The spectacular transfer of the Spanish spy plane TM.17-4 'Reina del Espectro' to the Air Museum
ESIn March we saw here the turbofan engines of the largest intelligence aircraft that has been operated by the Spanish Air Force.
That plane was a Boeing 707-351C built in 1966, with construction number 19164 and to which the military registration T.17-4 was assigned in Spain (being the fourth Boeing 707 received by the Spanish Air Force). This plane was sold to Spain in March 1996 by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), which in 1990 had added electronic intelligence (ELINT) equipment, turning it into a demonstration spy plane.
This aircraft was assigned to the 47 Air Forces Mixed Group, receiving a new registration: TM.17-4. This aircraft was a very valuable asset for the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), as it developed electronic intelligence collection (ELINT), electro-optical (EOPINT) and communications (COMINT) missions, some missions for which she received the nickname "Reina del Espectro" (Queen of the Spectrum). She made its last flight on July 17, 2014, remaining since then at the Getafe Air Base until December 2023, when she was transferred by land to the Cuatro Vientos Air Museum. The disassembly, transfer and assembly work has been carried out by the aeronautical training company Aviation Group.
The excellent YouTube channel Fly By Wire Aviation (to which I recommend you subscribe if you are interested in the world of aviation) has begun the publication of a series of videos showing the transfer of this plane to the Air Museum. Here we have the first video, in which we see the transfer of the TM.17-4 fuselage with the wings, drift and stabilizers removed:
I will be adding the next videos in this series here as Fly By Wire Aviation publish them.
+ UPDATED 28.6.2024 22:34h: Fly By Wire Aviation has published a new video from this series, this time showing the assembly of the wings of this 707:
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Main photo: Carlos Menendez San Juan.
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