Airlines donating Airliners

[FlyingTexan]

Airline Philanthropy

I know of the following specific cases of airline philanthropy. I am sure there are many more examples. Anyone?

AirTran donated a DC-9-32 to Georgia Aviation and Technical College. N817AT Entered service with F9 in 1994. (N817AT, MSN 47323, Line #468, Delivered April 1969) Has logged a total of 39 million miles!

AirTran donated a DC-9-32 to Virginia Air and Space Center (the visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center) in Hampton. (N803AT, MSN 47261, Line # 411, Delivered November 196 Logged 45 million miles!

As stated by Southwest737 in his ‘Pix of me thread’ United Airlines donated a Boeing 737-222 (N9009U) to Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. (N9009U, MSN 19047M, Line # 24, Delivered May 196.

[PolishAir42]

Airlines donating Airliners

Theres one in Lewis University as I said donated by United. Its also a 737-200. Dunno the reg.

[Jorge]

Airlines donating Airliners

Delta donated N728DA to the Flying Hospital for Parts

[FlyingTexan]

Airlines donating Airliners

PolishAir42:

United Airlines donated a Boeing 737-222 registered N9024U to Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois as a ground trainer in 1999. (N9024U, MSN 19062, Line # 59, Delivered August 196.

[PolishAir42]

Airlines donating Airliners

Thanx for the info.

[tommyalf]

Airlines donating Airliners

Greetings:

American recently donated a 727-200 to the Aviation Professional Education Center (APEC) of West Chicago, Ill. Sorry AA's website didn't give a reg number.

Regards
Tom
"You Attitude will dictate your Altitude"

[Avianca 757]

Airlines donating Airliners

Air India donated 3 Airbus A300 to Ariana Afghan Airlines recently

[FlyingTexan]

Airlines donating Airliners

American Airlines donated one of their many Boeing 727-223A ships to Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.
(N867AA, MSN 21372, Line # 1278, Delivered July 1977)

FedEx sure is in to Airplane donation! Here are the stats for four of the cargo carrier’s donated duces:

Boeing 727-025(F)
(N510FE, MSN 18282, Line # 149, Delivered June 1965) Donated to Tennessee Technical Center for maintenance training.

Boeing 727-025C
(N117FE, MSN 19299, Line # 344, Delivered December 1966) Donated to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

Boeing 727-O22C
(N102FE, MSN 19193, Line # 392, Delivered April 1967) Donated to a school in Mobile, Alabama. Does anyone know what school?

Boeing 727-022C
(N106FE, MSN 19201, Line # 421, Delivered June 1967) Donated to Everett Community College in Everett, Washington.

[C-GEPA]

Airlines donating Airliners

Air Canada donated a DC-9 to the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa in September. CF-TLL tail no 711,operated as C-FTLL until retirement. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[a78jumper]

Re: Airlines donating Airliners

Air Canada donated a DC-9 to the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa in September. CF-TLL tail no 711,operated as C-FTLL until retirement. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I think it was originally CF-TLL(del 07-07-67) and when they repainted it in the delivery colours prior to the donation they re-registered it with the original letters. Canadian aircraft were all CF-XXX until the mid 70s or so when they started to run out of possible combos, so those that were CF-XXX became C-FXXX, and the C-GXXX series also was started. Many years ago, Cdn aircraft were registered G-CXXX to reflect Canada's relationship with Great Britain.

I was home the day that the above plane arrived at Ottawa after a short ferry flight from Dorval. It overflew Orleans twice, the first a true noisy flybay at about 1000 feet, the second its final landing approach, before landing on the 3300 foot runway at Rockcliffe Airport, home of the Museum.

Also at the museum is a Vickers Viscount that was donated by Air Canada (or maybe TCA) still in its TCA 1955 colours, and the RCAF donated a Canadair North Star(a DC4 with RR Merlins) about 1965. Although not an airline, deHavilland donated the Dash-7 demonstrator about 15 years ago. It is criminal all these valuable artifacts have been left exposed to the elements, and are in very rough shape. Hopefully the recently announced Museum Building expansion will put all these under a roof.

