1953: TOS USAF as a B-47E. 1963: Converted to WB-47E; assigned to the 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Hickam AFB, HI. It flew weather recon missions for the Navy throughout these years. 29 Oct '69: Last recon mission for any B-47. 30 Oct '69: Flown to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, via McClellan AFB, CA; last flight of an active duty B-47. Ownership was taken over by the Naval Aviation Museum and loaned to the Boeing Museum of Flight for display. Photo shows it waiting restoration on the military ramp.

Was G-SCUH with Dan Air.

Built in 1931 as a Stearman 4-CM and flown by American Airways from 1934-1939 when sold for use as a crop duster. Purchased by its current owner Addison Pemberton in 1989 and modified to 4-DM status during restoration. The aircraft made its first post restoration flight in May 1992.

Flying from its base at Felts Field, Spokane WA. Mods include a 450HP P&W R-985 engine, additional ailerons and enclosed rear cockpit.

This 1947 Seabee was originally registered NC6084K / N6084K. It became N12CX in 1994.

A few months later on 10 January 1987, still assigned to CGAS Port Angeles, near Seattle, the helicopter ditched 400 miles off the coast of Mexico while operating from the cutter USCGC Rush, due to engine failure. Aircraft salvaged but written off. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Visiting from Comox. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

This MAX has seemingly had an identity crisis. Built and painted for LOT Polish as SP-LVG, it sat unloved from late 2019 until early 2023 when it ferried from Moses Lake to Victorville for paint. It emerged painted all white with the Bonza rudder as VH-UDV. It then interestingly ferried back to Moses Lake pinging as C-FLBG for Flair Airlines. It's been doing a bunch of test flights as C-FLBG so who knows if Flair will end up taking it. Returning back to BFI as BOE384.

FlyDubai's 46th MAX 8 heads out on a test flight as "Boeing (BOE) 041."

The newest MAX 9 for Alaska arrives from Renton on its first flight as BOE752. This airframe will later be registered N982AK.

Arriving from Anchorage as "Southern Cross (SXI) 2332" is the 3rd QantasLink 717 to be ferried out to the desert for retirement. Originally delivered to Midwest Airlines in February 2003, it later joined MexicanaClick and then QantasLink in 2012. All the 717s were operated under contract by National Jet Systems. Routing for this one was CBR-ASP-DRW-CEB-NGO-CTS-ADK-ANC-BFI-VCV.

United is up to a whopping 111 MAXs in the fleet now, with another 29 coming in the near future. Here's one of them returning from its 2nd test flight as BOE489.

Registered N150L when delivered to Bonanza in October 1959, this Fairchild built F-27A was re-registered N750L in 1964. Merged with Air West in March 1968, the airline was bought by Howard Hughes in 1969 and re-named Hughes Air West the following year. Sold to Air Mauritanie as 5T-CJU, Horizon Air acquired the aircraft in May 1984 (N4798W) and converted to an F-27J re-registered N280PH by July. With CATA Linea Aerea as LV-PAD / AZV from 1987. Retired in 1995, parts were be used to re-build F-27 LV-RLB (cn 42), the abandoned fuselage was donated to a technical school in Buenos Aires circa 2005.

First flown in August 1964, the aircraft arrived in Essendon on 16 October 1964 and commenced revenue operations on the 2 November 1964, its last revenue flight being on the 14th of February 1976. The aircraft was sold and operated in the US until 1991 and finally scrapped in 1993. (Original Photo by Boeing - No. P36501)

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The full civilian history of this aircraft can be found at http://www.wdaguy.com/N87U.html. The aircraft was last reported painted in blue US Navy colours undergoing restoration at Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX., in June 2019.