Color Scheme: Delivery Colors

Registration: D-ADIX

Composition: A Refinished Douglas Factory Polished Aluminum Model

Dimensions: Length: 31" (79cm), Wingspan 24.5" (62cm)

Condition: Mint

Model History: I Obtained This DC-8-63 Blank in a hybrid Seaboard World Livery From A Fellow Collector in March 2008. Unfortunately, the Seaboard World titles were missing on the fuselage, the bare metal on the model had considerable oxidation and there were some large dents in the model. Considering this, I decided to have the model professionally polished and beautifully finished off in Atlantis Colors by Atlantic Models, Miami, Florida. It was delivered back to me on September 8, 2008. The folks at Atlantic Models did another fantastic job on this model & I can't recommend them enough! This model fills Two much sought after gaps in my collection: First, I have been looking for a 1/72 DC-8-63 Douglas Factory Model (DFM), which will complete my collection of 1/72 DC-8 DFM models of each DC-8 type - from the Series 11/12 through the Series 63. Second, I am happy to add Atlantis to my list of Original Delivery Customers which I have in DFM's, working toward having a DFM (or similar polished aluminum model) of each one of these customers.

Atlantis' DC-8 History: Atlantis AG was formed early in 1968 as a non-scheduled airline in West Germany. They began service in August 1968 using a leased DC-7C which was leased from SAS for one year. On November 1, 1968 Atlantis entered the jet age with a leased DC-8-33 and further expanded on December 1, 1968 with a second DC-8-33. Both of these aircraft had originally been delivered to Swissair. In April 1970 Atlantis received it's first Douglas Factory Delivery of a DC-8-63CF with two more arriving in April & May 1971 and had also acquired the DC-9 for the shorter haul Mediterranean Market. Unfortunately, as the traffic continued to grow (to over 500,000 passengers in 1971) the yield per passenger was falling which created financial problems for the airline. Further complicating the financial problems was the fact the aircraft weren't being leased out in the winter months and thus sat idle which added to the airline's losses. An effort to acquire additional capitol for operations in 1972 failed and sadly the short lived airline was forced into bankruptcy on October 20, 1972.
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