BIG NEW AIRLINER.—The Super 61 DC8, which the Douglas Aircraft Company claims to be the world’s largest commercial airliner, leaving a construction hangar at Long Beach, California. The 187.4 ft plane will carry 251 passengers. The current DC8s are 150 ft long and carry 189 passengers.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30973, 1 February 1966, Page 1
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46BIG NEW AIRLINER.—The Super 61 DC8, which the Douglas Aircraft Company claims to be the world’s largest commercial airliner, leaving a construction hangar at Long Beach, California. The 187.4 ft plane will carry 251 passengers. The current DC8s are 150 ft long and carry 189 passengers. Press, Volume CV, Issue 30973, 1 February 1966, Page 1
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