Leased from World Airways. Delivered to Atlantis as D-ADIZ in 1971. Returned to the lessor as N65517 then to World Airways as N806WA in 1972. To Overseas National Airways as N921R who were renamed to National Airlines in 1983 then to Emery Worldwide Airlines in 1999, Murray Air in 2000 and National Airlines in 2008. Withdrawn from use at Roswell, NM in 2009. Still there in 2011. Scrapped.

Photographer: Not known.

Aircraft on final to land runway 31. Date in 1986 not logged, estimate given.

Initially registered to Atlantis Als as D-ADIZ in May 1971, this machine became N806WA of World Aws, undergoing several leases in that guise until becoming N921R of O.N.A. in January 1983. It went on a number of leases to various airlines between then and 1985 (including the one photographed at EINN) when it transferred to Emery. It flew with that airlines and Murray Air until 2008, later transferring to National Als before b/u in 2011.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Besides 2 leased aircraft, World Airways operated six DC-8-63CF's; the one shown here was acquired from the defunct German airline Atlantis a year before this slide was taken. - Broken up at Roswell in 2011 after being operated for Murray Air as N921R.

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