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Western's five intercontinental Boeing 707-347C's were likely purchased primarily for Military Airlift Command (MAC) charters to Southeast Asia during the height of the Vietnam War. Otherwise, the airline had few scheduled services in the late 1960's that required its range. However, by the beginning of the 1970's some new route awards, including to Hawaii, had made the aircraft a more viable part of the WAL-fleet. With deliveries from Boeing starting in 1968 they were all in service in 1971 when Western aircraft began to be repainted in the distinctive "Flying W" colors designed by Lippincott & Margulies. "N1505W" is seen in those colors here in this dramatic landing shot captured in March of 1977 at Los Angeles-LAX. The last of the 707-347C's was not disposed of by the company until 1981. Please feel free to repost this link. #aviation #aviationhistory #aircraft #airplanes #airlines #airlinehistory #airlinesandairplanes #civilaviation #boeing #boeing707 #westernairlines #lax Interested in legendary Pan Am? Check out my new Tuesday and Friday posts for the Pan Am Historical Foundation at: https://lnkd.in/eJ_ES-RF. My latest post-link: Boeing 727-21 "Jet Clipper Frankfurt" shot at Munich. Would you be willing to contribute to help me continue creating these free daily educational airline-history posts (over 1,300 since 2017, and counting)? If so please go to: https://lnkd.in/ebnx6r7U. Any size gift is much appreciated and can be anonymous if you prefer. (Please note there is no trade connection between The Commercial Aviation History Consultancy and the owner of the webpage, and associated image, to which this photo-link will take you.) Photo link courtesy of flickr.com, photo provided by "GeorgeM757." https://lnkd.in/dTVrK3PV
Retired from Vice President,General Counsel, and Secretary at Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
8moReally great photo. Thank you very much for posting.