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Canadair CL600 N3FE (5054) of Federal Express at Bristol Lulsgate Airport. Taken from the old terminal building.
07/12/1990
Nightexpress Luftverkehr Short 360-300F D-CRAS is on short final for runway 25L.
c/n 3744 has had its first flight with the test registration G-14-3744 and was delivered to BEX - Delta Connection as N825BE. It was returned to Short in March 1994. On 27.02.97 it was re-registered to D-CRAS and was leased to RAS Flug. It was transferred to Farnair - Federal Express on 01.04.99. Since 29.06.04 the aircraft is in service for Nightexpress.
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Federal Express (FedEx) Aerospatiale / Aeritalia ATR 42-320 N906FX, currently operated for Fedex by Mountain Air Cargo, makes its approach to Runway 27 at Duluth James Oberstar International Airport with the daily service from Minneapolis St Paul Wold Chamberlin Airport as C2 8553
It was very nice to get an FX A300 for the first time. This flight operated from their Guangzhou hub. In the past year they've started flying the A300s intra-Asia.
N720FD is an ex-Korean Air A300.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
N593FE (cn 48551/527)
Federal Express (FedEx)
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX/KPHX)
N851FD Federal Express (FedEx) Boeing 777-FS2 - cn 37722 / 834
Image taken at Narita Airport, Chiba Prefecture Japan
Originally built as N112WA in 1980 and delivered to World Airways on May 14th of that year, this plane has had a fascinating ownership/lease history:
- used by Lufthansa in 1989
- served for Garuda from July 1989 to July 1990
- alternated between World Airways and Malaysia Airlines from 1990 to 1994
- finally joined FedEx's fleet on September 2, 1994 with the current registration, and has not been repainted since then (note the "Federal Express" titles still remaining!)
N582FE Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F - cn 48420 / 451
Image taken at Narita Airport, Chiba Prefecture Japan
The Boeing 727, the second most successful airliner to date (eclipsed only by the Boeing 737 series), came about as a result of a compromise between United, American, and Eastern Airlines on a fuel-efficient aircraft able to operate from smaller, higher airports and on short-range overwater routes.
The three airlines settled on a three-engined design, with two engines mounted in the rear and the third in the tail itself. This freed up the entire wing for lift-enhancement flaps and slats, giving the 727 an extremely efficient wing design for short-field landing; since it retained the basic fuselage design of the 707, it could still carry a fairly large number of passengers into airports previously only able to take smaller aircraft and consequently smaller amounts of passengers. For operations from comparatively primitive airports, internal rear-mounted airstairs were added, as well as an APU. Pilots liked the 727's handling characteristics, though it took some time to get used to its relatively high landing speed and sink rate.
The 727-100 was instantly popular, but Boeing soon introduced the lengthened 727-200, which proved to be the baseline aircraft. Eventually 1831 were produced; about a third of that number continue in service today, mostly as cargo variants. 727s began to be withdrawn from service due to the costs of maintaining them, the noise of the aircraft, and the presence of a flight engineer, whose services can be duplicated by computers in the 21st Century. Nine are on public display.
This is one of the nine--N246FE, one of the last Federal Express 727s to be retired. It was originally built as VH-RMP for Ansett in 1980, and flew with that airline until 1988, when it was converted to a freighter and sold to Federal Express. FedEx would fly it until 2009, when the airline began retiring its 727s. It was donated to the Mid-America Museum of Aviation and Transportation at Sioux City; the museum plans to turn it into a theater while still preserving most of the aircraft.
Unfortunately, when I visited the Mid-America Museum in July 2020, it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and so I was unable to do more than take a few pictures through the fence of N246FE and the museum's EA-6A (the rudder of which can be seen to the left). Hopefully next time I head off to Chicago, I can stop by and see the entire museum.
Not far beyond to the museum to the right is Sioux City's most well known--and tragic--association with aviation: the crash site of United Airlines Flight 232. As someone who distinctly remembers that crash in July 1989, it was the other reason why I visited Sioux City Gateway Airport. The museum is built very close to the initial impact of Flight 232. It was an eerie feeling, to stand near those Iowa cornfields, and know what happened there...
Originally built as N112WA in 1980 and delivered to World Airways on May 14th of that year, this plane has had a fascinating ownership/lease history:
- used by Lufthansa in 1989
- served for Garuda from July 1989 to July 1990
- alternated between World Airways and Malaysia Airlines from 1990 to 1994
- finally joined FedEx's fleet on September 2, 1994 with the current registration, and has not been repainted since then (note the "Federal Express" titles still remaining!)
Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F N643FE disappears into the gray abyss as Fedex 848 to Memphis.
FedEx B-727 as it arrives from Salt Lake City, UT.
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Federal Express 727-100 N111FE sits in front of hangars WR3 and WR4 in October of 1979 at Houston's Hobby Airport.
Photo by George Hamlin; used with permission.
Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas DC10-30CF - N320FE (ex- Sabena OO-SLD) on final approach at runway 24R in LAX
N573FE Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cn48769 ln603 arriving at London airport Stansted Essex _26K9294
Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F N529FE is on short final for runway 25R.
c/n 48624 (l/n 622) has had its first flight in January 1998 and was delivered to Delta Air Lines as N815DE on 20.02.98. It was transferred to FedEx on 15.10.04 after being converted to a freighter.
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World Airways Cargo - McDonnell Douglas MD-11F - N274WA (c/n 48633/563)
This MD-11 Freighter was delivered new to World Airways in March 1994 as N274WA. It has been operated by World Airways Cargo since then, with two brief periods when it was leased by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (November 1994 to September 1997, January 1998 to September 1998) while still wearing N274WA as its registration.
UPDATE (May 2012) - N274WA was placed into storage at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR / KGYR) on March 9, 2012.
UPDATE (March 2013) - N274WA would be acquired by Federal Express (FedEx) on October 25, 2012. It is to be re-registered as N68093.
UPDATE (November 2017) - Although acquired by FedEx, N68093 would not go into service, but instead it would be ferried from Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR / KGYR) to Victorville Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV / KVCV) to be parted out to support FedEx's MD-11 fleet, before ultimately being scrapped.
Federal Express Boeing 767-300F N179FE is seen on short final to Runway 10C at Chicago O Hare completing FX 728 from Memphis International with an intermediate stop at Milwaukee General Mitchell International
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-Mar-17.
Originally built as a DC-10-30CF with a main deck cargo door, this aircraft could be used for carrying either passengers or cargo. It was delivered to World Airways as N106WA in Apr-79. It was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation in Sep/Oct-81. In Mar-87 the aircraft was sold to Mitsui Finance and leased back to World Airways. Ir was sub-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines between Jan/Jun-89. On it's return from SABENA, the aircraft was 'returned' to the lessor, leased to Fed Ex Federal Express and sub-leased back to World Airways. Between May/Jun-91 and Jun/Jul-92 the aircraft was again wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines for Haj Pilgrimage operations. It was returned to FedEx in Aug-94, re-registered N317FE and converted to full freighter DC-10-30(F) standard. It was converted to Fed Ex's MD-10-30(F) standard in Jun-09. The aircraft was retired at Victorville, CA, USA in May-15 after 36 years in service. It was last noted still at Victorville in Nov-16.
Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F N360FE is moments from touch down on Runway 1L at Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport as Fedex 728 From Memphis.
N573FE Federal Express (FedEx) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cn48769 ln603 arriving at London airport Stansted Essex _26K9295