48277 |
/354 |
11.02.1981: Assembled in Long Beach 15.04.1981: To British Caledonian Airways (Flora McDonald), G-DCIO 14.04.1988: Merged into British Airways (Epping Forest) 28.03.1999: Last service for British Airways 28.03.1999: WFU and stored 03.04.1999: Ferried to Manchester 25.01.2000: Ferried to Marana 2000: To Wilmington Trust Company 2000: Leased to World Airways 19.10.2000: Ferried to Venice for freighter conversion 2001: Re-registred N48277 2001: Converted to DC-10-30F(AF) 2002: To XS Aviation 2002: Leased to Omni Air International 2002: Re-registred N189AX 2002: Returned to XS Aviation 2002: To Prop Three Ltd 20.01.2004: Leased to Centurion Air Cargo, N143WE 28.04.2004: Written off after overrunning runway in Bogotá (0 killed / 3 survived) |
DC-10-30, later -30F(AF)
Engines: 3 CF6-50C2 |
Photo by Mathias Henig |
#354 is seen here in May of 1997 in London-Gatwick, the home base of BA's DC-10s. Click here to see more photos in this British Airways scheme |
Photo by Ken Fielding |
After 18 years service with British Caledonian and BA, looking a little sad and dirty, G-DCIO arrives from London-Gatwick for decommissioning and long-term storage at Manchester (April 3rd 1999). |
Photo by Yasunori Ogawa |
Omni Air Cargo at Okayama on November 3rd 2002 |
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