Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-51F
    Construction Number:45635
    Last Civil Registration:PR-SKY
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-51F cn 45635 cr PR-SKY...
    Latest Owner or Location:Skymaster Airlines

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a DC-8-51.

    6 April 1962

    To National Airlines with new c/r N875C.

    September 1973

    To Braniff Airlines with new c/r N812BN.


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    16 April 1980

    To Gutierrez Hernando, Miami Springs, FL keeping c/r N812BN.

    By December 1980

    Converted to a DC-8-51F.
    To dedicated freighter.

    December 1980

    To ARCA-Aero Vias Colombianas with new c/r HK-2587X.

    November 1981


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: HK-2587X - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52F - ARCA Colombia at Miami International Airport (MIA) in November 1981- still in basic Braniff-colors


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: HK-2587X : Douglas DC-8-51(F) : ARCA Colombia - A Miami regular through the 1980s

    To Skymaster Airlines with new c/r PR-SKY.

    1988

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Miami International and broken up by 2001.

    28 January 1993

    Civil registration, N812BN, cancelled.
    Exported to Colombia.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=332290][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas DC-8-51F, c/n 45635, c/r PR-SKY[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=332290
    Copyright 1993-2025 www.m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.