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Airframe 22805 History
 
 
Airframe:
22805/564
 
 
Version:
747SP-SP09
 
 
Engines:
PW JT9D-7A
 
 
Cabin Configuration:
Executive
 
 
Current Status:
stored
 
 
 
Date
Reg
Airline
Livery
Name
Event
Airport
Notes
6/10/1982 N4522V First Flight
6/15/1982 N4522V Wilmington Trust Company Sold
6/15/1982 N4522V China Airlines Leased
6/29/1982 N4522V China Airlines Delivered Seating config: F18 C32 Y231
2/15/1985 N4522V China Airlines Incident Loss of thrust in no. 4 engine while flying at FL 410. Descent to FL 300 and successfully restarted.
2/18/1985 N4522V China Airlines Incident Loss of thrust in no. 4 engine at FL 430. Restarted at FL 280 successfully.
2/19/1985 N4522V China Airlines Incident Lost thrust in no. 4 engine, then made uncontrolled descent from 41000 feet to 9500 feet over the Pacific Ocean on flight from TPE to LAX. Aircraft suffered significant damage, but was eventually returned to service.
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2/20/1985 N4522V China Airlines Status 10193 hours on airframe
4/25/1985 N4522V China Airlines Other SFO Boeing completes repairs; aircraft returns to service.
9/14/1987 N4522V China Airlines Incident LAX The engine cowling of the aircraft hit a vehicle which was disabled near taxiway.
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6/1/1994 China Airlines Seen
1/1/1995 N4522V China Airlines Seen HKG See video of aircraft taxi.
1/2/1995 N4522V China Airlines Seen HKG See video of a takeoff from HKG.
1/1/1997 N4522V Mandarin Airlines Leased
2/2/1997 N4522V Mandarin Airlines Full c/s Seen HND
12/10/1997 N4522V Mandarin Airlines White Seen HKG
12/31/1997 N4522V Sanwa Business Credit Returned
1/23/1998 N4522V No titles, all white Seen LAS
2/4/1998 N4522V All white, no titles Seen LAS In storage, engines sealed.
12/18/2001 N4522V Sold Sold by Fleet Bank to Global Peace Ambassadors.
4/2/2002 N4522V All white, no titles Ferried LAS-AMA-MDT
4/3/2002 N4522V Other MDT In heavy maintenance, Stambaugh Air Service
4/30/2002 N4522V Global Peace Initiative Other Airworthiness certificate issued to Global Peace Initiative, Inc.
8/20/2003 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors No logo on tail. Seen MDT Photo by Tom Bellisario.
12/1/2003 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Ferried MDT-TUS for maintenance.
1/26/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Logo on tail. Flight TUS Being upfitted and refurbished by Renegade Venture Corp. Flew a demo flight TUS-TUS.
2/13/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight TUS-TUS Flew demo flight
2/18/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight TUS-MDT
2/20/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight MDT-HAAB
2/24/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight OJAI-MDT
3/2/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight MDT-MTPP
3/4/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Back In Service TUS Renegade Venture Corporation announces completion of major service work.
3/6/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight ILM-MDT
3/12/2004 N4522V Global Pease Ambassadors Flight MDT-OSC
8/18/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight OSC-BWI
8/19/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen BWI Seen parked at Baltimore.
8/24/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen BWI Photo by Shawn Byers.
12/1/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen CCS
12/3/2004 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen SJU Seen at San Juan, mission unknown. Photo
1/1/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors White with blue lettering Seen SJU - San Juan, Puerto Rico Seen throughout the week of 12/25 at the airport. Engines were running on 01/01/05 as if preparing to depart.
1/2/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen CVG Cincinnati Arrived at CVG at Approx 2115.
1/4/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight CVG to LCA Aircraft noted overflying Europe en route to India with American aid workers to help with tsunami relief work
1/12/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen SNN Shannon, Ireland Aircraft had crew rest en route Hyderabad, India to USA having flown American aid workers to help with tsunami relief work
1/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen CVG Departed CVG for EFD, returning to Houston (base) after Tsunami relief mission.
1/15/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen EFD Parked at EFD
1/18/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors White with Blue Stripe Ferried EFD-DAL
1/27/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Global Peace One Flight DAL-SFB Press release
1/28/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight SFB-EFD
1/29/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight EFD-DNAA
2/2/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors White w blue stripes Global Peace One Seen GOT Arr 18.07 UTC from CMB. ETD feb03 time 11.00 UTC to YYZ.
Pax in and out 23. Purpose of flight: Humanitarian
2/3/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen GOT Departed Rwy 21 at 15.30 UTC. Routed via Aalborg-Bodö for YYZ.
Callsign used: Boeing N4522V
2/3/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YYZ Arrived 18:44 from GOT, and departed 19:53 to IAH
2/4/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight YYZ-EFD
3/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen EFD See photo
3/16/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Status EFD Parked at the Coast Guard hangar at Ellington AFB. Scheduled for maintenance soon?
5/5/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Ferried EFD-DFW Ferried to DFW for C-check. Maintenance to be done in Delta hangar by furloughed United mechanics.
6/15/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Ferried DFW-MZJ Ferried to Evergreen facility at MZJ for service work on passenger oxygen system.
6/18/2005 N4522V Ferried MZJ-LAX
6/19/2005 N4522V Ferried LAX-MZJ
6/20/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Global Peace One Seen MSC Global Peace One is now located back in MSC (Mesa, Arizona) after an aborted trip scheduled from MZJ (Marana, Arizona) to LAX (Los Angeles, California) then to EWR (Newark, New Jersey) on Saturday to pick up a group bound for Poland and Israel.
6/20/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Ferried CHD Ferried to CHD (Williams Gateway, Mesa,AZ)
6/22/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight Flown from Pease International Tradeport to Damascus for start of new international mission.
6/27/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen BOM Seen parked near international terminal in Mumbai. Still there on 4 July.
7/9/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight Flight from Tripoli, Libya to Bangor, Maine.
7/10/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen BWI Seen parked at the remote ramp after an early morning arrival
7/11/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight BWI-LIT
7/12/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen LIT Parked in front of Central Flying Service north terminal in Little Rock, AR. Department of Homeland Security is keeping a very close eye on the aircraft.
7/12/2005 N4522V Global Pease Ambassadors Flight LIT-CVG
7/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Flight CVG-CYQT Flight from Cincinnati to Thunder Bay, Ontario (route: ROD J43 CRL J43 SSM J500 YQT ) Landed 17:45 EDT
7/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Landed at CYQT on Runway 07. There were some ground handling issues in progress while attempting to get people off the aircraft. The roll up stairs were a little too short and some 8 feet too low to allow those on board to exit. Ground crew on the ramp were saying there never has been a Boeing 747 on the airport before. Judging by the landing and roll out, the aircraft must have been extremely light. The aircraft was slowed to a safe taxi speed at the 4500 foot position on the runway.
7/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT As an aircraft maintenance engineer for Wasaya Airways L.P., I was astonished by the presence of this huge aircraft at our airport here in Thunder Bay.
7/18/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Other Operating certificate suspended by FAA:
(Title 14CFR, Part 125);

