Saturday, March 21, 2015

New livery for Iran Government Boeing 737 VIP aircraft

Thirty-eight years of EP-AGA service with Iran government 
Islamic Republic of Iran Boeing 737-286/Adv VIP aircraft, reg. EP-AGA (cn 21317/483) appearing  as it does now in new, updated livery with D check nearly complete. [click HERE]

Aircraft photographed by Shahram Sharifi in March 2015 at Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII).

EP-AGA first flight on 25FEB77, being delivered to Imperial State of Iran on 10MAR77.

EP-AGA as it appeared prepared for paintwork on 03SEP14.
[photo: Mehrad Watson]

EP-AGA as it appeared with painwork removed during D check in June 2014
[photo: Shahram Sharifi]

EP-AGA as it appeared in previous livery, at official visit to Moscow, Russian Federation on 02JUL13
[photo: Oleg Revin]

EP-AGA front cabin, aft-facing interior as it appeared on 13FEB12
[photo: A. Mahgoli]

EP-AGA front cabin, forward-facing interior as it appeared on 23AUG10
[photo: A. Mahgoli] 

EP-AGA with initial livery and Islamic Republic markings, on official visit to Czech Republic in 1993
[photo: Petr Popelář]

EP-AGA as it originally appeared on a 1978 postcard, in Persepolis markings with Imperial flag on vertical stabilizer.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thank you mark for the lovely decorating tips.


how do you feel about bright crimson flocked wallpaper combined with gold tassels?


Mark Pyruz said...

Not so much decorating tips but a stroll down memory lane.

Anonymous said...

Original is always best.