Fred Cox
DC-8 Jet Collection

Trans International Airlines/ Transamerica Airlines DC-8 FLEET INFORMATION

DOUGLAS FACTORY DELIVERIES

MSN/LINE#	SERIES	REGISTRATION	DELIVERED	DISPOSED	REMARKS
45252/1*	51	N8008D	6/20/62	10/1/67	BOUGHT USED FROM DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT; LEASED TO LUFTHANSA 5/11/65-12/65; LEASED TO CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES AS CF-CPN 10/2/66-10/1/67; SOLD TO DELTA AIR LINES AS N8008D 10/1/67
45669/182	54F	N8008F	4/26/63	7/1/72	LEASED TO SATURN AIRWAYS 10/27/68; SOLD TO SATURN AIRWAYS 7/1/72
45754/225	55F	N3325T	5/18/65	8/25/70	A/C 'T-152', LEASED TO SATURN AIRWAYS 4/1/69-4/28/70; SOLD TO UNION DE TRANSPORTS AERIENS (UTA)
45938/331	61CF	N8960T	2/2/68	5/16/85	LEASED TO UNIVERSAL AIRLINES AS N804U 1/29/71-5/5/72; LEASED TO SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES 4/30/73; SUB-LEASED TO LOFTLEIDIR 6/5/73-10/22/74; SUB-LEASED TO AIR CARGO EGYPT 4/1/77; SUB-LEASED TO PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL 7/15/77-12/77; RETURNED TO SEABOARD WORLD AND THEN TIA 3/26/78; LEASED TO FLYING TIGER LINE AS N860FT 4/3/78; RETURNED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 7/18/84; SOLD TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 5/16/85
45902/294	61CF	N8961T	6/16/67	10/21/74	LEASED TO UNIVERSAL AIRWAYS 6/4/71-9/17/71; LEASED TO SABER AIR AS 9V-BEH 11/12/71-1/7/73; SOLD TO NORDAIR 10/21/74
45900/316	61CF	N8962T	11/30/67	5/16/85	LEASED TO UNIVERSAL AIRLINES AS N803U 3/26/70-5/5/72; LEASED TO SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES 5/24/73; SUB-LEASED TO LOFTLEIDIR 5/30/73-10/8/73; SUB-LEASED TO CARGOLUX AS TF-BCV 10/8/73-5/6/74; RE-REGISTERED BACK TO N8962T 5/6/74; SUB-LEASED TO LOFTLEIDIR 5/6/74-4/10/75; RETURNED TO TIA 5/31/76; LEASED TO FLYING TIGER LINE AS N861FT 6/1/78; RETURNED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 5/6/84; LEASED TO THE 'NEW' TIA 9/84; SOLD TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 5/16/85
45951/414	63CF	N4863T	11/22/68	9/8/70	CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT, NEW YORK 9/8/70
46059/456	63CF	N4864T	4/25/69	1/87	LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 5/79; RETURNED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 11/79; LEASED TO OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS 6/9/81-11/19/81; SUB-LEASED TO SAUDIA 6/81-11/19/81; LEASED TO EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES 12/12/81-12/31/84; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 2/85; LEASED TO SPIRIT OF AMERICA AIRLINES 8/85-9/86; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 10/17/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87
46073/485	63CF	N4865T	8/22/69	1/87	LEASED TO AERONAVES DE MEXICO 3/17/71; RETURNED BY AEROMEXICO (NEW NAME) 3/30/74; LEASED TO AIR ALGERIE 11/75-1/76; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 10/79-11/79 & 9/20/80-11/80; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 7/82; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 11/7/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87
46089/501	63CF	N4866T	12/29/69	1/87	LEASED TO AERONAVES DE MEXICO 3/13/71; RETURNED BY AEROMEXICO (NEW NAME) 3/30/74; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 10/79-11/79 & 9/80-11/80; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 12/82; LEASED TO SPIRIT OF AMERICA AIRLINES 5/1/85-9/86; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 11/20/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87
46090/504	63CF	N4867T	12/29/69	2/1/87	LEASED TO UNION DE TRANSPORTS AERIENS (UTA) 8/72-12/72; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 11/74-12/74 & 9/75-11/75 & 9/76-11/76; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 3/83; LEASED TO SPIRIT OF AMERICA AIRLINES 4/85-9/86; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 12/5/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 2/1/87
46091/519	63CF	N4868T	4/15/70	1/87	NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 9/80-11/80 & 9/81-10/81; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 12/84; LEASED TO THE 'NEW' TIA 1/29/86-9/86; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 10/28/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87
46117/525	63CF	N4869T	5/15/70	1/87	NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 10/79-11/79 & 8/30/82-9/82; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 6/84; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 10/27/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87

