Classroom clipper, Vol. XVI, No. 4, April 1960

              VOL. XVI, No. 4
Published by Pan American World Airways
FIRST OVERSEAS DC-8C DELIVERED TO PAN AMERICAN
The first Douglas DC-8C, long-range, overseas version of the DC-8 jet airliner, was delivered to Pan American World Airways in February, the first of a fleet-of 21 Douglas jets to be delivered to Pan American during 1960 and early 1961.
Powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT-4A (J-75) engines, rated at 15,800 pounds of thrust each, the DC-8C Jet Clippers have a fuel capacity of nearly 22,000 gallons, making possible nonstop transatlantic and transpacific flights in either direction. The DC-8C Jet Clippers are capable of nonstop operation between the West Coast of the United States and Tokyo or between Chicago and the principal cities of Europe.
Certificated for a takeoff gross weight of 310,000 pounds, the highest allowable gross weight of any commercial aircraft, the DC-8C can carry 168 passengers in an all-Economy class seating arrangement.
Cruising speed of the overseas DC-8C is 575 miles per hour. It is 150 feet, 6 inches long; 42 feet, 4 inches high from the ground to the top of the tail, and has a wingspan of 139 feet, 9 inches.
Pan American, the first airline to order and operate American-built jets, currently has more than twenty jets in operation, serving cities in the United States, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia. The Pan Am fleet includes Boeing 321 Intercontinentals and six of the shorter range 707’s.
The complete Pan American jet ■fleet -will be made up of 50 aircraft, 21 DC-8C’s, 23 Boeing 321 Intercontinentals and six 707’s.
DOUGLAS DC-8C JET CLIPPER — Above: A Pan American stewardess serves from the rolling buffet, at which the roast beef is carved to passenger's order. Below: The first DC-8C Jet
Clipper as she emerged from the Douglas factory.
Additional pictures on Page T-4
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