Chronological order of events
Dates inBlack are considered exact and dates inRed are approximate.
| Date | Reg | Airline | Livery | Name | Event | Airport | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-02-20 | B-2446 | CAAC | First Flight | ||||
| 1976-03-01 | B-2446 | Other | Registration NTU. Delivery delayed? | ||||
| 1980-07-11 | N1304E | CAAC | Flight | Reported pre-delivery check flight. | |||
| 1980-09-23 | N1304E | CAAC | Delivered | ||||
| 1987-05-01 | N1304E | CAAC | Seen | ||||
| 1988-01-01 | B-2452 | CAAC | Reg Changed | ||||
| 1988-07-01 | Air China | Other | Transferred to Air China | ||||
| 1988-08-01 | B-2452 | CAAC | Seen | Photo | |||
| 1988-08-28 | B-2452 | CAAC | Seen | ZRH | Photo | ||
| 1989-11-17 | B-2452 | CAAC | Seen | FRA | Photo | ||
| 1991-06-01 | B-2452 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | ZRH | Photo | |
| 1991-09-12 | B-2452 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | ZRH | Photo | |
| 1992-10-26 | B-2452 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | HKG | Photo | |
| 1995-08-06 | B-2452 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | LHR | Photo | |
| 1997-12-10 | B-2452 | Air China | White (?) | Seen | HKG | ||
| 1998-09-01 | B-2452 | Air China | Incident | ANC | Number 2 engine hit by luggage tractor Read about incident | ||
| 1999-05-10 | B-2452 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | PEK | Photo | |
| 1999-11-12 | B-2452 | UT Finance Corp. | Bought | ||||
| 1999-11-12 | N139SW | UT Finance Corp. | Reg Changed | ||||
| 2000-01-04 | Seen | VCV | No visible registration | ||||
| 2000-04-03 | For Sale | Listed as for sale by Boeing. | |||||
| 2001-05-31 | N139SW | UT Finance Corp. | Ferried | PBG | |||
| 2001-07-01 | N139SW | UT Finance Corp. | Seen | PBG | Plattsburgh, NY | ||
| 2001-10-29 | N747UT | UT Finance Corp. | Reg Changed | ||||
| 2002-01-14 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | PBG | N747UT is now doing airborne tests of the PW4000 engine. Has done a few dozen flights already with the first engine. | ||
| 2005-01-18 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | Flight | PBG | FlewReducedVerticalSeparationMinimums (RVSM) certification flight. Currently has 57553.3 hours, 13914 cycles. No further flight plans until at least mid-2005. | ||
| 2005-01-24 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | ex Air China | Seen | PBG | Aircraft is out on the ramp. Still being used as a flying engine test bed for Pratt & Whitney. Registered as "Experimental" category. | |
| 2005-08-02 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | ex Air China | Other | PBG | N747UT has returned to it's place inside the hangar. And is quite complete. We've just begun the latest round of CPCP cards to "catch up" on all the work that we are behind on. | |
| 2007-10-04 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | ex Air China | Seen | YUL | At roughly 11:00 N747UT was seen flying North at about 15,000 feet above YUL. | |
| 2007-11-05 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | Other | PBG | See video of testflight | ||
| 2008-05-14 | N747UT | No Titles | Small P&W logo on tail, ex Air China cht | Seen | PBG | Wearing a PW4170 engine Photo | |
| 2008-07-12 | N747UT | Pratt & Whitney | PurePower Engines | Seen | PBG | Video Video | |
| 2009-06-25 | C-FPAW | Reg Changed | Registered as Experimental Aircraft | ||||
| 2009-11-06 | N747UT | Reg Cancelled | Registration cancelled in FAA Registry | ||||
| 2010-04-26 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | PurePower Engines | Incident | YMX | Performing test flight PWC-741 from Montreal Mirabel,QC to Montreal Mirabel,QC (Canada) under visual flight rules, was towing some measurement equipment in a cone on a cable several 100 feet long. When the airplane returned for a safe landing after the 3:30 hours flight, the cable plus cone was missing from the aircraft. | |
| 2010-10-24 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Pure Power Engines on left side of fuselage | Seen | YMX | Photo | |
| 2011-06-20 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | PurePower Engines | Seen | YMX | Seen doing circuits at montreal mirabel airport | |
| 2012-04-30 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | PurePower Engines | Seen | YMX | First flight with PW1200G engine Video | |
| 2012-06-18 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Other | YMX | P&W Article Article PDF Doc![]() | ||
| 2013-06-10 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | YMX | Photo | ||
| 2014-10-14 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | MHV | Aircraft showed up about a week ago at Mojave,CAIt is parked in front of ASB Avionics. They do avionics upgrades so that is most likely why it is here. | ||
| 2014-12-01 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Flight | YMX | Took off from YMX and climbed to 15 000 feet heading west a few minutes after C-GTTF | ||
| 2015-02-27 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | YMX | Engine #2 is replaced with the PW1500G engine that powers the Cseries Photo | ||
| 2015-03-03 | C-GPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Other | Article inDesign News Article PDF Doc![]() | |||
| 2015-03-04 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | YFB | Cold weather tests for new engine Photo | ||
| 2015-05-18 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Ferried | COS | NYL-COS and then COS-NYL | ||
| 2016-01-29 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Flight | YMX | YMX-YMX | ||
| 2016-07-25 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Pure Power Engines | Seen | MZJ | Photo | |
| 2016-08-01 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Maintenance | MZJ | |||
| 2016-10-22 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Returning home to YMX from MZJ | ||
| 2016-11-01 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2017-08-01 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2017-08-07 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2017-08-10 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2017-08-27 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | COS | Departed YMX for COS | ||
| 2017-08-28 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | COS | Test flight | ||
| 2017-08-29 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | COS | Test flight | ||
| 2017-08-30 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | COS | Test flight | ||
| 2017-09-05 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Returning from COS after maintenance | ||
| 2018-02-14 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2018-03-22 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | MZJ | Flight YMX-MZJ | ||
| 2018-05-11 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Flight MZJ-YMX | ||
| 2019-03-01 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Performed flight | ||
| 2019-08-13 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Flight | ||
| 2020-05-20 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | 6 Hour Flight | ||
| 2021-04-06 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | |||
| 2022-02-28 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | 6 H 21 Mins normal operations flight | ||
| 2022-05-02 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | MZJ | Flight YMX-MZJ | ||
| 2022-06-23 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | Return from maintenance MZJ-YMX | ||
| 2022-11-02 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney Canada | Flight | YMX | YMX-YMX | ||
| 2024-05-06 | C-FPAW | Pratt & Whitney | Seen | YMX | Photo |
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