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Flying Tigers Boeing 747-123F N800FT (MSN 20100/LN 46)

17 May 1970: First flight (Boeing 747-123) 18 June 1970: Delivered to American Airlines as N9661 13 February 1974: Delivered to Boeing, converted (Boeing 747-123F) 28 August 1974: Delivered to Flying Tigers as N800FT 08 January 1978: Delivered to Pan Am on lease as N903PA 31 July 1979: Delivered (returned) to Flying Tigers as N800FT 02 May 1981: Delivered to First Security Bank of Utah/American Airlines as N9661 December 1984: Ownership taken by American Airlines 20 December 1984: Delivered to UPS as N674UP February 1987: Ownership taken by UPS 28 December 2002: Withdrawn from use 11 July 2004: Ownership taken by Stewart Industries International LLC February 2005: Last seen, no engines, presumed scrapped

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I still see her head and engine @ the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos. 

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By: Flickr

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Airbus A340

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Cathay B747 freighter at ORD

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Allegiant line-up

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Gulfstream G280 receives provisional type certificate from FAA and Civil Aviation Authority of Israel

More info from Gulfstream...

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Composite image by Ho-Yeol Ryu, not multiple exposure. Still cool!

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Gulfstream G650 completes certification milestones for speeds, hydraulics & fly-by-wire flight controls

More info from Gulfstream Aerospace...

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Dassault Falcon 7X Fleet Reaches 100,000 Flight Hour Milestone

More info ...

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The Federal Aviation Administration is finally making the leap from radio-based navigation to a modern GPS system. Congress passed Monday a $63 billion bill to fund and extend the FAA's programs through 2015, reports ABC News. For the past four years, the FAA has been surviving on life suppor...

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Sukhoi Superjet 100 gets Type Certificate from EASA

More info from Superjet International...

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FAA: How to, and how NOT to extinguish a burning lithium-battery powered laptop

Note: The video runs for about 10 minutes, but is well worth taking the time to watch..

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Oh look! @VirginAustralia is on Tumblr. Welcome! =D

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Cessna Citation Ten Prototype Makes First Flight