B747-Corsair-F-GPJM-1083
Corsair International, previously Air Corse International and Corsairfly, is a French airline founded in 1991 and based at Paris-Orly Airport. It operates scheduled long-haul services to leisure destinations in the French overseas territories, Africa, and North America, as well as charter flights to other destinations. The company operated many Boeing 747 o the different series: 2 -SP, 5 series -100, 5 series -200, 6 series -300 and 6 from the series -400.
F-GPJM (c/n 20427 c/n 170 series -206B) was delivered in December 1971 to KLM as PH-BUG. in April 1991 the plane was shortly leased to Virgin Atlantic and from may 1991 to Garuda. Returned to KLM in August 1991, the plane was retired in October 1991 and stored in Mojave. In February 1995 it was acquired by Corsair as F-GPJM to be eventually retired in September 2001 when it was stored and then scrapped in Chateauroux.
Slide taken at ORY on June 26th, 2001.
B747-Corsair-F-GPJM-1083
Corsair International, previously Air Corse International and Corsairfly, is a French airline founded in 1991 and based at Paris-Orly Airport. It operates scheduled long-haul services to leisure destinations in the French overseas territories, Africa, and North America, as well as charter flights to other destinations. The company operated many Boeing 747 o the different series: 2 -SP, 5 series -100, 5 series -200, 6 series -300 and 6 from the series -400.
F-GPJM (c/n 20427 c/n 170 series -206B) was delivered in December 1971 to KLM as PH-BUG. in April 1991 the plane was shortly leased to Virgin Atlantic and from may 1991 to Garuda. Returned to KLM in August 1991, the plane was retired in October 1991 and stored in Mojave. In February 1995 it was acquired by Corsair as F-GPJM to be eventually retired in September 2001 when it was stored and then scrapped in Chateauroux.
Slide taken at ORY on June 26th, 2001.