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Douglas DC-8-62 Braniff International

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Auto Credit Based on Annedzsrue's Douglas DC-8-61 Nationair Canada

welcome to Braniff DC-8,the colourful plane.

About Braniff:Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. Braniff's routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. In the late 1970s it expanded to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates and extreme competition from the large trunk carriers and the new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978.[1] Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1983–89, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92.

About DC-8: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 a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker. After losing the USAF's tanker competition to the rival Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in May 1954, Douglas announced in June 1955 its derived jetliner project marketed to civil operators. In October 1955, Pan Am made the first order along with the competing Boeing 707, and many other airlines soon followed. The first DC-8 was rolled out in Long Beach Airport on April 9, 1958, and flew for the first time on May 30. Following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification in August 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines on September 18.

Credit to:@Annedzsrue for the plane.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Douglas DC-8-61 Nationair Canada
  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 143.3ft (43.7m)
  • Length 194.5ft (59.3m)
  • Height 44.2ft (13.5m)
  • Empty Weight 149,819lbs (67,957kg)
  • Loaded Weight 186,719lbs (84,694kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.307
  • Wing Loading 54.7lbs/ft2 (267.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3,413.1ft2 (317.1m2)
  • Drag Points 27175

Parts

  • Number of Parts 517
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 3,051