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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-71F
    Construction Number:45900
    Last Civil Registration:N700UP
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-71F cn 45900 cr N700UP...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aersale Inc, Coral Gables, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1967

    Constructed as a DC-8-61CF.

    30 November 1967

    To TIA-Trans International Airlines with new c/r N8962T.

    From 26 March 1970 to 5 May 1972

    To Universal Airlines with new c/r N803U.

    30 May 1973

    To Seaboard World with new c/r N8962T.

    8 October 1973

    To Loftledir Icelandic with new c/r TF-BCV.

    6 May 1974

    To Seaboard World with new c/r N8962T.
    Operated by Loftledir Icelandic.

    26 October 1974


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Douglas DC-8-61CF N8962T - Loftleidir at London Heathrow on 26th Oct 1974.

    31 May 1976

    To TIA-Trans International Airlines keeping c/r N8962T.

    Circa 1977


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Toronto International, Canada

    1 June 1978

    To Flying Tigers with new c/r N861FT.

    Circa 1980


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Atlanta International, Georgia

    6 May 1984

    To Transamerica Airlines keeping c/r N861FT.

    September 1984

    To Trans International Airlines keeping c/r N861FT.

    September 1984


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Cologne, Germany

    September 1985

    Converted to a DC-8-71F.

    1988

    To United Parcel Service with new c/r N700UP.

    From 17 June 2010 to 15 September 2014

    To Aersale Inc, Coral Gables, FL keeping c/r N700UP.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Roswell, New Mexico - and subsequently broken up.

    21 April 2013


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Roswell, New Mexico
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