Emery Worldwide Douglas DC-8-63CF Arriving at LAX

N865F (cn 46088/464)

Here you see an Emery Worldwide McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF landing at LAX in August 1989. For 40 years, Emery was the largest freight forwarder / integrated air carrier in the US. The fleet was grounded on August 13, 2001 due to poor aircraft fleet maintenance.

N865F (JT3D-3B) Murray Air Inc. 1969 bt 9/00  
N865F tfd 1991  Emery Worldwide Airlines  
N865F tfd 1985 opf Emery  Rosenbalm Aviation BMDH
N865F lsd 6/23/81 opf Saudia 6/81-6/83, opf Air India 9/83-3/84, opf Emery from 7/84  ONA Overseas National Airlines  
N865F merged 9/80 opf Saudia -4/30/81  Flying Tigers  
N865F returned 4/79 opf Saudia 5/14/79-  Seaboard World  
TF-FLC lsd 10/28/77 opf Air India 1/79-3/79, opf Nigeria Awys 3/79  Loftleidir Icelandic  
N865F bt 10/20/77  Seaboard World  
N865F ret 6/1/77  ONA Overseas National Airlines  
N865F lsd 1/75 - 6/77 opf Cargolux 3/76-6/77  Seaboard World  
OE-IBO lsd 9/73 - 12/74  Austrian Airlines  
N865F dd 5/29/69 Superb ONA Overseas National Airlines

Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©).

Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©

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