New to Sterling Airways as OY-SAT in 1973. To Boeing as N729BE in 1984 then back to Sterling Airways as OY-SAT in 1986. To Royal Airlines as C-GRYP in 1994. To Riverhorse Investments as N211DB in 1998 and leased to various operators. Stored at Victorville, CA in 2006. Scrapped in 2010, fuselage to China and preserved in a shopping mall in Beijing in Air China colours.

Surreptitiously snapped from the back door of a Cactus 320 during transit IAH-LAS-LAX. Note the hush-kitted engines.

Sterling was reborn as Sterling European in 1994 with the same fleet. That summer several aircraft still were in the old livery with the new titling.

Departing Prestwick from Runway 31 and on its way to Toronto with Glasgow Rangers Football team for a pre season friendly.

Delivered in 1973 and retired in China in 2010.

Delivered to Sterling Airways April 3 , 1981 and a rare visitor to Toronto on one of their trans-Atlantic charters. Later operated in Canada by Royal Airlines from June 1994 to October 1997. Re-registered N969CA for Champion Air February 1998 , it was finally stored at Opa-locka, Florida after January 2007.

One of three engineless former Champion Air B727's awaiting an uncertain fate at Opa-locka Airport.