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03.12.1974: Assembled in Long Beach and registred N54646, planned for Garuda Indonesian as PK-GWA but not taken up

26.02.1975: To KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines (Edward Grieg), PH-DTL

30.03.1975: Leased to Garuda Indonesian

02.04.1976: Returned to KLM

18.05.1976: Leased to Thai Airways (Sriwanna), HS-TGC

13.03.1977: Returned to KLM, PH-DTL and renamed (Eadward Hagerup Grieg)

1982: Operated for or leased to Ghana Airways (!)

????: Returned to KLM

1983: Operated for or leased to Kenya Airways (!)

????: Returned to KLM

????: Planned for VIASA as YV-139C but not taken up

17.04.1991: Leased to VIASA

15.11.1992: Returned to KLM

28.12.1992: To African Safari Airways

1998: Re-registred 5Y-MBA

12.12.2001: WFU and stored in Basel/Mulhouse

02.2002: To Africa One, 5X-ONE

2003: Seen with additional "Trans Saharan" titles

????: WFU and stored in Kemble, UK

2004: Broken up in Kemble, UK

DC-10-30

 

Engines:

3 CF6-50C


Photo by Frank Schaefer

During a large part of its career, #185 was leased out to other carriers, but sometimes, it also appeared in full KLM colours. (AMS, early 1990s)

Click here to see more photos in this KLM scheme




Photo by Ralph Kunadt

#185, still with its dutch registration PH-DTL, with the beautiful zebra-tail.

Click here to see more photos in this African Safari Airways scheme


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