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Text on back: "DC-8 Jet Empress Canadian Pacific - the only Canadian airline serving five continents."

02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the 124th DC-8 built and it was delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA) on February 22, 1961 registered CF-CPF, fleet number "601" and named "Empress of Vancouver"; it was renamed "Empress of Rome" in 1968. CPA was renamed CP Air in April 1969 and this aircraft was renamed "Empress of Santiago". This aircraft was sold to Aerovias Colombianas Limitada (ARCA) of Bogota, Columbia, on November 23, 1981 and was immediately withdrawn from use and stored in Miami, Florida, USA. The aircraft was scrapped in 1990."


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Text on back: "DC-8 Jet Empress Canadian Pacific - the only Canadian airline serving five continents." 02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the 124th DC-8 built and it was delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA) on February 22, 1961 registered CF-CPF, fleet number "601" and named "Empress of Vancouver"; it was renamed "Empress of Rome" in 1968. CPA was renamed CP Air in April 1969 and this aircraft was renamed "Empress of Santiago". This aircraft was sold to Aerovias Colombianas Limitada (ARCA) of Bogota, Columbia, on November 23, 1981 and was immediately withdrawn from use and stored in Miami, Florida, USA. The aircraft was scrapped in 1990."