Tuesday, June 18, 2013

NASA DC-8-72 performs fly-by at Long Beach

 
Flies down Rwy 30 at approximately 200 ft.
 

NASA DC-8-72 (46082/458) N817NA performed a fly-by at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) on June 17, 2013. The aircraft was originally delivered to Alitalia on May 14, 1969 as DC-8-62H "Giacomo Puccini." Braniff Airways bought the aircraft on January 1, 1979 and re-registered it to N801BN. NASA bought this lovely DC-8 on February 4, 1986 and converted it to a DC-8-72 and registered her as N717NA, re-registering her to the current reg. N817NA on June 25, 1998.
 
(Photos by Fred Schmidt)

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