• 0 Aircraft In Service
• 7 Aircraft Out Of Service
• (7 Total)

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE ALPHA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .-

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45376 / 48

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Albert Plesman

Fleet Number: CA

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 23 December 1959

Delivered: 19 March 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 17 April 1972

Remark: First KLM Jet Airliner

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE BRAVO

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -...

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45377 / 53

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Daniel Bernoulli

Fleet Number: CB

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 19 January 1960

Delivered: 18 April 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 27 September 1972

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE CHARLIE

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -.-.

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45378 / 59

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Sir Frank Whittle

Fleet Number: CC

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 11 February 1960

Delivered: 09 May 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 03 April 1970

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE DELTA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -..

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45379 / 75

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Nicolaus August Otto

Fleet Number: CD

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 07 April 1960

Delivered: 04 July 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 01 February 1972

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE ECHO

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45380 / 87

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Thomas Alva Edison

Fleet Number: CE

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 19 May 1960

Delivered: 19 August 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 22 March 1970

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE FOXTROT

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ..-.

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45381 / 96

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Anthony Fokker / Sir Alexander Fleming (02-1972)

Fleet Number: CF

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 23 March 1960

Delivered: 24 September 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 08 March 1973

Remark: Renamed to Sir Alexander Fleming - February 1972

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE GOLF

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. --.

Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45382 / 106

Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Guglielmo Marconi

Fleet Number: CG

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 02 August 1960

Delivered: 26 October 1960

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 24 March 1972

Remark: -

• 0 Aircraft In Service
• 2 Aircraft Written-Off
• 16 Aircraft Out Of Service
• (18 Total)

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL ALPHA DELTA ALPHA 

Morse: .--. .... .- -.. .-

Type: Douglas DC-8-52 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45750 / 217

Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: N9683Z

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: -

Fleet Number: DA

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 14 February 1965

Delivered: 27 May 1967

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 20 September 1967

Remark: Leased from Air New Zealand (ZK-NZA) in KLM Livery

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE HOTEL

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ....

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45383 / 120

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: N9603Z

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Orville Wright

Fleet Number: CH

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 20 December 1960

Delivered: 13 June 1961

Status: Written-Off

Out of Service: 29 June 1968

Remark: Damaged Beyond Repair 29 Jun 1968 at AMS due to an explosion and subsequent hangar fire while on maintenance with the left side in VIASA livery, and the right side with KLM livery

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE INDIA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ..

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45613 / 123

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Sir Isaac Newton

Fleet Number: CI

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 06 January 1961

Delivered: 03 April 1961

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 10 November 1975

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE KILO

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -.-

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45614 / 126

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: N9605Z

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Admiral Richard E. Byrd

Fleet Number: CK

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 02 February 1961

Delivered: 01 May 1961

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 30 June 1976

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE LIMA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .-..

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45615 / 131

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Fridtjof Nansen

Fleet Number: CL

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 07 March 1961

Delivered: 01 May 1961

Status: Written-Off

Out of Service: 30 May 1961

Remark: Crashed 30 May 1961 during initial climb after take-off from Lisbon Airport (LIS)

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE MIKE

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. --

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45616 / 147

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Henry Dunant

Fleet Number: CM

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 01 June 1961

Delivered: 24 June 1961

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 15 July 1974

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE NOVEMBER

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -.

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45629 / 158

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Albert Schweitzer

Fleet Number: CN

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 20 December 1961

Delivered: 17 January 1962

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 26 September 1975

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE OSCAR

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ---

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45632 / 164

Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Sir Alexander Fleming

Fleet Number: CO

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 11 June 1962

Delivered: 27 June 1962

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 06 October 1978

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE PAPA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .--.

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45608 / 155

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: N9608Z

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: -

Fleet Number: CP

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: November 1961

Delivered: 27 June 1962

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 16 June 1962 (Leased) / July 1986 (Sold)

Remark: Called "Pacific Pacer" for setting a distance record on a testflight from Tokyo to Miami (8,792 miles in 13 hours 52 minutes) on 23-Feb-1962, Aircraft Leased by Philippine Airlines and did not flown by KLM self.

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE ROMEO  / PAPA INDIA CHARLIE EIGHT ZERO FOUR / ROMEO PAPA CHARLIE EIGHT ZERO FOUR

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .-. / .--. .. -.-. ---.. ----- ....- / .-. .--. -.-. ---.. ----- ....-

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45607 / 154

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: N9607Z

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Gerard Mercator

Fleet Number: CR

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 08 August 1962

Delivered: 13 December 1962

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 19 December 1967

Remark: Aircraft Leased from Philippine Airlines (PI-C801) in KLM livery (between 08-Aug-1962 and 23-Dec-1967 / 01-May-1972 and Mar-1974 as PI-C804 and until 10-Mar-1975 as RP-C804)

Phonetic: PAPA INDIA CHARLIE EIGHT ZERO THREE 

Morse: .--. .. -.-. ---.. ----- ...--

Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45937 / 324

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: -

Fleet Number: -

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 02 November 1967

Delivered: February 1974

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: May 1974

Remark: Aircraft Leased from Philippine Airlines (PI-C803) in Philippine Airlines livery (Only KLM tail and text on fuselage)

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE SIERRA

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ...

Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45683 / 208

Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Alfred H. Nobel

Fleet Number: CS

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: -

Delivered: 25 June 1964

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 25 February 1977

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE TANGO

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -

Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45691 / 209

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Pierre Baron de Coubertin

Fleet Number: CT

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 21 July 1964

Delivered: 15 August 1964

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 29 September 1981

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE UNIFORM

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ..-

Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45859 / 253

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Sir Winston Churchill

Fleet Number: CU

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 02 February 1966

Delivered: 26 February 1966

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 29 September 1981

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE VICTOR

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. ...-

Type: Douglas DC-8-55 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45766 / 272

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Bali / Daniel Bernoulli

Fleet Number: CV

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 06 July 1966

Delivered: 19 August 1966

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 21 March 1974

Remark: Renamed to Daniel Bernoulli - October 1968

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE WHISKEY

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. .--

Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45762 / 232

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Gerard Mercator

Fleet Number: CW

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 20 July 1965

Delivered: 19 December 1967

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 30 December 1979

Remark: Aircraft taken over from Philippine Airlines ex PI-C802

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA CHARLIE YANKEE

Morse: .--. .... -.. -.-. -.--

Type: Douglas DC-8-55 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45765 / 265

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Anthony Fokker

Fleet Number: CY

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 21 May 1965

Delivered: 24 March 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 22 May 1973

Remark: Aircraft Leased from Garuda Indonesia (PK-GJD) in KLM livery

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL MIKE ALPHA SIERRA 

Morse: .--. .... -- .- ...

Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45824 / 267

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Hans Christian Andersen

Fleet Number: -

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 03 June 1966

Delivered: 19 April 1977

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 05 October 1977

Remark: Leased from Douglas (ex Martinair Holland) in adapted KLM livery

• 0 Aircraft In Service
• 11 Aircraft Out Of Service
• (11 Total)

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO ALPHA

Morse: .--. .... -.. . .-

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45903 / 286

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Amerigo Vespucci

Fleet Number: EA

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 10 April 1967

Delivered: 08 November 1967

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 23 November 1983

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO BRAVO

Morse: .--. .... -.. . -...

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45901 / 293

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: N1503U

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Christophorus Columbus

Fleet Number: EB

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 14 April 1967

Delivered: 15 July 1967

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 06 June 1984

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO CHARLIE

Morse: .--. .... -.. . -.-.

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 45999 / 377

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Marco Polo

Fleet Number: EC

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 14 June 1968

Delivered: 21 July 1968

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 06 June 1984

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO DELTA

Morse: .--. .... -.. . -..

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46000 / 386

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Leifur Eriksson

Fleet Number: ED

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 18 July 1968

Delivered: 25 August 1968

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 03 December 1984

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO ECHO

Morse: .--. .... -.. . .

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46019 / 411

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Abel Tasman

Fleet Number: EE

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 15 October 1968

Delivered: 27 November 1968

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 03 March 1985

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO FOXTROT

Morse: .--. .... -.. . ..-.

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46080 / 466

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Henry Hudson

Fleet Number: EF

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 06 May 1969

Delivered: 30 June 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 03 March 1985

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO GOLF

Morse: .--. .... -.. . --.

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46092 / 505

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Jan van Riebeeck

Fleet Number: EG

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 07 November 1969

Delivered: 23 December 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 23 November 1983

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO HOTEL

Morse: .--. .... -.. . ....

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46075 / 484

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Vasco da Gama

Fleet Number: EH

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 25 July 1969

Delivered: 29 August 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 19 March 1985

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO KILO

Morse: .--. .... -.. . -.-

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46121 / 500

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: David Livingstone

Fleet Number: EK

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: October 1969

Delivered: 25 November 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 04 April 1984

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO LIMA

Morse: .--. .... -.. . .-..

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46122 / 506

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: Fernão de Magalhães

Fleet Number: EL

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 12 November 1969

Delivered: 31 December 1969

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 02 June 1982

Remark: -

Phonetic: PAPA HOTEL DELTA ECHO MIKE

Morse: .--. .... -.. . --

Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)

MSN/LN: 46141 / 533

Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7

Test Registration: -

Production Site: LGB/KLGB Long Beach (US)

Name: James Cook

Fleet Number: EM

ICAO24 (ModeS): -

SELCAL: -

First Flight: 20 May 1970

Delivered: 22 June 1970

Status: Out of Service

Out of Service: 22 December 1983

Remark: -