Did Condor operate 747's?
Yes. They operated 2 747-230( never-100) early seventies til beginning 80ies. We nicknamed them MAX(D-ABYH) and FRITZ(D-ABYF). My flight log indicates a Condor Reg D-ABYR additionally.
On 1/9/1983 after Korean Air Lines (HL7442) bought our "MAX" plane from Condor (former D-ABYH), a Soviet fighter aircraft shot down this aircraft by missile (during flying over Russian territory) into Okhotsk sea near Shakhalin Island and killed all people.
Cause of navigational error: mishandling of INS.
Around 1995 LH used 747-400 (D-ABTD) in Condor livery to operate into Taiwan.
Regards
Last edited by Captain104; 16th Jul 2005 at 12:04.