nr R544, 25o, 55'22.40"S, 29o14'6.76"E) might be due for use as restaurant. Current status: stored.