DC-8s EITHER BOUGHT OR LEASED ON THE USED AIRCRAFT MARKET

MSN/LINE#	SERIES	REGISTRATION	DELIVERED	DISPOSED	REMARKS
45887/287	61	N26UA	7/15/87 6/8/88	1/14/88 1/30/89	TIA SUBLEASED FROM UNITED AVIATION SERVICES 7/15/87; AIR ALGERIE SUBLEASED FROM TIA 7/15/87-8/31/87; UNITED AVIATION SERVICES (UAS) BOUGHT 11/87 & TIA CONTINUED TO LEASE FROM THEM; TIA RETURNED TO UAS 1/14/88; TIA AGAIN LEASED A/C FROM UAS 6/8/88 & RETURNED TO UAS ON 1/30/89
45897/313	61CF	N8786R	4/30/71	1/28/73	LEASED FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES (WHICH ACQUIRED THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE MERGER WITH TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS ON 5/71)
45898/320	61CF	N8787R	5/29/71	2/4/73	LEASED FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES (WHICH ACQUIRED THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE MERGER WITH TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS ON 5/71)
45952/338	61CF	N8788R	4/26/71	5/1/72	LEASED FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES (WHICH ACQUIRED THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE MERGER WITH TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS ON 5/71)
45948/321	61CF	N8955U N862FT	11/30/76	5/16/85	ACQUIRED IN MERGER WITH SATURN AIRWAYS ON 11/30/76; AIRCRAFT WAS ON LEASE TO SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES & SUB-LEASE TO EFS BAHAMAS AS OF 11/30/76; RETURNED TO TIA 4/25/77; LEASED TO CAPITOL INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS 10/26/77-1/24/78; LEASED TO FLYING TIGER LINE 2/1/78 AS N862FT; SUB-LEASED TO EMERY WORLDWIDE AIRLINES 8/20/82-4/26/84; RETURNED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES AS N862FT ON 12/30/84; SOLD TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 5/16/85
45949/329	61CF	N8956U N863FT	11/30/76	5/16/85	ACQUIRED IN MERGER WITH SATURN AIRWAYS ON 11/30/76; AIRCRAFT WAS ON LEASE TO SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES & SUB-LEASE TO EFS BAHAMAS AS OF 11/30/76; RETURNED TO TIA 4/1/77; LEASED TO THAI INT'L AS HS-TGF 6/6/77; RETURNED TO TIA AS N8956U 3/31/79; LEASED TO FLYING TIGER LINE AS N863FT 4/20/79; RETURNED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 12/30/84 AS N863FT; SOLD TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 5/16/85
46108/522	63CF	N123AF N798FT	6/4/71	9/15/63	LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE 6/4/71; RETURNED TO FLYING TIGER LINE & RE-REGISTERED N798FT 9/17/71; LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE 12/15/71-9/15/72
46047/447	63CF	N793FT	6/1/78	9/27/78	LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE
46140/528	63CF	N797FT	6/1/72	3/30/73	LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE
46086/478	63CF	N794FT N870TV	3/1/78	6/12/84	LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE AS N794FT 3/1/78; TIA RE-REGISTERED TO N870TV 4/78; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; RETURNED TO FLYING TIGER LINE & SOLD TO BENDIX CORP. 6/12/84
45968/389	63CF	N871TV	4/10/79 9/10/80	5/26/80 7/1/84	TIA LEASED FROM FLYING TIGER LINE 4/10/79; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; RETURNED TO FLYING TIGER LINE 5/26/80; TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES LEASED AGAIN 9/10/80; RETURNED TO FLYING TIGER LINE 7/1/84
46001/395	63CF	HB-IBM N872TV	12/14/78	1/87	LEASED FROM SA DE TRANSPORT AERIEN (SATA) AS HB-IBM; TIA BOUGHT & RE-REGISTERED N872TV 3/5/79; NAME CHANGED TO TRANSAMERICA AIRLINES 10/1/79; LEASED TO AIR AFRIQUE 8/82-9/17/82; CONVERTED TO DC-8-73CF 3/84; LEASED TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 11/12/86-12/24/86; SOLD TO GPA GROUP LTD 1/87
46137/527	63CF	N804WA	11/18/83	1/8/85	TRANSAMERICA LEASED FROM GATX LEASING CORP.
46143/547	63CF	N805WA	12/2/83	1/8/85	TRANSAMERICA LEASED FROM GATX LEASING CORP.

SUMMARY OF TIA's DC-8 FLEET

DOUGLAS FACTORY DELIVERYS	OTHER DC-8's OPERATED
DC-8-51 -- 1 (SHIP ONE)	DC-8-61 --1
DC-8F-54 -- 1	DC-8-61CF -- 5
DC-8F-55 -- 1	DC-8-63CF -- 8
DC-8-61CF -- 3
DC-8-63CF -- 7
TOTAL -- 13	TOTAL -- 14

TOTAL DIFFERENT SERIES OF DC-8s OPERATED -- 6

GRAND TOTAL OF DC-8's OPERATED -- 27

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