22.08.91 bought Delta ; re-registered N783DL ; seen 29.8.91 in Eastern Airlines colours at Atlanta for delivery
02/1998 stored Mojave ; seen 14.2.98 no titel ; seen 10.98 no wing engines
06/1999 stored Victorville
10/1999 stored Mojave
19.06.2001 bought Air Associates
24.07.2001 N - registration canceled
03/2002 bought Diversified Aero Services
11/2002 bought Mark Thompson's Aviation Warehouse
24.02.2004 cut into pieces ; sections to be barged to Oahu for plane crash on a beach for TV show ; then broken up. Unconfirmed reports as Lost Birds Aviation had interest to
buy it but couldn't finance, but they probably own the cockpit
Pictures
Palmdale (KPMD)
USA - California, January 05, 1972
N308EA sits on the final assembly line, due to be next out the door.
Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX)
USA - California, October 27, 1989
Eastern Airlines N308EA
Mojave (MHV)
USA - California, September 2001
Deltas stored N783DL
Ex-Delta N783DL is seen being broken up.
Plans to preserve the aircraft failed due to a lack of funding
Reborn as an Oceanic Airlines plane, the dismembered L-1011
was a critical set piece on the beach in the debut season of "Lost."
