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D-ADPO_1988-01_MUC_1290_SB

 

Photo taken by Stephan Barth, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

January 1988

 

D-ADPO

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

46595 / 299

Condor

 

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):

D-ADPO c/n 46595 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 was delivered to Condor in Nov 1979. The aircraft flew with the airline for nearly twenty years before being sold to OMNI Air International as N540AX in 1998. The aircraft was withdrawn for spare parts in 2006 and broken up a few years later.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Stephan Barth:

Condor operated DC-10s for 20 years between 1979 and 1999; the airline had three new ones and later in addition two ex-Lufthansa aircraft. D-ADPO was the first one to enter service with Condor, it started with a silver belly, changed to a light grey belly as shown in this picture, followed by a white belly in later years.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.scramble.nl/database/civil/details/DC10_51

 

D-ADPO with Condor at LHR in April 1980 (initial colours, bare metal fuselage):

www.flickr.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/29102513280

 

D-ADPO with Condor at FRA ca. mid-1990s: (revised colours, grey belly):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/49624334796

 

D-ADPO at Munich FJS Airport (MUC) on 3 November 1997 repainted in the colours of fictitious "Trans Bavarian Airlines" for safety training (only this day):

www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/31523273302

 

This airframe as N540AX with Omni Air International at NRT in August 2005:

www.flickr.com/photos/33877672@N03/24889951859

 

N540AX stored at VCV in April 2010:

www.flickr.com/photos/26545158@N02/19250874691

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Taken in January 1988