The Douglas DC-7 is a retired American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958.

Braniff International Flight 971 was originally scheduled to depart New York, New York, for Miami, Florida, on March 23, 1958, at 2355 but this leg of the flight was not made owing to shortage …

September 14, 1960 – An airline maintenance inspector lost control of a Braniff International Airways Douglas DC-7C during a taxi test and crashed into the Braniff Operations and …

Feb 13, 2016 · The DC-7C in Braniff service was known as the 'El Dorado' (it's DC-6s operated the tourist class El'Conquistador). The DC-7C introduced titanium in civil aircraft construction …

Braniff International Airways Douglas DC-7C N5900 (c/n 45068) In 1956 Braniff ordered a fleet of seven Douglas DC-7C airliners. This was the long range version of the DC-7 dubbed, for …

THE FIRST BRANIFF AIRWAYS DC-7C EL DORADO - Braniff International Airways took delivery of its new Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas El Dorado at the Dallas Love Field Base on September …

The Douglas DC-7C was the final piston engine airliner designed and constructed by the Douglas company. It was capable of flying across the Atlantic Ocean non stop either way but was …

Oct 19, 2022 · HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated the first Douglas DC-7C El Dorado four-engine propeller service between Texas and Illinois, and …

BRANIFF HISTORY TODAY - On this day, Sunday, April 28, 1957, Braniff International Airways conducted a pre-inaugural flight from New York (Newark) to Latin America featuring its new …

Jan 5, 2018 · Soon after midnight on March 25, 1958 a Braniff Airways DC-7C plummeted from the sky. Disaster occurred soon after takeoff from Miami International Airport. A nearby …