Seaboard World Airlines
{{Short description|US cargo airline (1946–1980) bought by Flying Tiger}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox airline
| logo = Seaboard.png
| logo_size = 150
| callsign = SEABOARD
| founded = {{Start date and age|1946|09|16|br=y}}
{{small|(as Seaboard & Western Airlines)}}
| ceased = {{End date and age|1980|10|01|br=y}}
{{small|(merged into Flying Tiger Line)}}
| headquarters = New York, New York
United States
| bases = New York, New York
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| fleet_size = 81 (Historically)
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| founders = {{ubl|class=nowrap
| Arthur Norden
| Raymond Norden }}
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| notes = (1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s
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File:Seaboard World Airlines Boeing 747-245F-SCD Rose.jpg at the New York John F. Kennedy Airport in 1977.]]
Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the United States. Originally an irregular air carrier, the airline was certificated as the first US transatlantic scheduled cargo airline in 1955 by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now defunct federal agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transportation. Seaboard's headquarters were on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City."World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22 April 1978. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200675.html?search=%22Seaboard%20World%20Airlines%22%20%22head%20office%22 1191].
History
Seaboard World Airlines was founded on September 16, 1946, as Seaboard & Western Airlines. It initially operated Douglas DC-4 aircraft, followed by Lockheed Super Constellation airliners.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} In 1955, it received final approval on CAB certification to fly scheduled cargo services across the Atlantic.{{cite journal |journal=Civil Aeronautics Board Reports|volume=21|publisher=U.S. General Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=671–759|date=June–October 1955 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435022360531?urlappend=%3Bseq=691%3Bownerid=102790623-741|hdl=2027/osu.32435022360531|hdl-access=free |title=Transatlantic Cargo Case}}
It adopted the name Seaboard World Airlines in April 1961. Jet cargo service started in 1964 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
File:Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 N868F.jpg in Pisa (1974).]]
File:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation, Seaboard & Western Airlines AN0074797.jpg in Honolulu (1956).]]
File:N10427 Curtiss C-46A Commando Seaboard World Airlines FRA 08DEC67 (5915488581).jpg in Frankfurt (1967).]]
During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, the company used Douglas DC-8-63 jets to connect McChord Air Force Base, Washington with Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. In 1968, one of these flights operating as Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was forced to land in the Soviet Union with 214 American troops on board.
On 30 April 1969, a Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 with 219 passengers and 13 crewmembers landed by mistake at Marble Mountain Air Facility, when it had actually been cleared to land at the nearby Da Nang Air Base.[http://media.nara.gov/usmc/077/00004851.pdf Command Chronology, Marine Air Base Squadron 16, 5 May 1969] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221739/http://media.nara.gov/usmc/077/00004851.pdf |date=12 May 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bvK6enoQDg|title=OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain- Vietnam.m4v |website=YouTube |date=7 January 2010|access-date=21 October 2024|publisher=stan bloom|format=video|language=en}} After fuel and passengers were offloaded, the plane was towed to the north overrun and departed five hours after the landing incident. See External links for a video of the DC-8 departing Marble Mountain.
Seaboard was the first airline to fly a 747 Freighter service from the UK to the USA.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
The airline merged with Flying Tiger Line on October 1, 1980, resulting in the loss of its corporate identity.{{Cite web |title=Seaboard & Western / Seaboard World Airlines History |url=http://www.seaboardairlines.org/seabhist.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220092639/https://www.seaboardairlines.org/seabhist.htm |archive-date=Feb 20, 2024 |website=Seaboard World/Seaboard & Western Airlines}}
Fleet
| class="wikitable" | |
| bgcolor="#cccccc"
|+ Seaboard World Airlines fleet | Type | Number |
| Boeing 707-345C
|align=right|2 | |
| Boeing 747-245F
|align=right|4 | |
| Boeing 747-251F
|align=right|4 | |
| Boeing 747-273C
|align=right|1 | |
| Canadair CL-44
|align=right|8 | |
| Curtis C-46 Commando
|align=right|2 | |
| Douglas DC-3
|align=right|1 | |
| Douglas DC-4
|align=right|14 | |
| Douglas DC-8-54F
|align=right|3 | |
| Douglas DC-8-55F
|align=right|9 | |
| Douglas DC-8-63CF
|align=right|6 | |
| Lockheed L-1049D "Super Constellation"
|align=right|4 | |
| Lockheed L-1049G "Super Constellation"
|align=right|1 | |
| Lockheed L-1049H "Super Constellation"
|align=right|4 |
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{commons category|Seaboard World Airlines}}
- 1969 film of Seaboard World DC-8 departing Marble Mountain after mistakenly landing there the night before: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bvK6enoQDg|title=OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain- Vietnam.m4v |website=YouTube |date=7 January 2010|access-date=21 October 2024|publisher=stan bloom|format=video|language=en}}
- "[http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/sb.htm Seaboard World Airlines - Seaboard and Western Airlines]", Airline Timetable Images
- [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Seaboard%20World%20Airlines&distinct_entry=true Seaboard World Airlines aircraft]
- "[https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/5390 Seaboard World Airlines]", Aviation Safety Network
- "[https://archives.museumofflight.org/repositories/2/resources/295 David O. Hill Seaboard World Airlines Collection]", Archives at The Museum of Flight
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