N511PE Boeing 727-232 Continental Airlines SFO 22JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 14-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
Taken through glass with some reflections
Fleet No: '779'.
This aircraft was ordered by Delta Air Lines and was allocated the registration N461DA, but this wasn't taken up and it was delivered to Delta as N452DA in Jan-73.
It was sold to Peoplexpress Airlines in Dec-83 and was re-registered N511PE in May-84. In Sep-86 the aircraft was sold to a lessor and leased back to Peoplexpress. In Feb-87 Peoplexpress was merged into Continental Airlines.
It was returned to the lessor in Aug-99 and stored at Miami, FL, USA. It was sold to Pegasus Aviation Inc in May-00 and converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Feb-01.
The aircraft was leased to Kitty Hawk Aircargo in May-01. It was returned to the lessor and leased to CAT Custom Air Transport in Dec-02. It continued in service with CAT until it was retired in Jun-06 and stored at Roswell, NM, USA.
It was sold to U Boats Parts Inc in Jul-07 and was last noted at Roswell in Sep-11, still with it's engines but missing it's outer wings and other parts. It was eventually broken up.
N511PE Boeing 727-232 Continental Airlines SFO 22JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 14-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
Taken through glass with some reflections
Fleet No: '779'.
This aircraft was ordered by Delta Air Lines and was allocated the registration N461DA, but this wasn't taken up and it was delivered to Delta as N452DA in Jan-73.
It was sold to Peoplexpress Airlines in Dec-83 and was re-registered N511PE in May-84. In Sep-86 the aircraft was sold to a lessor and leased back to Peoplexpress. In Feb-87 Peoplexpress was merged into Continental Airlines.
It was returned to the lessor in Aug-99 and stored at Miami, FL, USA. It was sold to Pegasus Aviation Inc in May-00 and converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Feb-01.
The aircraft was leased to Kitty Hawk Aircargo in May-01. It was returned to the lessor and leased to CAT Custom Air Transport in Dec-02. It continued in service with CAT until it was retired in Jun-06 and stored at Roswell, NM, USA.
It was sold to U Boats Parts Inc in Jul-07 and was last noted at Roswell in Sep-11, still with it's engines but missing it's outer wings and other parts. It was eventually broken up.