longhauler

Captain Google, google it. The plane was ordered by Loadair out of Kuwait. The plane was flown to the desert and parked because loadair never got off the ground. She has a sister ship which is presently working for CargoLux

sky jet

It was ordered by Loadair. They never took delivery and it was ferried to the desert. Semantics, if you buy a car from the dealer and it had been test driven by two other people for twelve miles it's still a brand new car. Doesn't matter now anyways. We've had it for three years. The new plane smell is long gone and the freight dog funk is settling in nicely.

sky jet

Beat me to it by a minute.^^^^^^

HercDriver130

It had 22 hours on the airframe when it was flown to OSC .... I would call that new...

727C47

A great ship

longhauler

I flew the first leg out of OSC to EWR 28.3 hrs, new yes, did Connie order it in 50, 06 no. Once again he picked up the pieces of someone else forward thinking. By the by how is Connie's health?

silver fleet

Guys, Up until the 737 MAX is online, Boeing built airplanes to customer specifics and assigned them "Boeing Codes". Example, when one goes through any L1 door, look up. There you will see the registration plate and it will have the serial number and Boeing code after the Boeing model. Example: 747-446. 46 is JAL's Boeing code. The plane was built to JALs specs agreed upon with Boeing during the order process. (The Malaysia 400's in the fleet have an H6 Boeing code, 747-4H6) .
Once the order is confirmed from option to order, that con/serial # will forever retain that respective Boeing code, regardless if delivered or a change of ownership. So, whenver you get on a Boeing aircraft that is well loved and at its 5th carrier, you can tell who it was originally built for. Think of it as a "hull specifiacation".
Theres your Cliff Claven trivia for the day.

airbus300

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SVTCobra

Don't believe it until they're on property. It's their way of trying to keep the attrition down.