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Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
ca. mid-1980s

A6-HHM
Boeing 727-264/Adv
22982 / 1802
United Arab Emirates Government / Dubai Air Wing

A6-HHM is coming in to land on Riem’s runway 25. Sister ship A6-HRR was reported here on 24 September 1984, but I have no precise date for A6-HHM yet.

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour:
uilt for Mexicana in 1982 but not delivered. To the Dubai Government as A6-HHM in 1982 then to Emirates Airlines A6-EMB in 1988, Qatar Airways as A7-ABD in 1995 and converted to a freighter for DHL Airways as N751DH in 2001 who were renamed Astar Air Cargo in 2003. To Kalitta Charters II as N729CK in 2012. Withdrawn from use at Oscoda, MI in 2024.

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=2784

This airframe as A6-EMB with Emirates in April 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/aero_icarus/16484181317

This airframe as A7-ABD with Qatar Airways at ATH in April 1996:
www.flickr.com/photos/gp707/49987286786

A7-ABD with Qatar Airways at TRV in December 1998 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/propfreak/32241985658

This airframe as N751DH with DHL (Astar Air Cargo) at BNA in June 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/matt-bna/3096647609

N751DH with DHL stored at IGM in October 2011:
www.flickr.com/photos/128485084@N08/51061906996

This airframe as N729CK with Kalitta Charters II at PAE in September 2023:
www.flickr.com/photos/169920379@N03/53283483887


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo taken by Stephan Barth collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
February 1984

C-1
Fokker F27-100 Friendship
10152
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) (Royal Netherlands Air Force, RNLAF)

C-1 was also noted at Riem on 30 October 1969, 27 May 1971 and 14 January 1987.

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Stephan Barth:
C-1 was used by the Netherlands Air Force for 36 years, between 1960 and 1996. The aircraft was in such good condition that it could be flown in Africa thereafter for over ten years more; it was last noted active as 9Q-CLN with Air Tropique in 2007; in 2015 it was seen in storage at Kinshasa.

The Fokker F27 was the workhorse of the Dutch Air Force for almost 36 years. C-1, C-2 and C-3 were F27-100 ‘Friendships’, the other nine were F27-300M ‘Troopships’ with a larger cargo door. (Source: Rob Schleiffert on flickr) C-1 had a VIP configuration. (Source: ipms.nl)

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=118318

C-1 with KLu at BMA in May 1971 (initial colours with dayglo markings):
www.flickr.com/photos/162303104@N07/52284966450

C-1 with KLu at LHR in November 1975 (camouflage, short nose):
www.flickr.com/photos/105925977@N03/51359510958

C-1’s flight deck seen at FRA in May 1995:
www.flickr.com/photos/hayling_billy/53549186388

C-1 with KLu at AMS in January 1996 (without camouflage again):
www.airhistory.net/photo/189236/C-1

This airframe as ZS-OEH with Luft Afrique at PRY in April 1999:
www.flickr.com/photos/egcb_egcc/30961026886

This airframe as 9Q-CLN with Air Tropiques at FIH in February 2006:
d3trj3zqmkebtg.cloudfront.net/pics/238/238993_big.jpg

This airframe as 9Q-CLN with Air Tropiques at FIH in August 2007 (later colours):
airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2011/1/2/115...


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl, scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1973-09-08 (8 September 1973)

C-10
Fokker F-27-300M Troopship
10160
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) (Royal Netherlands Air Force, RNLAF)

This was one of three KLu Fokker F-27-300M Troopships noted at the airport that day; the other two, C-4 and C-9, wore camouflage.

