An Aircraft From Days Gone Bye! 1983 Douglas DC-8

Wow, as a passenger, you'd almost need a pair of roller blades to get from the rear of the aircraft to the front!:rolleyes: This bad boy is long! 189 passengers, probably wasn't that fuel efficient. No wonder they went with the newer, more efficient, carries more passengers, 2 engine aircraft! She's still a beauty, regardless of negatives!

 

 

Rick :cool:

You sure found a beauty there Rick! I need to get that one for my hanger for sure. :pilot:

oh yes Rick, the DC-8 is a beauty. I have it from Just Flight, and am contemplating buying the Aerosoft version. From the looks of those engines in your screenshot, this is a late model with turbofans, which means its not as bad with fuel consumption as you make it out to be. I remember reading an article once on Flying magazine about the HS-125 700 (TFE-731 turbofan engine) saying it burns on economic cruise the same amount of fuel the original RR Viper turbojet engined variant (HS-125 series 100 thru 600) burns on ground idle!

Khalid - I should have worded it differently. yes, they have made great strides in improving fuel efficiency! What I was talking about, was carrying 189 passengers using 4 engines, when in todays commercial airline industry, they are accomplishing the same thing with only 2 engines! Yes, they are still flying 4 engine aircraft, but the are carrying twice as many passengers! The Airbus 340 and 380 are a couple examples.

 

They're all good, it's just a matter of what can give the airlines a "bigger bang for their buck!"

Very nice Rick. The DC-8 was just another step up the ladder to more modern jet aviation. It was a big deal at the time. :cool: :cool: :)

I worked on a few of those when Evergreen cargo was flying in to Manchester, pushed a few pallets of freight down one of them and loaded the hold as well.

I have a few in my hangar now I'm in retro mode in my sim.

 

Col.

I remember the first KLM DC-8's. Noisy and smoky, but beautiful and impressive. Thanks for posting these pic, I'm going to check to check the whole DC-8 and Boeing 707 fleet I have in my hanger.