Nov 24, 2004 · There were DC8s with APU. I believe 2 of our birds had them, but they were removed before we put them in service. The APU sat at the aft end of the #2 belly or just behind it.

Jun 25, 2007 · What kind of means did the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8's, the Boeing 720, and other such aircraft of those era use to start their own engines while on the ground? How did they work? None of these aircraft had an APU system...

Sep 5, 2005 · Has anybody an idea what the fuel consumption of an CFM-engined DC8 is, when it has to keep one engine running on the ground (lack of APU & AirStart)?

Mar 24, 2000 · Even some 707s and DC-8s had APUs added after delivery located in the aft bulk caro hold. I recall an Alaska Airlines 727-100QC mfg around 1965 that had the APU (this was back in 1985 when AS was still using the -100 as a freighter) in the aft cargo hold on a sliding track, it was very odd and extremely noisy.

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Oct 15, 2002 · The intake at the base of the vertical fin are for the heat exchangers for the air conditioning packs. The APU intake is actually on the belly, just forward of the airstairs (if installed).

Jan 16, 2002 · The DC-8 will be a twin-engined transport monoplane incorporating the novel engine installation originally designed for the XA-42. This consists of two Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engines located in the fuselage forward and driving contra-rotating propellers aft of the tail-unit through a shafting passing beneath the passenger cabin.

The successful DC-8 Super 60 airliners are stretched developments of the DC-8 Series 50. The Super 70s are Super 60s re-engined with CFM56 high bypass turbofans. Douglas announced the DC-8 Super Sixty series in April 1965.

Convertible 50CF and pure freight 50AF Jet Trader versions were also offered, while others were subsequently converted to freighters. The short fuselage DC-8s were replaced in production by the substantially larger stretched DC-8 Super Sixty series.

Mar 30, 2001 · I could have sworn that the 727 was the first commerical airliner to have an APU as standard. Generally the Electra did not have an APU. I can think of one exception, RAA's N1944C. Most early aircraft did not have APU's, the DC-8, 707, CV-880, CV-990.