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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-8-32 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
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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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 ...
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 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas .