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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 ...
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Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
DC-6/7s surviving into the jet age were replaced in frontline intercontinental passenger service by the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. Basic prices of a new DC-6 in 1946–47 were around £210,000–£230,000 and had risen to £310,000 by 1951. By 1960, used prices were around £175,000 per aircraft. [7] Prices for the DC-6A in 1957–58 were £ ...