KerbalX

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 87
• Mods: 6

Mods

• Airplane Plus
• B9 Procedural Wings Modified
• NeistAir
• SXTContinued
• Squad (stock)
• TweakScale - Rescale Everything!

Description

A mod aircraft called Douglas DC-8-10. Built with 87 of the finest parts, its root part is 25DC9.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.6.1.

After absolutely failing (debatable), the de Havilland Comet failed to succeed, but it brought the world into realising that the future of passenger travel is by jet. Boeing planned to release a jetliner, later known as the Boeing 707 program, and Douglas was pressured to building a jetliner in high secrecy. Unlike Boeing, Douglas had no experience in building jet aircrafts, as Boeing had built many jet bombers for the Air Force in the form of contracts. Therefore, Douglas had to develop all the technologies required to fly a jetliner with no shortcuts available. In the late 1955s, Pan Am made a record order of 20 707s and 25 DC-8s, which was quite a risky move as both types were clean-sheet designs and relatively untested. But this was the boost the world needed to bring everyone into the jet age.

It was given multiple stretches throughout its life, as well as multiple engine renewals, which saw CFM-56s under the wings of DC-8s, which is a rather bizarre sight. Multiple stretches actually made the DC-8-61 the longest aircraft for a while. Ultimately, Douglas went on to build 556 DC-8s, and only 29 DC-8-10s.