America West Airlines "Nevada - Battle Born" | 1984 Boeing 757-225 | cn 22209, ln 40 | N915AW

KLAS (Las Vegas McCarran International Airport) - 29 DEC 2006

 

America West N915AW "Nevada - Battle Born" (FLT AWE320) climbing out from RWY 1R en route to Chicago O'Hare Int'l (KORD).

 

Below the cockpit on the right side is "CITY OF RENO" and on the left side is "CITY OF LAS VEGAS".

 

Production Site: Renton (RNT)

First flight: 11 OCT 1984

 

Delivery to Eastern Airlines: 21 NOV 1984 as N519EA

Fleet number: 519

Withdrawn from use on 18 JAN 1991

 

To Birgenair: 27 APR 1992 as TC-GUL

Returned to Boeing: 01 DEC 1993 as N747BJ

 

To America West Airlines: 14 DEC 1994 as N915AW

Leased from ORIX Aviation, painted in "Nevada" color scheme

Fleet number: 915

 

Configuration: C14Y176

Engines: 2x Rolls Royce RB211-535E4

 

Transferred to US Airways after merger: 27 SEP 2005

 

*** Update ***

 

Repainted in US Airways colors in early 2007

 

Leased from GECAS in 2008

 

Stored at Geenwood-Leflore Airport (KGWO) on 17 March 2009

 

Scrapped in 2009

Done