QNH1013 From Belgium, joined May 2001, 104 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 932 times:
If you go to Brussels, you'd better stop in EBOS (ostend), lots of DC8s here (african international, MKA, LWA,...) and lots of 707 (there used to be more: TMA, Air Memphis...)
If a DC8 is in CDG, it will be parked at the terminal 1 (Called "le Camembert")
or at the Air France maintenance area (next to Fedex hub)
They are used as passenger aircraft or freighter or combi. (I took 1 of them to fly to Tahiti, with a stop at LAX)
Nana....
Ecoute les orgues, Elles jouent pour toi...C'est le requiem pour un con
Teva From France, joined Jan 2001, 1868 posts, RR: 17 Reply 11, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 830 times:
Hello Douglas DC8,
those flights to Tahiti were in 89 and 90.
but I still see this DC8 almost every week, as AF is doing their maintenance, and AF maintenance is next to the Fedex hub in CDG
Nana.....
Ecoute les orgues, Elles jouent pour toi...C'est le requiem pour un con
Prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6017 posts, RR: 55 Reply 12, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 826 times:
The last civil one I saw was a DC-8-73 cargo plane at ZRH (that's your country, but the other end of the country). That was about 3 - 4 years ago. Both 707 and DC-8 are very rare birds i civil colours today and they hardly exist on European registers. Maybe there are still a few examples bringing in vegetables from Africa on more or less irregular basis.
Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm
Palebird From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 78 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 815 times:
Cargo Lion no longer exists. There are many 707's operating out of Africa still and many DC8's operating out of the USA.Ostend and Brussels are your best spots for seeing 8's as well as Le Bourget in Paris where there are three DC8's flying for the French military. Manston, England has many DC8 and 707 flights also.
Fanofjets From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1894 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 810 times:
Perhaps Frankfurt am Main, where one could view (?) KC-135s. Granted, these are not 707s in the true sense of the word, but they are close. I don't know if any still have PW JT-3D turbofans (i.e., not refitted with CFM-56s). While I was at the central New Jersey coast, close to several Air Force Bases, I was treated to the sight and sound of these old birds (remember, the JT-3Ds originally hung from the wings of 707 airliners). I, too, love the DC-8 and 707; when I hear those old engines, I stop whatever I am doing. Having grown up with these maginificent birds, the sound of a JT-3D is something I recognize immediately, yes, even after all these years....
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Doug_or From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3160 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 790 times:
UPS will probably still be using the dc-8 after they retire the 757! lol. maybe not, but they keep claiming they have plans to retire them... still, two a day out here in KPDX (untill recently).
EBOS From Belgium, joined Jul 2001, 520 posts, RR: 51 Reply 18, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 759 times:
If you wanna see a DC8 or B707, go to Ostend !
African International DC8 : several flights a week
MK Airlines DC8 : regular on sunday
Air Memphis 707 : several flights a week
TMA 707 : regular on friday
Boeing727 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 934 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 728 times:
Yes,
UPS uses the DC8 quite a bit; tons of them come in here @ SDF (Louisville). I don't think that the aircraft leaves US soil anymore...I might be wrong on that..
Gregg From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 327 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (11 years 8 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 710 times:
I think the DC-8 will stay in cargo service for a long time in carriers like UPS. They will be using the newer a/c everday, and use DC-8s on days of heavy need. It might cost a little more money to fly a DC-8 then a 757, but if you need to park it 5-6 days a week, it is much cheaper then a B757 in the long run.
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