McDonnell Douglas MD-11F MSN 48766

Timeline

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-11, serial number 48766. Delivered to MdD, registered N6203U. Seen 24 Oct 1996 LB primer. Operated by City Bird on 9 Dec 1996 as OO-CTB. SLB full colours 11.11.96/opf Star Europe 15 Dec 1996 returned Bru 26 Mar 1997, in service 27 Mar 1997, withdrawn from use 30 Apr 2001, returned BCC Grand Cayman Ltd, ferried to Abbotsford 3 May 2001, OO-reg cancelled 9 May 2001. Re-registered with BCC as P4-BDL. Seen at Abbotsford re-registered, full CityBird colours 19 Jan 2002, seen at Victorville 28 Feb 2002 full colours, arrived Rome Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport 19 Mar 2002 for freighter conversion, seen Victorville 2 Oct 2002 owned by MDDC, presum not F-cvtd?!, seen 15 Jan 2003. Operated by Finnair on 26 Mar 2004 as OH-LGF. Ferried Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville to Meadows Field, Bakersfield 1 Apr 2004 for Finnair P4-rgd, arrived Helsinki 4 Apr 2004 white OH-rgd, BoeCC 31 May 2004, i.s. 1 Jun 2004, seen in service 8 Jun 2006 in Moomin colours, last service Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok to Helsinki, Finland 23 Dec 2009, ferried Helsinki, Finland to Paya Lebar Air Base 27 Jan 2010 for stored. Returned to MDD Dakota Leasing Inc (registered 1 Feb 2010) as N783BC. Converted to freighter. Cancelled 1 Jun 2010. Leased to Cargoitalia on 4 Jun 2010 as EI-EMS. Ferried Singapore-Seletar, Singapore to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field 4 Jun 2010 full colours, converted to freighter, EI-rgd Boeing Capital Leasing r02.06.10, Airlines ceased 21 Dec 2011, arrived Frankfurt International, Germany 21 Dec 2011 parked, ferried FRA-BGR-VCV 30-31 Mar 2012. Operated by McDonnell Douglas Dakota Leasing (registered 18 Sep 2012) as N460BC. Seen stored Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 16 Oct 2012, seen withdrawn from use 23 Oct 2014, seen 24 Oct 2015 still painted EI-rgd, US registration cancelled 21 Sep 2016 withdrawn from use Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, seen 10 Oct 2016. Current status: scrapped.