Douglas DC-8 cn 46082 / 458

Frame last update: 16-Feb-2021

Registration: N817NA
Operator: NASA
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Type: Other
Status: Active
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All Operators of This Frame
Reg Date Model Operator Notes Seen Photo
I-DIWKxx-xx-1969DC-8-62HAlitalia
N801BNxx-xx-1979DC-8-62HBraniff Ultra Corvette Light Blue c/s; sLAX 22.10.81
N801BNxx-xx-1983DC-8-62HInternational Air Leases
N801BNxx-xx-1984DC-8-62HNacelle CorpThe Quiet DC8 Title, used for hush-kit development; IAL ret 12.85
N801BNxx-xx-1985DC-8-62HCammacorp
N801BNxx-xx-1986DC-8-72NASAcvtd 04.86
N717NAxx-xx-1986DC-8-72NASAs01.97 Marana
N817NAxx-xx-1998DC-8-72NASAsis 9.98 Edwards AFB, s 18.03.01 Yokota AB Japan for TRACE-P mission, still based Edwards, ferried to Grand Forks ND 09.05, s14.09.05, NASA pays $25 mln to University of North Dakota to maintain and operate it, centerpiece of new National Suborbital Education and Research Center
N436NAxx-xx-2006DC-8-72NASAsHouston EFD 21.03.06 University of North Dakota titles, opb North Dakota late 2005-11.07, frd and to be based at Dryden AFB, CA 08.11.07 (reg at 11.07 to be conf)
N817NAxx-xx-2007DC-8-72NASAres 26.09.07, code '817', rr s04.08, sis Fairbanks 04.08, only flying DC-8-72 by 2009, to continue to fly for NASA til 2022 (repo in 2012), testfl ROW 28.02.14, frd ROW-Palmdale 01.03.14, NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center (Edwards CA) r10.06.14, frd Palmdale-Keflavik 08.05.15, repors due sold to Indian Government 02.02.14, but presum postponed to 2018 or ntu, sis Salina KS 07.15, sis for NASA Lajes 02.17, above Antarctica 07.17
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Other Users Sightings of Frame
Date Reg Operator Location User
06-07-1991 N717NA NASAEGPKAyronautica
29-06-1991 N717NA NASAEGPKAyronautica
07-08-1989 N717NA NASAEGPKAyronautica
18-03-1974 I-DIWK AlitaliaEGLLWarthog1