Aircraft Photo of N768RL | Fairchild F-27F | AirHistory.net #807079
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N768RL
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild F-27 (C-27)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild F-27F
C/n (msn):35
Location
City / Airport:Livermore - MunicipalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KLVK   IATA: LVK   Local: LVK   Other: -
 
Photo Date:15 August 1987
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 807079
Photo Comment

Delivered to Westinghouse Electric as F-27 N1000L in 1959. Reregistered as N291WX in 1966. To Fairchild-Hiller in 1967. Converted to an F-27F then to the University of California as N768RL in 1968. To the US Atomic Energy Commission in 1970 then to the Energy Research & Development Commission in 1975. To NASA in 1994 and reregistered as N432NA in 1995. Donated to Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2000 and used as a ground trainer at Durant-Eaker Field, OK. Still there in 2012. Gone by 2014. Probably scrapped.

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

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