N117GB 1 Douglas DC-10-30 Aerospace Finance MAN 26JAN02
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 25-Jan-23.
This aircraft was line No: 446 and the last DC-10, built in Dec-88. It was originally ordered as a freighter by FedEx (N318FE not used) but the order was cancelled before completion.
It was changed to a passenger aircraft was was due for delivery to Nigerian Airways as 5N-AUI. However, the order was taken over by the Japan Leasing Corporation and it was leased to Nigerian Airways as N3024W in Jul-89.
It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-93 and sold to Equator Leasing Inc the following day. It was repainted all white at Amsterdam, Netherlands in Dec-93 and stored at Amsterdam until May-94 when it was ferried to Zurich, Switzerland for further storage.
The aircraft was leased to World Airways in Apr-95. It was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation in early May-95 and returned to World Airways at the end of Jun-95. It was re-registered N117WA in Sep-95.
In Mar-96 the aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for another Haj Pilgrimage and returned to World Airways in May-96. It was returned to the lessor as N117GB in Oct-01 and stored at Manchester, UK. It ferried to Tel Aviv, Israel in Jan-02 (above) for further storage.
The aircraft was leased to World Airways again as N353WL in Nov-02 and returned to the lessor in Oct-04. It was sold Omni DC-10 Leasing LLC and leased to Omni Air International in Nov-04.
It was re-registered N270AX in Feb-05 and continued in service until it was permanently retired at Tulsa, OK, USA in Aug-11. It was broken up there in Apr-12.
N117GB 1 Douglas DC-10-30 Aerospace Finance MAN 26JAN02
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 25-Jan-23.
This aircraft was line No: 446 and the last DC-10, built in Dec-88. It was originally ordered as a freighter by FedEx (N318FE not used) but the order was cancelled before completion.
It was changed to a passenger aircraft was was due for delivery to Nigerian Airways as 5N-AUI. However, the order was taken over by the Japan Leasing Corporation and it was leased to Nigerian Airways as N3024W in Jul-89.
It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-93 and sold to Equator Leasing Inc the following day. It was repainted all white at Amsterdam, Netherlands in Dec-93 and stored at Amsterdam until May-94 when it was ferried to Zurich, Switzerland for further storage.
The aircraft was leased to World Airways in Apr-95. It was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation in early May-95 and returned to World Airways at the end of Jun-95. It was re-registered N117WA in Sep-95.
In Mar-96 the aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for another Haj Pilgrimage and returned to World Airways in May-96. It was returned to the lessor as N117GB in Oct-01 and stored at Manchester, UK. It ferried to Tel Aviv, Israel in Jan-02 (above) for further storage.
The aircraft was leased to World Airways again as N353WL in Nov-02 and returned to the lessor in Oct-04. It was sold Omni DC-10 Leasing LLC and leased to Omni Air International in Nov-04.
It was re-registered N270AX in Feb-05 and continued in service until it was permanently retired at Tulsa, OK, USA in Aug-11. It was broken up there in Apr-12.