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The initial DC-8-11 model had the original wingtips used on the prototype, and all remaining DC-8 Series 10 aircraft were upgraded to DC-8-12 standard. The DC-8-12 featured new low-drag wingtips and leading-edge slots, 80 inches long between the engines on each wing and 34 inches long inboard of the inner engines. These unique devices were ...
The Douglas DC-8 was an American piston-engined airliner project by Douglas Aircraft.A concept developed more than a decade before the DC-8 jetliner, the piston-engined DC-8 was to have propellers in the tail, an idea first used at Douglas by Edward F. Burton on a fighter project. [1]
Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. JA8001 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 ...
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) Canadian Pacific Airlines [3] ♠ (later renamed CP Air) Minerve Canada; Nationair Canada; Nordair (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft) Points of Call Airlines ...
The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6 , it was the last major piston engine-powered transport made by Douglas, being developed shortly after the earliest jet airliner—the de Havilland Comet —entered service and only a few years before the jet ...
The aircraft involved in the accident was a one-year-old Douglas DC-8-52, with registration ZK-NZB and manufacturer's serial number 45751. The aircraft had four Pratt and Whitney JT3D-3B turbofan engines. The aircraft had a total of 2,275 airframe hours, with the last maintenance check occurring on 1 July 1966. [5]
A Charlotte Aircraft Corporation DC-8-33F (N8170A) was destroyed by fire while being refueled at Lake City, Florida, United States. [1] 18 December 1977 United Airlines Flight 2860, a DC-8-54F (N8047U), crashed in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, due to ATC and crew errors and an unexplained electrical failure, killing the three crew. [1] 3 March 1978
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