On the blocks! The sad remains of N716HH Aeropa Boeing 707-321 seen at London Stansted

Stansted Airport in the 1970s
When I first started to visit Stansted, about the time I took this photo, the airport had an amazingly laid-back atmosphere. The main airport terminal was basically a Portacabin! A car ride around the perimeter revealed a varied collection of old aircraft, in various states of disrepair. I believe some of them were used for fire practice before eventual disposal. This old Pan Am Boeing 707 was approaching the end of its life, having been bought by British Midland for spares.

N716HH c/n 17594 - Boeing 707-321 was delivered new to Pan Am as N716PA in 1958 - an early build 707 No. 58 off the production line. The aircraft was leased to THY (Turk Hava Yollari) as TC-JAN in 1972, then returned to Pan Am as N716PA and was then leased to JAT as YU-AGH, returning back to Pan Am in 1973. The aircraft was sold to Aeropa as N716HH in 1974. Re-posessed by Pan Am in 1975, the aircraft was then stored at Stansted, and finally sold to British Midland for spares in 1977, and was slowly scrapped over the next couple of years. In the background is another retired Boeing 707 - N702PT of the wonderfully named Perfect Air Tours :)

This photo is one of my earlier slides, as I only fully switched from the old Instamatic in 1978! One of a small number of slides taken by me in 1977-78, before I purchased my first SLR camera - a Zenith E.

Slides that were nearly lost to oblivion No.11
The original slide / transparency was rescued from a box of 'dud' slides that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them. ;)
From an original slide, scanned and unrestored.

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Taken in: UK / England / Uttlesford District / Takeley (show map)

Taken on: August 1, 1978

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