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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-21
    Construction Number:45300
    Last Civil Registration:5A-DGK
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-21 cn 45300 cr 5A-DGK
    Latest Owner or Location:August Euler Museum, Darmstadt AAF, Darmstadt, Hesse

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-8-21.

    13 October 1960

    To United Airlines with new c/r N8033U.

    6 January 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8033U (DC-8-21, 45300) issued.

    11 January 1979

    To Jet Traders Investment Corp, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N8033U.

    21 May 1979

    To Trans Aerien with new c/r TL-AHI.

    9 January 1980

    To unknown owner with c/r 5A-DGK.

    By 1986

    Placed on display with Rhein Main Airport, Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt), Hesse.
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    9 October 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Frankfurt Airport, Germany

    March 2006

    Placed on display with August Euler Museum, Darmstadt AAF, Darmstadt, Hesse.
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    10 September 2012

    Civil registration, N8033U, cancelled.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Wrecks and Relics, 1st Edition (Midland Counties, 1989, ISBN 0-904597-76-8) by Mike Bursell
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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