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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.

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Uploaded on November 2, 2023
Taken on January 22, 1999