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14.11.1972: Assembled in Long Beach 05.02.1973: To Swissair (Schaffhausen), HB-IHB 08.03.1984: To Aeronautics & Astronautics 09.04.1984: Leased to Spantax, EC-DUG 10.1986: Returned to Aeronautics & Astronautics 20.10.1986: To Texas Air Corporation, N19072 and leased to Continental Airlines 12.1986: To Continental Airlines 28.02.1990: To Potomac Capital Investment and leased to Continental Airlines 01.07.2000: WFU and stored in Mojave
10.2002: To Memphis Group 23.05.2002: Ferried to Greenwood for scrapping 10.2002: Broken up in Greenwood, MS |
DC-10-30
Engines: 3 CF6-50C2 |
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Photo by Thomas Millard |
#73 in a time, where the DC-10 and the 727 were Continentals main workhorses. The first mentioned was it for the long-haul flights until the 777 replaced them in 2001, the 727 was replaced very quickly by a large number of 737 and some MD-80s acquired via mergers. Click here to see more photos in this Continental Airlines scheme |
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Photo by Mark Abbott |
#73 later adopted the new color scheme. It is seen here in Los Angeles on April 15th 2000 Click here to see more photos in this Continental Airlines scheme |
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Photo by Michael Carter |
In 2000, the aircraft was stored in Mojave. I hope, it will fly for another airline. Click here to see more photos in this Continental Airlines scheme |
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