IRAN AIR - B707-383C-EP-IRL "ADAPANA"-AEROCLASSICS 1/400

 IRAN AIR - B707-383C-EP-IRL "APADANA"-AEROCLASSICS 1/400

IRAN AIR  originally ordered 3 BOEING 707 which were delivered between 1969 and 1973. 

1-EP-IRL ff 15/12/1969, dd 31/12/1969 "ADAPANA" and inaugurated the first flight with this type to Mashad (MHD)  on 17/02/1970.

By Ralf Manteufel - http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1275670/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17554923

By clipperarctic - Iran Air 707, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28485710

2-EP-IRM   ff 17/03/1970, dd 03/04/1970

3-EP-IRN ff 18/04/1973, dd 01/05/1973 "PASARGAD"

By Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32287747

IRAN AIR  will employ 11 B707-320C , many of then leased (BOAC, GUINESS PEAT AVIATION ...) and others bought second hand mainly from PAN AMERICAN

ABOUT NAMES

IRAN AIR named 2 of  its B707 

1-APADANA may refer to the ADAPANA  palace in Suza. The Apadana Palace  started construction during the reign of Darius after the overall plan was chosen in 515 BC but it was finished during the reign of XERXES 1 The walls of this palace are made of clay with a brick facade and its columns are made of stone. Its inner walls were covered with glazed brick reliefs and featured soldiers of the Eternal Guard, a winged lion, and a lotus flower. Important parts of the Apadana Palace caught fire during the reign of Artaxerxes I (461 BC) and were rebuilt during the reign of Artaxerxes II (359 BC).

OR

is used to designate a hypostyle hall, i.e., a palace or audience hall of stone construction with columns. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 5th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great and  Its construction was completed by  XERXES 1

Reconstruction of the Apadana by Chipiez

2-PASARGAD, was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC). Today it is an archaeological site located just north of the town of Madar-e-Soleyman and about 90 km (56 mi) to the northeast of the modern city of Shiraz. It is one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is considered to be the location of the Tomb of Cyrus,

By Bernd81 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63225153

The 1972 summer timetable (valid from 01/06/1972 to 31/10/1972)  shows us the routes operated by the IR's BOEING 707,

From the collection of Bjorn Larsson @ www.timetableimages.com

B707 operations spanning 36596 km

From the map above, the B707s were deployed to  West European destinations  and a single domestic route