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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-73CF
    Construction Number:46086
    Last Civil Registration:PP-BEM
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-73CF cn 46086 cr PP-BE...
    Latest Owner or Location:BETA-Brazilian Express

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    Dates

    Event

    1969

    Constructed as a DC-8-63CF.

    4 August 1969

    To Flying Tiger Line with new c/r N794FT.

    September 1977


    Photographer: Kev Colbran
    Notes: At London Stansted Airport

    1 March 1978

    To TIA-Trans International Airlines with new c/r N870TV.

    1 October 1979

    To Transamerica Airlines keeping c/r N870TV.

    July 1984

    Converted to a DC-8-73CF.

    17 July 1984

    To Rosenbalm Aviation keeping c/r N870TV.

    September 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At LAX, CA.

    From 1991 to 13 August 2001

    To Emery Worldwide Services keeping c/r N870TV.

    8 June 1997


    Photographer: Michael Thorne
    Notes: At Ostend, Belgium

    By 2001

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Kingman, AZ.

    2010

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Sao Paulo Guarulhos.

    8 April 2003

    To Aeroturbine with new c/r N870TV.

    23 January 2008

    To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N870TV.

    23 January 2008

    To BETA-Brazilian Express with new c/r PP-BEM.

    10 March 2008


    Photographer: David Whitworth
    Notes: At Sao Paulo Guarulhos

    14 November 2023


    Photographer: Peter Thorns
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