Jul 9, 2020 · United's first-ever jet service was on September 18th, 1959. Its DC-8 performed a transcontinental operation between San Francisco and New York Idlewild. Due to both flights being conducted in different time zones, Delta's trip to Atlanta from New York is in the record books as the first DC-8 passenger service.

The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company. Work began in 1952 towards the United States Air Force's (USAF) requirement for …

United Airlines Flight 173 was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, with a scheduled stop in Denver, Colorado.

The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in …

Mar 8, 2016 · United was the launch customer for the DC-8 and received its first aircraft, N8004U 'Mainliner Capt R T Freng', on June 3, 1959. She was the eighth DC-8 built and a series 11 with JT3C-6 engines, which required water injection.

Dec 28, 1978 · A United Airlines Douglas DC-8-61, the same type as the accident aircraft. (Jon Proctor) The DC-8-61 is a four-engine turbojet-powered airliner with swept wings. It was a “stretched” variant of the basic DC-8 design, capable of carrying a maximum of 259 passengers.

May 28, 2021 · The DC-8 wasn’t only the first Douglas jet aircraft. It was also the first jet taken on by two major carriers - United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Here’s a look at the journey of one of the pioneering United States-based jet planes.

Sep 18, 2021 · The DC-8 was Douglas' first jet aircraft, and on this date 62 years ago, it was introduced not by one, but two major United States-based carriers - United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. A new requirement United proudly highlights that in 1955, it became the first carrier in the US to order jetliners amid an order for 30 DC-8s.

Jan 17, 1999 · On December 28, 1978, United Airlines, Inc., Flight 173, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61 (N8082U), was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, toPortland International Airport, Portland, Oregon, with an en route stop at Denver,Colorado.

United Airlines chose the DC-8 over the Boeing 707.In the closing months of 1955, other airlines rushed to follow suit: Air France, American, Braniff, Continental and Sabena ordered 707s; United, National, KLM, Eastern, JAL and SAS chose the DC-8.