Not sure if I should post this on the ‘Historic Aviation’ thread, but surely a DC-8 is historic? It’s certainly old!
Anyway, I had just turned off the A4 yesterday morning and was heading in SW direction toward Devizes when I suddenly saw something out of the corner of my right eye. It was a white DC-8 flyng very low in what appeared to be a shallow climb (also heading SW).
I’m by no means a ‘G-spotter’ but it looked quite beautiful with the sun shining brightly on it while everything else around was shrouded in grey mist!
However, my questions are:
1. DC-8 are quite rare these days aren’t they?
2. Where had it taken off from – Kemble?; Brize?
3. Where was it going?
Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Nick
By: yakman - 9th December 2008 at 19:08
I flew DC8 for 5 years, passengers and cargo, 55/62/72 and that was really a superb aircraft to fly !! Anything else felt like a truck in the airliners industry …
Well, would love to fly her again …
By: Hornchurch - 6th December 2008 at 05:56
Wonderful to hear (& see) that they’re STILL knocking-about
Last time I saw an active one (DC.8 freighter/cargo) was at Manston, amongst some old 707’s & 747-100’s (or, 200’s ?)
(Does) Anyone living round the Thanet areastill get to see these old-Girls flying cargo in & out of Manston ?????????
(if they do, I wouldn’t mind a trip down there in the New-Year, once the clocks go forward & the weather warms up :diablo:)
By: ZRX61 - 6th December 2008 at 00:51
NASA has one they operate out of Plant 42/Palmdale
By: hunterxf382 - 6th December 2008 at 00:04
😮 I may have meant to type Lyneham – can’t remember where the Kemble reference was routed into now …… it’s an age thing 😀
By: WB981 - 4th December 2008 at 12:34
Intersting visitor. Normaly the DC8’s that opperate from Lyneham on charter to the MOD belong to Air Charter Express who use 9G-AXA and 9G-AXB.
By: hunterxf382 - 4th December 2008 at 12:34
There have been DC-8 movements out of Brize certainly…. got woken up in Sept @ Kemble thanks to a night flight by one….. bloomin noisy beast….lol
By: Joe Petroni - 4th December 2008 at 12:28
Same question was asked here yesterday.
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/353370-lyneham-am.html
By: Bograt - 4th December 2008 at 12:05
Probably Brize; the MOD have contracts with a number of civilian operators to move cargo to the Middle East. MK Airlines used to do quite a bit for them until they had some financial woes.
By: Moggy C - 4th December 2008 at 11:43
My first guess would be that it was one of Mildenhall’s RC135s
But then I could never tell the difference between a 707 and a DC8 anyway.
Moggy
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