This aircraft was ordered by United Airlines - 1967

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - September 1968

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N7435U - September 1968

Registered to United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois

First flown as 'N7435U' - September 24, 1968

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 jet engines

Accepted by United Airlines as Seattle (Renton) - October 14, 1968

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Withdrawn from United Airlines service - 1981

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 09, 1981

Sold to Boeing Equipment Holding Company - July 14, 1981

Sold to the New Zealand Government for use by the Royal New Zealand Air Force - July 14, 1981

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight from the United States - July 1981

The aircraft was oprerated by No 40 Squadron

Withdrawn from RNZAF service and stored at Christchurch - March 26, 2003

The aircraft was offered for sale

Sold to Aero Africa, Swaziland - 2004

Entered onto the Swaziland Aircraft Register as 3D-KMJ - October 27, 2004

The ferry flight had to be amended as the Australian Government refused permission to overfly Australia

This was due to the recently imposed restriction on engine noise

Departed Christchurch enroute to South Africa via Port Moresby - November 01, 2004

It was observed delivered to Aero Africa at Rand, South Africa - November 18, 2004

Leased to Mango Airlines as the registered operator - November 18, 2004

Returned to Aero Africa at the end of the lease - 2005

Sold to Trans Cargo Air Services (TACS), Republic of Congo - July 01, 2005

Ferried Lanseria - Rand for overhaul in the basic RNZAF livery - July 01, 2005

It was observed at Kinshasa, Uganda - July 25, 2008

It was observed stored at Kisangani - October 2008

Scrapped at Kisangani - ?

NZ7271. Royal New Zealand Air Force - in the original livery at an unknown airport, June 11, 1982.

(J. Mounce Copyright Image 4610-974.)

NZ7271. Royal New Zealand Air Force - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 18, 1983.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4610-981.)

NZ7271. Royal New Zealand Air Force - in the original livery at an unknown airport, May 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4610-976.)

NZ7271. Royal New Zealand Air Force - in the revised livery at Wellington Airport, October 1990.

(M. Richardson Copyright Image 4610-972.)

NZ7271. Royal New Zealand Air Force - in the revised livery at Wellington Airport, December 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4610-973.)