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Douglas DC-8-32 (45265)

 

 
Date: 11/1971

Location: OST/EBOS

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: Pomair first jet aircraft was registered on May 14 1971 with its  registration referring to Transports Charles Pommé and is seen here in the first of two color schemes. This particular airframe was also the last one operational (with a flight from Alicante to Ostend) on the airlines closure day of October 13 1974.

Date: 06/1973

Location: ORY/LFPO

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: between May and August 1973, it was leased to Air France in a silver color scheme. 

Date: 11/1973

Location: OST/EBOS

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: after this lease, the airframe remained for a couple of months operational in these colors. 

Date: 1974

Location: OST/EBOS

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: resprayed in their ultimate color scheme. 

Date: 01/06/1974

Location: CDG/LFPG

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: between January and June 1974 leased to Air Ceylon in basic Pomair colors. 

Date: 18/07/1974

Location: OST/EBOS

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: afterwards it was immediate leased for a short period to Sudan Airways. The small titles read as "on contract to Sudan Airways".

Date: 31/10/1975

Location: -

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: after a period of storage at Ostend, it left for the States on May 3 1975 for Capitol. On May 15 it was cancelled to the USA as "N900CL" and the first year it could still be spotted in the basic colors of Pomair.

 

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