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C-FTJZ Douglas DC-8-61 Air Canada MAN 06AUG82

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 19-Apr-22 DeNoise AI).

 

Fleet No: "866".

 

Delivered to Air Canada in Jul-68 as CF-TJZ, it became C-FTJZ in May-74 when Canada also introduced the C-Gxxx registration series. It was retired and stored at Marana, AZ, USA, in Jan-83.

 

In Jul-85 it was sold to United Aviation Services Inc and leased to Eagle Air, Iceland, as TF-ISA. It was sub-leased to Air Algerie on Haj Pilgrimage flights between late Jul/Sep-85 and again between early Jul/Sep-86. It was returned to United Aviation Services in Nov-86 and stored.

 

In Mar-87 it was re-registered N48UA, sold to a 'Michael A Meagher' and leased back to United Aviation Services. In Aug-91 it was sold to Wilmington Trust Company and leased back to UAS Engineering Inc. It was returned to Wilmington Trust in Jan-92 and re-registered N161DB in Jul-92.

 

In Nov-92, after spending most of the previous six years on the ground, it was leased to Buffalo Airways (not the Canadian 'Ice Pilots' one) and sub-leased to Aeropostal Venezuela the following month, returning to Buffalo Airways in Jun-93. It was sub-leased to Translift Airways, Ireland, between Jun/Sep-93.

 

By Mar-94 it has been converted into a freighter with a main-deck cargo door. It was stored at Miami, FL, USA, in Dec-95. It was sold to another couple of lessors during Dec-95 and remained stored until it was leased to Florida West Airlines in Jun-96.

 

It was returned to Tranship Investments Ltd in Dec-99 and was leased to MAS Air Cargo as XA-MAA the following month. It returned to the lessor in May-01 and was leased to ABSA Cargo, Brazil, in Jun-01 as PR-ABA.

 

The aircraft was permanently retired at Sao Paulo-Viracopos (date unknown) and was last noted still at Viracopos in Aug-14 in very dirty condition.

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Taken on August 6, 1982