Unfortunately these are another victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. Corsair has announced that they will withdraw their fleet of 747s, effective immediately. They will surely be missed, as they were the last French Queens!

As a result of Covid-19, Corsair sped up the retirement of its final three Boeing 747s.

F-GTUI is seen here awaiting scrapping, having arrived on the 15th June.

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped © #AWP #CHR-2016

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

•

Corsair B747 ( F-GTUI ) @ Paris ORY

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped #LastFrench747 #LastFlight #Event © #AWP #CHR-2020

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 26/03/2020 : WFU / Stored ORY

• 15/06/2020 : Ferry Flight / CRL747 ORY-GBA / Stored

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

• RMK : Last Flight "CRL747 ORY-GBA" for the Last French B747

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

Corsair Boeing 747-400,F-GTUI,sits at Cotswolds Airport awating its fate.

CRL056 taxiing to 07R for departure back to Paris (ORY). It arrived a couple of hours before from France's capital city fully loaded with cruise passengers.

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

ex United Airlines (N186UA). In April 2005 delivered to Corsair.. left the fleet in March 2020 for storage/scrap at Kemble.

F-GTUI : Boeing 747-422 : Corsair International.

This 747 was retired in March 2020 (a consequence of Covid), and was scrapped at Kemble in 2022.

Boeing 747 - MSN 26875

Status : Active

Registration : F-GTUI

Airline Corsair

Country : France

Date : 1991 -

Codes SS CRL

Callsign : Corsair

Web site : www.corsair.fr

Serial number26875 LN:931

Type747-422

First flight date06/08/1992

Test registration

Plane age27.1 years

Seat configurationC12 W18 Y491

Engines4 x PW PW4056

24/08/1992United AirlinesN186UA

01/04/2005CorsairF-GTUI

MSN 26875 LN 931

B747-422 / 747 / 747-400

CORSAIR

ORY AIRPORT

EX UNITED AIRLINES AS N186UA

STORED SINCE 06-2020 AT GBA KEMBLE

My Instagram / Airplane Pictures

ORY - Wet morning means crazy condensations. "Corsair926" from PTP landing at ORY after 8h of flight.

MSN 26875 LN 931

B747-422 / 747 / 747-400

CORSAIR

ORY AIRPORT

EX UNITED AIRLINES AS N186UA

STORED SINCE 06-2020 AT GBA

Last TakeOff from Paris-Orly

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped #LastFrench747 #LastFlight #Event © #AWP #CHR-2020

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 26/03/2020 : WFU / Stored ORY

• 15/06/2020 : Ferry Flight / CRL747 ORY-GBA / Stored

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

• RMK : Last Flight "CRL747 ORY-GBA" for the Last French B747

22nd June 2019., Dublin Airport, Ireland.

Lining up for take off at Dublin on a charter flight back to Paris Orly.

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #DarkSky #Scrapped #LastFrench747 © #AWP #CHR-2014

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

•

Fortunately there is still an airline operating the 747 in Paris on daily basis!! Corsair's livery fits really well this plane in my opinion, so it's always a pleasure to spot it!! I tried a different angle for this one.

CRL925 from Fort-de-France in the morning light after a rainy night in Paris.

@ Last Flight of the french B747

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #TUI #Corsairfly #Scrapped © #AWP #CHR-2008

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

•

Cotswold Airport - EGBP / GBA

@ Last Flight of the french B747

Corsair Boeing 747-400,F-GTUI,sits at Cotswolds Airport awating its fate.

CRL925 from Fort-de-France in the morning light after a rainy night in Paris.

21st June 2013., Paris Orly, France

@ Last Flight of the french B747

Kemble

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #RWY #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped © #AWP #CHR-2014

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

•

@ Last Flight of the french B747

F-GTUI

ORY

23/09/2017

Corsair International Boeing 747-422 F GTUI at Cotswold Airport/Kemble in Aug 2020. Built for United Airlines in 1992 as N186UA, acquired by Corsair in 2005 in service with the company until March 2020, flown to Kemble in June for eventual scrapping.

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Landing #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped #LastFrench747 © #AWP #CHR-2015

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

•

Cosair International Boeing 747-422 F GTUI at Cotswold/Kemble, the last survivor of three that were once stored here in 2020, F HSEA has already been scrapped while F HSUN 'escaped' to the USA in Aug that year for cargo conversion. F GTUI is another ex United Airlines 747-422 (N186UA) delivered in Aug 1992, acquired by Corsair in Apr 2005 but wfu in Mar 2020 making her final flight into Cotswold in June 2020.

CRL925 from Fort-de-France in the morning light after a rainy night in Paris.