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N51CX. Douglas DC-8-62F. c/n 46027-437. Was also registered as: I-DIWY; OB-R-1428; OB-1428; TF-MKG; 9G-MKG. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Alitalia - 1968 It was built at the Douglas Long Beach plant - 1969 It was rolled out at Long Beach - January 01, 1969 First flown at Long Beach - January ?, 1969 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 engines Entered onto the Italian Aircraft Register as I-DIWY - February 25, 1969 Registered to Alitalia, Rome The aircraft was named 'Vincenzo Bellini' Accepted by Alitalia at Long Beach, California - February 25, 1969 Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Italy - February 1969 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Marana, Arizona - April ?, 1981 Sold to Aero Peru - February 25, 1982 Cancelled from the Italian Aircraft Register - February ?, 1982 Entered onto the Peruvian Aircraft Register as OB-R-1248 - February ?, 1982 It was reregistered as OB-1248 - December ?, 1989 Withdrawn from service awaiting sale - December 1993 Sold to GMD Inc Trustee, Miami, Florida - December 23, 1993 Cancelled from the Peruvian Aircraft Register - December 23, 1993 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N51CX - December 23, 1993 Registered to GMD Trustee, Miami, Florida It was observed at Miami, Florida undergoing conversion to full-freight configuration - May 1994 Leased to Air Transport International (ATI) as the registered operator - June 16, 1994 The aircraft was 'wet-leased' to Australian air Express - April 03, 1995 It was used by AaE to provide freight capacity for Ansett Air Freight whilst their Boeing 727-277F 'VH-RMX' was undergoing heavy maintenance It operated the 'Melbourne - Perth - Melbourne' service four times a week Operated its first service Melbourne - Perth as ATN2441 - April 03, 1995 Operated its final service Perth - Melbourne as ATN2440 - November 16, 1995 It returned to ATI at the end of the wet sub-lease - November 16, 1995 The aircraft was withdrawn from ATI use and returned to GMD Inc at the end of the lease - July 18, 1997 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 31, 1997 Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-MKG - August 31, 1997 Leased to MK Airlines as the registered operator The aircraft arrived at Lasham (England) for maintenance - November 03, 1997 Entry into service was delayed awaiting approval to operate by the Icelandic authorities It was observed in service with MK Airlines - February ?, 1998 Cancelled from the Icelandic Aircraft Register - March 26, 1999 Entered onto the Ghana Aircraft Register as 9G-MKG - March 26, 1999 Entered service with Ethiopian Airlines - ? It was observed at Bristol (Filton) with many parts missing - August 12, 2005 It was observed at Bristol (Filton) with many parts missing - October 16, 2006 The aircraft was finnaly returned to airworthy condition - October 2008 Leased to Protocole Aviation as the registered operator - October 22, 2008 Departed Bristol (Filton) on the ferry flight to The Congo - October 22, 2008 It arrived at Point Noire, Congo on completion of the ferry flight - October 24, 2008 The aircraft was repossessed by GMD Inc - September ?, 2011 It was observed at Mmabatho Airport, South Africa with the aft fuselage section and tail removed - December ?, 2012 Scrapped on-site - ? Cancelled from the Ghana Aircraft Register - ? |