Model Facts and Aircraft History: Flying Tigers DC-8-63 N790FT

Flying Tigers DC-8-63 N790FT

Made by: Inflight 200
Product #: IF86303P
Scale      : 1:200
Released : 2010
Purchase : HERE

This airframe served several cargo carriers before and after it's stint with Flying Tigers. Later it was upgraded to a -73 with larger engines and is apparently still flying for Air Transport International. There is nothing like the polished finished models of Inflight. This one shines! Be sure to use your cotton gloves to handle it. There is only one picture of this plane on A-net but it appears everything has lined up well. The windows and the cockpit windows look great. There is plenty of detail on the model, including antennas, scaled landing gear, landing and warning lights. Nose shape is correct.

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This DC-8 61F came out of the production line with c/n 46044 in 1969 with registration N790FT for Flying Tigers, 63F.  Then bought by Cammacorp in 1983 which futher leased it to air India and funny or not, to Flying Tigers! Then as D-ADUE in 1999 to German Cargo and repainted for a short while as Lufthansa Cargo with the same registration. Further sold to Emery as N606AL, sold further to Air Transport International which they leased several times to Air India. It is still flying for ATI to the present day.

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