The Fokker F27 was the workhorse of the Dutch Air Force for almost 36 years. C-1, C-2 and C-3 were F27-100 ‘Friendships’, the other nine were F27-300M ‘Troopships’ with a larger cargo door. (Source: Rob Schleiffert on flickr)

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour and Aad van der Voet:
Test reg PH-FBY in 1960 before delivery to the Netherlands Air Force as C-10 in 1961. Withdrawn from use 15 Oct 1993 and stored at Eindhoven AB. Flown to Soesterberg AB 10 Feb 1994 and stored. Trucked to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum (MLM) 2 Feb 1997 and placed on display in demo markings. Trucked to a technical school in Hoofddorp, Netherlands 10 Jun 2010 for restoration by students, returned to Soesterberg 4 Oct 2013 for storage. Painted in camo markings in Sep 2014 and now on display as such in the new Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM).

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=118280


C-10 performing at Greenham Common in June 1979 (in camouflage):
www.flickr.com/photos/flickrway/52473348075

C-10 at FRA in May 1981 (in camouflage):
www.airhistory.net/photo/637288/C-10

C-10 at Lossiemouth, Scotland (EGQS/LMO) in September 1992 (all white United Nations scheme):
www.airhistory.net/photo/334955/C-10

C-10 in special display colours at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete in May 1993:
www.flickr.com/photos/133813370@N04/52494265091

C-10 performing at Cambrai, France, in May 1993:
www.flickr.com/photos/77175657@N00/44201904601

C-10 performing at Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, in July 1993:
www.flickr.com/photos/flickrway/8957532215

C-10 at Soesterberg National Military Museum in July 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/56388143@N06/51174963435


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo from the Andreas Müller collection, scan kindly provided by Michael Bernhard for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
ca. July 1973


CCCP-65734
Tupolev Tu-134AK
1351404

CCCP-65734 was noted at Riem on 14 July 1973, possibly the precise date for this shot.

Manufactured in September 1971 and taken on charge by Soviet Government in Aeroflot colours in November 1971. Transferred to Aeroflot in December 1973 and struck off charge in January 1985 as life-time expired. (Source: scramble)

Detailed aircraft information from scramble:
www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/176_67749


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo from the Günter Rötzer collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.


München-Riem
November 1986

XS643
Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover E3A
SET27
Royal Air Force (RAF)

XS643 was noted at Riem on 9 February 1985 and 13 November 1986 (possibly the precise date for this shot). 115 Squadron's brightly marked Andovers were used for radar calibration duties (source: Lewis Grant on airhistory.net).

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=484845

XS643 with RAF at RAF Brize Norton (camouflage):
www.flickr.com/photos/88867126@N08/22549170276

XS643 with RAF at MRS in May 1993 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/chaika12/49990253068

Fuselage of XS643 at MSE in May 1998:
www.flickr.com/photos/alanwz581/12284045733

Nose section preserved at Bramcote, Warwickshire, in August 2022:
www.demobbed.org.uk/images/x/xs643.jpg


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1974

XS793
Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Andover CC.2
1565
Royal Air Force Queen's Flight

XS793 is coming in to land on Riem’s runway 07. This airframe visited Riem several times during the 1970s, e.g. on 27 August 1972, 5 September 1972, 10 August 1973, 9 February 1976, 8 December 1976, and 16 June 1978.

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour (slightly adapted):
Delivered to the Royal Air Force Middle East Air Force Communications Flight at Khormaksar, Aden, as XS793 in 1965, transferred to the "Queen's Flight" in 1968. To Liberia World Airways as EL-AIF in 1997 and Gabon Air Express as 3C-KKP in 1999. Scrapped by 2004.

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=125737

XS793 with Royal Air Force Middle East at Sharjah-Al Mahatah in April 1965:
www.airhistory.net/photo/292181/XS793

XS793 with Royal Air Force at Fairford in July 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/199002425@N06/53927486610

This airframe as EL-AIF with Liberia World at Kortrijk-Wevelgem (KJK) in 1997 (basic RAF colours, no titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/30497753193

EL-AIF with Liberia World at OST in November 1997 (basic RAF colours, LWA titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/46370861264

This airframe as 3C-KKP with Gabon Express at LBV in February 2002:
www.flickr.com/photos/130658785@N08/51977056768


