Photo from the Wilhelm Hell collection, slide kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
ca. July 1987
N88ZL
Boeing 707-330B
18928 / 457
Lowa Ltd.
Previously a Riem regular with Lufthansa and Condor, this airframe would frequently return to the airport in the late 1980s and early 1990s as N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. Seen here at the holding point for runway 07.
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Michael Röser:
Delivered 1965 as D-ABUF "Hannover" to Lufthansa. Transferred to Condor 1978-1981. Lowa N5381X 1984, converted to Executive Jet, reregistered N88ZL 1986. Withdrawn Opa Locka 2010 and scrapped. Had APU installed in rear of forward hold and Comtran/Tracor Stage II hushkits fitted to ensure operation beyond 1986. It would fly on until 2010.
Finally scrapped at OPF in 2021 after being cut up for "planetags" by MotoArt:
planetags.com/products/boeing-707-330-planetags-tail-n88zl
Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=335003
D-ABUF with Lufthansa at SYD in 1966 (initial titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/12711/D-ABUF
D-ABUF with Lufthansa at HKG in December 1967 (revised titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/10264618@N03/2125579985/
D-ABUF with Lufthansa at FRA in April 1977 (later colours):
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1417688
D-ABUF again with Lufthansa at HAM in April 1984:
www.planepictures.net/a/105/79/1310015625.jpg
This airframe as N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at LHR in July 1988:
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/31448757042/
N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at MUC in July 1994:
www.flickr.com/photos/gooneybird29/54317528831/
N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at NUE in July 2001 (later colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/350248/N88ZL
N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. at SJU in July 2004 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/sjuap74/29422707842/
Some views of N88ZL’s interior at PHX in February 2009:
www.flickr.com/photos/sandsy/albums/72157615215138286/
N88ZL with Lowa Ltd. stored at OPF ca. 2010 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/8532160280/
N88ZL cut up for "planetags" at OPF ca. 2010s:
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1353/7931/files/Boeing707_330_G...
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
