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DOUGLAS DC-8ORIGINAL
FACTORY DELIVERY |  |
Listed
below are the 44 Original Factory Delivery Customers,
including Douglas Aircraft Company's "Ship One," of all the DC-8
Series from the DC-8-11 through the DC-8-63PF. To qualify as an 'Original
Factory Delivery Customer' the Airline must have taken delivery of at least
1 New DC-8 Directly from Douglas (not leased or purchased from another airline
or finance company).
The deliveries are categorized by DC-8 Series Type rather than by Airline.
However, if you would like to see an individual Airline's DC-8 Fleet Information,
which is more detailed and includes any used DC-8's that the airline acquired,
simply click on the airline name and you will be taken to that Airline's DC-8
Fleet Information. Please note that not all Airline Fleet Information Pages
have been completed yet, but will be in due time. If an airline's name isn't
underlined as a link then that airline's fleet information isn't available
yet. Thanks for being patient while I get all of these completed. Also, the
"Number Converted - & To What Model #"
Category refers to those DC-8's which were converted (or upgraded) to a higher
model type due to Technological Improvements. However, this applies only
to those conversions which occurred during the period of ownership by the
Original Factory Delivery Customer.
I have created a separate, detailed table for those 'SUPER' DC-8 Series 61-63PF
Aircraft which were converted to Series 71-73PF Aircraft because not all 110
of these conversions were performed for Original Factory Delivery Customers
and many were performed for secondary owner/operators of the DC-8. Also, this
table will show how most of the DC-8-70 Passenger Conversions were later converted
into combination passenger/cargo aircraft or pure airfreight/cargo aircraft
- which yet again extended the life of these Super DC-8s. Finally, this table
shows the latest status of each of these DC-8-70 aircraft.
You can access the DC-8-70 Conversions page by clicking
on the link at the bottom of this page -or- by choosing the "DC-8 Seventies
Conversions" link on the Main (Index) Page.
'STANDARD' DC-8 SERIES 11-55
DC-8 MODEL # | ORIGINAL
FACTORY DELIVERY CUSTOMER (AIRLINE) | NUMBER
DELIVERED | NUMBER
CONVERTED- & TO WHAT MODEL # | DATE
OF FIRST DELIVERY | DATE
OF LAST RETIREMENT | REMARKS |
11 DOMESTIC VERSION | 1
(SHIP 1) 6 16 23 | 1
- 51 6 - 12 > 51 15- 21; 5 - 51 -- | FF
30MAY1958 21JUL1959 29MAY1959 -- | 01JUL1982 05DEC1980 26JUN1984 -- | SHIP
1 FF= FIRST FLEW 30MAY1958 | |
12 DOMESTIC VERSION | UNITED
AIR LINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-12's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 6 6 | 5
- 21 -- | 01JUL1960 -- | 03DEC1980 -- | |
21 DOMESTIC VERSION | 16 3 15 34 | NONE | 03JAN1960 07FEB1960 21JAN1960 -- | 07SEP1973 05AUG1974 15NOV1978 -- | ||
31 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | PAN
AMERICAN-GRACE AIRWAYS (PANAGRA) TOTAL # OF DC-8-31's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 4 4 | NONE -- | 06APR1960 -- | 14NOV1967 -- | |
32 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | 4 7 5 14 7 3 1 2 43 | 1-33,
1-53 7 - 33 NONE 14 - 33 7-33 2-33, 1-53 1 - 33 1-33, 1-53 -- | 16JUL1960 19MAR1960 18MAY1960 07FEB1960 31MAR1960 22APR1960 31JUL1960 27JUN1960 -- | 03JUL1981 10OCT1978 30JUN1964 MAY 1970 26SEP1971 25FEB1976 09NOV1965 15FEB1979 -- | ||
33 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | JAPAN
AIR LINES PANAIR DO BRASIL PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS TRANSPORTS AERIENS INTERCONTINENTAUX (TAI) TOTAL # OF DC-8-33's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 1 2 5 2 10 | NONE | 04MAY1961 21MAR1961 15DEC1960 28FEB1961 -- | 02APR1975 JULY 1965 17SEP1969 OCT. 1979 -- | |
41 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | TRANS-CANADA
AIR LINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-41's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 4 4 | 4
- 43 -- | 07FEB1960 -- | 28JUL1980 -- | |
42 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | 4 4 8 | 4
- 43 4 - 43 -- | 28APR1960 17NOV1960 -- | 10OCT1977 16SEP1977 -- | ||
43 INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSION | 11 6 3 20 | NONE | 28APR1961 22FEB1961 02FEB1961 -- | 28JAN1977 09DEC1981 30JUN1979 -- | ||
51 DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | AERONAVES
DE MEXICO DELTA AIR LINES EASTERN AIR LINES NATIONAL AIRLINES TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS TOTAL # OF DC-8-51's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 6 15 1 6 2 30 | NONE | 10MAY1962 27APR1962 30DEC1964 23FEB1962 06NOV1961 -- | NOV.
