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Bookmark or Share- Douglas DC-8 - WikipediaThe 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.
- Aircraft By Type - Delta Flight MuseumOn March 8, 1962, a Delta DC-8 is the first airplane to fly between Los Angeles and Atlanta in less than three hours. The official time was 2 hours, 57 minutes, 11 seconds. Ship 801 was the star performer in scientific coverage of the solar eclipse on July 20, 1963.
- I Was There: When the DC-8 Went Supersonic | SmithsonianOn August 21, 1961, pilot William Magruder, copilot Paul Patten, flight engineer Joseph Tomich, and flight test engineer Richard H. Edwards took Douglas DC-8-43 no. N9604Z for a test flight at...
- Aerospaceweb.org | Aircraft Museum - Douglas DC-8Medium to Long-Range Jetliner. Douglas DC-8 history, specifications, schematics, pictures, and data.
- NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire - NASAAfter 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1.
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