Dc-8 went supersonic 60 years ago

[alex94]

Quite phenomenal for a commercial aircraft to do this. The dc-8 has always been a soft spot for me, and this just seals that love that little bit more!

Photos professionally colourised.


www.airlineratings.com/news/supersonic-dc-8-stunning-colour/

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

Covered this subject within my ("desperately needing to be re-written and now re-illustrated too") DC-8 history on the forum ....

PART 1
tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/774/dc8-digest-1-baby-eights

On August 21 1961 a DC8-43 earned distinction of becomming the first civil jetliner to exceed the sound barrier. In a planned/controlled sortie over the Askana Tracking Range at Edwards AFB California, the aircraft attained a speed of MACH 1.012/662mph (TAS) in a shallow dive from FL520 which was also an altitude record for a civil jetliner. This particular aircraft was later delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPG on November 15 1961 and operated until May 1 1980 when it was finally retired from service and sold for scrap.

PART 2
tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/768/dc8-digest-super-60-eights

PART 3
One day .... in the future .... maybe

"PART 3" is all about "NOISE" and "NOISE SUPRESSION". Whilst I can quite happily, and easily, present something about the CFM-56 re-engined DC-8-70's SERIES .... such a presentation would be incomplete without reference/inclusion of the other treatment applied to DC-8-50's and -60'S SERIES aircraft in aid of noise reduction .... but .... until recently we've simply not had the models necessary to do so "in the manner I prefer doing so using FS as my base". I did however briefly cover the DC-8-70's within the concluding stages of my following linked forum presentation ....
tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/9759/dc-dedication-first-last-development

Just too much work going on here behind the scenes (and for the past we while) for me to worry about it really .... although a script has been started

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[alex94]

I wouldn’t mind seeing this livery/rego combo be illustrated on the preview of the -40 series v6 dc-8s