EI-DLA Douglas DC-10-30 Continental Airlines MAN 19DEC98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
A dark December day in Manchester.
Fleet No: "076".
Originally ordered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DTM the order was cancelled before completion. It was sold on delivery to PAL Philippine Airlines, originally as RP-C2000. However that registration wasn't taken up and it was delivered as RP-C2003 in Oct-76.
It was sold to a lessor in Oct-88 and leased back to PAL until it was returned to the lessor in May-94. The aircraft was re-registered EI-DLA in Jun-94 and it was leased to Leisure Air (USA) the following month. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Nov-94 (Leisure Air ceased operations in Jan-95) and stored at Greensboro, NC, USA.
It wasn't until Jul-96 that it was leased to Continental Airlines, still as EI-DLA (Fleet No:076). The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Feb-00. It made it's last flight in Aug-03 when it was ferried to Greenwood, MS, USA and permanently retired. It was broken up there in Jul/Aug-04.
EI-DLA Douglas DC-10-30 Continental Airlines MAN 19DEC98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
A dark December day in Manchester.
Fleet No: "076".
Originally ordered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DTM the order was cancelled before completion. It was sold on delivery to PAL Philippine Airlines, originally as RP-C2000. However that registration wasn't taken up and it was delivered as RP-C2003 in Oct-76.
It was sold to a lessor in Oct-88 and leased back to PAL until it was returned to the lessor in May-94. The aircraft was re-registered EI-DLA in Jun-94 and it was leased to Leisure Air (USA) the following month. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Nov-94 (Leisure Air ceased operations in Jan-95) and stored at Greensboro, NC, USA.
It wasn't until Jul-96 that it was leased to Continental Airlines, still as EI-DLA (Fleet No:076). The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Feb-00. It made it's last flight in Aug-03 when it was ferried to Greenwood, MS, USA and permanently retired. It was broken up there in Jul/Aug-04.