OTHER AUSTRALIAN 707 OPERATORS

ANSETT AIR FREIGHT

 

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

(All images are linked to larger versions)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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
VH-HTC
707-330C
18937
10NOV65
Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABUA.
21APR77
Transferred to German Cargo.
c.JAN85
Returned to Lufthansa.
17OCT85
Registered VR-HTC to Transcorp Airways. Named Brisbane.
28OCT88
Registered to Ansett Air Freight as VH-HTC. Operated in TNT colours.
DEC90
Stored at Perth as VH-HTC.
06DEC91
Sold to Global Air of Bulgaria as LZ-PVA.
14JAN92
Registration VH-HTC cancelled.
22JAN94
Registered HC-BTB to VIAMA of Ecuador.
15DEC95
HC-BTB AECA Cargo of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SEP98
Withdrawn from service and parked at Latacunga, Ecuador. Subsequently broken up.

(Thanks to Ansett historian, Fred Niven)

 

Issue
Date
Remarks
6
26JUL16
Refreshed layout.
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