Douglas DC-8-62 · 62H MSN 46082

Timeline

History

Douglas DC-8-62H, serial number 46082. Delivered to Alitalia on 14 May 1969, registered I-DIWK. Operated by Braniff on 7 Jan 1979 as N801BN. Ultra Corvette Light Blue c/s; seen at Los Angeles International 22 Oct 1981. Operated by IAL in Nov 1983. Leased to Nacelle Corp in Sep 1984. The Quiet DC8 Title, used for hush-kit development; International Air Leases returned Dec 1985. Operated by Cammacorp in Dec 1985. Operated by NASA on 4 Feb 1986. Converted Apr 1986. Re-registered with NASA in Aug 1986 as N717NA. Seen Jan 1997 Marana. Re-registered with NASA on 25 Jun 1998 as N817NA. Seen in service Sep 1998 Edwards Air Force Base, seen 18 Mar 2001 Yokota AB Japan for TRACE-P mission, still based Edwards, ferried to Grand Forks ND Sep 2005, seen 14 Sep 2005, NASA pays $25 million to University of North Dakota to maintain and operate it, centerpiece of new National Suborbital Education and Research Center. Re-registered with NASA on 23 Jan 2006 as N436NA. Seen at Houston Houston-Ellington Field, TX 21 Mar 2006 University of North Dakota titles, operated by North Dakota late 2005-11.07, ferried and to be based at Dryden Air Force Base, CA 8 Nov 2007 (registration at Nov 2007 to be confirmed). Re-registered with NASA on 21 Nov 2007 as N817NA. Reserved 26 Sep 2007, code '817', re-registered seen Apr 2008, seen in service Fairbanks Apr 2008, only flying DC-8-72 by 2009, to continue to fly for NASA until 2022 (repossessed in 2012), testfl Roswell Air Center Airport 28 Feb 2014, ferried ROW-Palmdale 1 Mar 2014, NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center (Edwards CA) 10 Jun 2014, ferried Palmdale-Keflavik 8 May 2015, repors due sold to Indian Government 2 Feb 2014, but presum postponed to 2018 or not taken up, seen in service Salina KS Jul 2015, seen in service for NASA Lajes Feb 2017, above Antarctica Jul 2017, preserved Pocatello Regional Pocatello Regional Airport 15 May 2024, at the Idaho State University as an engineering training aid. Current status: stored.