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 …

2020年7月9日 · 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 …

United Airlines Flight 173 was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, with a scheduled stop in …

2016年3月8日 · United was the launch customer for the DC-8 and received its first aircraft, N8004U 'Mainliner Capt R T Freng', on June 3, 1959. She was the eighth DC-8 built and a …

2021年5月28日 · The DC-8 wasn’t only the first Douglas jet aircraft. It was also the first jet taken on by two major carriers - United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Here’s a look at the journey of …

DOUGLAS DC-8 - FOUR ENGINE JETLINER AIRCRAFT BUILT BETWEEN 1958 TO 1972 - HISTORY INFORMATION PICTURES AND FACTS

2016年1月8日 · Video of arriving, ground handling, landing and departing of United Airlines stretch DC-8's at Chicago O'Hare Field (ORD). The DC-8-71, the last of UAL's once mighty …

2021年9月18日 · The DC-8 was Douglas' first jet aircraft, and on this date 62 years ago, it was introduced not by one, but two major United States-based carriers - United Airlines and Delta …

McBroom had been with United Airlines for 27 years; he was one of the airline's most senior pilots with more than 27,600 hours of flight time, of which about 5,500 hours had been as a DC-8 …

2024年12月28日 · The DC-8-61 is a four-engine turbojet-powered airliner with swept wings. It was a “stretched” variant of the basic DC-8 design, capable of carrying a maximum of 259 …