Boeing 747-200 · 246B MSN 20333

Registration ST-AQN · Spirit of Africa

Scrapped

Identity

TypeBoeing 747-200
Variant246B
FamilyB747
Series—
Line Number166
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorSpirit of Africa

Timeline

First Flight

25 Oct 1971

Delivery

30 Nov 1971

Age

55.0 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

Boeing 747-246B, serial number 20333, line number 166, first flight 25 Oct 1971. Delivered to Japan Airlines on 30 Nov 1971, registered JA8108. RHiL 31 Oct 1994, withdrawn from use 4 Dec 1999, returned RLC 5 Dec 1999. Operated by UTFC on 15 Dec 1999 as N559SW. Jumbo jet Inc 15 Dec 1999, ferried Tucson 20 Dec 1999, cancelled 2 Feb 2000. Operated by Air Gulf Falcon on 2 Feb 2000 as 3D-GFB. Seen at Marana 4 Apr 2000 stored, seen at Sharjah International Airport, seen 1 Sep 2000 parked white, Air Gulf Falcon titles, can not be 20953 (seen together), seen 5 Sep 2000 Japan decals, seen at Sharjah International Airport 1 Nov 2000 white, GF tit/tail, identified 11 Dec 2000, seen 13 Jan 2001 full colours. Operated by Spirit of Africa as ST-AQN. Seen at Sharjah International Airport, seen at Jeddah 4 Mar 2001 white, dark tail, titles, seen at Sharjah International Airport 2 May 2001 titles/logos removed. Transferred to Air Gulf Falcon as 3D-PAH. SSHJ/ seen Sharjah International Airport 17 Jan 2002, 27 Jan 2002 no titles, seen parked without titles or logo's 5 Aug 2002. Operated by Spirit of Africa on 13 Jan 2003 as ST-AQN. Seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta blue/white colour scheme Arabic titles this date, seen 15 Sep 2013, scrapping 2013. Current status: scrapped.

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