Boeing 737 Classic · *QC MSN 23500

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-3Y0, serial number 23500, line number 1243, first flight 10 Jun 1986. Delivered to Transbrazil on 25 Jun 1986, registered PT-TEB. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, returned 14 Feb 1992, to PEMCO for cargodoor. Leased to Aloha Airlines on 17 Jun 1992 as N304AL. Modified (*QC). Transtiger corp r3.92/AeroUSA Jun 1992. Leased to Vanguard Airlines on 20 Dec 1995. Arrived Kansas 22 Nov 1995, repaint/is 20.12.95/wfu 13 Jul 1997, ferried to Everett 14 Jul 1997, Aloha leased ends 15 Aug 1997. Leased to America West Airlines on 26 Aug 1997 as N329AW. Seen in service full colours 31 Aug 1997, s27.2 old registration, re-registered seen 6 Mar 1998 Phoenix, withdrawn from use 10 Jul 2001, seen at Phoenix bare metal prepared for returned 16 Jul 2001, seen Shandong full colour scheme 2 Oct 2001, seen stored windows engines covered Shandong full colour scheme 28 Nov 2001. Leased to Shandong Airlines on 17 Jan 2002 as B-2166. Owned by Aero USA Inc, returned GECAS 11 Aug 2003, owned by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. Operated by WFBN on 11 Aug 2003 as N500AY. Leased to Bluebird Cargo on 19 Aug 2003 as TF-BBY. Leased to Estafeta Carga Aerea in Apr 2005 as XA-UCY. Seen at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport white colour scheme 14 Jun 2005. Operated by WFBN on 15 May 2007 as N500AY. Unknown location. Leased to Aeroflot Cargo on 6 Dec 2007 as VP-BCN. Operated by Imperial Air Cargo on 21 Sep 2009 as 5Y-BXK. Arrived at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa this date. Operated by Safair on 8 Oct 2010 as ZS-SMJ. Seen at Sharjah International Airport this date. Leased to Imperial Air Cargo on 23 May 2011. Operated by Europe Air Post on 22 Jun 2012. Seen at Paris-Orly, France in service this date. Returned to Safair in Aug 2012. Operated for for DHL in Gabon, seen stored Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 29 Oct 2015 white, scrapping Nov 2016. Current status: scrapped.