GREENSBORO, N.C. — On Friday morning Samaritan’s Purse officially retired its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicated its ...

The DC-8, registration N782SP, has been part of Samaritan's Purse fleet since 2015. It was refurbished and re-engined on ...

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 ...

Federal aviation officials expanded their emergency airworthiness directive to include McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft ...

Samaritan’s Purse retires the last US-registered DC-8 and dedicates a Boeing 767 relief jet, closing a 57-year chapter in aviation.

Acquired by NASA in 1985, the DC-8 was used on 158 science campaigns. Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when it was ...

A low-flying jet with decades of history was seen flying over the South Bay Wednesday on its final flight before retirement. A specialized DC-8 used by NASA wrapped up 37 years of service with the ...

With a 23,150-pound payload capability, the Convair 880 had a 184,500-pound maximum takeoff weight and required a 5,200-foot ...

Not all of us can proudly state that we’re living the dream, even though we’re (probably) chasing it every waking hour. But Red Lane did – and that dream involved living in “a house that flew,” in the ...

POCATELLO — A piece of NASA history parted ways with the sky this week and will instead remain forever parked in Pocatello. The world’s first and largest flying science laboratory, the historic NASA ...

Confirmation that the UPS Boeing MD-11F which crashed in Louisville suffered a separation of its left-hand engine during take ...