Thursday, October 14, 2004

All thats left of American Airlines "Flagship Georgia"

707 found in the Nevada desert.

On our way to the NBAA static display at Henderson, NV Jeff and I came across the remains of this old 707.

Delivered to American Airlines on March 12th 1960 it was registered N7536A and called the Flagshhip Georgia. It was converted into a 720 series for domestic use in 1961. In 1971 it was sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers and registered N1R. It was bought by Great American Airways in 1983 and finally sold to the USAF as spares for the KC-135 programme.

The aircraft was broken up at Davis Monthan AFB near Tuscon, AZ. These remains came a long way to Las Vegas for some unknown reason

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