Having decided to stretch the DC-8, Douglas inserted a 240-inch (6.1 m) plug in the forward fuselage and a 200-inch (5.1 m) plug aft, taking overall length to 187 feet 4 inches (57.10 m). The added length required strengthening of the structure, but the basic DC-8 design already had sufficient ground clearance to permit the one-third increase ...

2023年1月14日 · When the DC-8 Series 61 and 63 arrived on the market, it had the highest passenger carrying capacity of any airliner due to its stretched fuselage, with the ability to accommodate 269 passengers. It was only unseated by the Boeing 747 in 1970. The Series 62 had a shorter fuselage than its siblings, but it could perform long-range, non-stop flights.

The first flight of a stretched DC-8, a Dash-61, took place forty-five years ago, on 14 March 1966. The tall landing gear and upswept tail of the original DC-8 series enabled the aircraft to accomodate fuselage stretch with ease. The 20'0' forward fuselage plug and the 16'8" aft plug allowed for a capacity of 251 passengers. The airlines

The successful DC-8 Super 60 airliners are stretched developments of the DC-8 Series 50. The Super 70s are Super 60s re-engined with CFM56 high bypass turbofans. Douglas announced the DC-8 Super Sixty series in April 1965.

2016年5月15日 · Eastern's DC-8-61s were delivered in an unusual reversed registration sequence beginning with N8778 and ending with N8762. The DC-8-61 had been a simple stretch of the short DC-8 trading payload for range. The natural next step in the DC-8s evolution was to marry the improved wing of the long range DC-8-62 with the body of the DC-8-61.

2024年9月20日 · Adams explains that with the Series 50 DC-8 and the turbo-fan engine, the DC-8’s payload was 80,000 lbs but it was space limited to just 40,000 lbs. A stretch was easy. And while the stretch was being considered Douglas test pilots were proving that the DC-8 left the competition behind.

2022年6月11日 · 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).

2006年9月12日 · Here's the story of the DC-8-63 from what I remember.... Eastern purchased the -63 because the CAB ruled that Eastern be awarded Pacific routes. Deliveries of the 6 models began in February, 1969. Later though, President Lyndon Johnson, a Texan, overruled the CAB and gave the Pacific routes to Texas based American and Braniff.

Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas under the DC-8 family, the DC-8-61 is equipped for higher capacity and medium range. It has two fuselage plugs that is stretched by 11 meters, increasing maximum seating capacity to 180-220 passengers in a mixed-class configuration, and an 80 percent underfloor freight capacity.

The long-range DC-8 Series 62 followed in April 1967. It had a much more modest stretch of just 2 m (over the -61), the same JT8D-3B engines as the -53 and the -61, and a number of modifications to provide greater range.