{"id":252812,"date":"2025-07-17T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/active-dc-8s-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:00:16","slug":"just-3-left-the-worlds-active-douglas-dc-8s-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=252812","title":{"rendered":"Just 3 Left: The World’s Active Douglas DC-8s In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Douglas DC-8, often referred to as the McDonnell Douglas<\/a><\/span> DC-8, is an early long-range commercial aircraft. The narrowbody aircraft was one of the first jet-powered aircraft to be used for commercial service. Originally, it was designed to be used as an aerial refueling tanker aircraft by the United States Air Force. However, after it lost the competition to the Boeing<\/a><\/span> KC-135 Stratotanker, Douglas decided to market the aircraft for civil use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 550 total Douglas DC-8s have been produced since the 1950s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,1722,512,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-douglas","category-douglas-dc-8","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t