leaving its birthplace for the US via EDI

Delivered new to United in 2017, N15969 is one of 74 787s in the airlines fleet currently.

First flight March 25th 1982 at Everett. Used by Boeing as a Demonstrator for customers worldwide, before delivered to United Airlines as N605UA November 3rd 1982. February 2004 it was WFU after 25 years for UA and stored at Victorville. From September 2007 it flew for Vision Airways, and in October 2005 it was rr to N769VA. December 2015 it was stored at San Bernadino, and broken up there in April 2019. Boeing arrived FBU that afternoon, it came from Amman. and the next day it flew nonstop from FBU to Seattle-Everett. I came to Braathens SAFE who had oredered two 767s in 1980. Photo by Jan Olav Martinsen

UA2683 climbs out from rw25r at the start of its flight across to New York (EWR).

A view across on to Terminal B (previously the Tom Bradley International Terminal) where this 789 had arrived a hour or so before from Sydney (SYD) and would depart later in the day to Shanghai (PVG)

UA1158 is pictured taking a somwhat circuitious route to get to rw25R before its flight to Honolulu (HNL).

Photo by Udo Schäfer

Delivered to United Airlines as N7265U in 1978. Stored at Victorville, CA in 2001. Flown to Goodyear AZ in 2004 and scrapped in 2005.

UAL503 from KORD in beautiful winter evening light. Built in 1999.

Up from Boeing Field, United took delivery of this aircraft during a time when airlines would fly up to Vancouver to take delivery of new aircraft for tax purposes. Retired and stored at Victorville, CA in 2001, N185UA was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Trust in December 2006. After several leases fell through, the aircraft was moved to Marana, AZ in 2009 and broken up by 2011.