47888

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22.06.1979: Assembled in Long Beach

21.09.1979: To Ariana Afghan Airlines, YA-LAS

1980: WFU and stored in Kabul

21.03.1985: To British Caledonian Airways (Ian Ritchie - The Caledonian Airline Executive), G-MULL

14.04.1988: Merged into British Airways (New Forest)

27.03.1999: Last service for British Airways

27.03.1999: WFU and stored in Manchester

25.07.2000: Ferried to Venice for freighter Conversion

26.07.2000: To FSBU - First Security Bank of Utah

28.07.2000: Leased to World Airways, N47888

2000: Converted to DC-10-30F(AF)

09.03.2004: To Centurion Air Cargo

DC-10-30,

later -30F(AF)

 

Engines:

3 CF6-50C2


Photo by M. Maibrink collection

In the good old times, Ariana ordered this sole DC-10 to operate the routes to Europe. (Frankfurt)




Photo by Frank Schaefer

#291 at London/Gatwick in 1990

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Photo by Ken Fielding

This DC-10 was stored in Manchester for quite a long time before it went on to World Airways as a freighter (Manchester, May 5th 2000)

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