Democratic Republic Congo AF DC8-55 flying again!

[f4phantom]

Fantastic news from Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9wfPMfK1RE
First flight after years of storage, DC8-55 9T-TCN 15-12-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCyUa4wv7as
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbft-4tqkgY

[mwpeters]

Haha this is so funny, hopefully there will be a nice EU-Africa summit somewhere soon where Congo is also invited

[Alpha Kilo One]

Ach, onze eigen NATO kan er ook wat van als het gaat om milieu en oud.
Denk alleen maar even aan onze eigen AWACS op Geilenkirchen.
Sinds 1982 .....
Still smoking hot

[YS11]

After 10 years of storage,
9T-TCN Congolese Air Force Douglas DC-8-50
Airframe Details
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN)
45753
Line Number
223
Aircraft Type
Douglas DC-8-50
Age
53.8 Years


Operator History
Reg
Aircraft Type
Airline
Delivered
Config
Engines
Aircraft Name
Remarks
SE-DBD
Douglas DC-8-50
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Apr 1965

4x PW JT3D
Folke Viking
leased from Douglas Apr 1965
bought Jun 1966 by SAS Scandinavian Airlines
opf Swissair from 15 Oct 1967 to 31 Oct 1967
SE-DBD
Douglas DC-8-50
Swissair
Nov 1969

4x PW JT3D

leased from SAS Scandinavian Airlines
SE-DBD
Douglas DC-8-50
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Mar 1970

4x PW JT3D
Folke Viking
ret
SE-DBD
Douglas DC-8-50
Scanair
Jun 1970
Y180
4x PW JT3D
Folke Viking
leased from SAS Scandinavian Airlines Jun 1970
bought 1975 by Scanair
N721UA
Douglas DC-8-50
United Air Leasing
Oct 1979

4x PW JT3D


EC-DIH
Douglas DC-8-50
TAE - Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces
Nov 1979

4x PW JT3D

leased from UTA
N916R
Douglas DC-8-50
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Sep 1980

4x PW JT3D

leased from Overseas National Airways (ONA)
N916R
Douglas DC-8-50
Sun Land Airlines
Nov 1980

4x PW JT3D

leased from Overseas National Airways (ONA)
N916R
Douglas DC-8-50
Overseas National Airways (ONA)
Jul 1981

4x PW JT3D

ret
N916R
Douglas DC-8-50
Icelandair
May 1982

4x PW JT3D

leased from Overseas National Airways (ONA)
TF-FLB
Douglas DC-8-50
Icelandair
Jan 1986
Y169
4x PW JT3D
Sudurfari
rr
5N-AWE
Douglas DC-8-50
Kabo Air
Feb 1988
Cargo
4x PW JT3D
Sir Amandu Bello
cvtd Douglas DC-8-50 Jun 1988
5N-OCM
Douglas DC-8-50
Overnight Cargo (Nigeria)
Sep 1994
Cargo
4x PW JT3D


5N-MKE
Douglas DC-8-50
MK Airlines
Mar 1995
Cargo
4x PW JT3D


9G-MKE
Douglas DC-8-50
MK Airlines
May 1996
Cargo
4x PW JT3D

rr
9T-TDA
Douglas DC-8-50
Congolese Air Force
Mar 2005
Cargo
4x PW JT3D


9Q-CAQ
Douglas DC-8-50
Hewa Bora Airways
2007
Cargo
4x PW JT3D

opf Congolese Air Force
9T-TCN
Douglas DC-8-50
Congolese Air Force
2011
Cargo
4x PW JT3D


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[Stratofreighter]

...ah, excellent!

The above background information adds nicely to the
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=142243
thread elsewhere on this forum.

This "Diesel Eight" has quite a history...