Douglas DC-7
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US airliner with 4 piston engines,1953
Key facts
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
BOAC DC-7C G-AOIC taking off from Manchester UK in April 1958 for a non-stop flight to New York (Idlewild) (later JFK) Swissair DC-7C in 1961 DC-7CF freighter of BOAC in 1961 converted with forward and rear freight doors
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.
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