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BOEING 727-200 (N268FE) - Long retired, Fed Ex's "Ginger" (N268FE), a B722, sits stripped of her titles and her engines in an isolated section of the cargo pad at Buffalo Niagara International. But she is still useful; the NFTA (Niagara Frontier Transit Authority) airport fire and police crews still use N268FE as an emergency response procedure training platform.
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BOEING 727-200 (N268FE)

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Long retired, Fed Ex's "Ginger" (N268FE), a B722, sits stripped of her titles and her engines in an isolated section of the cargo pad at Buffalo Niagara International. But she is still useful; the NFTA (Niagara Frontier Transit Authority) airport fire and police crews still use N268FE as an emergency response procedure training platform.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
I know this will sound very stupid for me to say because, after all, this old hulk is just an obsolete and scrapped piece of machinery ... but ... as I was standing here clicking a few pics of N268FE, I found myself feeling a bit of gratitude to whoever the person was who removed the titles from this jet ... because whoever it was left "Ginger's" name on it (just beneath the cockpit window). Somewhere today, there is an adult lady whose name (many years ago when she was a child) was chosen to be on Fed Ex's N268FE, and I think it is rather neat that the young girl named "Ginger" who is now an adult is still being honored with her name on this Boeing T-tail tri.
CHRIS ROBEY
Great comment Gary! So much skill and engineering genius went into that airframe.
Darryl Sarno
Great shot Gary and thank you for your well spoken comments as well. All 5!
Robert Cowling
It's still there, according to Google Maps. They were a great plane model. Many awesome vacations were started in one before Untied dumped them for a 732, and then those abominable subcontracted CRJ2's.
Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
Chris, Darryl, and Robert .... TY to each of you for commenting. Chris & Robert .... Both of you are 101% correct in your complimentary comments about the B727. And despite every jetliner frame that has emerged over the course of my 70+ years, I still rank six frames from the 60s era as my faves and five of those are tail-mounts: Boeing's 727 and 747, the Trident, the Tupolev T-tail tri, the Vickers VC-10, and Sud's Caravelle. Thanx for viewing my pic, guys. (Wave)
Tom Vance
LN 1543 ex Air Canada 727 Agreed, the 727 is King.....!! But the 777-9 is looking bad *ss soon. Imagine how many 727s have been place all over the USA Gman....just like this one, former Airliners, Cargo and ?? Ginger ought to be proud!
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18-Apr-2024 B763Rickenbacker Intl ()Memphis Intl () 11:22PM EDT 11:48PM CDT 1:26
18-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Rickenbacker Intl () 03:50PM CDT 05:58PM EDT 1:07
18-Apr-2024 B763Chicago O'Hare Intl ()Memphis Intl () 07:53AM CDT 09:07AM CDT 1:14
18-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Chicago O'Hare Intl () 04:23AM CDT 05:36AM CDT 1:12
17-Apr-2024 B763Fort Lauderdale Intl ()Memphis Intl () 10:45PM EDT 11:40PM CDT 1:55
17-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Fort Lauderdale Intl () 03:48AM CDT 06:27AM EDT 1:38
16-Apr-2024 B763Bradley Intl ()Memphis Intl () 09:56PM EDT 11:41PM CDT 2:45
16-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Bradley Intl () 03:29PM CDT 06:43PM EDT 2:13
16-Apr-2024 B763Richmond Intl ()Memphis Intl () 08:39AM EDT 09:27AM CDT 1:48
16-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Richmond Intl () 04:26AM CDT 06:51AM EDT 1:24
15-Apr-2024 B763Charlotte/Douglas Intl ()Memphis Intl () 10:26PM EDT 10:50PM CDT 1:23
14-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Charlotte/Douglas Intl () 04:12PM CDT 06:22PM EDT 1:10
14-Apr-2024 B763Harry Reid Intl ()Memphis Intl () 05:51AM PDT 10:30AM CDT 2:39
13-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Harry Reid Intl () 04:09PM CDT 05:41PM PDT 3:31
13-Apr-2024 B763New Orleans Intl ()Memphis Intl () 07:03AM CDT 07:59AM CDT 0:56
13-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()New Orleans Intl () 03:26AM CDT 04:15AM CDT 0:48
12-Apr-2024 B763Manchester Boston Rgnl ()Memphis Intl () 08:53PM EDT 10:29PM CDT 2:36
12-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Manchester Boston Rgnl () 03:21PM CDT 06:46PM EDT 2:24
12-Apr-2024 B763Los Angeles Intl ()Memphis Intl () 05:57AM PDT 11:05AM CDT 3:08
12-Apr-2024 B763Newark Liberty Intl ()Los Angeles Intl () 01:33AM EDT 03:49AM PDT 5:15
11-Apr-2024 B763Boston Logan Intl ()Newark Liberty Intl () 10:33PM EDT 11:21PM EDT 0:48
11-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Boston Logan Intl () 04:20AM CDT 07:29AM EDT 2:08
10-Apr-2024 B763Sacramento Intl ()Memphis Intl () 07:00PM PDT 12:33AM CDT (+1) 3:33
10-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Sacramento Intl () 03:14PM CDT 05:04PM PDT 3:50
10-Apr-2024 B763Philadelphia Intl ()Memphis Intl () 09:06AM EDT 10:26AM CDT 2:19
10-Apr-2024 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Philadelphia Intl () 04:41AM EDT 05:50AM EDT 1:09
09-Apr-2024 B763Dallas-Fort Worth Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 11:05PM CDT 01:38AM EDT (+1) 1:32
09-Apr-2024 B763Memphis Intl ()Dallas-Fort Worth Intl () 03:40AM CDT 04:59AM CDT 1:19
08-Apr-2024 B763El Paso Intl ()Memphis Intl () 07:53PM MDT 10:59PM CDT 2:06
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