This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California

First flown at Longbeach - January 08, 1975

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZQ - February 19, 1975

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - February 20, 1975

Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain P. F. Le Couteur) - February 20, 1975

Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - February 21, 1975

Operated its first revenue service - February 1975

Withdrawn from service and stored at Auckland Airport - September 1982

Sold to American Airlines - September 17, 1982

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - September 17, 1982

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N138AA - September 17, 1982

Registered to American Airlines, Dallas, Texas

Sold to Polaris Leasing - January 1984

Leased to American Airlines as the registered operator

Withdrawn from service - October 02, 1993

Stored at Amarillo, Texas

The aircraft had flown 76,826 hours with 14,261 cycles

It was ferried Amarillo - Marana for storage - November 10, 1993

Returned to Polaris Leasing at Marana on the termination of the lease - November 10, 1995

Reregistered as N14074 - January 04, 1996

Leased to Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas as the registered operator

Withdrawn from service by Continental Airlines - August 31, 2001

Returned to Polaris Leasing at Mojave and stored - August 31, 2001

Sold to COA Purchasing Service - November 30, 2001

Observed stored at Mojave in Continental livery - June 2004

Broken up at Movaje - ?

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 21, 2013

ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at London Heathrow Airport, September 03, 1977.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, February 10, 1978.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1978.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1978.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1980.

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ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1981.

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N138AA. American - in the standard livery at London Gatwick Airport, May 1984.

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N14074. Continental - in the final livery at London Heathrow Airport, September 1997.

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