Pics: ex-SABENA DC-10 cockpit being preserved in Belgium now

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.oldjets.net/index_bestanden/Page2493.htm has photos and more information.

The rescue of a Sabena DC-10 cockpit

By Guy van Herbruggen

Dear all - Very happy to inform you that 5X-JOE (ex OO-SLA) cockpit & some other important parts have safely arrived at St-Ghislain airport on another rainy day of Monday July 16th.

5X-JOE is the former Sabena OO-SLA and the very first -30CF delivered to a European carrier on September 18th, 1973.

The aircraft arrived at BRU on 22 September 1973.
Initially used on routes to destinations in the Far East and Africa, it was also put into service on routes to the US and Canada. Wet-leased to JAT in 1987 in full colors and to Zambia AW in 1989 in basic SN colors, it returned to Sabena in 1990. In 1994, it was retired from Sabena fleet when sold to World as N116WA. At that time it was the highest time DC-10-30 with 89,139 hrs and 20,145 landings.

It was sold in 1995 to DAS Air Cargo as 5X-JOE and accumulated 125,718 hrs by Feb 2005.
DAS Air ceased operations on September 17, 1997.

The aircraft - scheduled for a check in Manston - was then stored and it is around April 2011 that first contacts were established to save Lima Alpha.

Continues at http://www.oldjets.net/index_bestanden/Page2493.htm

[ErikFB]

Is dit geen oude DAS-Air kist geweest ( 5X-JOE ) ??? Staat mij iets van bij deze op foto's te hebben staan...

edit: was het dus inderdaad. Komt pas uit het artikel van bovenstaande link naar voren.

[ehusmann]

Ben benieuwd of deze cockpit naast de B707 cockpit in zijn kelder past....

Erwin