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N648US Boeing 767-201ER US Airways FRA 22JUL98

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-25.

 

Fleet No: "648".

 

First flown in Dec-87, this aircraft was delivered to Piedmont Airlines as N608P in Feb-88. It was re-registered N648US in Nov-88 prior to Piedmont being merged into US Air in Aug-89.

 

US Air was renamed US Airways in Feb-97. The aircraft was sold to Castlelake Leasing in Aug-05 and leased back to US Airways. It was re-registered N248AY in Dec-06.

 

It was withdrawn from service in Nov-14 and stored at Mobile-Downtown Airport, AL, USA. After 26 years it had 104,750 hours and 20,740 cycles on the clock! The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-15, moved to Victorville, CA, USA and permanently retired.

 

In Sep-15 the aircraft was sold to the Jet Midwest Group for parting out and was eventually scrapped at Victorville.

 

Note: In Dec-13 US Airways agreed a merger with American Airlines. However, the two airlines continued to operate as separate companies until the official merger date of 08-Apr-15.

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Taken on July 22, 1998