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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-10 / MD-11 / KC-10 Extender
    Latest Model:MD-11F
    Construction Number:48634
    Last Civil Registration:N280UP
    Compressed ID:McDD MD-11F cn 48634 cr N280UP
    Latest Owner or Location:United Parcel Service Co, Louisville, KY

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    Dates

    Event

    1997

    Constructed as a MD-11 by McDonnell Douglas.

    11 July 1997

    To Swissair with new c/r HB-IWP.

    Circa 1999


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Zurich International

    31 March 2002

    To Swiss International Air Lines keeping c/r HB-IWP.

    23 June 2003

    To Swiss International Air Lines with new c/r N38WF.

    From 25 February 2005 to 30 December 2022

    To United Parcel Service Co, Louisville, KY with new c/r N280UP.

    December 2005

    Converted to a MD-11F by McDonnell Douglas.
    Converted to dedicated freighter.

    8 December 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N280UP (MD-11F, 48634) issued.

    10 August 2020


    Photographer: George Mihalek
    Notes: At Cleveland, Ohio

    2 January 2023

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Victorville, CA.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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