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Douglas began its research on developing a narrow-body, four-engine jetliner in 1952 and had a preliminary design for the DC-8 completed in 1953. In 1955, the company announced that it would produce four variants of the DC-8, with the only difference in the choice of engines. There were some early grumblings in the market about the lack of.
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According to Airline Ratings, Douglas gave the green light to the design of the DC-8 on June 7th, 1955. Overall, development costs were estimated to ring in at a staggering $450 million ($4.4 billion today). Subsequently, the DC-8 performed its first flight on May 30th, 1958, kicking off action for the narrowbody.
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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.After losing the USAF's tanker competition to the rival Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in May 1954, Douglas announced in.
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Bill Wasserzieher. August 2011. It takes a village to reach Mach 1.01. The flight and ground crews for the DC-8 supersonic run included flight test engineer Richard H. Edwards, third from left.
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NASA's DC-8-72 is a four-engine jet transport aircraft that has been highly modified to support the Agency's Airborne Science mission. The aircraft, built in 1969 and acquired by NASA in 1985, is 157 feet long with a 148-foot wingspan. With a range of 5,400 nautical miles (6,200 statute miles), the aircraft can fly at altitudes from 1,000.
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NASA's DC-8 aircraft returned to the skies on Jan. 6 after more than a year of maintenance, which included an overhaul to all four engines. NASA operates the highly-modified Douglas DC-8 as a flying science laboratory in support of the agency's Airborne Science program.On Monday, Jan. 18, the aircraft departed for San Antonio, Texas, where it will remain for planned periodic depot.
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The story of the magnificent Douglas DC-8 is not so much a story about an airplane but rather a story about a dynasty, trust, and integrity.
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The 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 requirement for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker. After losing the USAF's tanker competition to the rival Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in May 1954, Douglas announced in June 1955 its derived jetliner project.
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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. Due to both flights being conducted in different time zones, Delta's trip to Atlanta from New York is in the record books as the first DC-8 passenger service.
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The DC-8 was supposed to be a tanker . In the early 1950s, Boeing and Douglas knew that the United States Air Force was looking for a jet-powered refueling tanker to replace its slow KC-97 Stratofreighters. Knowing that it would be a large order, Douglas assumed that if it could come up with a jet-powered tanker, the government would split the order evenly between the two companies.
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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. However, the major production variant was the Super 60.
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The first Delta's DC-8s was registration N801E, which arrived on July 22nd, 1959. Nicknamed the "Pride of Delta", it flew 2,497 miles from Douglas' facility in Long Beach, California, to Miami in four hours and 43 minutes. This duration was a record for on the route, with the plane's predecessor, the DC-7 hitting a time of five hours and 50.
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The DC-8 Takes to the Skies. May 30, 1958, was the big day. Ship One (N8008D) took to the air for the first time from LBG at 10:10 a.m. local time. The crowds of spectators, estimated at as many as 50,000 people, surrounded the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration needed at least five miles of visibility for this first test flight.
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The DC-8-63 is a mixture of DC-9-61 and DC-8-62. It has an extended fuselage with a length of 57.1 meters, same as of the -61. It has a height of 13.1 meters and a fuselage diameter of 3.74 meters. It is 11.5 meter longer than the conventional DC-8 that was developed in the late 1950s.
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