AP-AXC - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AXC

Certificate of Registration Number:

453

Registration Date:

March 1974

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

Construction Number:

46931

Line Number:

137

Year Built:

1973

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

N54637

Delivery Date:

March 1, 1974

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

C-FCRA

Next Operator:

CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines)

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 46931. Built December 12, 1973. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N54637, March 4, 1974. Registration N54637 cancelled on March 4, 1974. Aircraft exported to Pakistan. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AXC for PIA. Delivered to PIA on March 1, 1974. Registration AP-AXC removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on September 26, 1986. To CP Air, September 27, 1986. Registered in Canada as C-FCRA. CP Air tail number 909. CP Air became Canadian Airlines International, April 26, 1987. January 1, 1988, to Canada Lease Financing Ltd and leased back to Canadian Airlines International. March 3, 1989, to Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation and leased to Canadian Airlines International. September 28, 1989, returned to Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation. Registered in Mexico as XA-AMR and leased out to Aeromexico, September 29, 1989. March 22, 1994, returned to Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N832LA. Leased to Leisure Air, June 15, 1994. October 6, 1994, returned to Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation. To General Electric GE Capital ? Leased to Laker Airways, April 25, 1996, aircraft named "Endeavour". July 1, 1999, returned to GE Capital. Seen stored at Goodyear - Phoenix / Goodyear (Litchfield Municipal) (GYR) Airport, Arizona, USA, in May, June and on July 19 of year 2000. July 30, 2000, flown to Naples, Italy, for freighter conversion by Aeronavali. Converted to DC-10-30F with installation of main deck side cargo door in year 2000. Acquired by Gemini Air Cargo, July 31, 2000. February 28, 2002, withdrawn from use and stored in Mojave, California, USA. Registered in USA as N614GC for Gemini Air Cargo, June 13, 2002 and returned to active service. October 1, 2002, withdrawn from used and stored in Mojave, California. Year 2003, to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA. Leased to Cielos Airlines Cargo (Cielos del Peru Cargo), June 13, 2003. Aircraft named "PETETE V".

Photo:

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (Abbas Ali Collection)

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (registration AP-AXC)