The aircraft, N367SP (msn 33510), was already introduced into Samaritan’s Purse’s fleet in February 2025. It is the first of the type for the US-based evangelical Christian organisation. It will replace the 56.5-year-old DC-8-72(CF), which the operator plans to retire in late 2025.
The aircraft is used for in-house freighter operations alongside a B757-200(PCF), with both providing heavy airlift capacity to deliver aid worldwide, the organisation told ch-aviation in March.
N367SP is a 19.5-year-old aircraft that operated between 2006 and 2011 for ANA - All Nippon Airways and between 2011 and 2024 for Express Freighters Australia.
The organisation’s fleet comprises the two Boeing freighters, one DC-8-72(CF), one Falcon 900EX, two G550s, one SkyCourier 408 (with two more on order¨), one Bell 407, one Bell 412, two CN-212-200s, one Cessna 172, one Cessna 182E, one Cessna A185F, one Cessna 208, five Cessna 208Bs, two Daher Kodiak 100s, one Daher Kodiak 200, one DHC-8-300, one King Air B200, two King Air B350s, and one Piper PA-18.
CH Aviation / Photo: Samaritan
