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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-63F
    Construction Number:46163
    Last Civil Registration:N797AL
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-63F cn 46163 cr N797AL...
    Latest Owner or Location:Global Aviation Leasing Llc, Wickenburg, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1972

    Constructed as a DC-8-63.
    Last DC-8 built

    12 May 1972

    To SAS-Scandinavian Airlines System with new c/r SE-DBL.

    September 1977


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At New York Kennedy Airport

    20 March 1982

    To Scanair keeping c/r SE-DBL.

    24 May 1989

    Certificate of airworthiness for N797AL (DC-8-63, 46163) issued.

    By 1989

    Converted to a DC-8-63F.
    Converted to Freighter.

    18 August 1989

    To Emery Worldwide Airlines with new c/r N797AL.

    5 July 1994


    Photographer: Andrew Morley
    Notes: N797AL A Douglas DC-8-63F belonging to Emery Worldwide Airlines sits in the afternoon sun at RAF Mildenhall

    5 December 2013

    To Global Aviation Leasing Llc, Wickenburg, AZ keeping c/r N797AL.

    By 2014

    Stored at Victorville, CA.

    4 August 2022

    To Global Aviation Leasing Llc, Wickenburg, AZ keeping c/r N797AL.
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