Aircraft Photo of PP-VNB | Boeing 747-2L5BM | Varig | AirHistory.net #518932
Location
City / Airport:Rio de Janeiro - Galeão InternationalMap
Country:Brazil
Airport Codes:ICAO: SBGL   IATA: GIG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:15 October 1988
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 518932
Photo Comment

Built for Libyan Arab Airlines as 5A-DIK in 1980 but not delivered due to sanctions. Delivered to Varig as PP-VNB in 1981. Converted to a freighter for Air Hong Kong as VR-HME in 1996. Reregistered as B-HME in 1997. Merged into Cathay Pacific in 2004. Withdrawn from use at Victorville, CA in 2009. Possibly still there in 2020.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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