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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-53
    Construction Number:45614
    Last Civil Registration:N4983D
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-53 cn 45614 cr N4983D
    Latest Owner or Location:International Air Leases

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a DC-8-53.

    1 May 1961

    To KLM Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-DCK.

    12 May 1976


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: Arriving in Glasgow with St.Etienne football(soccer) fans for the European Cup Final. The unusual livery was because KLM put the aircraft back into use after a planned sale to Trans Europa fell through.

    From June 1976 to March 1984

    To Viasa with new c/r YV-132C.

    December 1982


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: YV-132C - Douglas DC-8-53 - VIASA at Miami International Airport (MIA) in December 1982

    9 March 1984

    To International Air Leases with new c/r N4983D.

    By 1988

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And Broken up at Miami International.

    26 April 2011

    Civil registration, N4983D, cancelled.
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