707s at Southend - Part Three

Boeing 707 ST-AKW and 9XR-JA / P4-ESP at London Southend in the 1990s.
Southend's relatively short runway of 5266 feet imposed severe limits on the types and loadings of aircraft, particularly jets, using the airport.
707s came in for maintenance, storage, repainting or scrapping, and departure was usually lightly loaded for a short hop to a larger airport where it would fill up for it's onward journey.
The departure of ST-AKW with enough fuel to take it non-stop to Khartoum, Sudan was surprising, and unfortunately I was not in the best location to video the take off, which took the runway to it's limits.
ST-AKW is seen later in 1994 with it's new operators, Azza Air Transport. It continued in service until October 21 2009, when it crashed soon after take off from Shajah, United Arab Emirates, with the loss of all six lives on board.
9XR-JA of Air Rwana, later RwandAir, arrived at Southend during a time of terrible turmoil in it's home country, and was inactive for a long time. It later became P4-ESP of Espace Aviation Services.
The sudden left turn of P4-ESP after take off was another surprise!

Music:

Blue Sizzle - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100385
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Jupiter by Silent Partner.

VHS-C recording.

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