Western Airlines took delivery of forty-seven new 727s from Boeing between 1969 and 1981. This one was delivered June 20, 1978 and carried on through Western's merger with Delta Airlines in 1987. The airliner was retired in December 2002 and stored at Victorville, CA. It was sold to Dodson International Parts June 29, 2004 and parted out with the registration cancelled in July 2010.