Douglas DC-7

Also known as DC7, DC-7 aircraft, DC-7

US airliner with 4 piston engines,1953

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Type: Airliner and transport aircraft
National origin: United States
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company
Status: Retired
Primary users: American Airlines (historical) United Airlines (historical) , Eastern Air Lines (historical) , Pan Am (historical)
Manufactured: 1953–1958
Introduction date: 29 November 1953
First flight: 18 May 1953
Retired: October 2020
Developed from: Douglas DC-6

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The Douglas DC-7 is a retired American airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major piston engine-powered passenger aircraft made by Douglas, being developed shortly after the earliest jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, entered service and only a few years before the jet-powered Douglas DC-8 first flew in 1958. A large number of both DC-7B and DC-7C variants were also built, with a handful of aircraft converted for the purpose of cargo hauling or fire-fighting after their commercial transport days had passed.