Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45376 / 48
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45377 / 53
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45378 / 59
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45379 / 75
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45380 / 87
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45381 / 96
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-33 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45382 / 106
Engines: 4X JT4A-11 turbojets
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-52 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45750 / 217
Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: N9683Z
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45383 / 120
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: N9603Z
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45613 / 123
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45614 / 126
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: N9605Z
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45615 / 131
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: -
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)
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45616 / 147
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45629 / 158
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45632 / 164
Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45608 / 155
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: N9608Z
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.
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45607 / 154
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: N9607Z
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)
Type: Douglas DC-8-53 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45937 / 324
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-1
Test Registration: -
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)
Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45683 / 208
Engines: 4x PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45691 / 209
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45859 / 253
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-55 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45766 / 272
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45762 / 232
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-55 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45765 / 265
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45824 / 267
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-3B
Test Registration: -
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
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45903 / 286
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45901 / 293
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: N1503U
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 45999 / 377
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46000 / 386
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46019 / 411
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46080 / 466
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46092 / 505
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46075 / 484
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46121 / 500
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46122 / 506
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
Type: Douglas DC-8-63 (DC8)
MSN/LN: 46141 / 533
Engines: 4X PW JT3D-7
Test Registration: -
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: -
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