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Old 31st Aug 2013, 21:46
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No record of any returning to Prestwick.

All three of YI-AEA/B/C, delivered 1965-6, were withdrawn in 1977 after delivery of three 727-200s, were seen shortly afterwards derelict at Baghdad, and then disappeared from view. One or more said to have been used by the military for training, so fate probably lost to secrecy. Looking at the Iraqi AW timetables of the time, they don't seem to have had a chance to accumulate a lot of hours.

Someone on here a while ago wrote they once saw one come in to JFK with an Iraqi delegation to the UN. It must have been one of very few Tridents to cross the Atlantic. Possibly one of the three had a VIP interior.

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