Douglas DC-8-11

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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the prototype DC-8 that was rolled out on April 9, 1958, and made its first flight on May 30, 1958. Converted to a DC-8-51 in 1960, it made its first flight in this configuration on December 20, 1960. The first operator was National Airlines of Miami, Florida, USA, who leased it from June 21, 1961 to May 26, 1962. It was sold to Trans International Airlines (TIA) of Oakland, California, on June 20, 1962 and leased to (1) the German airline Luftansa for charter services between May 11 and December 1965 and (2) Canadian Pacific Airlines of Vancouver, British Columbia, who registered it CF-CPN and named it "Empress of Santiago," between October 2, 1966 and October 1, 1967. The same day it returned from CP Air, it was sold to Delta Air Lines of Atlanta, Georgia, and re-registered N8008D. Delta sold it to the leasing company F.B. Ayer and Associates (FBA) on Mach 23, 1979 and it was leased to the Mexican airline Aeromexico as XA-DOE "Quintna Roo" between April 1, 1979 and January 1, 1982. When it returned from this lease, it was stored at Pinal Airpark, Marana, Arizona, and re-registered N8008D in February 1987. FBA sold the aircraft to Agro Air International in 1989. It remained at Pinal Airpark and was used for spare parts until scrapped at this airport in 2001."


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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the prototype DC-8 that was rolled out on April 9, 1958, and made its first flight on May 30, 1958. Converted to a DC-8-51 in 1960, it made its first flight in this configuration on December 20, 1960. The first operator was National Airlines of Miami, Florida, USA, who leased it from June 21, 1961 to May 26, 1962. It was sold to Trans International Airlines (TIA) of Oakland, California, on June 20, 1962 and leased to (1) the German airline Luftansa for charter services between May 11 and December 1965 and (2) Canadian Pacific Airlines of Vancouver, British Columbia, who registered it CF-CPN and named it "Empress of Santiago," between October 2, 1966 and October 1, 1967. The same day it returned from CP Air, it was sold to Delta Air Lines of Atlanta, Georgia, and re-registered N8008D. Delta sold it to the leasing company F.B. Ayer and Associates (FBA) on Mach 23, 1979 and it was leased to the Mexican airline Aeromexico as XA-DOE "Quintna Roo" between April 1, 1979 and January 1, 1982. When it returned from this lease, it was stored at Pinal Airpark, Marana, Arizona, and re-registered N8008D in February 1987. FBA sold the aircraft to Agro Air International in 1989. It remained at Pinal Airpark and was used for spare parts until scrapped at this airport in 2001."