Aircraft Photo of N729PL | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62(F) | Interstate Airlines | AirHistory.net #785459
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N729PL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62(F)
C/n (msn):45921 / 322
Operator Titles:Interstate Airlines
Location
City / Airport:MildenhallMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGUN   IATA: MHZ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:11 March 1987
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 785459
Photo Comment

Delivered to SAS as DC-8-62 SE-DBG in 1968. To Scanair in 1977. Sold as N756UA and converted to a DC-8-62(F) freighter then to Interstate Airlines as N729PL in 1986. To Air Transport International then to Cargosur as EC-230 in 1988. Reregistered as EC-EMX in 1989. To Iberia in 1995 then to Cygnus Air in 2000. To CAA - Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation as 3X-GEP in 2008. Reregistered as 9Q-CHB in 2010. Scrapped at Johannesburg in 2014.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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