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Republic of Serbia Government
YU-SRB
Embraer E135BJ Legacy 600
Zurich Airport
Switzerland
20th January 2025

Israel Government
4X-ISR
Boeing 767-338(ER)
Zurich Airport
Switzerland
22nd January 2025

RAAF's new Max BBJ

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
17 September 1977

5V-TAC
Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II
167
Togo Government (Force Aérienne Togolaise)

5V-TAC is coming in to land on Riem’s runway 07. Two Togo Government jets, this Gulfstream II and Fokker F-28 5V-MAB, arrived at Riem in the middle of a very busy September Saturday (17 September 1977). 5V-MAB left on 19 September, but returned three days later, on 21 September, and then stayed till 24 September. 5V-TAC stayed the full week from 19 to 24 September.

Togo Government aircraft seen at Riem during the early 1980s include Boeing 720 5V-TAD in February 1982, DC-8 5V-TAF in 1985 and B707 5V-TAG in October 1988.

This Gulfstream II (converted G-IISP in January 1997) was delivered to Togo Government in January 1976 and sold on in November 1981. Following a string of US operators, it last flew as XA-CVS from 2005. (Sources: planelogger.com, scramble.nl)

On 22 January 2020, the plane was found abandoned and empty by law enforcement officers near the Crooked Tree Sanctuary in Belize. It likely had been used for transporting drugs. (Source: aviation-safety.net)

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Kerry Taylor:
Delivered new to the Government of Togo as 5V-TAC in Jan 1976. To the Cayman Islands as VR-CBC in Nov 1981. To the USA as N204GA in Dec 1981. To Santa Fe Air Transport Inc as N900SF in May 1982. To N430DP in Feb 1986. To N681FM in Sep 1986. To N682FM in Jul 1989. To N683FM in Nov 1990. To N120GS in Feb 1993. To N368AG on 09 Dec 1999. To N868AG on 14 Mar 2003. To Mexico as XA-UEC on 04 May 2005. To XA-CVS in Apr 2009. Believed still current in 2024. Abandoned near Crooked Tree Sanctuary, Belize after a drug running flight on 22 Jan 2020. Later broken up.

Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/5V-TAC/703134

This airframe as N900SF at LTN in December 1982:
www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/16854710438

This airframe as N681FM at GLA in August 1988:
www.flickr.com/photos/56844886@N03/50166461233

This airframe as N120GS at LAS in April 1993:
www.airhistory.net/photo/364407/N120GS

This airframe as XA-CVS at Toluca in February 2018:
www.flickr.com/photos/gulfstream-chaser/26705761068


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1973


01
Grumman VC-11A Gulfstream II (G-1159)
23
United States Coast Guard


01 was noted at Riem a number of times: 26 October 1971, 22 June 1974, 14 October 1976. This slide was dated 1973.

The serial 01 was later also used for two other Coast Guard Gulfstreams (C-20B c/n 477 and C-37A c/n 653).

Information from flickr - thanks to Kerry Taylor:
Delivered to the USCG as 01 in Jul68. To the US civil register as N7TJ on 01May95. Reregistered to N890TJ on 30Aug01. WFU some time from 06Nov03 and scrapped. Registration cancelled on 05Jun13.

N890TJ was broken up at Tulsa, OK while owned by Bizjet International Sales and Support Inc. (Thanks to Eagle0025 for this information.)

Information from joebaugher.com:
01 Grumman VC-11A MSN 23. Model G-1159 Gulfstream II commandant's aircraft. Was N863GA, test registration only. Replaced two aging RM-1s as VIP aircraft stationed at CG Air Station Arlington, VA. Became N7TJ after USCG service. Later to N890TJ, cancelled Jun 5, 2013.

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=50766

This airframe as N7TJ with Tyler Jet Aircraft Sales Inc at PHL in April 2001:
www.flickr.com/photos/runway27r/46809398845


Scan from Kodachrome slide.