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GARUDA INDONESIA MD-11 PK-GIG DENPASAR - JAKARTA
MARCH 26, 1998

In March we decided to go on vacation together with my father in law, wife and daughter to Indonesia to visit the beautiful islands of Bali and Lombok soon after he became a widower.

This video features the return leg from Denpasar (Bali island) back to Jakarta, where we had an unexpected aircraft change from PK-GIG to PK-GIL for the onward flight to Tokyo Narita.

However, also this flight was taped with the very first generation of video cameras with digital recording on mini DV cassettes. There were neither stabilizing nor focusing features available at that time. I therefore apologize for the poor video quality and hope that you still can capture the feeling of what it was like to fly in the 90s.

History of Garuda Indonesia MD-11 PK-GIG

Airframe 48502 was manufactured 1992 and registered N9076Y by McDonnell Douglas Finance Corporation (MDFC), November 1, 1992. This aircraft operated for Garuda Indonesia and registered PK-GIG, September 30, 1993. Later, this aircraft returned to MDFC and was registered N540MD, September 23, 1998. This aircraft was operated by Varig, Brazil, registered PP-VQF, from January 26, 1999, until she was stored June 2006. This aircraft was acquired by Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC) and registered N774BC, February 16, 2007. Later this aircraft was converted into a freighter and leased to Aeroflot Russian Airlines, registered VP-BDP, December 3, 2007. This aircraft returned to BCC, registered N380BC and is reported stored at Victorville (VCV), California, since July 25, 2013.

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Flight details
Flight : GA 872
Date : Thursday, March 26, 1998
Aircraft : MD-11
Registration : PK-GIG
Previous registrations
N9076Y (McDonnell Douglas Finance – MDFC -)
Later registrations
N540MD (McDonnell Douglas Finance – MDFC -)
PP-VQF (Varig, Brazil)
N774BC (Boeing Capital Corporation – BCC -)
VP-BDP (Aeroflot Russian Airlines)
N380BC (Boeing Capital Corporation – BCC -)
Built : 1997
From : Denpasar (DPS)
To : Jakarta (CGK)
Take off : 21.54 h (1354 UTC)
Touch down : 22.14 h (1514 UTC)
Flying time : 1 hour 20 minutes
Flying distance : 997 km
Altitude : 9.400 m
Speed : 937 km/h
Flight Captain : Sundiono