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Last stop on the KLM DC-8 farewell tour before being withdrawn from use. - Photo taken at Utrecht - Soesterberg (UTC / EHSB) [CLOSED] in Netherlands on March 14, 1985.
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The Douglas DC-8 is a four engined long range narrow body jet airliner. The aircraft was launched to compete against Boeing's 707.The DC-8 kept Douglas in a Strong and positive position in the airline market, in the later years it began to be superseded by wide body aircraft like the Boeing 747, Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L1011.The design of the DC-8 men't it could carry slightly more cargo.
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Built in 1968 'Abel Tasman' was converted to DC-8-73F in 1986. To UPS as N819UP and wfu 2009. PH-DEA behind was the first DC-8-63 built with first flight on 4 April 1967. - Photo taken at Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM) in Netherlands in Early 1980's.
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Aircraft photo of PH-DEB - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 - KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines, taken by Marijn Aarts (via Joop de Groot) at Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS) in Netherlands in 1978.. Generic Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8. Version: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63. Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas. C/n: 45901 / 293.
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Aviation Photo #1377444 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 - KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines [ Medium Large] Tweet. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission.. It was an United Airlines DC-8-63 with new GE engines. Went from Dulles in DC to Chicago. The DC-8 just felt solid and smooth, what a great aircraft.
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Aircraft photo of PH-DCI - Douglas DC-8-53 - KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines, taken by Richard Vandervord at London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR) in England, United Kingdom in September 1972. After her first 14 years spent with KLM as "Sir Isaac Newton", this DC-8 was sold to Viasa in 1975. Although bought by Aeronaves del Peru in 1984, she remained in store at Opa-locka as was broken up n.
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Airlineratings.com is opening its stunning photo archives to reveal dramatic images of the world's most rugged airliner - the Douglas DC-8. This collection is of the standard DC-8 for North American customers in the US and Canada such as National Airlines (above). The DC-8 was in head to head competition with Boeing's 707 with the [โฆ]
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DC-8: the start of the Jet Age. The arrival of KLM's first DC-8 in 1960 marked the start of a new phase in our history. The Albert Plesman, as the new arrival was called, was KLM's first jet-powered passenger aircraft. Although it was a narrow-body plane - a single aisle with three seats on either side - it was a lot bigger than its.
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Thanks to the Internet Archive collection, Open Images. Really nice footage here of several DC-8s, Electras, neat gas trucks and pax hauler too, on the ramp.
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The decade ended with KLM taking on the 244-seat DC-8-63, but larger aircraft were on the horizon. Specifically, the 1970s saw KLM add widebody aircraft to its fleet, in the form of the Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. It also later added the newer McDonnell Douglas MD-11. The view of KLM's majestic widebodies landing over the beach in.
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The DC-9 . KLM followed the DC-8 quadjet with the smaller twin-engine Douglas DC-9 in 1966 to operate on its short and medium-haul routes. It soon replaced the Vickers Viscount and the Lockheed Electra on these routes. The DC-9, of course, became the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 soon after. It operated two different-sized aircraft variants - the DC-9.
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Named Fridtjof Nansen, the aircraft involved in the accident was a Douglas DC-8-53, registration PH-DCL, owned by KLM and operated on Viasa's behalf. With constructor's number 45615/131, the airframe was the newest one of the type in KLM's fleet at the time the accident took place; it had accumulated 209 flight hours. Description
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In front of an estimated 95,000 employees, Ship One - registered N8008D - took to the skies on the 30th of May 1958, launching another great name into the jetliner era. The InFlight 200 DC-8 features rubber tires, rolling wheels, aerials and high attention to detail. SOLD-OUT.
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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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A rare 1970s period piece showing passengers stretching their legs onboard one of KLM's Series 63 DC-8s, back in the days when non-smokers were assigned to their own smoke-free section. Just ahead of the rear cabin illustrated was a windowless area containing the main galley and washrooms, similar in configuration to United's DC-8-61s. Some KLM cutaway display models show a play room for.
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Hey guys ScaringCrab here and today we have some request by some ppl to do more Fleet Histories! Here you go! :D Ibirdball inspired me to do this so yeh! No.
