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N429EX Boeing 727-22(F) US Postal Service (Ryan International) SFO 22JAN99

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).

 

Operated for the US Postal Service by Ryan International.

 

Built as a Boeing 727-22C with a main deck cargo door, this aircraft could be operated with passengers or as a freighter. It was delivered to United Airlines as N7412U in Oct-66.

 

It was sold back to Boeing in part exchange in Oct-81 and immediately sold to Emery Worldwide and converted to a full freighter. It was re-registered N429EX in Apr-82 and operated for Emery by Interstate Airlines.

 

The operation for Emery was transferred to Cam Air International in 1984. Cam Air was merged into Spirit of America Airlines in May-85 while operations for Emery continued. In Nov-87 it was sold to a lessor and leased back to Emery Worldwide, operated by Spirit of America Airlines.

 

In May-88 it was transferred to Orion Air operated for Emery. Emery was renamed Emery Worldwide Airlines in May-89. In Dec-89 the aircraft was transferred to Ryan International Airlines and operated for the US Postal Service.

 

It was sold back to Emery in Apr-93 and continued in service with Ryan International until it was retired at Goodyear, AZ, USA in Aug-01. It was sold to Air Transworld Ltd in Nov-01 and leased to Planair (Angola) as D2-FFA. The aircraft was transferred to Angola Air Charter in Feb-03 and was eventually broken up at Luanda, Angola (date unknown).

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Uploaded on August 19, 2025
Taken on January 22, 1999