This is, UNQUESTIONABLY, the absolute BEST shot of a 'Douglas DC-8' takeoff that I’ve been able to find ANYWHERE on the internet! Please, NEVER take down this video.
Love the long, sleek fuselage, love the double-bubble design, love the wings, love the small little vertical stabilizer, and definitely love the abundance and beautiful design of the cockpit windows. DC (and MD) certainly made the most beautiful planes out there in my opinion! Such a shame these birds are being taken to the desert en masse, as I've heard that the DC-8 airframe has a strength and durability of legendary proportions
Love the DC-8,and the Super 70s in particular.I believe the Astar aircraft was reactivated in 2017,and now flies for Sky Bus air cargo.Nice to see,as l think there are only seven DC-8s now flying worldwide. My favourite airliner of all,followed by the beautiful VC10❤😎👍!
not exactly. "Douglas commercial" (DC) was the moniker given to the aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, founded by Donald Douglas. Douglas merged with the McDonnell corporation in the 70's (80's?) and the aircraft built after that -- MD11, MD8x, etc. carried the :"MD" designation.
They may look new - but they're not. The 4 ATI birds shown are between 44 & 46 years old. They're all still flying. The other 4 birds (National, 2 DHL & ASTAR) are all in storage now.
Great video and dc-8 needs the cfm-56 because the faa and the panjny along with los Angeles world airports will consider the jt3d the dc-8s original engine being very noisy and they not fly into 2013 without being reengined in the 1980s
Sean Carley wrong MD is McDonnell Douglas after the merger originally its was just Douglas aircraft like the DC-10 which is a much different aircraft than the MD-11
