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Flying
High at Zero Altitude - An illustrated article from
December, 1958 Popular Electronics about the new
state-of-the-art DC-8 flight simulator.
Excerpt: Swift, new planes
like the Douglas DC-8, the Boeing 707 and the Lockheed Electra
will be “old hat” to airline pilots when they go into service.
A DC-8 simulator is as realistic as the actual airplane. It
consists of a cockpit section, a scale model airport, a
closed-circuit television system, and a computer system and
servomechanisms to control the position of the cockpit section.
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DC-8-21 Museum
Display -
In
2003, Scroggins Aviation was approached by the Oakland Museum of
California to construct an interactive airliner fuselage section for an
exhibit named "Next Stop Vietnam”.
Read the full story and see how the exhibit was built.
Posted: 11/08/07 |
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Own a fuselage
section of a DC-8! - You can have your own fully restored
fuselage section of Eastern Airlines N8604! Scoggins
Aviation is looking for a museum or private collector interested
in this interesting piece of DC-8 history.
Posted: 11/08/07 |
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DC-8
Skybus - The DC-8 that never made it past the drawing
board! Read about this fascinating concept plane that was designed
in the late 40's. Article reprinted from "Douglas
Service" Magazine - Second Quarter 1984.
Posted: 12/18/04 |
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Super
70 Conversion - Some interesting photos and information
about the conversion of the -61, -62 and -63 models.
Posted: 05/30/03 |
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Crazy
8's - These aren't your run-of-the-mill DC-8's! Take a
peek at some of the more unusual DC-8's,
past and present.
Updated: 09/04 |
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| Cockpit
tour - This Java-based
tour lets you click any item in the DC-8 cockpit to learn it's
function. Have fun exploring! |
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Popular
Science Magazine Fold-Out Cover
The April, 1959 issue of Popular Science featured
a large, 5-page fold out "X-Ray View of America's
Latest Jetliner"
Posted: 03/13/03 |
Medium
size image 1990 x 600 (230k)
Full size
image 3094 x 932 (488k) |
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News Flash
- The Douglas DC-8
Breaks the Sound Barrier!
Read all about this historic flight and see a souvenir
that made the journey.
Posted: 4/8/02 |
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Test
Piloting the DC-8 -
Flying - June, 1959
Excerpt:
"Chief Project Engineer
Ivar Shogran says the DC-8 will be a 20-year airplane... After long test experience with the
plane, I feel It Is destined to go down in aviation commercial
history as the memorable workhorse of the jet transport era."
Posted: 12/01/01 |
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