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    Airframe Family: Boeing B727 / C-22
    Latest Model:727-227(F)
    Construction Number:20772
    Last Civil Registration:C-GIKF
    Compressed ID:Boeing 727-227(F) cn 20772 cr C-GIK...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter/Purolator

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    Dates

    Event

    1973

    Constructed as a 727-227.

    23 October 1973

    To Braniff with new c/r N426BN.

    March 1979


    Photographer: George Mihalek
    Notes: At Cleveland, Ohio

    15 February 1984

    To Southwest Air Lines with new c/r N551PE.

    15 February 1985

    To People Express keeping c/r N551PE.

    4 September 1986

    To Pan American World Airways keeping c/r N551PE.

    8 August 1989

    To Conttnental Air Lines keeping c/r N551PE.

    31 December 1992

    To Bank of New York Trustee, New York, NY with new c/r N99763.

    26 April 1996

    Civil registration, N99763, cancelled.

    22 October 1996

    To Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter/Greyhound Air with new c/r C-GIKF.

    May 1997


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: C-GIKF - Boeing B-727-227A - Greyhound Air (operated by Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter) at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

    November 1997

    To Ryan International Airlines keeping c/r C-GIKF.

    By 2000

    Converted to a 727-227(F).
    Converted to Freighter.

    2000

    To Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter/Purolator keeping c/r C-GIKF.

    January 2014

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Hamilton - and subsequently broken up there in December 2014.

    3 January 2014


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Hamilton International
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