DOUGLAS DC-8-62 departure 9G-MKH , JT3D sound , Ostend Airport 2001
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- NOISY departure JT3D sound , Douglas DC-8 MK Airlines
Runway 08
9G-MKH
operated till the end , until MKA ceased freight operations , the final curtain
Ostend Airport
2001
T210211
Great video! Thank you! I loved flying the DC-8. I flew this particular airplane as a Captain when it was registered as N735PL at Interstate Airlines in 1987/1988. Interstate bought 5 DC-8-62's from Japan Airlines at that time. JAL took wonderful care of them and they were in immaculate condition when we got them.
thanks @stephes999
Oh boy the op cost now would be for very wealthy only, and prolly not allowed CONUS.
@@grandcrappy it would need Stage 3 for sure for US ops. Better to get the -72 with the CFM engines, quieter and more fuel efficient.
Loud, smokey and obnoxious, and not making any apologies.
Love it.
Il y des années ... Air Afrique et ses DC 8. J'ai adoré voyager dans cet avion!
Magnifique avion, ce DC-8 ! ! !
Decolagem linda!
😊great airliner, great vidéo !🎉 comme toujours je suis nostalgique des formes élégantes de ce beau et regretté 😥DC-8. En plus du bruit de ses JT3D, il y a le panache de fumée noire de ses quatre réacteurs... Que du bonheur !
For a brief period of time, the DC-8 was the biggest civilian airliner in the sky. Then came the 747.
61/63 series Lenght 187 ft , max toff 350,000 LB , first flight 1966 (Tu_114 : first flight 1957 , lenght 167 ft , max toff 377,000 LB )
What a nice static take-off. You can exactly spot the moments when the wheel brakes are released :)
Majestic and stunning , best decision i ever made , far few did so at the time , today many do , but mostly not interesting stuff anyway 😄
Is that when the plane starts moving forward?
I just love that howl and love them DC8's . I miss working on them (sounds crazy but I do) great jet. And another great video!!!!
much respect to you for your dedication, without guys like you those planes would never get of the ground !
I liked the DC-8, but feel the stretch -62 was a bit too long. Might have been my last flight on one of these during the winter of 1977-78. A military charter that refueled in Anchorage on its way to Korea. The darn thing was severely 3:57 overloaded! It barely got off the ground, it took forever and climbed way too slowly. I often wonder how much runway the pilot had left when he left the ground!
The -62 is not as long as the -61 or -63.
She’s loud !
as it should be 😄
Fantastic plane the DC-8. Way better than the 707
Better is kind of subjective.
The 707 was faster, in service earlier, sold better, and had far more of a lasting legacy on jet transport.
The DC-8 was more docile (due to lower wing sweep that made Dutch Roll less of a concern), had larger windows, and was able to be stretched to the -61, -62, and -63 without major modifications… which also meant that it was worth it to modify to the CFM56 and have a much longer service life than the 707.
Really, they were both amazing aircraft.
Unfortunately for Douglas, the DC-8 was the plane that wrecked the company as they lost money on every one they made.. forcing them to merge with McDonnell Aircraft.
I flew both. The 707 was a Caddy, the DC-8 was a pickup truck. I loved them both, however, the 707 was my first large jet and frankly was a more graceful lady than the 8.
@@calvinnickel9995👍🏼👍🏼, the other drawback with the DC-8 was the low gear extension speed and having no inflight speedbrakes, having to use reverse thrust to slow down and get down. Flying into LAX was a handful because of the "speed up, slow down" directives from LA appch which is common going in there.
@calvinnickel9995 Both are great planes but I've always preferred the super 60 series of the DC-8. Very superior, stable, redesigned wings and engine pylons on the -62 and -63 variant.
The 707 wing looks less modern, more swept and needed a larger lower fuselage rudder like thing for directional stability.
@@joshuaborges1723 I noticed you said the 707 wing "looked" less modern. As a guy that flew both I couldn't disagree more. The D -8 was an ugly duckling that was a work horse. It is why it did so well in the cargo industry after passenger service. It never broke and just kept going and going. It had a superior pressurization system as well as electrical. You could move fuel from any tank to any tank via a series of levers that made the flight engineer panel look like a crane operators office. 🤣🤣🤣
The 707 didn't have all those manual controls the 8 had but as an aircraft in my opinion, was way more graceful and much much easier to fly. The 8 was stiff and clunky and you had to be more aggressive on the yolk and throttles.
The 707 was like any Boeing aircraft, light on the controls and the throttles were smooth and light and even had a friction lock to adjust the movement.
All in all, I loved them both. Still, the 707 was my first and will always be my favorite. Was a privilege flying them both.
Thanks for posting. One love!
It is so nice to see a real aircraft still in service.
The video is from 2001. These are no longer in service.
@JimBronson Thank for ruining my day.
The DC-8 is retired as an airliner in the USA, but there are still a handful being flown in such faraway places as Peru and in Africa. There are still some DC-8’s being used as freighters. In November 1985, I flew on a DC-8 that was half passenger (the front half) and half cargo (the rear half) that belonged to Arrow Air. It was a chartered flight bound for Iceland from Philadelphia International Airport. There was turbulence throughout the entire flight. It seemed the flight crew tried to hit every aerial pothole along the way. Nevertheless, the plane landed safely and I was safe and sound for my first ever overseas remote tour. It was an interesting flight, to say the least.
@@thomastarwater2989 Great story. Thanks for sharing.