1989 30MAR1981 30DEC1970 15DEC1973 11DEC1964 -- | |
52 DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | 5 7 13 25 | 1
- 54F -- | 19JUL1965 22MAY1961 30APR1961 -- | 30AUG1989 04FEB1976 AUG. 1983 -- | ||
53 DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | AIR
AFRIQUE AIR CANADA CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES JAPAN AIR LINES KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES PHILIPPINE AIRLINES SWISSAIR AG TOTAL # OF DC-8-53's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 2 3 1 6 8 2 1 23 | NONE | 19OCT1963 13AUG1968 31MAY1966 04MAY1961 03APR1961 27FEB1962 29OCT1963 -- | 21MAR1985 MAR 1980 JUNE 1982 05MAY1982 18JUL1986 25OCT1983 13SEP1970 -- | |
53AB DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | VIASA TOTAL # OF DC-8-53AB's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 2 2 | NONE | 04NOV1965 -- | 25JUL1974 -- | |
54JT/54CF DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | AIR
CANADA AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL CAPITOL INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS RIDDLE AIRLINES TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES TRANS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (TIA) TOTAL # OF DC-8-54JT/CF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 15 | NONE | 27AUG1964 17JUN1964 13SEP1963 20SEP1963 21JUN1963 30JAN1963 26APR1963 -- | 06MAR1984 30JUN1978 JAN. 1976 30JUN1978 MAY 1971 19DEC1984 01JUL1972 -- | |
54JT/54AF DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | UNITED
AIR LINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-54JT/AF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 15 15 | NONE | 30JAN1964 -- | 15AUG1985 -- | |
55JT/55CF DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | AIR
AFRIQUE CAPITOL INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS FLYING TIGER LINE IBERIA JAPAN AIR LINES KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS (ONA) PAN AMERICAN-GRACE AIRWAYS (PANAGRA) PHILIPPINE AIRLINES SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS TRANS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (TIA) UNION DE TRANSPORTS AERIENS (UTA) TOTAL # OF DC-8-55JT/CF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 1 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 24 | NONE | 02AUG1966 30NOV1965 29SEP1965 31MAR1968 05MAR1968 25JUL1964 20JUN1966 02SEP1966 25AUG1965 19MAR1966 21JUN1964 15JUL1965 18MAY1965 05NOV1965 -- | SEPT.
1983 26APR1975 08FEB1978 MAY 1985 16JUN1982 JULY 1983 01OCT1969 17NOV1967 19DEC1967 29APR1970 08AUG1975 MAY 1971 25AUG1970 29JUN1972 -- | |
55AB DOMESTIC & INTERCONTINENTAL VERSIONS | SCANDINAVIAN
AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) TOTAL # OF DC-8-55AB's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 2 2 | NONE | 27APR1965 -- | 02JUN1980 -- | |
55L DOMESTIC & INTER-CONTINENTAL VERSIONS | GARUDA
INDONESIAN AIRWAYS JAPAN AIR LINES KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-55L's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 1 4 1 6 | NONE | 19JUL1966 10NOV1965 19AUG1966 -- | 26MAY1985 03JUN1981 21MAR1974 -- | |
TOTAL
# OF DC-8 |
SERIES 11 - 55L AIRCRAFT FACTORY DELIVERED: | 294 |
'SUPER'
DC-8 SERIES 61-63
Old DC-8 Joke: A Flight Attendant who was working the rear
of a DC-8-61 walked up to the cockpit to ask the Captain what their estimated
time of arrival was at the destination? The Captain asked her why she didn't
call him on the phone? The Flight Attendant responded, "I didn't know
the area code up here!"
It was a very long airplane!
