Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Built 1968 as N8956U for Saturn. Seabord World 1974, leased to EFS Cargo 1975, ONA and EFS Bahamas 1976, Thai International HS-TGF 1977, Flying Tigers N863FT 1979. Converted to DC-8-71CF for UPS as N705UP 1985, withdrawn Roswell 2009 and subsequently scrapped.

Just arrived at the Air Canada maintenance hangar for conversion from combi to all freighter. In September it emerged in the UPS livery. The huge hangar was built to house Lockheed Tristars and was politically motivated to keep the locals happy. In practice, Boeing 727 and Airbus maintenance was carried out instead. Also much third-party airline work was done which brought in some interesting visitors like this DC-8. Sadly, Air Canada eventually pulled the plug and when I was there in 2012 it was a truck freight terminus with no aviation connection.