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YU-AMA_1979-10-02_MUC_1600_WH

 

Photo by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by Michael Bernhard for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1979-10-02 (2 October 1979)

 

YU-AMA "Nikola Tesla"

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

46981/259

Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) / Yugoslav Airlines

 

YU-AMA was noted at Riem on 2 October 1979, sister ship YU-AMB one week later on 9 October 1979.

 

First flight 9 August 1978 and delivered to JAT on 8 December 1978. To Intercredit Corporation (ICC) as F-GNBB in August 1992 and leased to Express One International as F-OKBB in November 1993, to Shabair Zaire as F-OKBB in September 1994, to Air Liberté as F-GPVE in December 1994 and to Continental Airlines as N37077 in September 1996. Wfu in September 2001 and stored at MHV. Still seen there with many parts missing in May 2010. (Sources: rzjets.net, Ken Fielding on flickr)

 

Information on JAT's DC-10 operations from taxiways.de:

JAT had a strong international network with destinations on every continent except South America. These routes were operated by Boeing 707s, but taken over by DC-10s which were inspected by President Tito himself. The first aircraft, YU-AMA, arrived in Belgrade on December 8th 1978 and was introduced on the New York service a few days later. A second aircraft from the same order joined the fleet in 1979 and several leases in the 1980s brought the fleet to seven aircraft which were all operated at the same time for while.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.scramble.nl/database/civil/details/DC10_235

 

This airframe as F-GNBB with ICC at LBG in April 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/50092240623

 

This airframe as F-OKBB with Express One ca. 1993/1994:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/37168271111

 

F-OKBB with Shabair at BRU in 1994:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/1/2/1300213.jpg

 

This airframe as F-GPVE with Air Liberté in August 1996:

www.flickr.com/photos/aero_icarus/5216874095

 

This airframe as N37077 with Continental at EWR in Sept. 2001:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/9/0/0205097.jpg

 

N37077 at MHV in May 2010:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/7/5/1828578.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Taken on October 2, 1979