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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 ...
By the mid-1950s, it was apparent that the DC-3s were not big enough for Reeve Aleutian. Therefore, the Douglas DC-4 was selected to supplement the DC-3s, eventually replacing them. Reeve's first DC-4 was purchased in March 1957 from Twentieth Century Airlines, which was going out of business. The first scheduled DC-4 flight was on March 12, 1957.
The DC-7C sold better than its rival, the Lockheed L-1649A Starliner, which entered service a year later, [9] but sales were cut short by the arrival of Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 jets in 1958–60. Starting in 1959 Douglas began converting DC-7s and DC-7Cs into DC-7F freighters to extend their useful lives. The airframes were fitted with ...
On October 25, 1983, Flying Tiger Line Flight 2468, a Douglas DC-8 (N797FT), ran off the runway at NAS Norfolk due to crew and ATC errors; all five on board survived; the aircraft was substantially damaged but was repaired and returned to service. August 6, 1986 – A Flying Tigers aircraft, bound for Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport.
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Douglas Chrismas, an internationally-known art dealer, was found guilty of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery Los Angeles He was a leading art dealer.
DC-8-32 April 18th, 1960 July 16th, 1960 June 1974 Japan Air Lines: Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan: On static display Named "Fuji" by Japan Air Lines: N220RB DC-8-21 1958 Jan 1959 April 15, 1994 Douglas Aircraft Company; United Airlines; Project Orbis; Chinese Aviation Museum in Datangshan, China: On static display