air spain dc-8 -21
hi there
i was air spains' rep at LTN and LGW from 1972 onwards,
they operated them in 189Y config
the engines were jt4a 17500 lbs thrust same as -33 models
very thirsty very noisy very dirty lol!
they had 6 dc8-21's ex eastern airlines and were not that reliable technically,
we often had subcharters from pomair (-33) and BIAS (-33) belgian carriers, and karair (finland -33)
amongst others !
as a previous poster mentioned they were operated from GLA and northern scandinavia airports to the canary islands LPA and TFS and ACE which were the longest sectors air spain did but i seem to recall they did op PMI to JFK and MAD to JFK a few times, i think the tech stop was in ireland.
someone here will correct me i am sure!
the fuel load at LGW for PMI was difficult to remember but i am sure air spain took enough fuel from PMI as it was cheaper to do the round trip with just a small top up at LGW.
if you post on the spanish forum about air spain dc-8's am sure you might get some old pilots who can help more...