Boeing 727-100C · 51C MSN 19288

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History

Boeing 727-51C, serial number 19288, line number 389, first flight 13 Mar 1967. Delivered to Northwest on 28 Mar 1967, registered N497US. Operated by Emery WW on 29 Oct 1982 as N435EX. Owned by Pol Nov 1987, FSBU3.88, EmWW 30.04.93/seen at Indianapolis 22 Jul 1993 all white no titles, seen stored Mojave 17 Jul 2001 USPS colours, left Mojave 20 Aug 2001 to Goodyear, seen 6 Jan 2002 full USPS colours stored, seen 23 May 2003, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 8 Jun 2003, repossessed sold to "Trans Pacific Airlines" of Australia, by 10 Jul 2003, still at Goodyear seen 28 Jul 2003 full colours, ferried to Alexandria International 10 Nov 2003, US registration cancelled 17 Dec 2003 to Sierra Leone. Leased to Heavylift Cargo Airlines on 10 Nov 2003 as 9L-LEK. Ferried Goodyear-Alexandria Alexandria International due for lease, ferried Oakland--Brisbane 20-21 Feb 2004, seen at Brisbane full colours 28 Feb 2004, still as such seen at Cairns 7 Jul 2007 but see below. Re-registered with Heavylift Cargo Airlines on 30 Nov 2007 as RP-C8016. Ferried BNE-Clark 30 Nov 2007, RP-C-rgd 19 Dec 2007, also repossessed as RP-C8018, but MD-80 as RP-C8018 seen Sep 2007, photoproof as C8016 seen at Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin 20 Mar 2008, scrapped Cairns 29 Sep 2010 (video see http://sirsteveincairns.smugmug.com/Other/DESTRUCTION-OF-RP-C8016/13983237_Fw8se#1029502578_g5CXt-A-LB ). Current status: scrapped.