History of PH-MCF,see below,
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PH-MCF. Boeing 747-21AC. c/n 24134-712.
Ordered new by Martinair (Holland) as
passenger / freighter aircraft with nose cargo door
Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - July 25, 1988
Rolled out in a hybrid Martinair / Qantas livery with full Qantas titles and tail logo
Powered by General Electric CF6-50E2 engines
First flown as N6009F - September 15, 1988
Accepted by Martinair at Seattle (Everett) - September 26, 1988
Aircraft named 'Prins Claus' at Seattle
Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-MCF - September 26, 1988
Registered to Gelderse Luchtvaartmaatsch-Appij, Schiphol
Departed Seattle on delivery to Amsterdam - September 26, 1988
Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd - October 1, 1988
Aircraft was manned by Martinair technical crews and Qantas cabin crews
Ferried Amsterdam - London (Heathrow) as QF500D on delivery to Qantas - October 1, 1988
Operated first Qantas revenue service London - Sydney as QF704 - October 1, 1988
Operated last revenue service Sydney - Singapore - Bahrain - Frankfurt - Rome as QF5- May 29, 1989
Ferried Rome - Amserdam as QF500D on termination of lease - May 30, 1989
Entered service with Martinair Holland - June 1989
Leased to Qantas Airways as a freighter in full Martinair livery - April 20, 1990
First freighter revenue service Amsterdam - Bahrain - Singapore - Sydneyas QF560 - April 25, 1990
Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - April 26, 1990
Departed Sydney on last revenue freighter service - May 23, 1990
Route: QF567 Sydney - Christchurch; QF568 Christchurch - Nadi - Honolulu - Anchorage - Manchester
Ferried Manchester - Amsterdam as QF586P on termination of lease - May 24, 1990
Returned to Martinair service - May 1990
Leased to Singapore Airlines in full Martinair livery - November 7, 1991
Returned to Martinair on termination of lease - April 6, 1992
Returned to Martinair service - April 1992
Operated final Martinair service Tianjin - Nanjing - Bangkok - Sharjah - Amsterday as MP78 - October 27, 2007
Observed at Amsterdam in all-white livery without titles - December 13, 2007
Observed at Amsterdam in all-white livery with registration N134AP - March 1, 2008
Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - April 23, 2008
Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N134AP - April 25, 2008
Registered to Pafco 24134 Statutory Trust, New York
Repainted with registration TC-AKZ for Ankair (Turkey) at Amsterdam - May 30, 2008
Ferried as VVF8925 Amsterdam - Istanbul (Sabiha Gokeen) as TC-AKZ - May 31, 2008
Delivered to ACT Airlines (Turkey) in all-white livery without titles
Leased to Iran Air - July 1, 2009
Entered onto the Iranian Aircraft Register as EP-ICD
Current with Iran Air - 2012
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