Evergreen International Airlines
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Evergreen International Airlines (IATA: EZ, ICAO: EIA, and Callsign: Evergreen) <ref>Airline Codes</ref> is a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. It operates contract freight services, offering long and short term charters and scheduled flights, as well as wet lease services. It operates services for the U.S. military and the United States Postal Service, as well as ad hoc charter flights. Its main bases are Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York and Columbus Metropolitan Airport, and a hub at Hong Kong International Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established by Delford Smith (founder and owner) and started operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters. It acquired the airline certificate of Johnson Flying Service and later became Evergreen International Airlines. The holding company Evergreen International Aviation (Delford Smith), formed in 1979, wholly owns the airline.
It also owns and operates the not-for-profit Evergreen Aviation Museum, home of the Spruce Goose.
Lee waves were believed responsible for the in-flight separation of the #2 engine on an Evergreen Boeing 747-121, registration: N473EV, near Anchorage, Alaska in 1993.<ref>[NTSB Report DCA93MA033</ref>
[edit] Destinations
Evergreen International Airlines operates the following freight services (at August 2006):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Anchorage, Columbus and New York, Chicago, Ill.
- International scheduled destinations: Nagoya, Japan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, China.
[edit] Fleet
The Evergreen International Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :
- 1 Boeing 727-100F
- 6 Boeing 747-100F
- 2 Boeing 747-200C
- 5 Boeing 747-200F
- 2 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10
- 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30CF
- 4 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30RC
The Airline is also expected to operate three Boeing 747 LCF oversized freighters for Boeing, after the modifications to the aircraft are completed and the aircraft are certified. <ref>Boeing News Release</ref>
It is scheduled to operate the SOFIA Boeing 747SP aircraft for NASA at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA (on the silicon valley near San Jose). <ref>The SOFIA Boeing 747SP</ref>
It has completing final modifications on a Boeing 747-200 aircraft modified to be a Supertanker to fight fires. The airline was awaiting final approval from the FAA, which arrived in the last week of October 2006.<ref>Giant jet unlikely to attack California fire</ref> With this it will be adding a giant aircraft to its current fleet of fire fighting aircraft. This Supertanker will offer at least seven times more drop capability as compared to the current largest airtanker. Its capacity to carry a large volume of Fire retardant will considerably decrease the time taken in fighting large fires. <ref>Supertanker Contract Could Land Firefighting Jet in Area</ref>
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