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    Airframe Family: Boeing B727 / C-22
    Latest Model:727-231(F)
    Construction Number:19562
    Last Civil Registration:9Q-CWD
    Compressed ID:Boeing 727-231(F) cn 19562 cr 9Q-CW...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wimbi Dira Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as a 727-231.

    25 May 1968

    To TWA-Trans World Airlines with new c/r N12305.

    Markings Applied: TWA N12305 Fleet#4305


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: Kansas City, MO

    From March 1995 to 26 October 1995

    Leased to Paradise Airways.

    Circa August 1995


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: N12305 - Boeing B-727-231 - Paradise Airways at Miami International Airport (MIA

    26 October 1995

    Leased to Prestige Airways.

    December 1997

    Converted to a 727-231(F).
    Converted to dedicated freighter.

    December 1997

    To Express One keeping c/r N12305.
    Operated by/for European Air Transport.

    4 August 1998


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N12305 in DHL-colors flying for European Air Transport taking off at Lisbon, Portugal

    23 December 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N12305 (727-231, 19562) issued.

    From 16 May 2003 to 14 July 2003

    To Professional Mainenance Services, Hazleton, PA keeping c/r N12305.

    14 July 2003

    To Wimbi Dira Airways with new c/r 9Q-CWD.

    14 July 2003

    Civil registration, N12305, cancelled.
    Exported to Congo Republic O.


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Johannesburg

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And subsequently broken up at Kinshasha.
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