The Venerable Douglas DC-8 by Tony Gothard
Comments and info tonygothard@hotmail.co.uk
My first flying lesson this page.
September 11th 2001 has
changed forever any aviation related hobby.
First certified on 31st August 1959. Click on image to
view full size.
45252 XA-DOE wfu
Marana Photo by AirNikon
The last aircraft was delivered to SAS on 17th May 1972
Where are they stored?
Manila 2 Ex Philippine Airlines wfu.
VITAL STATISTICS
Total built 556 (2 DC8-10, 49 DC8-20, 52 DC8-30, 29 DC8-40, 162 DC8-50, 262
DC8-60) from 1960 - 1972.
Total in Service 259,Total out of Service 39, Total
W/OFF 81, Scrapped 175, Preserved 2.
60 Series Max Cruising 600mph @ 30,000ft, Economic Cruise 523mph, range with
max payload 4,500 miles(7242km)
McDonnell Douglas DC- 8
I will try to keep tabs on all
current models and will post these to:-
Trip
Reports and Fleet Lists this page PLUS FINE AIR PRESS RELEASE 27/09/2000.
Production
List this page.(Not Complete)
DC-8 For Sale $1.8million June 2001.
HERE GOES
ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE APPRECIATED
COPYRIGHT- I would remind anyone visiting this site that I have sought personal
permission to use any information and photos on this site. This does not give
implied authority for you to copy and distribute without first obtaining the neccessary authority.
Last Updated 20/09/2012.
Many thanks to all, who have
contributed the 180+ photo's to this site.
Gone but not forgotten this page.To the Scrapman and Written Off.
Con No. 45900 onwards this page.
NASA Video this
page two video clips worth the download time if you like to see flying examples..
Other sites that may interest
you No More Underlining
site
AirNikon Thanks
Mike
AirNikon
If you want to knowHOWand with what, this is the
site!!!!
Places to visit with a better
than even chance of seeing these magnificent creations:-
Manston,
Kent UK MK Cargo
East Midlands Evening Cargo
Flights Weekdays DHL
Lasham
UK Maintenance
Stansted UK Ad-hoc.
Louisville/Standiford
Field (KSDF). UPS is the largest DC-8 operator in the world with 49 71/73 varients in service. Louisville is the main airhub for UPS.
Detroit Willow Run all the
stored Zantop DC8, Electra and Convair
fleets etc.
Smyrna.Maintenance and Storage. Smyrna (TN) 31/1/2000
(1615-1650hrs local): Zipping in and out of the gaps between hangars and then
driving down to the storage end of the airfield allowed these to be logged
N865F//N921R//N951R//N957R//N959R DC8 Emery
N991CF//N992CF//N994CF//N995CF//N998CF DC8 Emery N42086 DC8 All white, no
titles With thanks to Es.
Seen on 12.12/00 by Brit Car N991CF(Minus Rudder)
N992CF, N957R, N998CF, N964R & 42086.
Miami Int. Need I say more!!!!
Dayton, Ohio (8/10/99) Emery
DC-8's N8084U, 603AL, 964R, 795FT, 801GP, 796AL, 996CF, 8177U, 865F, 870TV,
8091U, 500MH. A total of 13 DC-8's on the deck at once!
Wilmington,
Ohio (2/11/99) Airborne Express DC-8's N804AX, 808AX, 812AX, 813AX, 814AX,
825AX, 846AX.
Toledo, Ohio
Hub of BAX Global.
Thanks to everyone who has assisted with info for this
site.
Production and specification
details.
45915
N824E 71F Delta Airlnes (74K bytes) by Bill Hough.
This is one of my favourites, Thanks Bill.
