C-FMEK was once a passenger plane with U.S. Airways. The Boeing 757-200 was converted to a freighter in 2009 and became a Boeing 757-200SF. It has been operated by Morningstar Air Express in Canada since 2011. We photographed C-FMEK while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on December 12, 2018.
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C-FMEK
C-FMEK performed its first flight on March 10, 1993 and was delivered to USAir on March 22, 1993 as N611AU. That airline’s name changed to U.S. Airways in 1997 and the registration number was changed to N927UW in 2007.
On October 7, 2009, N927UW was delivered to FedEx. Shortly after, the registration number changed again, this time to N902FD. Life in the FedEx main fleet didn’t last long. The Boeing 757-2B7SF was put into storage in February, 2010.
The aircraft was delivered to Morningstar Air Express on January 27, 2011 as C-FMEK. This is one of seven B752SF freighters in the fleet. This particular airplane is named ‘Hannah’.
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Boeing 757-200SF
The ‘SF’ at the end of Boeing 757-200SF means the airliner was converted from a passenger plane to a freighter. A Boeing 757-200PF rolled off the line as a cargo plane. The first conversion was flown by DHL Aviation in 2001. These aircraft were modified in Boeing’s Wichita, Kansas facility.
The Boeing 757-200SF is 47 metres or 155 feet in length with a wingspan of 38 metres or 125 feet. The height at the tail is 14 metres or 45 feet. The flight range is 5,400 kilometres.
FedEx
FedEx commenced operations in 1973 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The cargo airline has a main fleet of nearly 660 aircraft flying to over 375 destinations worldwide. The most numerous in the fleet is the Boeing 757-200SF while the largest is the Boeing 777F.
MorningStar Air Express
Morningstar Air Express is a Canadian cargo company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. The airline was founded in 1970 and mostly operates as a service provider for FedEx within Canada. Morningstar has a fleet of 17 freight aircraft. The fleet includes eight Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, seven Boeing 757-200SF and one ATR 72-200F.