Flashback Monday: Glorious colour video of United Airlines magnificent DC-8s.

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Sun Aug 11, 2019

We start a new weekly video series with a glorious colour video of United Airlines magnificent DC-8s from the vault of Christian Bryan's Classic Airliner site. This video is part of a special promotional film made for the introduction of the DC-8 to United Airlines network in September 1959. WATCH first video of the Boeing 777X rejected take-off test. United was the second customer for the DC-8 with an order for 30 and would eventually operate 117 making it the largest operator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyO5LquQTWw Notice in the video the magnificent meals in economy and the way everyone is dressed up in suits and finery.
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The cockpit of the DC-8
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