Douglas DC-8-63F · 63CF MSN 45968

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Remarks

N908CL NTU

History

Douglas DC-8-63CF, serial number 45968. Delivered to Capitol Int'l Airways on 29 Aug 1968, registered N4908C. N908CL not taken up. Operated by Flying Tiger Line on 29 Sep 1975. Operated by SATA on 30 Sep 1975 as HB-IDS. Operated by Flying Tiger Line on 18 Feb 1978 as N871TV. Leased to Trans International Airlines on 10 Apr 1979. Renamed Transamerica Airlines on 1 Oct 1979. Flying Tiger returned 26 May 1980; leased again 10 Sep 1980, returned 1 Jul 1984; converted to DC8-73CF Aug 1984. Operated by United Parcel Svc-UPS on 14 Sep 1984. Re-registered with United Parcel Svc-UPS in Nov 1984 as N868UP. Type withdrawn from use by 12 May 2009, ferried Louisville International Airport to Roswell Air Center Airport 14 May 2009, seen 25 Aug 2009, UPS to Aersale 31 Mar 2011, cancelled 3 Aug 2011. Current status: scrapped.