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/256 |
27.06.1978: Assembled in Long Beach 03.11.1978: To Wardair Canada (WR Wop May, 102), C-GXRC 26.09.1988: To GPA Group 27.09.1988: Leased to Finnair, OH-LHE 03.05.1992: Sub-leased to World Airways 05.1992: Sub-sub-leased to Garuda Indonesia 08.1992: Returned to World Airways 30.08.1992: Returned to Finnair 03.05.1993: Leased to THY - Turkish Airlines 30.06.1993: Returned to Finnair 05.05.1994: Returned to GPA Group 1994: WFU and stored in Helsinki, Finland 1994: Planned for Air Liberté as F-GPVE but not taken up 15.08.1995: Re-registred N777SJ and sold to Aero USA ????: WFU and stored in Greensboro 10.11.1997: To Gemini Air Cargo, N607GC 11.1997: Converted to DC-10-30F (AF) 2001: Named (Shannon Leigh) 22.06.2001: To Mojave for hail damage repair by Avtel ????: Renamed (Brooke) ????: WFU and stored in Mojave, CA |
DC-10-30, later -30F(AF)
Engines: 3 CF6-50 |
Photo from Taxiways collection |
Wardair used #256 on routes to the Caribbean, Hawaii and Florida until smaller A310 aircraft replaced it. |
Photo from B. Fleischmann collection |
#256 during its career with Finnair at Tenerife/Sur. |
Photo by Mark Abbott |
#256 in Los Angeles on November 4th 2000 Click here to see more photos in this Gemini Air Cargo scheme |
Photo by Michael Carter |
Some of Gemini's DC-10s are temporarily stored in the desert, like #256 at Mojave Airport (September 30th 2003) |
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