Air Canada also donated a Viscount to the Western Canadian Aviation Collection in Winnipeg (hope I got that right) but this one is in AC colours.
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[Lance]

United Airlines has donated a B-727-100 to the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago


Also another UAL 727-100 (The first 727 ever built) was donated to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.

[Ramp Pilot]

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I think it was originally CF-TLL and when they repainted it in the delivery colours prior to the donation they re-registered it with the original letters. Canadian aircraft were all CF-XXX until the mid 70s or so when they started to run out of possible combos, so those that were CF-XXX became C-FXXX, and the C-GXXX series also was started. Many years ago, Cdn aircraft were registered G-CXXX to reflect Canada's relationship with Great Britain.

With one of my latest AIP updates TC sent a letter saying that only aircraft built prior to 1952 could display a CF-XXX registration, and were designated "Historical Aircraft". Many aircraft were built after 1952 also with the CF-XXX reg, however if these are ever re-painted the reg. must be changed to C-FXXX

I was home the day that the above plane arrived at Ottawa after a short ferry flight from Dorval. It overflew Orleans twice, the first a true noisy flybay at about 1000 feet, the second its final landing approach, before landing on the 3300 foot runway at Rockcliffe Airport, home of the Museum.

I was at Rockcliffe that day! Quite a show.

Some pics from that day, posted on another forum;

DC-9 Lands on 3000' Runway

[aerpix]

There have been quite some "donations" in the past. I have found the following:

- the Alaska BLM donated Argosy N896U to the Yankee Air Force Museum at Ypsilanti in Dec 1991

- Korean Air donated B.727-281 HL7348 to MIAT Mongolia in July 1992, became MT-1054

- Kuwait Airways donated 3 727-200s to Iraqi Airways in 1994, a/c involved were 9K-AFB/AFC/AFD, became YI-AGD/E/F

- DeHavilland Canada donated the DHC-7 prototype C-GNBX to the National Aviation Museum at Ottawa in 1988

- Saudi Arabian Airlines donated their DC-6 HZ-ADA to Yemen Airways in 1971, became 4W-ABQ

- United donated DC-8-21 N8003U to Project Orbis in 1980, later became N220RB, is now in the Datang-shan museum near Beijing

- the Australian government donated Fokker 27 PH-FEY to Bangladesh Biman as S2-ABL in May 1973

- the Government of Sweden donated Fokker 27 HB-AAT to Lesotho Airways in 1985, became 7P-LAJ

- the Herald at Duxford, G-APWJ, was donated to the museum by Air UK in 1985

- same for the Trident at Duxford; G-AVFB was donated by BA in 1982

- the Save-a-Connie Inc. L.1049H N6937C was donated to the trust by a private individual in 1986; is now at Kansas City-Downtown in basic TWA c/s, belived to be airworthy

- Air Nippon donated YS.11 JA8732 to the authorities of Saitama, Japan, who have put it up on display at Tokorozawa

- Airborne Express donated Caravelle 6R N901MW to Ohio History of Flight Inc., is now on display at Columbus, OH

- Aeroflot donated Tu.154B-2 CCCP-85544 to Malev as HA-LCV in 1988

- one of the most famous of them all was Merchantman G-APEP, which was donated by Hunting Cargo to the Brooklands museum, and arrived there in what was the very last flight of a Vanguard ever on 17 Oct 1996.

- the Ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, donated his personal transport, VC-10 A4O-AB, to the Brooklands museum in 1987; is now in display there still in Omani c/s

- Cambrian Airways donated Viscount G-AMOG to the RAF Museum at Cosford in 1976; is now on display in full BEA c/s

- Air Canada donated Viscount CF-THI to the National Aviation Museum at Ottawa in 1969, should still be there in Trans Canada A/L c/s

I believe the list is endless, that's just what I found around the corner.

Regards,
Peter

[AC_A340-500]

Lufthansa donated Boeing 747-200 D-ABYM to the Technik-Museum in Speyer Germany. Nice pics at http://www.technik-museum.de/

[PK246]

PIA donated three of its Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellations to the Indonesian Air Force in 1969.

And in 1976, PIA donated one of its Boeing 707s to BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines.