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 the De ...

When United Air Lines Flight 191 took off last week from Los Angeles International Airport on its maiden run to Honolulu, it ushered in a new era in commercial aviation. The plane making the flight, ...

On this day in 1991, a Canadian-chartered DC-8 plane, carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia international airport, killed all two hundred and sixty one (261) people on board. The ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. "United Super DC-8." Postcard; left side view from slightly below of United Air Lines Douglas DC-8-61 (Super DC-8) (r/n N8073U) in flight over ...

Commercial Aviation Postcards [Williamson], NASM.2025.0042, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Scope and Contents "Eastern's Super DC-8." Postcard; right side view of Eastern Air ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s DC-8 aircraft will fly over the Central Valley as part of a collaborative scientific research mission. Valley residents might be able to catch a glimpse of the ...