Aircraft Photo of VR-HMF | Boeing 747-2L5B(SF) | Air Hong Kong | AirHistory.net #786552
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VR-HMF
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747-200
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747-2L5B(SF)
C/n (msn):22107 / 469
Operator Titles:Air Hong Kong
Location
City / Airport:Glasgow - PrestwickMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGPK   IATA: PIK   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1997
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 786552
Photo Comment

On very short final approach to Runway 31 at Prestwick. Delivered new to Varig in 1981 as PP-VNC in passenger configuration. Joined Air Hong Kong in 1996 as VR-HMF. Converted to cargo configuration. Re-registered as B-HMF in August 1997. Transferred to Cathay Pacific Airways in 2002. Returned to the USA in 2009 as N815SA with Southern Air. Put into storage at Mojave Air and Space Port, CA in 2012. Subsequently scrapped.

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