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Both Delta and United launched DC-8 flights with the aircraft on September 18th, 1959, United's jet performed a transcontinental trip between San Francisco and New York Idlewild while Delta's flight left Atlanta for New York. Delta's flight is recorded as the first flight due to the local time zone. United was the launch customer of the DC-8.


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The DC-8 was instantly recognizable with its distinctive long, narrow fuselage. Photo: United Airlines United's first-ever jet service was on September 18th, 1959. Its DC-8 performed a transcontinental operation between San Francisco and New York Idlewild.


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The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company . Work began in 1952 towards the United States Air Force 's (USAF) requirement for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker .


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General Arrangement DC-8-55 Freighter Copyright © 2003 by The Boeing Company. All rights reserved. Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines Cargo capacity, ft3 (m3) Main deck, (13) 88- x 125-in (2.2- x 3.2-m) Lower hold bulk Total cargo volume Maximum gross weight, lb (kg)


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Douglas DC-8 Operators. Heavylift Cargo Airlines United States. Reg . Aircraft Type . Delivered. Trans Air Cargo Service (TACS) Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The Web: tacscargo.com . Reg . Aircraft Type.


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The world's first DC-8 passenger flight left New York International Airport (Idlewild) for Atlanta at 09:20, on September 18th, 1959. It soon landed in Georgia at 11:00, carrying 119 passengers.


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The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engine long-range Jet Airliner with a capacity of maximum 259 passengers produced by the US-American manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. A freighter variant of the DC-8 was available also. Many DC-8 have been upgrated with modern turbofan engines CFM56-2 in the 1980s.


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The DC-8 was one of the defining early jetliners, but which examples remain active in 2022? Photo: BriYYZ via Flickr It has been 64 years since the Douglas DC-8 conducted its first flight on May 30th, 1958. The aircraft then entered service the following year with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines.


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On Mar. 17, 2020, at 21.18LT a DC-8-60/70, registration N782SP, departed from Greensboro, North Carolina, landed at Verona Villafranca airport, in northeastern Italy.


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Also available are the cargo door equipped convertible -62CF or all cargo -62AF. Production included 51 DC-8-62s, As of July 2018, one DC-8 remains in commercial service. In addition, several DC-8s are in use as private aircraft along with one in use by NASA for air quality testing as of October 2017. As of 2017, Skybus Cargo Charters based in.


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While the DC-8 Series 10 and Series 20 were intended for domestic use, the Series 30 was the first with true intercontinental range. Series 50 aircraft introduced a new cabin layout allowing a greater number of passengers, and this was also the first model built in dedicated cargo variants.


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The DC-8 is a long-range civil airliner that has been adapted for limited military use as a VIP transport, cargo transport or electronic and communications intelligence (ELINT/COMINT) aircraft. The design has had three incarnations: 1) the Series 10 through Series 50 turbojet/turbofan-powered aircraft that entered service from 1958 to 1960; the Super 60 airliners entering service in the mid.


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CargoLion Delta Air Transport Pomair Brazil BETA Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft) Panair do Brasil Skymaster Airlines Transportes Charter do Brasil Varig 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)


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N805UP. Operator. United Parcel Service (UPS) Age. -. Status. Scrapped. Douglas DC-8-73CF with registration N807DH (ex N780FT, TF-CCV, N816EV, N816UP, OB-2059-P, PR-PFZ) airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names.


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A Trans Caribbean Airways DC-8-54F (N8784R, named Barbara Henry II) was destroyed by fire at Miami International Airport, Florida, United States. [1] 4 March 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402, a DC-8-43 (named Empress of Edmonton ), crashed on approach to Haneda Airport, Japan due to pilot error. [1]


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DC-8 Relief Mission Highlights Ukraine: 2022 When conflict erupted in Ukraine, Samaritan's Purse utilized the ministry's DC-8 aircraft to transport staff and life-saving supplies to the nation.These airlifts carried life-saving items such as our Emergency Field Hospital, clean water systems, and tarp.