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
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