Posts Tagged ‘Airplane’

N453FE FedEx Airbus A310-222(F) Jet [4 Pictures]

Posted on Apr. 21, 2010 by Fisher in Site Affairs

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Here are 4 pictures for N453FE Federal Express Airbus A 310-222(F) freighter. The images were photographed when the jet was heading on the taxiway of Penang International Airport and subsequently took off at the evening of April 2, 2010.

N453FE FedEx Airbus A310 Heading On Taxiway

FedEx N453FE Airbus A310(F) jet has been in service for nearly 27 years, it was previously used as the commercial passenger carrier according to the online archives. This Airbus jet was first delivered to Kuwait Airways in September 28, 1983. During Iraq’s invasion to Kuwait in 1990, it was seized by Iraq and absorbed into Iraqi Airways. In January, 1994, this plane was transferred Qatar Airways. It went on to be a fleet of Oasis International Airlines (Spain) in 1995 and then Heliopolis Airline (Egypt) in 1997.

N453FE FedEx Airbus A310 Taking Off

In August, 1999, the plane finally became a jet of FedEx and was converted to a cargo freighter. It has since served the express delivery company for more than ten years already.

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PK-LIR Lion Air Boeing 737-400 Airplane [Photos]

Posted on Apr. 13, 2010 by Fisher in Traveling

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Here are photos for the Boeing 737-400 airplane with registration number of PK-LIR of Indonesia’s Lion Air. They were snapped at around 3:15pm on April 4 at Penang International Airport during the take-off of the plane which was then on a duty of flying as Flight JT 287 from Penang (Malaysia) to Medan (Indonesia) .

PK-LIR Indonesia Lion Air Boeing 737-400 Jet Departing from Penang Airport

PK-LIR Indonesia Lion Air Boeing 737-400 Jet Departing from Penang Airport
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Checking on Planespotters.com, the exact model of this plane should be  Boeing 737-4Y0. It has an age of nearly 20 years. The jet was delivered on Dec. 12, 1990 and leased to Honduras’s now bankrupted SASHA Airlines for a bit over one month. It then went to Brazil’s Transbrasil Airlines (1991 Jan–2000 June) and Varig (2000 July to 2002 April). Before joining Lion Air in December, 2005, the airplane was wih Spain’s Air Europa.

According to Wikipedia, Lion Air will soon phase out the aging Boeing 737-400 jets.

All Lion Air PK-LIR Boeing 737 images in this post are released for a Creative Commons License license

9M-SOA Socata Trinidad TB-20GT Lightweight Jet Pictures

Posted on Apr. 10, 2010 by Fisher in Traveling

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Here are two photos for 9M-SOA Socata Trinidad TB-20GT lightweight jet. They were taken on around 3:30pm April 4 when it still parked at the instrument training jet parking bay of Penang International Airport.

According to Subanghighflyers.com, this single engine, 4-seater aircraft belongs to Subang Flying Club which is based in Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Kuala Lumpur.

9M-SOA Socata Trinidad TB-20GT is available to be rented at a rate of 1566 Malaysia Ringgits per hour. When it is used as an instructor aircraft to train the flying enthusiasts, it was charged at 100 Malaysia Ringgits per hour. (more…)