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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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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
03-May-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Los Angeles Intl () 05:03PM EDT 05:50PM PDT 3:46
03-May-2025 B763Newark Liberty Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 08:01AM EDT 09:43AM EDT 1:41
02-May-2025 B763Boston Logan Intl ()Newark Liberty Intl () 11:27PM EDT 12:21AM EDT (+1) 0:54
02-May-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Boston Logan Intl () 04:29AM EDT 06:07AM EDT 1:38
01-May-2025 B763San Diego Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 07:32PM PDT 02:01AM EDT (+1) 3:29
01-May-2025 B763Memphis Intl ()San Diego Intl () 05:10AM CDT 06:34AM PDT 3:24
30-Apr-2025 B763Philadelphia Intl ()Memphis Intl () 09:54PM EDT 11:44PM CDT 2:50
30-Apr-2025 B763Memphis Intl ()Philadelphia Intl () 03:58PM CDT 06:52PM EDT 1:54
30-Apr-2025 B763Minneapolis/St Paul Intl ()Memphis Intl () 07:54AM CDT 09:33AM CDT 1:38
30-Apr-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Minneapolis/St Paul Intl () 04:47AM EDT 05:00AM CDT 1:13
28-Apr-2025 B763San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 06:59PM PDT 01:44AM EDT (+1) 3:44
27-Apr-2025 B763Memphis Intl ()San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl () 04:24PM CDT 06:24PM PDT 3:59
27-Apr-2025 B763Los Angeles Intl ()Memphis Intl () 06:27AM PDT 11:29AM CDT 3:02
26-Apr-2025 B763Vancouver Int'l ()Los Angeles Intl () 08:48AM PDT 11:09AM PDT 2:20
26-Apr-2025 B763Memphis Intl ()Vancouver Int'l () 04:19AM CDT 06:26AM PDT 4:06
25-Apr-2025 B763Dallas-Fort Worth Intl ()Memphis Intl () 09:08PM CDT 10:10PM CDT 1:01
25-Apr-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Dallas-Fort Worth Intl () 03:32AM EDT 04:16AM CDT 1:44
24-Apr-2025 B763Hartsfield-Jackson Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 10:31PM EDT 11:40PM EDT 1:09
24-Apr-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Hartsfield-Jackson Intl () 03:19AM EDT 04:20AM EDT 1:00
23-Apr-2025 B763Portland Intl ()Indianapolis Intl () 06:56AM PDT 01:37PM EDT 3:40
23-Apr-2025 B763San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl ()Portland Intl () 03:16AM PDT 04:28AM PDT 1:12
22-Apr-2025 B763Seattle-Tacoma Intl ()San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl () 08:45PM PDT 10:22PM PDT 1:36
22-Apr-2025 B763Indianapolis Intl ()Seattle-Tacoma Intl () 04:18AM EDT 05:22AM PDT 4:03
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