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Old 5th Oct 2014, 13:20
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Jonfra
 
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Isn't the Lufthansa restoration resulting from the purchase of N7316C, N8083H, and N974R ?

Apparently two will be canabalised to restore the third. Seems a shocking waste of two airframes.

There are a couple of Starliner airframes
CF-NAL and CF-NAM from the Biafran War still parked at Sao Tome off west Africa. At least one of these will be restored for static display.

But the best one is the fish hauler impounded at Manilla in 1988,
N4247K. A German resident of Manilla Max Motschmann wants to hear from anybody willing to help him restore the beast. She arrived there on three engines and has sat forelorn ever since.

Regards the OP sadly the B727 is disappearing at a horrific rate as desert queens are being crunched up. The B721 is becoming rarer still. There are a couple dirt cheap for sale in Jordan for anyone wishing to restore one.
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