N117GB 2 Douglas DC-10-30 Aerospace Finance MAN 26JAN02

            Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 26-Jan-23.

Neat runway reflection on the forward lower fuselage...

This aircraft was line No: 446 and the last DC-10 built in Dec-88.  It was originally ordered as a freighter by FedEx (N318FE not used) but the order was cancelled before completion.

It was changed to a passenger aircraft was was due for delivery to Nigerian Airways as 5N-AUI.  However, the order was taken over by the Japan Leasing Corporation and it was leased to Nigerian Airways as N3024W in Jul-89.

It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-93 and sold to Equator Leasing Inc the following day.  It was repainted all white at Amsterdam, Netherlands in Dec-93 and stored at Amsterdam until May-94 when it was ferried to Zurich, Switzerland for further storage.

The aircraft was leased to World Airways in Apr-95.  It was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation in early May-95 and returned to World Airways at the end of Jun-95.  It was re-registered N117WA in Sep-95.

In Mar-96 the aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for another Haj Pilgrimage and returned to World Airways in May-96.  It was returned to the lessor as N117GB in Oct-01 and stored at Manchester, UK.  It ferried to Tel Aviv, Israel in Jan-02 (above) for further storage.

The aircraft was leased to World Airways again as N353WL in Nov-02 and returned to the lessor in Oct-04.  It was sold Omni DC-10 Leasing LLC and leased to Omni Air International in Nov-04.

It was re-registered N270AX in Feb-05 and continued in service until it was permanently retired at Tulsa, OK, USA in Aug-11.  It was broken up there in Apr-12.

Taken on: January 26, 2002

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