Boeing 727-200F · 227 MSN 21245

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History

Boeing 727-227, serial number 21245, line number 1202, first flight 27 Apr 1976. Delivered to Braniff Airways on 4 May 1976, registered N444BN. Red/yellow old colours (when the operator has other aircraft flying in new colours at the moment), BRNF Liquidating 12 May 1982, N433PS Pisa, Italy early 1983 not taken up. Operated by People Express/Southwest Airlines on 2 May 1984 as N569PE. Returned 30 Sep 1985 UnTrust Jun 1985. Operated by Continental Airlines sls in Dec 1986. Merged into Continental Airlines on 1 Feb 1987. Sub-leased to Pan Am on 15 Nov 1988. Returned to Continental Airlines on 31 May 1990 as N16762. Dec 1992 USTC, withdrawn from use 23 Apr 1995, Marana 8 Jun 1995 total time (flying hours) 47912, 33421 Total landing (in combination with TT), AeA 16 Aug 1995, Oct 1995 First Security Bank of Utah. Operated by TNT Express on 8 Dec 1995 as EI-PAK. Modified (*227F). Converted Dec 1995, 11 Mar 1996. Operated by TNT-Sterling European on 18 Nov 1997 as OY-SET. Dub 14.11, EI-canc 18.11 and ferried to Edin 18.11, withdrawn from use 28 Jan 2000, Lake City Gateway Airport overhaul, total time 51070, Kitty Hawk lease, not taken up, leased to Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport, Miami again, Southend 7 May 2000 white, in service 17 May 2000, seen 30 Jul 2000, seen 23 Feb 2001 Oslo white in service, seen Southend 13 Oct 2001 stored white no titles, Sterling returned to Wren Equipment Finance 10 Dec 2001, seen Southend stored 11 Jan 2003, cancelled 24 Aug 2002 withdrawn from use. Re-registered with WEF on 6 Mar 2003 as EI-PAK. Maybe not officially registered as such (11.04: repossessed to be 9L-rgd after not being registered since Aug 2002) repainted as such Southend, white no titles, still parked seen 3 May 2003, seen 8 Jul 2004, registration removed and undergoing maint. at London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex seen 1 Oct 2004, seen 21 Oct 2004 white, due for re-registered late Oct 2004, seen 31 Oct 2004 no registration. Operated by Destiny Air on 12 Feb 2005 as 9L-LFD. Seen at London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex full colours 3 Nov 2004, re-registered as 9L-LEG, but this registration was also used by Iraqi 732, so removed soon afterwards, seen Dec 2004 still no regi but reported to be leaving shortly, painted as 9L-LFD 24 Jan 2005, ferried SEN-Chateauroux-Dakar 12 Feb 2005. Operated by Ariana Cargo as YA-FAN. Seen at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi white, titles/logos (first/presum mistakenly repossessed construction-number 21235), seen in service Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi 7 Nov 2009. Operated by Afghan Air Force. Presum stored Kabul or not taken up,, repossessed for sale Apr 2017 by Ariana. Current status: stored.