Dc-8's?

[LGA Fleet Service]

Haven't seen a flying pencil at Kennedy in a hell of a long time, they not coming out east anymore? Or are they being phased out because of those four thirsty engines?

All I see at Kennedy these days are the 75's and the A300's and the very rare 763.

 

[daisyblue]

Fleet,
Comeon over to EWR
DHL/ABX has a nightly 8 and one day a week a 9
ATI was in last week with an 8 too

 

[JANWP]

Haven't seen a flying pencil at Kennedy in a hell of a long time, they not coming out east anymore? Or are they being phased out because of those four thirsty engines?

All I see at Kennedy these days are the 75's and the A300's and the very rare 763.

Look in DTW, on average 3 a day parked on the UPS ramp plus a 75.

 

[wings396]

Haven't seen a flying pencil at Kennedy in a hell of a long time, they not coming out east anymore? Or are they being phased out because of those four thirsty engines?

All I see at Kennedy these days are the 75's and the A300's and the very rare 763.

Those engines are not a "Thirsty" as you may think. Some of the DC-8's that UPS has are former DL birds with the CFM-56 Engines. I recall that when I worked with an Airline in EWR back in the 80's, that the DC-8-73's with the CFM-56's burned less fuel from EWR-ATL than a 727-200 did from EWR-CVG. The 727's held in the area of 140 Psgrs, and the DC-8's were over 200.

 

[Phantom Fixer]

UPS has 2 DC-8-71's in CLT almost every night.

 

[WhisperJet]

UPS has 2 DC-8-71's in CLT almost every night.

Those DC-8 come in at 0530 form PHL and 0615 from SDF. They both leave around 2200.

 

[star power]

Those engines are not a "Thirsty" as you may think. Some of the DC-8's that UPS has are former DL birds with the CFM-56 Engines. I recall that when I worked with an Airline in EWR back in the 80's, that the DC-8-73's with the CFM-56's burned less fuel from EWR-ATL than a 727-200 did from EWR-CVG. The 727's held in the area of 140 Psgrs, and the DC-8's were over 200.

I think UPS has one DC-8-73 at MCI, and one DC-8-73 at OMA, I saw a DC-8-61,62 at MCI for ABX with the JT-4D, now that "Thirsty". I love to haer that cold air -10F crackel at cold P/P up to T/O, smoke be let there be smoke, like the early KC135A's with the J-57's, not like the TF-40-PW that had the MOD done to them instaed of the CFM-56-2, Keep the DC flying.

 

[robbedagain]

often I have seen the stretched DC-8-72 at ABE in ABX/DHL colors.
Lately though I have seen the 727. do they have the 727-100 series?

 

[USAir757]

DHL operates a daily DC-8 into FLL. Looks kinda like Big Bird.