• Front view of plastic commercial aircraft model with white, blue, and red livery. Northwest is painted on the side.
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    The DC-8 was Douglas Aircraft’s answer to the Boeing 707. Similar in appearance and performance, it proved just as reliable and popular. Pan Am, United, and Northwest, the only U.S. airlines that flew to Hawaii before 1969, all flew them. As with 707s, newer “stretched” versions could carry even more passengers and had greater range.

  • Front view of plastic commercial aircraft model with white, blue, and red livery. Northwest is painted on the side.

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Eric Long

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NASM2014-04331

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