Douglas DC-8-50 · 55 MSN 45753

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SAS bt 06.66

History

Douglas DC-8-55, serial number 45753. Delivered to SAS on 27 Apr 1965, registered SE-DBD. Spectrum Aerospace SAL bought Jun 1966. Leased to Swissair on 15 Oct 1967. Spectrum Aerospace SAL returned 31 Oct 1967; Swissair leased again 1 Nov 1969, Spectrum Aerospace SAL returned 1 Mar 1970. Leased to Scanair in Jun 1970. Spectrum Aerospace SAL returned 30 Oct 1979. Operated by United Air Lsg Corp on 30 Oct 1979 as N721UA. Leased to UTA on 10 Nov 1979 as EC-DIH. Sub-leased to TAE on 15 Nov 1979. Returned to United Air Lsg Corp in Sep 1980 as N721UA. Leased to ONA on 15 Sep 1980 as N916R. Sub-leased to Saudia on 16 Sep 1980. Winona Municipal Airport Max Conrad Field returned 8 Nov 1980, Winona Municipal Airport Max Conrad Field bought Nov 1980. Leased to Sun Land Airlines on 22 Nov 1980. Winona Municipal Airport Max Conrad Field returned 1 Jul 1981. Leased to Icelandair on 14 May 1982. Operated by Icelandair bt on 15 Jan 1986 as TF-FLB. Operated by Kabo Air on 4 Feb 1988 as 5N-AWE. Converted Jun 1988; seen at Brussels, Belgium 7 Jul 1993 red Kabo Air Cargo titles, African star sticker, seen 10 Oct 1993 Lux white, 29 Mar 1994 parked, left 31.03.94/ret Aviation Leasing Group. Operated by Overnight Cargo as 5N-OCM. Seen at SPL, still operated for Lebak Rural Airport, seen 11 Sep 1994 London Gatwick, UK Kabo titles removed. Operated by MK Airlines on 31 Mar 1995 as 5N-MKE. Seen at Lash 27.3, due delivered 31.3. Re-registered with MK Airlines as 9G-MKE. Officially registered 20 May 1996. Operated by Congo Air Force in Mar 2005 as 9T-TDA. Seen at Dubai 24 Jul 2005. Operated by Hewa Bora AW/Congo Air Force as 9Q-CAQ. Operated for Congo Air Force, seen at Kinshasa 12 May 2009. Operated by Congo Air Force as 9T-TCN. Seen at Kinshasa, grey no titles operational, seen Nov 2011, testflight 11 Dec 2018 after '10 years of storage', but presum not flew much since, no further reports. Current status: stored.