Due to the ongoing economic situation, UPS recently retired its DC-8 fleet sooner than anticipated with the last UPS DC-8 flight taking place on May 12. I thought that April 16 was the last time I'd seen the UPS DC-8, but going through my photos tonight I've found a set of shots that would be the last time I'd be seeing UPS's venerable old DC-8s 'round these parts ever. These shots were taken on a gloomy afternoon on April 30 from Founders' Plaza:
This particular aircraft is N894UP, built in July 1969 as a DC-8-63CF for charter airline Capitol Airlines. In 1984 she was to have been sold to Evergreen, but the deal fell through and she ultimately ended up with UPS who had her converted to Super Seventy standards with the re-engining to more efficient CFM56 engines.
The last information I have she is in open storage at UPS's hub in Louisville.
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