First flight Decembr 15th 1980 and deliverd new to Varig as PP-VNC March 4th 1981. Flown for 15 years, until August 1986 when it was convertd to Freighter withn a new Side cargo door, becoming a B747-2L5(M) and was taken over by Cathay Pacific as VR-HMF. August 1997 leasd to Air Hong Kong as B-HMF for five years. July 1st 2002 B-HMF Cathay Pacific returnd, and flown for 7 years until stord at Victorville in January 2009. April 2009 N815SA Southern Air. Finally stored at Mojave in April 2012 after 32 years of flying both pax and cargo. Seen ready to depart rwy 19 at Gardemoen aftr State visit

F/f 19th July 1999 and delivered to Iberia as EC-HAA 16th Aug 1999. Registered PP-VTS to Varig 20th Nov 2004 and returned to lessor (ILFC) as N271LF 24th Aug 2006. Re-registered EI-DUD 20th Dec 2006 and leased to KrasAir Dec 2006-Oct 2008. Leased to iFly Oct 2009-Sep 2015. Became TF-ISJ with Icelandair 8th Dec 2015 and was ferried BIKF(Reykjavik)-KMCI (Kansas City) 14th Sep 2024 where it was stored at time of upload.

Classic 747 and classic Varig colours.

Ex LN-LMO. Photographer: Unknown photographer.

Original livery

Delivered to Varig in June 1981 and to Air Jamaica as 6Y-JMS in June 1990. Broken up by Evergreen at Marana in 2003

Delivered new to Varig 6th Sep 1980 as a passenger aircraft, then converted to freighter in Nov 1987 for Varig Cargo, later re-branded as Varig Log Feb 2001. Sold to Pegasus Aviation as N578SH 10th Dec 2009 and made its last flight KTUS (Tucson)-KMZJ (Marana) 17th Dec 2009. It was finally scrapped in Sep 2017