Description

For approximately six months in 1965, Lufthansa leased DC-8-51 N8008D from Trans International Airlines (TIA). The aircraft, which was actually the very first Douglas DC-8 built, operated in full Lufthansa colors. The instruction sheet also includes a diagram of where to cut down the stretch DC-8 kits into this shorter DC-8. The real DC-8 ship one eventually ended up at AeroMexico as XA-DOE where it served for many years prior to being scrapped in Marana, Arizona.