238. CF-CPQ Douglas DC-8-63 CP Air LGW 10MAY69

            Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a (slightly) better version 06-Jul-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 25-Aug-23.

Typical bad weather photography day at Gatwick!

Not one of of my better shots, it was a bit unfocussed to start with and I wasn't able to improve it much until I ran it through my Topaz DeNoise app.  I've left it in though as it's the only CP Air DC-8-60 shot I've got.

Delivered new to CP Air in Feb-68 as CF-CPQ, it was leased to Flying Tiger Line as N625FT in Jul-68 and returned to CP Air in Dec-68.  The registration became C-FCPQ at the end of May-74 when Canada introduced the C-Gxxx registration series.

The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Las Vegas in late 1982.  In Mar-83 it was sold to Worldways Canada, still as C-FCPQ.  In Dec-90 it was sold to the Aerolease Financial Group as N790AL and was leased to Airborne Express in Jun-91.

It was never converted into a full freighter configuration (as Airborne Express were a small parcels carrier, they developed a slimline cargo container which was able to be loaded through the DC-8 passenger doors).

In Nov-91 it was re-registered by Airborne Express as N817AX.  Airborne Express bought it in Mar-92 and it continued in service with them until it was retired and stored at Wilmington, Ohio, USA, in Jun-02 at the age of 34.  The registration was finally cancelled in May-07.

Taken on: May 10, 1969

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