Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8 flying from New Orleans International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, crashed on February 25, 1964. All 51 passengers and 7 crew were killed.

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.

2022年4月30日 · Today this video's topic is about the DC-8 of the airline with the hockey stick, Eastern Airlines. This plane was one of the first jet aircraft of Eastern Airlines. The plane would proceed to...

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.

The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company. Work began in 1952 towards the United States Air Force's (USAF) requirement for …

2023年8月26日 · In 1967, Eastern became the first airline in the world to operate the stretch -30 series of the DC-9 (Eastern would eventually operate more than 70 of the type). For long-hauls, Hall ordered stretch versions of the DC-8 (-61 and -63 …

2021年9月30日 · The newest aircraft to join the PlaneTags fleet is a DC-8-21 that flew for Eastern Air Lines for 14 years, bringing the airline and its passengers into the Jet Age. Read more about it and see how MotoArt found the plane and exclusive photos of the manufacturing process.

2013年10月27日 · Eastern DC-8 rotating & climbing out. Lotsa smoke, gear coming up. Be sure to check my channel for the best in VINTAGE & RARE airliner videos!"The Boxart De...

2011年12月30日 · Classic Palomar early DC-8 seats with mounted reading light. This is what I remember from my Eastern flight (July, 1963) and Delta flight (August, 1966) And I know that UA originally had the lights but replaced them with an audio jack for earphones later on.

N8609 was one of Eastern’s 16 DC-8-21s, and one of a total of 33 that were built. Eastern proudly presented it as the most advanced and dependable jet, with power to spare. Its livery touted “Fly Eastern’s Golden Falcon Jet DC-8B”.