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The Douglas DC-5 (Douglas Commercial Model 5) was a 16-to-22-seat, twin-engine propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the Douglas DC-3 or Douglas DC-4. By the time it entered commercial service in 1940, many airlines were canceling orders for aircraft. Consequently, only five civilian DC-5s were built.
Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...
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Douglas DC-4: 2 1952 1964 Douglas DC-6B: 10 1954 1969 Operated the airline's inaugural international flight. Some aircraft were converted into freighters. Douglas DC-7C: 5 1958 1965 Some aircraft were converted into freighters. Douglas DC-8-30: 4 1960 1975 Douglas DC-8-50: 15 1962 1982 1 1972 Crashed as flight JL471. Douglas DC-8-60: 29 1968 ...
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Boeing 747-300 Trijet – downsized 747 to compete with the DC-10 and L-1011, changed to four engines; Blended Wing Body Trijet – proposed design based on the Boeing X-48; McDonnell Douglas MD-XX – stretched derivative of the DC-10, project shelved; North American NR-349 – proposed interceptor derivative of the A-5 Vigilante, cancelled
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[5] Pan Am later reused the name Clipper Endeavor for both a Boeing 707-321B in 1962 and a Boeing 727-235 in 1980. A Douglas DC-7B was named Clipper Endeavour, using the British spelling. [8] Wreckage of Clipper Endeavor has yet to be located. A search for the wreckage was featured in an October 2024 episode of Expedition Unknown. [11]