BOEING 727-76 M-FAHD: UNE LONGUE CARRIERE!

 Le retour du BOEING M-FAHD chez EAS INDUSTRIES nous donne l'occasion de se revenir sur sa longue carrière:

BOEING 727-76  c/n 19254-298

Single aircraft ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines - October 1965

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 engines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - July 13, 1966

First flown at Renton as VH-TJD - July 24, 1966

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TJD - August 09, 1966

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Accepted by T. A. A. at Renton - August 9, 1966

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - August 9, 1966

Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) at conclusion of delivery flight - August 10, 1966

Delivery route: Seattle - San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Island - Nadi - Melbourne

Aircraft was named 'Gregory Blaxland'

Operated first revenue service - August 13, 1966

04/67

 09/68

Damaged by Qantas 707 VH-EBT's wingtip whilst parked at Brisbane Airport - May 4, 1971

 02/79

Operated final revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne as TN463 - March 31, 1979

Withdawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

Aircraft had flown 40,402 hours with 30,735 cycles

 08/79

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to the United States - August 18, 1979

Arrived Long Beach at conclusion of ferry flight - August 20, 1979

 Sold to Interdec U.S.A. - August 20, 1979

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 22, 1979

Entered onto the U. S. Aircraft Register as N8043B - August 22, 1979

Sold to Saudi Research and Development - July 11, 1980

Sold to Occidental Petroleum - July 11, 1980

Aircraft converted to executive configuration

Reregistered N10XY - August 2, 1980

Registered to Occidental Petroleum

 06/85

Re-engined with hush-kitted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C/-7BBF engines and winglets - April 1991

Reregistered N682G - April 1991

07/99

Sold to Marbyia Investments Ltd / SITM - July 21, 2003

Entered onto the Bermudan Aircraft Register as VP-BAB - August 3, 2003

Registered to Marbyia Investments Ltd

 05/05

 05/07

06/08

Registrered to Prime Air Corporation - November 13, 2009

 12/10
Stockage - maintenance à Lasham d'août 2012 à novembre 2013:

Retour en service en novembre 2013.

(sources: Aussieairliners.org, mise à jour, AIRLINERS.NET, AIR-BRITAIN, Steve Barnes, eigjb, YorkshireFlyer)