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NASA’s DC-8 can fly at altitudes from 1,000 to 42,000ft for up to 12 hours, although most science missions average six to 10 hours. It can carry 13,000kg of scientific instruments and equipment and can seat up to 45 researchers and flightcrew. nasa
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Flying on NASA’s 46-year old DC-8
For so many aviation tragics it is a childhood encounter with a magnificent aircraft that lights a flame that never goes out.
My encounter was a flight on an Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8 between Sydney and Christchurch in 1968 that sparked a passion for the aircraft and the man behind it – Donald Douglas.
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