| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N90804 |
| Other Marks: | 28 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-7 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-7 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-7C/AT |
| C/n (msn): | 45116 / 750 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Chandler - Gila River MemorialMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: 34AZ Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 16 October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 718819 |
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Delivered to BOAC as G-AOIF in 1956. To Saturn Airways as N90804 in 1964. To other operators from 1969. Converted to a firebomber by 1977. To T&G Aviation in 1984. Firebombing tank removed by 1987 and converted for spraying. Damaged by a surface to air missile while flying over the Western Sahara in 1988. Repaired. Withdrawn from use at Chandler-Gila River Memorial in the 1990s. Scrapped in 2006. Nose section preserved at Mesa-Falcon Field. Moved to Tupelo, MS in 2022. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 August 2024, and has since been viewed 109 times. |