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The DC-8 was one of the defining early jetliners, but which examples remain active in 2022? Photo: BriYYZ via Flickr It has been 64 years since the Douglas DC-8 conducted its first flight on May 30th, 1958. The aircraft then entered service the following year with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines.
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On Mar. 17, 2020, at 21.18LT a DC-8-60/70, registration N782SP, departed from Greensboro, North Carolina, landed at Verona Villafranca airport, in northeastern Italy.
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The DC-8 is a long-range civil airliner that has been adapted for limited military use as a VIP transport, cargo transport or electronic and communications intelligence (ELINT/COMINT) aircraft. The design has had three incarnations: 1) the Series 10 through Series 50 turbojet/turbofan-powered aircraft that entered service from 1958 to 1960; the Super 60 airliners entering service in the mid.
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Douglas DC-8. Trans Air Cargo Service continues to operate pair of DC-8s on services within the Democratic Republic of Congo. DC-8-62AF 9S-AJG is photographed here at Kinshasa-N'djili in November 2020 (Congo-Zaire Aviation) Douglas was initially unconvinced about the potential for turbojet-powered airliners and was still studying turboprop.
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The DC-8 was instantly recognizable with its distinctive long, narrow fuselage. Photo: United Airlines United's first-ever jet service was on September 18th, 1959. Its DC-8 performed a transcontinental operation between San Francisco and New York Idlewild.
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The jet was built as a DC-8-62 convertible freighter with a main deck cargo door on the fore port side enabling it to switch between cargo rotations and a two-class, 140-seat configuration. The airliner first flew in January 1969 and would join Finnair later that same month as OH-LFR, receiving the name Paavo Nurmi in honour of the Finnish.
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General Arrangement DC-8-55 Freighter Copyright © 2003 by The Boeing Company. All rights reserved. Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines Cargo capacity, ft3 (m3) Main deck, (13) 88- x 125-in (2.2- x 3.2-m) Lower hold bulk Total cargo volume Maximum gross weight, lb (kg)
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A Trans Caribbean Airways DC-8-54F (N8784R, named Barbara Henry II) was destroyed by fire at Miami International Airport, Florida, United States. [1] 4 March 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402, a DC-8-43 (named Empress of Edmonton ), crashed on approach to Haneda Airport, Japan due to pilot error. [1]
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CargoLion Delta Air Transport Pomair Brazil BETA Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft) Panair do Brasil Skymaster Airlines Transportes Charter do Brasil Varig VASP (fleet included former Air Canada Cargo Super DC-8-73 aircraft) Canada Air Canada [2] (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft operated by Air Canada Cargo)
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Douglas DC-8 Operators. Heavylift Cargo Airlines United States. Reg . Aircraft Type . Delivered. Trans Air Cargo Service (TACS) Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The Web: tacscargo.com . Reg . Aircraft Type.
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March 16 Samaritan's Purse Responding to COVID-19 Crisis in Italy DC-8 Cargo Plane To Airlift Emergency Field Hospital, Medical Team, and Critical Aid Read the Full Press Release Fact Sheets DC-8 Cargo Aircraft B-Roll These videos are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories.
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The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company . Work began in 1952 towards the United States Air Force 's (USAF) requirement for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker .
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N805UP. Operator. United Parcel Service (UPS) Age. -. Status. Scrapped. Douglas DC-8-73CF with registration N807DH (ex N780FT, TF-CCV, N816EV, N816UP, OB-2059-P, PR-PFZ) airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names.
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Both Delta and United launched DC-8 flights with the aircraft on September 18th, 1959, United's jet performed a transcontinental trip between San Francisco and New York Idlewild while Delta's flight left Atlanta for New York. Delta's flight is recorded as the first flight due to the local time zone. United was the launch customer of the DC-8.
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The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engine long-range Jet Airliner with a capacity of maximum 259 passengers produced by the US-American manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. A freighter variant of the DC-8 was available also. Many DC-8 have been upgrated with modern turbofan engines CFM56-2 in the 1980s.
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The world's first DC-8 passenger flight left New York International Airport (Idlewild) for Atlanta at 09:20, on September 18th, 1959. It soon landed in Georgia at 11:00, carrying 119 passengers.