This aircraft was built with serial number 55 and made its first flight on 03/01/1978. Joined Thai Airways fleet on 14/04/1978 with registration HS-TGM. In 1989 its registration was changed to HS-THM until it was purchased by Silverbird Aviation of Seychelles on 28/04/1996 with registration 3B-THM and kept in Bangkok until a month later on 26/05/1996 with Register S7-AAZ entered the fleet of this company.
Mahan company bought this plane and imported it to the country on 11/10/1999 [corresponding to 19 Aban 1378]. After EP-MHE was retired in Kerman, it was the world's oldest Airbus still in service. The seating arrangement of this aircraft was C24 Y221. This content is copied from Tayareh's blog.
Currently, this plane is decommissioned and is used as a Rescue Simulation at Imam Khomeini Airport.
Real Photo:
Credit to @GalacticaAsia's for his original Airbus A300-600PW
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Airbus A300-100 Mahan Air
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 147.1ft (44.8m)
- Length 178.3ft (54.4m)
- Height 54.1ft (16.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 98,439lbs (44,651kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.514
- Wing Loading 29.5lbs/ft2 (144.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,334.8ft2 (309.8m2)
- Drag Points 21324
Parts
- Number of Parts 749
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 3,209
@JacksEpicGamingYT Training people to be able to perform rescue in case of an emergency landing on land.
@XAircraftManufacturer I have a lot of memories with this one.
@JacksEpicGamingYT Yes, unfortunately, the plane was retired in 2013 and is currently used for rescue simulator.
Nice but you could have used the newer A300 he made