• Cutoff of Douglas DC-7 aircraft in museum
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    The fastest transport aircraft in service, the DC-7 cruised at 580 kilometers (360 miles) per hour. A total of 338 DC-7s of all types were purchased by 18 different airlines. Like other piston-engine airliners, it was made obsolete by the introduction of turbine-engine Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s.

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Eric Long

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10/03/2017

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Aircraft; Aviation; Commercial

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