G-BCBA Monarch Airlines Boeing 720-023B seen parked at Luton airport

The Boeing Collection
From a collection of some 500 Boeing slides that I've had scanned from my archives. I hope they will provide some enjoyment and nostalgia from a bygone age :)

G-BCBA Boeing 720 of Monarch Airlines is seen parked up awaiting passengers on an overcast day at Luton airport. Originally delivered to American Airlines in 1960, this short bodied Boeing 720B was one of seven that charter airline Monarch Airlines used into the 1980s, before the Boeing 737s took over. To the far left, the tail of an IAS Douglas DC-8 can be seen, and I think the protacabin type building was the viewing area cafe? Historic :)

G-BCBA c/n 18014 Boeing 720-023B - was delivered new to American Airlines N7528A in July 1960. The aircraft was leased to Invicta International as G-BCBA in 1974, sub-leased to PNG airline Air Niugini as P2-ANG in 1976-77, and was then bought by Monarch Airlines in 1977. The aircraft was leased out for the winter season, to Cyprus Airways in 1978 and to RAM in 1979. In 1981, when Monarch started to receive their new 737s, the aircraft was sold off to MAOF of Israel as 4X-BMA. The aircraft was sold to Omega Air as N341A in 1985, and then went back to Boeing in 1986 to be parted out for the KC-135E program at Davis-Monthan AFB.

1967 - 2017 - the end of the road (or runway) for Monarch Airlines after 50 years of flying
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Taken with a Soviet made Zenith E camera and standard lens. From an original slide, scanned and unrestored.

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

Taken in: UK / England / Hyde / Chiltern Green (show map)

Taken on: March 8, 1980

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