Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Nov-20, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 31-Mar-24.
First flown in Feb-75 as N54644, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ADJO in Mar-75. It was with Lufthansa for 20 years until it was transferred to Condor in Mar-95.
It spent over two years with Condor before being returned to the lessor and leased to Continental Airlines in Nov-97 as N17087.
It was returned to the lessor in Dec-00 and converted into a freighter in Apr-01 before being leased to World Airways in Oct-01 an N304WL.
It saw 8 years service with World until it was returned to the lessor and stored at Marana, AZ, USA, in mid 2009. It was sold to Kelowna Flightcraft in Canada in Feb-10 as C-GKFD and operated in Canada for Purolator.
The aircraft was stored at Hamilton, ON, Canada in Mar-16. However it found a new lease of life and ferried to Miami, FL, USA in Apr-17 and operated down to South America for another two years until it was stored at Lakeland, FL, USA in Sep-18.
It was sold to Alta Airlines Holdings LLC as N928KW in Oct-18 and was ferried to Kansas City, MO, USA in Mar-19 and permanently retired after a 44 year service life.
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