C-FCRE Douglas DC-10-30 Canadi>n Airlines International (Signatures-Spirit of Canadian) LHR 11AUG99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 08-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
"Signatures/Spirit of Canadi>n" special livery.
Delivered to Alitalia as I-DYND in May-75, this aircraft was sold to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-BBL in May-83.
It was one of 4 PIA DC-10's which were exchanged for 4 of CP's B747-200's and was delivered to CP Air as C-FCRE in Dec-85.
CP Air was renamed Canadian Pacific Airlines again in Jan-86 and was renamed Canadian Airlines International in Apr-87. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in May-91 as N42783 and leased to VASP Brasil as PP-SON the following month.
It returned to the lessor as N42783 in Nov-92 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA. In Aug-93 it was leased to Canadian Airlines again, still registered N42783 until it was re-registered C-FCRE again in Mar-95.
The aircraft was retired and stored at Abbottsford, BC, Canada in Nov-99 and returned to the lessor in Dec-99. It was ferried to Marana at the end of Jun-00 for further storage and re-registered N305FV the following month.
At some point it was due to be leased to Dairo Air Services (DAS Air Cargo), Uganda but that didn't happen and it was finally broken up at Marana in Feb/Mar-04.
C-FCRE Douglas DC-10-30 Canadi>n Airlines International (Signatures-Spirit of Canadian) LHR 11AUG99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 08-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
"Signatures/Spirit of Canadi>n" special livery.
Delivered to Alitalia as I-DYND in May-75, this aircraft was sold to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-BBL in May-83.
It was one of 4 PIA DC-10's which were exchanged for 4 of CP's B747-200's and was delivered to CP Air as C-FCRE in Dec-85.
CP Air was renamed Canadian Pacific Airlines again in Jan-86 and was renamed Canadian Airlines International in Apr-87. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in May-91 as N42783 and leased to VASP Brasil as PP-SON the following month.
It returned to the lessor as N42783 in Nov-92 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA. In Aug-93 it was leased to Canadian Airlines again, still registered N42783 until it was re-registered C-FCRE again in Mar-95.
The aircraft was retired and stored at Abbottsford, BC, Canada in Nov-99 and returned to the lessor in Dec-99. It was ferried to Marana at the end of Jun-00 for further storage and re-registered N305FV the following month.
At some point it was due to be leased to Dairo Air Services (DAS Air Cargo), Uganda but that didn't happen and it was finally broken up at Marana in Feb/Mar-04.