C-FTIR_1977_MUC_1290_TK

 

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1977, probably 27 August 1977

 

C-FTIR (1) fleet no. 874

McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63

46124 / 511

Air Canada

 

C-FTIR coming in to land on Riem’s runway 07. The airframe had also been noted at the airport on 28 July 1976.

 

Note: The registration C-FTIR was also used by Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Global 5000 c/n 2315 from 2008 to 2009 and by Canadian North ATR-42 c/n 503 from April 2016.

 

Information from flickr - thanks to Reinhard Zinabold:

c/n 46.124 - built in 1970 as DC-8-63 for Air Canada; converted to freighter in 1981; converted to DC-8-73AF in 1984; sold to Astar Air Cargo 07/1994, operated as N804DH for DHL; retired and stored IGM 06/2012.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=113032

 

This airframe as CF-TIR at YYZ in March 1976 (initial colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/edge-to-edge-photography/14709323236

 

C-FTIR with Air Canada Cargo at LHR in July 1984:

www.flickr.com/photos/cooke1/49324688947

 

C-FTIR with Air Canada Express at LHR in September 1985:

www.flickr.com/photos/105925977@N03/51996594101

 

C-FTIR with Air Canada Cargo Express in July 1987:

www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/38420528514

 

This airframe as N804DH with DHL at BRU in July 1995:

www.flickr.com/photos/alphamikeaviationphotography/289296...

 

N804DH with DHL at SFO in February 2012 (later colours):

www.airhistory.net/photo/503387/N804DH

 

N804DH stored at IGM in March 2013:

www.flickr.com/photos/farnboroughspotter/26541198273/

 

N804DH still stored at IGM in March 2018:

cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/27056_1604163784.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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