DC-8 MODEL # | ORIGINAL
FACTORY DELIVERY CUSTOMER (AIRLINE) | NUMBER
DELIVERED | NUMBER
CONVERTED- & TO WHAT MODEL # | DATE
OF FIRST DELIVERY | DATE
OF LAST RETIREMENT | REMARKS |
61 | DOUGLAS
AIRCRAFT AIR CANADA DELTA AIR LINES EASTERN AIR LINES JAPAN AIR LINES NATIONAL AIRLINES UNITED AIR LINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-61's FACTORY DELIVERED: | >> 7 13 17 9 2 30 78 | 13 - 71 29 - 71 -- | FF14MAR1966 13SEP1967 09APR1967 23FEB1967 20FEB1969 06AUG1967 26JAN1967 -- | DEL26JAN1967 JAN. 1983 21AUG1989 27DEC1973 17NOV1986 14MAY1975 09JAN1992 -- |
DAC
61: FF=FIRST FLEW;
DEL= THIS A/C WAS FIRST DELIVERY TO UNITED |
61CF | SATURN
AIRWAYS TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS TRANS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (TIA) UNIVERSAL AIRLINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-61CF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 2 3 3 2 10 | 1 - 71CF -- | 28DEC1967 06DEC1967 16JUN1967 18APR1968 -- | 30NOV1976 MAY 1971 16MAY1985 01MAY1972 -- | |
61AF | DOUGLAS
OFFERED THIS VERSION AS AN ALL FREIGHTER (AF) BUT NO ONE ORDERED IT NEW. HOWEVER
SOME AIRLINES LATER CONVERTED -61s AND -61CFs INTO 61AFs. | NONE | NONE | N/A | N/A | |
62 | DOUGLAS
AIRCRAFT ALITALIA BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL JAPAN AIR LINES SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) SWISSAIR AG UNION DE TRANSPORTS AERIENS (UTA) TOTAL # OF DC-8-62's FACTORY DELIVERED: | >> 2 6 7 7 5 4 31 | NONE | FF29AUG1966 25FEB1969 22AUG1967 19APR1968 03MAY1967 02JAN1968 23FEB1968 -- | DEL03MAY1967 APRIL 1981 12MAY1982 03APR1985 23DEC1987 26APR1984 03APR1986 -- |
|
62H | 7 3 10 20 | NONE | 28OCT1967 23AUG1971 22JUN1969 -- | APRIL
1981 01AUG1984 24JUL1985 -- | H=HEAVY OR INCREASED GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT (TO 350,000 LB) | |
62CF | ALITALIA BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL FINNAIR O/Y SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) SWISSAIR AG TOTAL # OF DC-8-62CF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 2 1 3 2 2 10 | NONE | 10APR1968 13NOV1967 27JAN1969 29FEB1968 11JUL1968 -- | JUNE
1981 12MAY1982 23NOV1981 31AUG1985 26DEC1981 -- | |
62AF | 5 1 6 | NONE | 13DEC1968 220CT1970 | JAN
1988 31MAR1979 | ||
63 | DOUGLAS
AIRCRAFT AIR CANADA (AC) ------> CP AIR IBERIA KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (SAS) VIASA TOTAL # OF DC-8-63's FACTORY DELIVERED: | >> 13 --> 4 5 11 6 2 41 |
| FF10APR1967 16FEB1969 <----- 17JAN1968 06AUG1968 15JUL1967 16AUG1968 22DEC1968 -- | DEL15JUL1967 24OCT1994 <----- 01MAR1983 NOV 1983 15APR1985 31DEC1987 14AUG1986 -- |
DAC
63: FF=FIRST FLEW; DEL=
THIS A/C WAS FIRST DELIVERY
|
63CF | 1 2 4 2 3 4 10 1 4 12 7 3 53 | 2 - 73CF 1 - 73CF 6 - 73CF -- | 28MAY1970 09NOV1970 25SEP1968 24APR1970 29APR1970 20AUG1968 26JUN1968 16DEC1968 23SEP1968 21JUN1968 22NOV1968 12MAR1971 -- | 17DEC1991 07FEB1992 12MAY1982 04JUN1971 13DEC1972 29AUG1984 AUG 1984 NOV 1983 DEC. 1977 FEB. 1980 01FEB1987 27AUG1984 -- | ||
63AF | FLYING
TIGER LINE TOTAL # OF DC-8-63AF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 7 7 | 4
- 73AF -- | 22OCT1968 -- | JUNE
1983 -- | |
63PF | EASTERN
AIR LINES TOTAL # OF DC-8-63PF's FACTORY DELIVERED: | 6 6 | NONE | 24FEB1969 -- | 24FEB1974 -- | |
TOTAL
# OF DC-8 |
SUPER 61-63PF AIRCRAFT FACTORY DELIVERED: | 262 | ||||
GRAND
TOTAL # |
OF ALL DC-8'S FACTORY DELIVERED: | 556 |
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