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The airline was established by Delford M. Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters.It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines (a known CIA front) from Pacific Corporation (also a CIA front) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines, a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter ...
The third 747 Supertanker was developed by Global Supertanker Services, which acquired most of Evergreen's assets. The Global Supertanker (N744ST, tanker/tail number 944) is a Boeing 747-400 dubbed the Spirit of John Muir.
The 47-year-old male first officer had been with the airline since 1991 and 10,500 flight hours, 600 of them on the Boeing 747. The 33-year-old female flight engineer had been with Evergreen since 1989 and had 2,600 flight hours. She was the most experienced on the Boeing 747, having logged 1,201 hours on it. [2]: 6, 8
The main subsidiary was Evergreen International Airlines which operated the Boeing 747 as a cargo or tanker aircraft to locations around the world. The 747-200 " Evergreen Supertanker " was capable of delivering 20,000 gallons of water on wildfires, nearly ten times what could be delivered by a conventional U.S. Forest Service firefighting air ...
Ex-Flying Tiger Boeing 747-200F (there is a tiny FedEx logo aft of the cockpit window; Japan required FedEx aircraft to retain the Flying Tiger paint job for several years) At its peak, the Tigers employed approximately 251 flight attendants and carried up to a record 594 passengers and crew on its MAC all-coach passenger flights. Approximately ...
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan.On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight.
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland.On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
Beverly Burns, the first woman to captain the Boeing 747 airliner, here in July 1985. Captain Burns received numerous awards and commendations. On January 31, 1985, she received the Amelia Earhart Award —presented by New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and the CEO of People Express, Donald Burr—for her historic flight as captain of the Boeing ...