Unusual visitor to London Heathrow - Spantax Douglas DC-8-61 EC-DVB approaches runway 27R on an Aer Lingus flight 😎 *** New for 2023/4 - hear the classic sound of this DC-8 on SoundCloud 😎

The Douglas Collection a bespoke set of 90 Douglas DC-8s which have now arrived back from the scanning department :) There will also be a set of 79 DC-9s. Again, I hope that they will provide some enjoyment and nostalgia from a bygone age.

Here we have a shot of an unusual visitor to London Heathrow - in the form of Spantax DC-8-61 EC-DVB - seen here approaching the threshold of runway 27R on an Aer Lingus flight. According to Irish251 there was a strike by some Aer Lingus staff in the week 2nd-7th July, so a lot of capacity was hired in to maintain a basic schedule. Spantax DC-8 EC-CZE also operated several Aer Lingus services on different days. (See comments section below)

😎 *** New for 2023/4 - AUDIO MEMORIES OF THE 1980s - 'SOUND & VISION' ARCHIVES - EXTRACTED FROM MY VINTAGE AUDIO TAPES - NOW APPEARING ON SOUNDCLOUD!

You can hear this DC-8 - taken from my original tape recording here (check around 29mins in) soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/aviation-archive-1 ***😎

N8763 c/n 46037 - Douglas DC-8-61 was delivered new to Eastern Airlines in Dec 1968, and flew with the airline for 14 years (although leased out to JAL and Capitol for some of the time) before being sold to Bankers Trust and stored at Marana, Arizona. However, in May 1983 the aircraft started a new lease of life with Overseas National Airlines (ONA). As with Eastern, the aircraft was sometimes leased out - this time to Saudia, National Airlines and Airlift International - all as N8763 before changing identity to EC-DVB with Spantax from Oct 1984 to Dec 1987. After return, the aircraft was sold to LAPSA (Paraguay) as ZP-CCR. After just four more years, the aircraft was withdrawn again - but survived to fly with Airborne Express as N853AX, converted to a freighter, from Feb 1995 to 2006, ending her days in storage before finally being broken up. One of the stretched DC-8s that escaped being re-engined with turbofans.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens. From an original slide, scanned with minimal digital restoration.

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Taken in: UK / England / Hounslow / Cranford (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 1985

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