Color Scheme: Delivery Colors

Registration: I-DIWA

Composition: An Original Douglas Factory Polished Aluminum Model - Sitting on a Fono Nicci Stand

Dimensions: Length: 35.5" (91cm), Wingspan 34" (86cm)

Condition: Excellent

Model History: Produced in the late 1950s or early 1960s by the Douglas Aircraft Model Shop or Marketing Aids (Subcontractor for Douglas for Model Production). Acquired on February 25, 2002 from My Friend Ira Kuperstein in a Trade.

Note: November 2005 - I decided to mount this Alitalia Douglas Factory Model on the Fono Nicci Stand which was previously mounted to my Aeronaves de Mexico Fono Nicci Model. I then placed the Aeronaves DC-8 on a standard Douglas Factory Model type stand. I did this because the Fono Nicci stand was made specifically for Alitalia & highlights the Country of Italy right on it's front and thus is more appropriate for the Alitalia Model rather than the Aeronaves model. Many thanks to my friend Anthony for suggesting this change for the better.

Alitalia's DC-8 History: Alitalia, the Flag Carrier for Italy, was an Original Delivery Customer of the Douglas DC-8. Alitalia took delivery of 4 DC-8-42s (later converted to more advanced DC-8-43s) and 11 DC-8-43s - both types which were powered by 4 Rolls Royce Conway Bypass Engines - one of the earliest types of commercial turbo-fan engines. They inaugurated their DC-8 service on June 1, 1960 between New York - Idlewild (now JFK) - Milan - Rome and Idlewild - London- Rome. In the late 1960s Alitalia took delivery of 9 DC-8 Super 62s and 2 DC-8-62CFs (Convertible Freighters) and utilized these ultra long range aircraft into the 1980s.
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