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For the airline owned by the Evergreen Group, see EVA Air.
For the aviation services group, see Evergreen International Aviation.
Evergreen International Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
EZ EIA EVERGREEN
Founded1975[1]
Commenced operationsNovember 28, 1975
HubsJohn F. Kennedy Int'l Airport
Fleet size15 (+3 orders)
Parent companyEvergreen International Aviation
HeadquartersMcMinnville, Oregon
Websitewww.evergreenairlines.com
An Evergreen 747 Supertanker departs Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. (2007)

Evergreen International Airlines is a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. It operates contract freight services, offering 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 crew base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.[2]

Evergreen maintains a large aircraft maintenance and storage facility at the Pinal Air Park in Marana, Arizona that the company acquired from the CIA's Air America fleet.[3][4][5]

History

The airline was established by Delford 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 from Pacific Corporation (a CIA front company) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines. The holding company, Evergreen International Aviation, formed in 1979, wholly owns the airline.[2]

One of Evergreen's Boeing 747 airplanes (registered N473EV, which suffered an in-flight engine separation in 1993, since repaired, and later scrapped in 2001) starred in the 1990 action film Die Hard 2. Additionally, Evergreen Boeing 727's were featured in numerous films including Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino, and The Rookie with Clint Eastwood.

Destinations

Evergreen International Airlines operates the following freight services as of August 2006:[citation needed]

Fleet

An Evergreen Boeing 747-200F taxiing at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Germany. (2010)
An Evergreen Boeing 747-200F taxiing at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Germany. (2010)
Boeing 747-230F landing at Stockholm - Arlanda
An Evergreen Boeing 747-200C. (2007)

The Evergreen International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 1, 2010):[6]

Evergreen International Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Notes
Boeing 747-100SF 2 0 Supertanker
1 stored at VCV
Boeing 747-200C 2 0
Boeing 747-200BSF 6 0
Boeing 747-200FSCD 1 0
Boeing 747-400F 1 0

Evergreen previously operated three Boeing 747 LCF oversized freighters for Boeing, but the contract was given to Atlas Air in September 2010. This was due to Boeing's rescheduled delivery of the Boeing 747-8Fs ordered by Atlas Air to increase their current fleet. The "Dreamlifter" is the logistic support aircraft for Boeing's global Boeing 787 Dreamliner production.[7] The company is also scheduled to operate the SOFIA Boeing 747SP aircraft for NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA (in the silicon valley near San Jose).[8]

The airline has modified a Boeing 747-100 for aerial firefighting, receiving final certification from the FAA in October 2006.[9] Compared to existing large water bombers and airtankers, the Evergreen 'Supertanker' will offer at least seven times more fire retardant capacity.[10] In December, 2010, Israel hired Evergreen's fire-fighting aircraft to assist in firefighting efforts of the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire.[11]

In August 2007, Evergreen announced that it had ordered 3 Boeing 747-400BCF to upgrade its commercial operations, with deliveries in summer 2009.[12] In March 2010, the orders have not yet been delivered. It has since been revealed that the airline will be taking an ex-Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400F in April 2010.[13]

Retired fleet

At August 2006, Evergreen International Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]

Evergreen International Airlines Retired Fleet
Aircraft Total Notes
Boeing 727-100F 1
Boeing 747-100F 3 N481EV
Douglas DC-9-32CF 4+ N931F,N933F,N944F
Lockheed P-2 Neptune 1
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-33(F) ? N8266U
Lockheed L-188A Electra ? N7136C

Incidents and accidents

  • March 18, 1989: Flight 17, a DC-9 was on a cargo flight from Kelly Air Force Base outside San Antonio to Tinker Air Force Base outside of Oklahoma City, with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. As the plane was departing, the cargo door on the plane opened; the pilot immediately requested emergency return to Carswell. As the plane was approaching on base leg, the cargo door fully opened, which caused the plane to yaw to the left and right, and then roll, until crashing near Saginaw in an inverted position. Both pilots on board were killed. The investigation found that when closing the cargo door, the copilot did not close it fully, but since the locked and latched indicators were applied incorrectly, the copilot thought the door was fully locked.[14]
  • Lee waves were believed responsible for the in-flight separation of the #2 engine on an Evergreen Boeing 747-100, registration: N473EV, near Anchorage, Alaska in 1993. The plane was since repaired, then flew until 2001.[15]The plane involved was used in the the movie Die Hard 2.

References

  1. ^ Norwood, Tom (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. pp. 79–80.
  3. ^ Evergreen Maintenance Center, Inc.
  4. ^ Thomas, Evan (April 7, 1986). "American Scene, In Arizona: A Spymaster Remembered". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  5. ^ Long, James (1988-08-14). "The Evergreen Story, Part 1". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2009-03-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Evergreen International Airlines Fleet
  7. ^ "Boeing News Release".
  8. ^ "The SOFIA Boeing 747SP".
  9. ^ "Giant jet unlikely to attack California fire".
  10. ^ "Supertanker Contract Could Land Firefighting Jet in Area".
  11. ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3994175,00.html
  12. ^ "Evergreen orders 747-400BCFs" Flight Global, 14/08/07
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC N931F Saginaw, TX
  15. ^ "NTSB Report DCA93MA033".
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