Aircraft Photo of PP-VMS | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Varig | AirHistory.net #640331
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PP-VMS
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (C-10 Extender)
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
C/n (msn):47818 / 305
Operator Titles:Varig
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:14 June 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 640331
Photo Comment

Delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SDG then to Varig as PP-VMS in 1980. To McDonnell-Douglas as N519MD then to World Airways as N115WA in 1992, Bangladesh Biman as S2-ADB in 1993, McDonnell-Douglas as N537MD in 1997 and Caledonian Airways as G-LYON in 1998 who merged into JMC Airlines in 2000. To Boeing as N537MD in 2001 and converted to a DC-10-30(F) freighter for DAS Air Cargo as 5X-ROY then to Avient Aviation as Z-ALT in 2007. Returned to the lessor as N495DC and flown to Crestview, FL and scrapped in 2013.

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