FedEx "Ebony" | 1979 Boeing 727-227(Adv)(F) | cn 21532, ln 1453 | N494FE

KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 21 DEC 2006

 

"FedEx 3023" taxiing to the cargo terminal after arrival from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) on RWY 24R. The aircraft is named "Ebony".

 

Production Site: Renton (RNT)

First flight: 01 MAR 1979

 

Delivery to Braniff International Airways: 10 MAR 1979 as N470BN

Fleet number: 470

Engines: 3x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A

 

To Braniff: 01 MAR 1984 as N470BN

Fleet number: 470

 

To Federal Express (FedEx): 04 OCT 1990 as N494FE

Converted to freighter

Fleet number: 494

Named: Ebony

Configuration: Cargo

Engines: 3x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A

 

*** Update ***

Withdrawn from use on 30 JAN 2013

 

Preserved at Helena Regional Airport (KHLN) - Helena, Montana at the Rocky Mountain Emergency Services Training Center.

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