Aircraft Photo of EC-EMX | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62(F) | Cygnus Air | AirHistory.net #398419
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:EC-EMX
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62(F)
C/n (msn):45921 / 322
Operator Titles:Cygnus Air
Location
City / Airport:Madrid - Adolfo Suarez / BarajasMap
Country:Spain
Airport Codes:ICAO: LEMD   IATA: MAD   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:4 September 2007
Photo by:Kas van Zonneveld
Photo ID: 398419
Photo Comment

Withdrawn from use in May 2006 and seen here in storage at Madrid. Delivered to SAS in January 1968 as SE-DBG. Leased to Scanair between October 1977 - May 1982. To United Air Leasing in October 1986 as N756UA. To Interstate Airlines in December 1986 as N729PL. Leased to Airborne Express between June 1987 - February 1988. To ATI in September 1988. To Cargosur in December 1988 as EC-230. Reregistered EC-EMX in April 1989. To Iberia in June 1995. To Cygnus Air in May 2000. To flyCAA in August 2008 as 3X-GEP. Stored at Johannesburg and never entered service. Reregistered 9Q-CIB in March 2010, but again never entered service. Broken up at Johannesburg in Sep 2011.

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