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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-63
    Construction Number:46116
    Last Civil Registration:N821AX
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-63 cn 46116 cr N821AX
    Latest Owner or Location:ABX Air Inc, Wilmington, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    1970

    Constructed as a DC-8-63.

    23 December 1970

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-BSD.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Zurich International, Switzerland

    1 May 1980

    To Aviaco keeping c/r EC-BSD.

    May 1980


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Douglas DC-8-63 EC-BSD - Aviaco at London Gatwick in May 1980.

    13 December 1983

    To Arrow Air with new c/r N4574P.

    24 September 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: N4574P - 1970 build Douglas DC-8-63, - at New York JFK

    12 November 1984

    To Quebecair with new c/r C-GQBF.

    1985


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    29 September 1986

    To Nationair keeping c/r C-GQBF.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France

    From 18 January 1992 to 23 September 2004

    To ABX Air Inc, Wilmington, OH with new c/r N821AX.
    Airborne Express.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Wilmington.OH - and subsequently broken up.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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