Today in Aviation: DC-8 Enters Service With Delta Air Lines, United Airlines
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the narrow-body airliner Douglas DC-8 enters service with Delta Air Lines (DL) and United Airlines (UA) in 1959. While Pan Am was the first airline to order the DC-8 in October 1955, it would be rivals DL and UA that would first put the aircraft into revenue service. Both DL […]