Boeing 747F · *132F MSN 20247
Registration N709CK · Kalitta Air lsd
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
22 Sept 1971
Delivery
11 Nov 1971
Age
55.1 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
Boeing 747-132, serial number 20247, line number 159, first flight 22 Sep 1971. Delivered to Delta Airlines on 11 Nov 1971, registered N9900. Operated by Boeing on 16 Apr 1977. Modified (*132F). Operated by Flying Tigers on 15 Aug 1977 as N805FT. Merged into Federal Express on 7 Aug 1989 as N625FE. Withdrawn from use First Security Bank of Utah Nov 1989, returned 5 Jan 1993. Leased to Air Hong Kong on 4 May 1993 as VR-HKC. Returned Pol. Operated by Kal-American Int Airways on 1 Mar 1994 as N625PL. RFSBU/sis 26 May 1994 Kalitta titles, white/own Kal Jun 1996. Re-registered with Kal-American Int on 30 Jun 1998 as N709CK. Renamed Kitty Hawk Int on 3 Feb 1999. Seen at Mojave 3 Jul 2000. Leased to Kalitta Air. Seen at Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Oostende, large titles, parked Phoenix 25.12.00-27.01.01, Kalitta Air Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 20 Sep 2001, damaged when lost an engine during flight Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York above Lake Michigan landed Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, Detroit), USA 0(?) 20 Oct 2004, seen in service Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Oostende 13 Nov 2004, ferried to Newark Liberty International Airport to Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport 24 Dec 2008, seen in service 22 Apr 2009, seen at Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport stored 18 Aug 2010, seen 14 Nov 2013, cancelled 3 Nov 2015 permanently withdrawn from use, broken up 2015. Current status: scrapped.
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