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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-51
    Construction Number:45760
    Last Civil Registration:6Y-JGD
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-51 cn 45760 cr 6Y-JGD
    Latest Owner or Location:Charlotte Aircraft Company

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a DC-8-51.

    30 December 1964

    To Eastern Air Lines with new c/r N8779R.

    18 November 1971

    To Air Jamaica with new c/r 6Y-JGD.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Toronto International

    From 4 July 1976 to September 1979

    To Aeroperu with new c/r OB-R-1123.
    On lease from Air Jamaica.

    Circa 1979


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    September 1979

    To Air Jamaica with new c/r 6Y-JGD.

    June 1980


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    29 October 1982

    To Charlotte Aircraft Company.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Lauringburg, North Carolina.

    By 1994

    Scrapped.
    At Maxton, North Dakota.

    1994


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Air Jamiaca Doulgas DC8 6Y-JGD seen being scrapped at Maxton in 1994
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