DALLAS – Today in Aviation, we celebrate the anniversary of the legendary DC-8’s maiden flight from Long Beach Airport (LBG) in 1958, analyzing this aircraft in greater detail from its inception to its first flight.
The Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California, was the propliner era’s most successful manufacturer of civil air transports. It produced more than 16,000 units of the DC-3, the stalwart of the 1930s and 1940s, and followed it up with the very successful DC-4, DC-6, and DC-7 four-engine airliners.
In 1948, Douglas started producing a successful jet fighter, the F3D Skyknight, of which it would make 265 read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”