Douglas DC-8

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Douglas DC-8

airliner family by Douglas

Dc-8 landing thule.jpg

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Instance of

aircraft family

Subclass of

narrow-body quadjet airliner
airliner

Country of origin

United States of America

Has use

commercial aviation

Operator

Manufacturer

Developer

Douglas

First flight

30 May 1958

Service entry

18 September 1959

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JT3D-3B

Length

57.04 m
45.87 m

Height

13 m

Wingspan

45.24 m
43.41 m

Total produced

556

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Q223315 Library of Congress authority ID: sh93001736 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007551439805171
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The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. The DC-8 was a direct competitor to the Boeing 707

DC-8-10[edit]

Douglas Aircraft Company DC-8-11

DC-8-20[edit]

Air Spain Douglas DC-8-21
United Airlines DC-8-21

DC-8-30[edit]

Pan Am DC-8-33
SAS DC-8-33

DC-8-50[edit]

Faucett Peru DC-8-52
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines DC-8-55CF
Air Canada DC-8-54
Hispaniola Airways DC-8-55
Iberia DC-8-52
Iberia DC-8-52, facing left
Iberia DC-8-52, almost front view, facing right
Delta DC-8-51, facing right
Air Ceylon DC-8-53, facing right
US Navy EC-24, facing right

DC-8-50 freighters[edit]

Liberia World Airlines DC-8-55F
MK Airlines DC-8-55F
African International DC8-54F
African International DC8-55F
Millon Air DC-8-54AF
Trans Continental DC-8-55F
African International Airways DC-8-54AF
Continental Cargo Airlines DC8-55CF

DC-8-61[edit]

Douglas DC-8-60 Prototype
Minerve Canada DC-8-61
United DC-8-61 descents using its thrust reversers
Air Jamaica DC-8-61, facing left
Air Jamaica DC-8-61, facing right
Evergreen International Airlines DC-8-61CF
Nationair (Hispania) DC-8-61
Sudan Airways DC-8-61
AeroPeru (Hold-Trade Air) DC-8-61
Birgenair DC-8-61

DC-8-61 freighters[edit]

Fine Air DC-8-61F
Kalitta DC-8-61F
Air Transport International DC-8-61F

DC-8-62[edit]

SAS DC-8-62
Surinam Airways
Airlantic DC-8-62F
Air Jamaica DC-8-62H
Advance Air Charter DC-8-62H-CF
Aeroperú
Nationair DC-8-62
Swissair DC-8-62, facing right
Braniff DC-8-62
SAS DC-8-62 in flight, facing right
JetLine international DC-8-62H
Swissair DC-8-62, facing left
Advance Air Charter DC-8-62
Advance Air Charter DC-8-62
Swissair DC-8-62, facing left
Swissair DC-8-62, facing right
Nationair DC-8-62
Zambia Airways DC-8-62
Rich International Airways DC-8-62
Air Transport International DC-8-62CF landing at Thule AB, Greenland
Swissair DC-8-62 from above, engine cowlings open
Swissair DC-8-62 from above, Caravelle behind
Swissair DC-8-62 from above
Japan Airlines DC-8-62H

DC-8-62 freighter[edit]

African International Airways
African International Airways
Air Transport International DC-8-62CF
African International Airways
African International Airways
Silverback DC-8-62HF
Silverback
Cygnus Air DC-8-62F
MK Airlines
MK Airlines DC8-62
Brisair DC-8-62H
Arrow DC8-62F
Arrow DC8-62F
Arrow Air DC-8-62
N42086 DC-8-62HF

DC-8-63[edit]

Air Canada DC-8-63
Air Canada DC-8-63
SAS DC-8-63
DC-8-63, African Safari Airways - ASA (Air Starline)
DC-8-63, TransOcean Airways
Iberia DC-8-63
Nationair DC-8-63
Scanair DC-8-63
Kalitta DC-8-63CF
World Airways DC-8-63CF
World Airways DC-8-63CF
Aviaco DC-8-63
Air-India Cargo (National Airlines) DC-8-63CF
KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines DC-8-63
Trans Continental DC-8-63
Surinam Airways DC-8-63
Transamerica Airlines DC-8-63CF
Flying Tigers DC-8-63F
Capitol Airways
CP Air DC-8-63
SAS DC-8
Air Canada DC-8-63

DC-8-63 freighter[edit]

Air Canada Cargo DC-8-63F
Air Canada Cargo Express
Cargolux DC-8-63F
National Airlines DC-8-63CF
Airlift International DC-8-63F
Airlift International DC-8-63PF
First International Airways
Murray Air
ARROW Panama DC-8-63
Arrow Air DC-8-63F
Arrow Air DC-8-63F
MK Airlines DC-8-63F
Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo (Aer Turas) DC-8-63F
Emery Worldwide DC-8-63CF

DC-8-71[edit]

National Airlines DC-8-71F
Emery Worldwide DC-8-71F
National Airlines
Air Sweden DC-8-71
Affretair DC-8-71
United Airlines DC-8-71
Kenya Airways

DC-8-72[edit]

Jet Aviation DC-8-72
Saudi Aramco DC8-72
DC8-72 N728A
French Air Force DC8-72
DC-8-72 VR-BJR

DC-8-73[edit]

Minerve DC-8-73CF
Minerve DC-8-73CF
Gabon Gov. DC8-73CF
Aire d'Evasions DC-8-73

DC-8-73 freighter[edit]

Cygnus Air
Cygnus Air DC-8-73F
DHL - Astar Air Cargo DC-8-73F (side)
DHL - Astar Air Cargo DC-8-73F (rear)
TNT (Evergreen International Airlines) DC-8-73F
Kalitta DC-8-73AF
Lufthansa Cargo DC-8-73AF
Lufthansa Cargo DC-8-73AF
German Cargo DC-8-73AF
Air Canada Cargo Express DC-8-73F

Details[edit]

engines
-20/30 P&W JT4As
-50 P&W JT3Ds, rear
-50 P&W JT3Ds, side
-62 P&W JT3Ds, rear
left wing with CFM56s over Antartica
CFM56 nacelle

cockpit
cockpit
flight engineer station
flight deck

exterior
DC-8-61F nose with air intakes and engine
nose: windshield with window open
ground support
nose side left with door open
underfloor cargo handling
SAS DC-8-63 maintenance
DC-8 (left, engine cowlings open) and competing Convair CV-990 (right, with distinctive anti-shock bodies)

cabin
six-abreast cabin
five-abreast cabin
SAS in flight entertainment
NASA cabin with test equipement
cargo hold
cargo net

Accidents[edit]

Swissair Flight 316 burning
Canadian Pacific Air Lines tail hit by a 727 on January 29, 1971
Japan Air Lines Flight 8054 remains
JAL flight 2 22-November-1968

NASA[edit]

NASA DC-8-72 Airborne Laboratory

rear from below, facing right
inflight side view, facing right
over Golden Gate Bridge, facing right
over San Francisco, facing right
facing right, gear down, from below
facing front/right, gear down, from below
rear/side, facing right, banked flight over Dryden
from above, facing right
from above, with contrails, facing left
side from top, in flight, facing left
side, in flight facing left
side, inflight, facing left, over Mint Canyon
side/rear, facing left, over clouds
side inflight, facing left, flaps extended
just before touchdown, facing left
banked flight facing left, viewed from below
contrails from behind

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