N492MC. Boeing 747-47UF. c/n 29253-1169.
This aircraft was ordered new by Atlas Air - ? Built by the Boeing Company Limited, Everett - 1998 Rolled out at Everett (Paine Field) - July 1998 First flown as 'N492MC' - August 02, 1998 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2B5F engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N492MC - August 12, 1998 Registered to First Security Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Atlas Air Inc, Westchester, New York as the registered operator It was observed at Luxembourgh with 'Time Define Air Freight' titles - March 03, 2002 It was observed at Preswick with 'Panalpina Air Cargo' titles - May 05, 2002 This aircraft was wet-leased by Qantas Airways for freight services between Australia - New Zealand - USA - Asia It was operated in the Atlas Air livery with a small sticker on the nose that read 'Operated by Atlas Air Inc on behalf of Qantas Airways Ltd' It was observed at Tokyo (Narita) operating services for Qantas Freight - March 03, 2015 It was observed at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with 'Operated for Qantas Airways' titles - April 01, 2018 It was observed at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with 'Operated for Qantas Airways' titles - April 14, 2019 Current status Atlas Air |
N492MC. Atlas Air - 'Spirit of Panalpina' in the old livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-767.) |
N492MC. Atlas Air - 'Spirit of Panalpina' in the basic livery at an unknown airport, June 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-768.) |