This NASA film shows the rollout of the first Douglas DC-8 jet, and the ground testing of its instruments. At 1:25 the aircraft makes its first test flight. At 3:18 the aircraft comes in for a landing at the Douglas plant in Long Beach, California. At 4:16, a DC-8 in Delta livery is seen in service. The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an American four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Launched after the

Crash landing video: McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80 tail breaks off during hard test flight landing at Edwards AFB – May 2, 1980. #McDonnellDouglas #avgeek #aviation | Airways Magazine

✈️ CLASSIC Douglas DC8 Landings & Takeoffs! 🎥 View more videos at www.youtube.com/HDMelbourneAviation | HD Melbourne Aviation

How to fly the United Douglas DC-8 - "Chicago to Los Angeles" - 1963 During the early 1960s, Douglas began considering stretching the DC-8, a feat that was eased by its fuselage keeping the same dimensions across its length. In April 1965, the company announced belated fuselage stretches for the DC-8 with three new models known as the Super Sixties. The DC-8 program had been in danger of closing with fewer than 300 aircraft sold, but the Super Sixties brought fresh life to it. By the time produc