With outer engines removed and pre-heating hose attached to #2. Showing much-larger-than-standard 'A Discovery Air Company' titles near the door, referring to its parent holding company. It had been 27 years since I saw this Dash on another continent.

Re-reg A9C-ED Dec 2007. Later LY-VEX with Avion Express and Cubana. Retired Feb 2014.

Departing on flight AC857 to Toronto.

Classic DC-8 on taxiway 'Lima' for an early morning departure. This a/c crashed during takeoff from Kansas City International Airport, MO (MCI) on February 16, 1995 while operating for ATI as N782AL.

CP Air's fourth DC-8-63, delivered June 16, 1968 and leased right away to Flying Tigers for a year (N624FT). Skybus service was a part of the 1970s fare wars with Air Canada on weekly flights from Toronto to Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The aircraft was stored is Las Vegas in late 1982 until sold to Worldways Canada in early 1983. Registered to Aerolease Financial Group as N782AL December 28, 1990 and converted to a freighter. Leased to Air Transport International, the freighter crashed on a second take-off attempting a three engine ferry flight on February 16, 1995.

The "Empress of Madrid" ready to taxi for departure. Other regns carried were N19B, N624FT, C-FCPS and as a -63(F), N782AL.

Delivered as a corporate CV340-42, N130B and later cvtd to a CV440. Converted to 580 in 6/65. Later used for cargo as N131FL.

The "Empress of Sydney" with Skybus/Aerobus titles. Later sold and converted to freighter. Crashed near Kansas City on 2/16/95.

Canadian Pacific was in the middle of changing its identity to CP Air when this photo was taken of CF-CPS in its original livery. Luckily, taxiway works meant a circuitous trip from the terminal to the Qantas Jet Base, bringing Empress of Madrid within range of a 55mm lens.