• Aircraft:

  Boeing 747-409(LCF)

• Reg: N780BA full info | N780BA photos
• Serial #:

  24310

• Airline: Boeing Company
• Photo Date: Nov 06, 2020
• Uploaded: Jul 09, 2023
• Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field - KPAE, USA - Washington

One of the Atlas Air-operated Dreamlifters departing PAE for CHS in golden winter evening light, not long before 787 production moved entirely to CHS and these birds became much less common visitors to PAE. Originally, Evergreen International Airlines operated the Dreamlifters for the first few years, and Atlas Air has operated them since. Used to carry 787 fuselages between production sites, these unique aircraft were based in PAE until 2021. Now they mostly connect CHS with sites in Japan and Italy. I was elated to capture 2 of them departing that evening.

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JakkoFly N780BA

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