Photo by Chris Coduto
#162 at Minneapolis/ St. Paul on March 25th 2001
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18.06.1974: Assembled in Long Beach 25.06.1975: To National Airlines (Betty, 69), N69NA 07.01.1980: Merged into Pan American World Airways (Clipper Star Light) 25.11.1983: To American Airlines 04.1984: Re-registred N161AA 09.1984: To Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation and leased back to American Airlines 11.04.1994: WFU and stored in Marana, Arizona Hours / cycles accumulated by 11/04/1994: 55226 / 22681 01.1996: To General Electric Capital, leased to American and sub-leased to Hawaiian Airlines (162) 09.06.1997: Returned to Polaris ????: WFU and stored in Tulsa 08.11.1997: To Omni Air Express ????: Re-registred N450AX ????: Named (Glitter) 01.10.2002: WFU and stored in Mojave 2003: Ferried to Victorville, CA 2003: Tests as water bomber aircraft commenced 09.06.2005: Presented at the Paris/Le Bourget airshow ????: To 10 Tanker Air Carrier The aircraft was reported to have been named “Glitter” in the early 2000s, but this was never confirmed |
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Engines: 3 CF6-6K |
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Photo by Chris Coduto |
#162 at Minneapolis/ St. Paul on March 25th 2001 Click here to see more photos in this Omni International scheme |
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Photo by Michael Carter |
First scheduled to be scrapped, #162 got a second chance when it was converted to a water bomber in 2003. Here it is seen on June 5th 2003 in Victorville. |
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