1) aircraft not maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of prior letter of deviation

2) non-compliance of approved inspection program

3) non-compliance with airworthiness directives and flight operations with improperly deferred maintenance discrepancies
7/31/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT aircraft was sitting on the ramp.
8/11/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Locals indicate unpaid landing fees Thunder Bay and possibly other airports. Concern about moving and storage of aircraft and impact on snow removal
10/28/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Still in Thunder Bay, have good picture taken from 030 degrees off nose
11/12/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Seen being winterized. Airport manager reports all parking fees are being paid promptly.
12/3/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Engineer flown in to prepare plane for flight. Tire pressures found to be 100 to 150 psi below spec, hydraulic levels as well as engines oil levels very low as well. APU was started up and run most of the day. Possible departure Sunday after dark. Destination not know at this time.
12/8/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Status YQT Aircraft will be ferried shortly. FAA Ferry Permit applied for and aircraft is being readied to leave the cold climate of YQT.
12/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Other YQT Flight crew at YQT, but still awaiting FAA to grant ferry permit.
12/13/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen YQT Performing taxi, braking, and engine run up tests in preparation for ferry flight.
12/15/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Other YQT Flight plan filed for ferry flight. YQT-MTJ
12/16/2005 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Ferried YQT-MTJ Ferried YQT to MTJ (Tijuana, Mexico) to undergo service at Matrix, a heavy maintenance facility
4/22/2006 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen MTJ Seen sitting outside the AVOLAR hangar at Tijuana airport. It seems that work on the aircraft has not been started yet at this date. Several years ago, another B-747 arrived to the Tijuana airport for a major overhaul, but it was never repaired and eventually the aircraft was scrapped.
12/17/2006 N4522V GPI Seen TIJ Still sitting outside Avolar hangar. No work taking place. Engines uncovered, and no measures appear to have been taken to preserve the planes serviceability.
2/1/2007 N4522V For Sale Aircraft is reportedly for sale.
5/17/2009 N4522V Global Peace Ambassadors Seen TIJ Aircraft parked at 32.544059, -116.965621, visible on Google Maps Satellite. Appears abandoned
5/20/2010 N4522V Other TIJ Plane has been moved from its last location. When we landed at Tijuana airport, I found out that the plane was gone. I believe it was moved inside the only big hangar at the airport. Rumors that the plane will be scrapped.
6/12/2010 N4522V GPA W/B B747-SP MMTJ PLANE STILLS PARKED AT TIJUANA AIRPORT IN BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO AT THE "A VOLAR HANGAR RAMP", THE EXTERIOR OUTSIDE CONDITION IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE.
7/23/2010 N4522V Global Ambassador White Boeing 747-SP Seen TIJ After long time not seen, rolled out today morning to Avolar Hangar ramp and stood there. It is now 6:30 PM PT, hangar door closed, airplane remains outdoor at west end of the ramp.
8/20/2010 N4522V Global Peace Ambassador White Boeing 747-SP Seen TIJ Was watching this bird from my place 4.5 miles / 7.3 Km away using binocular. 11:00 AM plane been pulled half out from right hand side of Avolar Hangar. 3:00 PM plane been changed to left hand side. Hangar closed door around 6:30 PM with plane inside. Now 8/21 9:00 AM no action from Hangar. Doors remain closed.

 
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N4522V
Global Peace Ambassadors
Date: 5/22/2008 at TIJ
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Still parked at TIJ, in good condition
 


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N4522V

Date: 2/15/2007 at TIJ
Photo: Ron Greene
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N4522V
Global Peace Ambassadors
Date: 7/22/2006 at TIJ
Photo: Tex Fountain
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From USA side
 


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N4522V
Global Peace Ambassadors
Date: 7/22/2006 at TIJ
Photo: Tex Fountain
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View over the border fence and junk yard
 


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N4522V
Global Peace Ambassadors
Date: 7/22/2006 at TIJ
Photo: Tex Fountain
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Mexico side of border
 

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