Editing 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
| IATA             = SB<sup>(1)</sup><ref name=airportstats>{{cite report|title=Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers|publisher=Air Transport Association of America|date=31 December 1959|page=iv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBDWAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PR4}}</ref>
| ICAO             = SB<sup>(1)</sup><ref name=airportstats/>
| callsign         = SEABOARD
| founded          = {{Start date and age|1946|09|16|br=y}}<br />{{small|(as ''Seaboard & Western Airlines'')}}
| ceased           = {{End date and age|1980|10|01|br=y}}<br />{{small|(merged into [[Flying Tiger Line]])}}
| headquarters     = [[New York, New York]]<br> [[United States]]
| bases            = [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York, New York]]
| focus_cities     = 
| frequent_flyer   =
| lounge           =
| alliance         = 
| fleet_size       = 81 (Historically)
| destinations     =
| company_slogan   =
| parent           =
| subsidiaries     = 
| key_people       = 
| founders         = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | Arthur Norden
  | Raymond Norden }}
| website          =
| notes = <small>(1) [[Airline codes#ICAO airline designator|IATA, ICAO codes]] were the same until the 1980s</small>
}}
[[File:Seaboard World Airlines Boeing 747-245F-SCD Rose.jpg|thumb|A [[Boeing 747-200F]] 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]].<ref>"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].</ref>

== History ==
Seaboard World Airlines was founded on September 16, 1946, as '''Seaboard & Western Airlines'''. It initially operated [[Douglas DC-4]] aircraft, followed by [[Lockheed Constellation|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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|thumb|A [[DC-8]] in [[Pisa Airport|Pisa]] (1974).]]
[[File:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation, Seaboard & Western Airlines AN0074797.jpg|thumb|A [[Lockheed L-1049|L-1049D]] in [[Honolulu International Airport|Honolulu]] (1956).]]
[[File:N10427 Curtiss C-46A Commando Seaboard World Airlines FRA 08DEC67 (5915488581).jpg|thumb|A [[C-46]] in [[Flughafen Frankfurt|Frankfurt]] (1967).]]

During the [[Vietnam War]] in the late 1960s, the company used [[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-63]] jets to connect [[McChord Air Force Base]], [[Washington (state)|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]].<ref>[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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>  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|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Fleet==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
|+ '''Seaboard World Airlines fleet'''
| '''Type''' || '''Number''' 
|-
|[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-345C]]
|align=right|2
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-245F]]
|align=right|4
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-251F]]
|align=right|4
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-273C]]
|align=right|1
|-
|[[Canadair CL-44]]
|align=right|8
|- 
|[[C-46 Commando|Curtis C-46 Commando]]
|align=right|2
|- 
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|align=right|1
|- 
|[[Douglas DC-4]]
|align=right|14
|- 
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-54F]]
|align=right|3
|- 
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-55F]]
|align=right|9
|- 
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-63CF]]
|align=right|6
|- 
|[[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation|Lockheed L-1049D "Super Constellation"]]
|align=right|4
|- 
|[[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation|Lockheed L-1049G "Super Constellation"]]
|align=right|1
|- 
|[[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation|Lockheed L-1049H "Super Constellation"]]
|align=right|4
|- 
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United States]]

== 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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[[Category:Defunct airlines of the United States]]
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