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When Did Delta Retire The DC-8?  
User currently offlinePresRDC From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 628 posts, RR: 1
Posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1704 times:

It seems to me as though Delta kept the DC-8 in its fleet for severla years longer than most other American carriers. Am I right, and, if so, what year were they retired.

I remember seeing a Delta DC-8 at Fort Myers (RSW) in the late 1980s. Does anyone know where it might have been going?

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User currently offlineN757AT From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1667 times:

Delta retired the DC-8 in May 1989.

User currently offlineAKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1638 times:

Actually United kept their DC-8s longer then Delta. I think United had theirs until 1991.

User currently offlineATA L1011 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1361 posts, RR: 7
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1615 times:

The retired it in the 1st half of 1989, they had recently spen talot of money re engining those aircraft with those CFM engines. Basically it held DL over until they got a sufficient amount of 767-300's.


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User currently offlineAirsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38
Reply 4, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1577 times:


I have a book the information in which is spring 1991, and it says Delta has DC8 in its fleet. Don´t know whether that´s correct, though.

UA´s last scheduled pax flight with DC8 was Oct 23 1991.

Daniel Smile

User currently offlineATCT From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2038 posts, RR: 40
Reply 5, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1554 times:

The retired them in 89 i believe
ATCT


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User currently offlineAn-225 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 3950 posts, RR: 45
Reply 6, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1545 times:

Delta still has the L-1011 too.


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