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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-73F
    Construction Number:46123
    Last Civil Registration:N803DH
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-73F cn 46123 cr N803DH...
    Latest Owner or Location:Heavylift Cargo Airlines Inc, Kingman, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1970

    Constructed as a DC-8-63.

    4 February 1970

    To Air Canada with new c/r CF-TIQ.

    April 1981

    Converted to a DC-8-63F.

    To Air Canada Cargo with new c/r C-FTIQ.

    April 1984

    Converted to a DC-8-73F.

    Circa 1986


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    To Air Canada Cargo keeping c/r C-FTIQ.

    8 March 1994

    To DHL Airways with new c/r N803DH.

    8 March 1994

    Certificate of airworthiness for N803DH (DC-8-73, 46123) issued.

    4 July 2003

    To Astar Air Cargo/DHL Express keeping c/r N803DH.

    29 March 2011


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: N803DH - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73/F - DHL (operated by Astar Air Cargo) at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

    2 June 2012

    Stored at Kingman.

    20 April 2021

    To Skybus Air Cargo Inc, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N803DH.

    20 September 2023

    To Heavylift Cargo Airlines Inc, Kingman, AZ keeping c/r N803DH.
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