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The initial DC-8-11 model had the original wingtips used on the prototype, and all remaining DC-8 Series 10 aircraft were upgraded to DC-8-12 standard. The DC-8-12 featured new low-drag wingtips and leading-edge slots, 80 inches long between the engines on each wing and 34 inches long inboard of the inner engines. These unique devices were ...
The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range commercial transport market.
United Air Lines Flight 826, a DC-8-11 (named Mainliner Will Rogers) collided over Staten Island, New York City with TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Constellation (named Star of Sicily). [1] The 1960 New York mid-air collision killed all 128 people on both aircraft and six on the ground.
Douglas DC-8-10: 2 1959 1961 None Two crashed as Flight 826 and Flight 859. Douglas DC-8-20: 30 1959 1982 Boeing 727-200: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-30: 11 1967 1974 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50: 18 1959 1983 15 1964 1987 None Cargo fleet. Two crashed as Flight 2860 and Flight 2885. McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60: 41 1967 1991 Boeing 757-200: One crashed ...
Mainline carriers typically operate between hub airports within their network and on international or long-haul services, using narrow-body and wide-body aircraft. This is in contrast to regional airlines , providing feeder services to hub airports operating smaller turboprop or regional jet aircraft, or low-cost carrier subsidiaries serving ...
The tail assembly of N8013U, the Douglas DC-8 involved in the collision.. United Airlines Flight 826, Mainliner Will Rogers, registered as N8013U, [6] was a DC-8-11 carrying 77 passengers and 7 crew members from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Idlewild Airport in Queens.
Northwest Airlines Flight 292, a DC-7C (N285) with 7 crew and 95 passengers, [29] made a successful water landing in Sitka Sound just before 1 p.m. local time after struggling with propeller problems for 45 minutes [30] while operating as a military charter flight between McChord Air Force Base and Elmendorf Air Force Base. The plane stayed ...
The 377 shared the distinctive design of the C-97, with a "double-bubble" fuselage cross-section, resembling a figure-8, with the smaller loop on the bottom, with 6,600 cubic feet (190 m 3) of interior space shared between two passenger decks. Outside diameter of the upper lobe was 132 inches, compared to 125 inches for the DC-6 and other ...