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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-71F
    Construction Number:45897
    Last Civil Registration:N797UP
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-71F cn 45897 cr N797UP...
    Latest Owner or Location:AeroTurbine

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    Dates

    Event

    1967

    Constructed as a DC-8-71F.

    6 December 1967

    To Trans Caribbean Airlines with new c/r N8786R.

    Circa 1969


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At San Juan

    30 April 1971

    To Trans International Airlines keeping c/r N8786R.

    20 May 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N797UP (DC-8-71F, 45897) issued.

    January 1973

    To Spantax with new c/r EC-CCF.

    September 1981


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: EC-CCF- McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61CF - Spantax at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS) in Sept. 1981

    15 November 1984

    To United Parcel Service with new c/r EI-BPF.
    On lease from Guiness Peat Aviation.

    1988

    To United Parcel Service with new c/r N797UP.

    By March 2003

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Roswell NM.

    From 27 April 2004 to 13 December 2012

    To AeroTurbine.

    13 December 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N797UP.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Miami, FL.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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