| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N820TC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 |
| C/n (msn): | 45999 / 377 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans Continental Airlines |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Paris - OrlyMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFPO IATA: ORY Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | June 1989 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 19761 |
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Once KLM's PH-DEC, this aircraft has been well known in Europe of late flying for Meridian as 9G-AXC. At the beginning of 8.10 the cargo airline was grounded over maintenance shortcomings and the DC-8s are parked at Ostend. Was operated by TransCon from 5.89 to 12.90; converted to freighter 7.91 and flew as both N787AL and N788AL for ATI then N828AX with Airbourne Express. Ended up as 9G-AXA with Meridian and ferried to Accra after storage at Ostend in 9.11 but grounded by Ghana CAA at the end of 2013 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 November 2017, and has since been viewed 323 times. |