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DC-8 Takeoff, First Flight

Captured on film at the moment the nose wheel lifted off the runway, the first DC-8 jetliner took off on its maiden flight May 30, 1958, from the Long Beach, CA., Municipal Airport. The flight started a 15-month test program leading to airline service beginning in September 1959 and continuing today with DC-8s making more than 270 scheduled airline flights a day, to 140 cities in 58 countries.

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Unique identifier BI227539

Boeing ID sm272337

Type Image

Size 5038px × 4057px 19MB

License type RM

commercial passenger planes

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reporters and news media

right front views

right side views

three-quarter length views