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Dan Air 188 8th Jun 2023 14:28

L1011 Tristar at Kavala (KVA) Greece
 
Flew into KVA with TUI last week and noticed an old Tristar parked on the field which, according to someone at KVA, had been parked there since 2005. It appears to be in storage but with KVA being close to the Aegean Sea I wonder if this a/c will ever fly again. Just me being curious!

DaveReidUK 8th Jun 2023 20:36


Originally Posted by Dan Air 188 (Post 11447904)
Flew into KVA with TUI last week and noticed an old Tristar parked on the field which, according to someone at KVA, had been parked there since 2005. It appears to be in storage but with KVA being close to the Aegean Sea I wonder if this a/c will ever fly again. Just me being curious!

Former BA -200, no way it's ever going to fly again.

AFAIK, there's only a single remaining airworthy TriStar.

Jerbourg 9th Jun 2023 19:37

The aircraft was delivered new to British Airways in 1980 & was registered G-BHBM In 1994 she was sold by BA to American International Airways where she was converted to a freighter, in 1999 she ended up at Kitty Hawk International and in 2005 Kitty Hawk ran out of money and left the aircraft abandoned at Kavala Airport. I'm surprised it hasn't been scrapped by now.
I saw it at Kavala back in 2015 - see below image


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....61ec5a74b6.jpg

dixi188 9th Jun 2023 20:07

What happened to the one that was rotting away at CDG on the cargo ramp. I see it was still there in 2016 but gone in 2017 according to Google Earth.

treadigraph 9th Jun 2023 21:27

Apparently A6-BSM, scrapped 2017. Originally BWIA's 9Y-THA.

N707ZS 9th Jun 2023 22:32

There won't be anything of value other than metal so costly to scrap.

G-CLAW 2nd Oct 2023 18:40

C-FTNA was still at LYS last year…

malcolm380 2nd Oct 2023 19:13

I flew as a passenger in this aircraft when it was G-BHBM... BA Milan Linate to Heathrow back in the mid-eighties.

Cuillin Hills 3rd Oct 2023 18:20

There used to be several Tristars parked at Taba, on the Eqyptian Sinai, a few years ago.

Not sure if they are still there.

MAC 40612 25th Oct 2023 00:19


Originally Posted by Cuillin Hills (Post 11513753)
There used to be several Tristars parked at Taba, on the Eqyptian Sinai, a few years ago.

Not sure if they are still there.

Just the two left there now. They were last operated by Royal Air. TY-KEC [c/n 1225] and TY-KEQ [c/n 1199]

The were both originally delivered to Delta Air Lines in 1980-1981.


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