Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 19-Feb-19. Taken through tinted glass in the late afternoon on a very overcast day.
This aircraft was delivered to Korean Airlines as HL7374 in May-92. It was converted to freighter configuration with a main-deck cargo door in Aug-97 and transferred to Korean Air Cargo. The aircraft was sold to Pegasus Aviation in Nov-99 and leased back to Korean Air Cargo. It was ferried to Rio de Janeiro - Galeao, Brasil in Dec-04 in basic VARIG livery and stored. It was returned to the lessor in Feb-05 with the registration N989PG assigned, however it was never taken up. The aircraft remained stored at Rio until it was leased to VARIG LOGISTICA as PR-LGE in Jun-05. It was stored at Victorville, CA, USA in Jun-06 and returned to service in early 2007. The aircraft was stored at Sao Paulo - Guarulhos, Brasil in early 2008. It was returned to Pegasus Aviation as N575SH in Jun-09 and stored at Miami, FL, USA. It was leased to Avient Aviation Cargo (Zimbabwe) as Z-BVT in Jan-10. Avient 'entered administration' in Apr-13 their flights were taken over by a new company, AV Cargo Airlines. The aircraft was repossessed and stored at Zurich, Switzerland. Just over a year later, in May-14 it was leased to AV Cargo Airlines. The aircraft was re-registered Z-GAA in Jun-15 and transferred to Global Africa Aviation. The aircraft operated a service from Hanoi, Vietnam to Dubai World Central (UAE) on 19-Jan-19 and departed back to Hanoi the following afternoon. However it suffered a technical problem and diverted back to Dubai World Central. It appears to be still there. Updated (19-Feb-19).
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