Post-1945, Douglas Aircraft Corporation acknowledged an opportunity to meet the high demand for airline aircraft by recognizing the future of commercial flying in jet-powered aircraft following ...

Jet Aviation has added a VIP-configured McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 to its European executive charter fleet. The 36-passenger aircraft, powered by CFM International CFM56s, is based in Basle ...

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.

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 ...

The McDonnell-Douglas DC-8 was first flown in 1958 and originally designed to be a military aerial refueling tanker, but once the Douglas Aircraft Company lost the military tanker contract to then ...

The Samaritan’s Purse Douglas DC-8 has responded to Haiti in an effort to deliver aid after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the Carribean nation over the weekend, killing at least 1,200 people.

Despite flying relatively few hours, the DC-8 has become hard to support. Credit: NASA After several years of studying various replacement options for its venerable McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 ...

Acquired by NASA in 1985, the DC-8 was used on 158 science campaigns. Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when ...