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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-71F
    Construction Number:45939
    Last Civil Registration:N703UP
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-71F cn 45939 cr N703UP...
    Latest Owner or Location:United Parcel Service Co, Louisville, KY

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as a DC-8-71F.

    18 April 1968

    To Universal Airlines with new c/r N801U.

    18 April 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for N703UP (DC-8-71F, 45939) issued.

    1 May 1972

    To Overseas National Airways with new c/r N867F.

    20 August 1975


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: N867F : Douglas DC-8-61CF : Overseas National AirwaysAt Prestwick Airport in Scotland - In basic Korean Air Lines livery after return from lease

    August 1978

    To Flying Tiger Line with new c/r N867FT.

    Circa 1980


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Atlanta, GA.

    From 1 August 1982 to 1 September 1984

    Leased to Pacific East Air.

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Los Angeles, CA.

    24 July 1985

    To United Parcel Service Co, Louisville, KY with new c/r N703UP.

    March 1992


    Photographer: Sunil Gupta
    Notes: At Salt Lake City, Utah

    30 March 2010

    Civil registration, N703UP, cancelled.
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