Former FedEx aircraft, still with titles on the cowlings

photographer unknown

Landing on runway 27. An early evening arrival. Delivered new to National Airlines as N66NA on 19 Oct 1972. Merged into Pan Am on 07 Jan 1980. To American Airlines as N153AA on 22 Jul 1984. Leased to Hawaiian Airlines on 29 Aug 1994. WFU Mojave on 16 Sep 2002. To Federal Express 15 Oct 2002 but remained stored and did not enter service. Noted at Mojave in 2009 and later scrapped.

About to land on Runway 9L at MIA..

Delivered to National Airlines as N66NA in 1972. Merged into Pan Am in 1980. To American Airlines as N153AA in 1984 then to Hawaiian Airlines in 1994. To Fedex as N554FE in 2002 and stored at Mojave, CA. Converted to an MD-10F freighter and entered service in 2007. Withdrawn from use at Victorville, CA in 2016.

Acquired by PanAm in 1980 in the takeover of National Airlines.

Leased from American Airlines Aug 1994-Oct 2002

Reregistered N554FE and converted to a freighter

Pictured back in the good old days when one could just park the car, walk up to the gate, take out the camera and start photographing. Nobody cared and the biggest problem was to find a clean, clear, blemish free window. Times have changed....