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Seaboard World Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign SB SB SEABOARD
Founded	September 16, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-09-16) (as Seaboard & Western Airlines)
Ceased operations	October 1, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-10-01) (merged into Flying Tiger Line)
Operating bases	New York, New York
Fleet size	81 (Historically)
Headquarters	New York, New York United States
Founders	Arthur Norden Raymond Norden
Notes
(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s

Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the United States. It 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.

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. In 1955, it received final approval on CAB certification to fly scheduled cargo services across the Atlantic.

It adopted the name Seaboard World Airlines in April 1961. Jet cargo service started in 1964 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8.

The airline played a prominent role in the Vietnam War during the late 1960s, using 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. 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.

The airline merged with Flying Tiger Line on October 1, 1980, resulting in the loss of its corporate identity.

Fleet

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

1. ^ Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers (Report). Air Transport Association of America. December 31, 1959. p. iv.
2. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22 April 1978. 1191.
3. "Transatlantic Cargo Case". Civil Aeronautics Board Reports. 21. Washington, DC: U.S. General Printing Office: 671–759. June–October 1955. hdl:2027/osu.32435022360531.
4. Command Chronology, Marine Air Base Squadron 16, 5 May 1969 Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
5. "OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain- Vietnam.m4v" (video). YouTube. stan bloom. January 7, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
6. "Seaboard & Western / Seaboard World Airlines History". Seaboard World/Seaboard & Western Airlines. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024.

External links

• 1969 film of Seaboard World DC-8 departing Marble Mountain after mistakenly landing there the night before: "OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain- Vietnam.m4v" (video). YouTube. stan bloom. January 7, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
• "Seaboard World Airlines - Seaboard and Western Airlines", Airline Timetable Images
• Seaboard World Airlines aircraft
• "Seaboard World Airlines", Aviation Safety Network
• "David O. Hill Seaboard World Airlines Collection", Archives at The Museum of Flight

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