spitfire1500

Yea rule #1 about Zoner Club…..Never talk about Zoner Club.

Green Giant

LOL. Zoners are the Evergreen Pilots.

TallFlyer

I worked for Eagle in ANC for a bit. I met more than a few crews that landed wearing wife beaters.

Gotta love freight.

Ludicrous Speed

I think that's obvious

What is the story behind the "Zoner" moniker?

Green Giant

That is a great question. Well you see this is how it all got started. W$%jnfcnjd;nds;&&....WWEEFEGvd... So as you can read I think we cleared up that question.

Banzai Beagle

First there was the "Twilight Zone" then came the "Ever Zone". Connect the dots !

Green Giant

Almost 2 years now since Evergreen shutdown. N485EV in is in MCI. Any other Evergreen plane sightings out there?

EZRider

Is it on blocks, repainted and flying for someone else (who?) or something else?

As I recall, when the doors closed, 485 was considered the 'most airworthy' of the 'abandoned' birds, and was serving as the parts storeroom for all the stuff that Evergreen could shove into it when they lost the JFK warehouse. Supposedly, all that had to be done to it was replace one of the cockpit windows (which had been covered with plywood in a photo I saw, as I recall).

Airliners.net says it was "sold for parts". It looks pretty good in the photo from 9 months ago. Just curious what you saw.

I loved working for Evergreen - just didn't love what my bank account looked like when it came time for me to get paid.

Good luck to all the former Zoners out there (except the few who flew their tails off while there were furloughs, and then told returning furloughees you were doing us "a favor". Yep - we still remember you, Bubba and JT).

Green Giant

N485EV is just sitting next to what looks to be some sort of paint shop in Kansas City. She may be scheduled to be repainted; but it looks like some sort of long term storage to me. As I past her on the way for takeoff, she looks to be ready for flying. Everything seems to be there and not on blocks.

ShyGuy

I was a Flight Ops intern in 2005 at Evergreen. Wonderful crews, small airline-feel.... It's just sad what Del ended up doing to Evergreen.