All Three MGM Grand Air DC-8-62's In One Video!

All footage taken in 1990.

N801MG / 801 (cn 45986/379) Built 1968

Seen here with some sort of issue, this classic could not depart so she taxiied back to parking.

Former Regs: I-DIWJ, ZS-OZV, N3931G, 3D-CDL

Former Carriers: Alitalia, Pacific East Air (Sea and Sun), Kitty Hawk International, Kalitta (American Int'l Airways), African International Airways. Champion Air

Status: Stored at VCV / KVCV (Victorville, California)

N802MG / 802 (cn 46098/516) Built 1970

Former Regs: ZS-OSI, 3D-AIA, N39305, I-DIWW

Former Carriers: Stars Away International, Pacific East Air (Sea and Sun), Alitalia, African International, Kitty Hawk International, Champion Air, Kalitta (American Int'l Airways)

Status: Still flying at upload date with Stars Away International.

N803MG / 803 (cn 45910/311) Built 1967

Former Regs: 9G-REM, N181SK, N39307, I-DIWV

Former Carriers: Continental Cargo Airlines, Trans Continental, Pacific East Air, Kuwait Airways, MK Airlines, Kalitta (American Int'l Airways), Alitalia

Status: Written off in a crash, report here:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/r...

Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©).

Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©