G-AYLT. Boeing 707-336C. c/n 20517-854.

It was also registered as: 9Q-CLY, SU-DAD, VR-HKK, 9G-TWO,

5Y-SIM, 3D-SGG, 5Y-GFG, 3D-GFG, ST-AQW.

 

This aircraft was originally ordered by Trek Airways but it was not taken up

The order was taken over by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) - October 1970

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ALLT (CofR R.1 1866/1) - October 23, 1970

Registered to British Overseas Airways Corporation, London

The aircraft was rolled out at Seattle (Renton) - April 27, 1971

First flown as 'G-AYLT' - May 18, 1971

Accepted by BOAC at Seattle (Renton) - May 28, 1971

British Overseas Airways Corporation was renamed British Airways - April 01, 1974

Registered to British Airways Ltd, London (CofR R.1 1866/2) - April 01, 1974

Operated its final revenue service Cairo - London (Heathrow) - October 31, 1981

It was withdrawn from service and stored at London (Heathrow) - October 31, 1981

Sold to GKN - EMZ Mining, Zaire - November 11, 1981

Ferried London (Heathrow) - London (Stansted) - November 11, 1981

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 12, 1981

Rolled out at London (Stansted) in the basic British Airways livery - November 27, 1981

Entered onto the Zaire Aircraft Register as 9Q-CLY - November 28, 1981

Registered to GKN - EMZ, Zaire

Leased Engineering and Mining (GKN subsidiary) as the registered operator

Entered service with GKN - November 29, 1981

The aircraft had flown 33,686 hours - August 17, 1983

Sold to Airlines Air Spares Limited - April 01, 1984

Cancelled from the Zaire Aircraft Register - ?

Sold to Zarkani Air Services (ZAS Airline), Egypt - January 01, 1985

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as SU-DAD - January 01, 1985

The aircraft was hushkitted - December 1985

Wet-leased to Transcorp Airways (Hong Kong) Ltd - February 1987

Ansett Transport Industries (A.T.I.) owned 51% of Transcorp

Entered service Sydney - Darwin - Hong Kong as TC100 - February 04, 1987

Returned to ZAS at the end of the wet-lease - Fenruary 25, 1987

Sold to Transasian Air Leasing - November 1987

The aircraft had the incorrect registration 'VR-AKK' painted on it

Entered onto the Hong Kong Aircraft Register as VR-HKK - November 09, 1987

Leased to Air Hong Kong as the registered operator

Returned to 707 Leasing (Transasian Air Leasing) at the end of the lease - March 1989

Sold to Aviation Capital Enterprises, Hong Kong - March 1989

Leased to Air Hong Kong as the registered operator - March 1989

Returned to Aviation Capital Enterprises at the end of the lease - October 12, 1992

Cancelled from the Hong Kong Aircraft Register - October 1992

Entered onto the Ghana Aircraft Register as 9G-TWO - October 1992

Leased to Phoenix Aviation as the registered operator - October 22, 1992

The aircraft was jointly operated by Phoenix Aviation and Imperial Cargo Airlines

Registered to Gemini Airlines, Ghana - May 10, 1993

Cancelled from the Ghana Aircraft Register - November 24, 1993

It was observed at London (Stansted) as '5Y-SIM' - March 04, 1995

Sold to Simba Air Cargo - March 21, 1995

Entered onto the Togo Aircraft Register as 5Y-SIM - March 21, 1995

Registered to Simba Air Cargo

The aircraft had flown 47,570 hours with 12,702 cycles to date

Departed London (Stansted) on delivery to Simba Air Cargo - March 21, 1995

Sold to an unknown buyer - April 1998

Leased to SACSA (Servicios Aereos del Centro SA), Mexico as the registered operator - December 1998

Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - December 1999

Cancelled from the Togo Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Swaziland Aircraft Register as 3D-SGG - February 2000

Leased to Gulf Air Falcon as the registered operator - February 04, 2000

Cancelled from the Swaziland Aircraft Register - November 2000

Entered onto the Kenyian Aircraft Register as 5Y-GFG - November 2000

Leased to Gulf Air Falcon as the registered operator

Cancelled from the Kenyian Aircraft Register - April 24, 2001

Entered onto the Swaziland Aircraft Register as 3D-GFG - April 24, 2001

Leased to Gulf Air Falcon as the registered operator

Leased to Kinshasa Airways, Uganda as the registered operator - October 2002

Returned to the lessor at the end of he lease - November 2002

Cancelled from the Swaziland Aircraft Register - November 2002

Entered onto the Ethiopian Aircraft Register as ST-AQW - November 2002

Registered to Spirit of Africa Airlines, Sudan

Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - 2004

Leased to Sudanese States Aviation as the registered operator - 2004

Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - 2009

The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Khartoum, Sudan

It was observed stored at Khartoum, Sudan - November 2019

 

 

G-AYLT. British Airways - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 1975.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-329.)

G-AYLT. British Airways - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-330.)

9Q-CLY. GKN - EMZ - in the basic 'British Airways' livery at an unknown airport, April 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-141.)

SU-DAD. ZAS Airline of Egypt - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-328.)

VR-HKK. AHK Air Hong Kong - in the white livery at Manston Airport, March 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-223.)

VR-HKK. AHK Air Hong Kong - in the white livery at an unknown airport, February 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-200.)

VR-HKK. AHK Air Hong Kong - in the white livery at Hong Kong Tai Tak Airport, December 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-192.)

9G-TWO. Phoenix - in the white livery at an unknown airport, December 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-327.)

5Y-SIM. Simba Air Cargo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-488.)

3D-GFG. Gulf Falcon - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4607-304.)