Samaritan’s Purse retires the last DC-8 in the United States and commissions a new 767 to expand its global disaster response ...
The DC-8, registration N782SP, has been part of Samaritan's Purse fleet since 2015. It was refurbished and re-engined on purchase and has been the organization's dedicated heavy-lift aircraft. Before ...
On this day in aviation history-67 years ago, on May 30, 1958-the Douglas DC-8 made its maiden flight. At the controls was Douglas Aircraft Company test pilot Arnold G. Heimerdinger, accompanied by co ...