Delivered to Alitalia as I-DIWW in 1970. To Sea&Sun/Pacific East Air as N39305 in 1983 then to MGM Grand Air in 1988 and reregistered as N802MG in 1990. To Kalitta American International Airways in 1995 and converted to a freighter. To Kitty Hawk International in 1999 then to African International Airways as 3D-AIA and reregistered as ZS-OSI in 2002. To Stars Away in 2009. Withdrawn from use at Manston, UK in 2012 and scrapped in 2015.

on both occasions, landing and take-off, murphy's cloud played it's part, not allowing any sunny side-on shot..

Basic Kitty Hawk cheatline

Photographer: Albert Storti.

K64 slide scan. Built 1970 as I-DIWW for Alitalia. Pacific East/Sea and Sun N39305 1981, MGM Grand Air N801MG 1988, American International 1995 after freighter conversion. Operated by Champion Air and Kitty Hawk, African International 3D-AIA, later ZS-OSI 2002. Stars Away 2009, scrapped Manston 2015.

Formerly I-DIWW of Alitalia, this machine became N39305 of Pacific East, before joining MGM. It later became 3D-AIA and ZS-OSI of African International, before joining Stars Away as ZS-OSI. It was broken up at MSE in Feb., 2015.

MDC delivered this DC-8 to Alitalia in 1970, as I-DIWW. It was withdrawn from use in 1981 and sold as N39305 two years later. In 1988 it entered the MGM Grand Air fleet, and became N802MG in 1990. Kalitta acquired it in 1996 and converted it to a freighter. Transferred to Kitty Hawk in 1999, and then sold to African International in early 2002. With them it initially flew as 3D-AIA, but was soon reregistered to ZS-OSI, as seen here. Finally, in 2009 it went to Stars Away and was permanently withdrawn from use in 2012. In early 2015 this beauty was broken up at Manston, UK.

Magnificent machine pulling off Brize's runway 26 - not too many DC-8s were allowed in the UK by this time but this one was a good airframe by all accounts. Started life as Alitalia's I-DIWW and later N802MG with MGM Grand Air. Stored at Manston and sadly never made it out before the airport closed, then being broken up