In the closing chapter, DC-8 sales declined to 26 aircraft in 1962, with many deliveries being Jet Trader models rather than the more prestigious passenger versions. Douglas continued to build the ...

In decades gone by, air travel was very exclusive indeed. In the late 1920s and the beginning of the commercial flight boom, two round-trip tickets for a flight across the United States cost as ...

The flagship of the nonprofit's fleet is a Douglas DC-8 aircraft built in the late 1960s. It's a workhorse from a defunct manufacturer that's long since been retired by the world's airlines.

Douglas holding a prototype model of the DC-8, circa 1955. [Courtesy ... After a series of short-term positions at other aircraft manufacturers—and with the Signal Corps, he formed the Davis ...

Edwards took Douglas DC-8-43 no. N9604Z for a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The aircraft exceeded Mach 1—the only intentional supersonic flight by an airliner other than ...

Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run into unexpected trouble. Though it boasts a hefty $2.8 billion order backlog, mostly for its efficient DC-8 and DC-9 jets, the company two weeks ago ...

Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when it was delivered to Idaho State University in Pocatello, where it will ...