OTHER AUSTRALIAN 707 OPERATORS

ANSETT AIR FREIGHT

 

Boeing 707-330C D-ABUA in German Cargo livery.
Photo: Ron Cuskelly Collection

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Boeing 707-330C D-ABUA in Transcorp livery.
Photo: Ron Cuskelly Collection

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Boeing 707-330C VR-HTC in Transcorp livery.
Photo: David Sparks

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Boeing 707-330C VR-HTC in Transcorp livery.
Photo: Ron Cuskelly Collection

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Boeing 707-330C VH-HTC in TNT livery.
Photo: David Sparks

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Boeing 707-330C HC-BTB in AECA Cargo livery.
Photo: Ron Cuskelly Collection

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For reasons of completeness, Australian 707 operators other than Qantas have been recorded on this website. This page describes the former Lufthansa Boeing 707 freighter which was operated by Ansett Air Freight.

 

REGN
TYPE
MSN
NAME
REGISTERED
HISTORY
VH-HTC
707-330C
18937
Brisbane
28OCT88

D-ABUA Lufthansa
VR-HTC Transcorp Airways
VH-HTC Ansett Air Freight (TNT colours)
VH-HTC Stored at Perth DEC90
LZ-PVA Sold to Global Air of Bulgaria on 06DEC91
VH-HTC regn canx 14JAN92
HC-BTB VIAMA of Ecuador
HC-BTB AECA Cargo of Buenos Aires, Argentina
HC-BTB Withdrawn from service and parked at Latacunga, Ecuador in SEP98.
(Thanks to Ansett historian, Fred Niven)

 

Issue
Date
 Remarks
5
14JUN10
 Added an image of the aircraft in German Cargo livery as D-ABUA.
4
03JAN10
 Added an image of the aircraft in Transcorp livery but still registered D-ABUA.
3
31MAY09
 Added an image of HC-BTB and a second image of VR-HTC.
2
24JUL08
 A combined RAAF/Ansett page was split into two separate pages.
1
20NOV06
 Original issue