Fred
Cox
DC-8 Jet Collection
![]() | AIR NEW ZEALAND DC-8 Fleet Information | ![]() |
DOUGLAS
FACTORY DELIVERIES
MSN/LINE# | SERIES | REGISTRATION | DELIVERED | DISPOSED | REMARKS |
45750/217 | 52 | ZK-NZA | 7/19/65 | 1/24/77 | SOLD TO EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES |
45751/231 | 52 | ZK-NZB | 8/10/65 | 7/4/66 | CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF DURING TRAINING FLIGHT AT AUCKLAND |
45752/233 | 52 | ZK-NZC | 9/17/65 | 7/3/82 | SOLD TO HOWARD GOLDEN |
45932/328 | 52/54F | ZK-NZD | 1/27/68 | 8/30/89 | CONVERTED TO DC-8-54F IN 4/81; SOLD TO CONNIE KALITTA |
45985/336 | 52 | ZK-NZE | 2/27/68 | 7/6/82 | SOLD TO HOWARD GOLDEN |
DC-8s
EITHER BOUGHT OR LEASED ON THE USED AIRCRAFT MARKET
MSN/LINE# | SERIES | REGISTRATION | DELIVERED | DISPOSED | REMARKS |
45302/133 | 52 | N8035U | 11/14/64 | 1/5/68 | LEASED FROM UNITED AIRLINES |
45303/141 | 52 | ZK-NZF | 11/1/70 | 3/20/76 | LEASED FROM UNITED AIRLINES THEN BOUGHT ON 6/2/71; SOLD TO DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT |
45301/128 | 52 | ZK-NZG | 10/29/71 | 10/13/76 | BOUGHT FROM UNITED AIRLINES; SOLD TO EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES |
SUMMARY
OF AIR NEW ZEALAND’s DC-8 FLEET
DOUGLAS
FACTORY DELIVERYS |
OTHER
DC-8’s OPERATED |
DC-8-52
— 5 |
DC-8-52
— 3 |
DC-8F-54
— 1* |
|
TOTAL
— 5 |
TOTAL
— 3 |
TOTAL
DIFFERENT SERIES OF DC-8s OPERATED — 2 |
GRAND
TOTAL OF DC-8’s OPERATED — 8 |
*-THIS
AIRCRAFT WAS CONVERTED FROM ONE OF AIR NEW ZEALAND’s DC-8-52 FACTORY DELIVERIES
& THUS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GRAND TOTAL OF ALL DC-8’s OPERATED BY AIR NEW
ZEALAND.
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