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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.
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 Named "Mainliner Capt. Ralph J. Johnson" by United Airlines [citation needed] F-RAFE DC-8-33 1961 Feb 1961 July 30, 2001 Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux; Union de Transports ...
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 ...
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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DC5, DC-5, or DC 5 may refer to: Douglas DC-5, a twin-propeller passenger aircraft; Honda Integra (fourth generation), chassis code DC5, a Japanese Sports car known as the Acura RSX in North America; The D.C. Five, five U.S. citizens convicted by Pakistan of plotting terrorist attacks; The Dave Clark Five, a British rock group
The Douglas R4D-8 (later redesignated C-117D) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3S (Super DC-3) airliner. It was used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and Vietnam War .
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport of cargo, the C-54 also carried presidents, prime ...