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2010-01-31, 06:29 AM
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FedEx reveals Panda Express Boeing 777F decal
By John Croft
Air cargo carrier FedEx has revealed renderings of how one if its first Boeing 777F freighters will look when it departs the US for China on a special mission the morning of 4 February.
Dubbed the “Panda Express”, the 777F (N850FD) complete with a 149m2 (1,600ft2) panda decal on the nose section, will fly non-stop from Dulles International airport near Washington’s National Zoo, to Chengdu, China, with a small but significant payload - two giant pandas.
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Tai Shan, a 4.5-year-old male panda, born at the National Zoo, will travel with Mei Lan, a 3-year-old panda born at the Atlanta zoo. FedEx plans to pick up Mei Lan in Atlanta on the way to Dulles. Seating accommodations are being provided by FedEx: Two custom-built tubular steel containers.
The company plans to install the decal this weekend. To date, FedEx has received three of its 30 777Fs on order.
FedEx reveals Panda Express Boeing 777F decal
By John Croft
Air cargo carrier FedEx has revealed renderings of how one if its first Boeing 777F freighters will look when it departs the US for China on a special mission the morning of 4 February.
Dubbed the “Panda Express”, the 777F (N850FD) complete with a 149m2 (1,600ft2) panda decal on the nose section, will fly non-stop from Dulles International airport near Washington’s National Zoo, to Chengdu, China, with a small but significant payload - two giant pandas.
http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=32669
©FedEx
http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=32670
©FedEx
Tai Shan, a 4.5-year-old male panda, born at the National Zoo, will travel with Mei Lan, a 3-year-old panda born at the Atlanta zoo. FedEx plans to pick up Mei Lan in Atlanta on the way to Dulles. Seating accommodations are being provided by FedEx: Two custom-built tubular steel containers.
The company plans to install the decal this weekend. To date, FedEx has received three of its 30 777Fs on order.