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    Airframe Family: Boeing B727 / C-22
    Latest Model:727-22QC
    Last Military Serial:NZ7272 RNZAF
    Construction Number:19895 {1}
    Last Civil Registration:N7438U
    Compressed ID:Boeing 727-22QC sn NZ7272 RNZAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Woodbourne Airport, Blenheim, Marlborough, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as a 727-22QC.

    19 November 1968

    To United Airlines with new c/r N7438U.

    July 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ7272.

    7 July 1981

    To Boeing Equipment Holding Co, Seattle, WA with new c/r N7438U.

    7 July 1981

    Civil registration, N7438U, cancelled.

    7 July 1981

    To Boeing Equipment Holding Co, Seattle, WA with new c/r N7438U.

    7 July 1981

    Civil registration, N7438U, cancelled.

    27 January 1996


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Edinburgh Air Force Base - YPED, Australia

    August 2003

    To Woodbourne Airport, Blenheim, Marlborough, South Island.
    Used for training.
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    Disassembled.

    9 May 2019

    The nose section went to a museum.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    19 May 2019


    Photographer: Murray J Smith

    19 May 2019


    Photographer: Murray J Smith

    23 June 2019


    Photographer: Murray J Smith

    23 June 2019


    Photographer: Murray J Smith

    23 July 2019

    The fuselage section was converted to a holiday home.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier


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