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NASA DC-8 N817NA, one of the last of its kind, gives a flyby farewell to NASA Ames (Moffett Field), as it flies to Idaho for a well deserved retirement #NASA #NASAAmes #Moffett #DC8 #aviationphotography #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotography

Frankfurt Friday 13th June 2025.

D-ADUI, Douglas DC-8-73CF, German Cargo, taxiing to the cargo ramp at Frankfurt Airport, 21st September 1996.

#Frankfurt #FRA #EDDF #Douglas #DC8 #GermanCargo #FrankfurtFriday
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On This Day 6th June 2025.

N873SJ, Douglas DC-8-73CF, Southern Air Transport, taxiing to the cargo ramp at Manchester Airport, 6th June 1992.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Douglas #DC8 #SouthernAirTransport #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a 4 engined jet cargo plane taxiing from left to right.
The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a pair of black stripes running along the body, overlaid with black "Southern Air Transport" text.
The registration "N873SJ" is on the lower rear fuselage, with a stylised, fat, grey letter "S" outlined in black.
Green grass fills most of the foreground, with a grey roadway cutting through, next to a low, black brick building on the right of the frame.
In the background, a collection of white or grey and blue airliners are parked on the right, with a green, metal, box-like structure towering over everything on the left, with trees and grey sky filling the rest of the frame.

Freighter Friday
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Japan Airlines DC-8-62F at LAX Postcard
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#JapanAirlines #DC8 #FreighterFriday #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Plane is parked left to right under clear blue skies.

Manchester Monday 5th May 2025.

C-FTIK, Douglas DC-8-73AF, Air Canada Cargo, taxiing out to the runway at Manchester Airport, some time between October 1993 and October 1994.

#Manchester #Man #EGCC #Douglas #DC8 #AirCanada #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a long and thin, white and red, 4 jet-engined cargo plane taxiing from right to left.
The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a thick red stripe running along the body.
There are red "Air Canada Cargo" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with blue "Express" titles just below.
The tail is red, with the white outline of a circle, with a white maple leaf in the middle.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground.
A white, 3 engined jet airliner with a red stripe running along the body and black "MartinAir" titles on the centre engine is in the background, with black buildings beyond that, under grey skies.

1970 ONA DC-8 Postcard
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#OverseasNationalAirways #DC8 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting

Plane is parked at a terminal and passengers are alighting. The plane is framed on both sides by trees.

T-tail Tuesday
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Keflavik Airport Iceland, Icelandair 727 and DC-8 Postcard
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Two 727s and a DC-8 are seen at the Keflavik airport. The airport is in the background.

Douglas Press Photo - United Air Lines DC-8
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N8058D
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Black and white photo. The plane is flying right to left.

A Swiss Franc anomaly meant Swiss International Airlines needed to source aircraft boneyards and bring back some oldies like this Douglas DC-8.

Unfortunately on short notice the inflight entertainment only offers Heidi VHSs
#dc8 #swiss

Douglas DC-8 in Swiss livery over aletsch glacier

Eastern Airlines DC-8 Press Photo.
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N8759
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Black and white photo of the plane flying above the clouds. Flying Right to left.

Four for Friday - Airport Zurich Postcard with Swissair DC-8, Caravelle, Convair 990, and KLM Constellation.
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge #Swissair #DC8 #Caravelle, #Cv990 #KLM #Constellation

There are four images to this postcard and they all show airplanes at different angles at the airport. One, in the far upper corner is at night. The rest are daytime.

Eastern Airlines DC-8 Postcard
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N8771
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Plane is leaving the gates for the runway. Moving right to left under blue skies

Milan Airport Postcard

Alitalia DC-8 I-DIWB
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The view is of passengers boarding the Alitalia jet in front of the tower. There is a second jet flying overhead

Japan Air Lines DC-8 Postcard
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JA8041
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Plane is flying from left to right and starting to bank away from the viewer

Pan American Douglas DC-8 at Prestwick postcard
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N806PA
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Parked under the sunshine while two grounds crew look on

Viasa DC-8 Postcard
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YV-125
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Plane is coming in to land over green grass, and greenish water.

#OTD in 1969: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933, a DC-8, crashes in Santa Monica Bay (California, US) 15 of 45 aboard die. The aircraft made a CFIT during an instrument approach at night. Report noted crew´s “lack of coordination and inadequate monitoring of the aircraft position”.
1968 postcard of LN-MOO at Prestwick.
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