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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1595.PDF
1-5 gO-5 Hi U oo IUXILIARV TANK S,3»1.Slmpgal) •OTAL 1— CAPACITY PAYLOAD / \ \ \ \ 1 November 1957 683 300 O 20 •; to o Pay load-range for the Conway DC-8 at 287^00 Ib (132 passengers), £ with reserves for 260 n.m. diversion at 30,000ft plus 1 hr holding at 15ftOOft, warm-up, taxying, take-off and manoeuvre. Costs are based on the revised 1955 A.T.A. method. Approximate price: $6m. 1OOO 2OOO 3OOO 4OOO RANGE (n.m.) SCOO 6OOO MOVING TAILPLANE gOdeg UP, lOdegDOWN) MAR ENTRY DOOR (outward optnlng) ARTICULATED MAIN BOGIE , (inward retracting) DOUBLE-SLOTTED DOUGLAS I-LAPS SECOND-CLASS SIX-ABREAST SEATING SINGLE SKIN FROM C/L TO PRODUCTION BREAK f. MU DOUGLAS DC-8 Dimensions (oil versions): span, 139ft 9in; length, 150ft 6in; overall height, 42ft 4in; wing area, 2,758 sq ft; sweepback at £ chord, 30 deg; volume of both lower cargo compartments, 1,415 cu ft. ortion of flap held up to clear it-blast inkqge to 57 i't spoilers (operated by nose- heel to ground contact) "Itiple scissor-links (inner to Jter flap) Qp-operating linkage ain-leg subframe oin-leg retraction jack ink bay end-ribs (full depth) "notched ribs (not full depth) ivided, powered, ailerons (inner high speed, outer —low speed) Inded trailing-edge structure leron power unit (emergencyQ nuol tab)J <jder power-unit '"plane hinge axis ">K for injection water (JT-3 igme only) ^-suppression bottles (378 cu inB - and Freon) iading-edge venting ' brakes: "> thickness 0.250in 73 76 Skin thickness 0.190in 77 Skin thickness 0.156in 78 Upper skin 0.064in, lower 0.063in 79 Passenger service panels (position variable with seat pitch) 80 Control tab 81 Geared tab 82 H.F, Antenna coupler and lighting arrester 83 V.H.F. aerials (three) 84 Glide-slope aerial 85 D.M.E. aerial 86 A.D.F. aerials 87 A.T.C. transponder88 Radio altimeter aerial 89 A.D.F. sense aerials (four) 90 Rolls-Royce thrust-reversal units 91 Rolls-Royce noise suppression nozzles Weights: Gross weight (Ib) Max. usable T.O. weight (Ib) Landing weight (Ib) Manufacturer's weightempty (Ib) Operating weight empty(Ib) Zero fuel weight (Ib) ... Freight (Ib) Space limited capacitypayload (Ib) first-class Space limited capacitypayload (Ib) mixed-class Space limited capacity payload (Ib) tourist ... Performance:Level flight speed at max. cruise thrust T A.S.(m.p.h.) 3O,OOOft. C.A.A. T.O. field length (ft) C.A.A.landing field length (ft) Range with 6,500ft T.O. field length, first-class version (st. m.) Range with 6,500ft T.O. field length, mixed- class version (st. m.)...Range with 6,500ft T.O. field length, tourist version (st. m.) Range, first-class (st. m.) Range, mixed-class (st. m.) Range, tourist-class (st.m.) Domestic JT3C-6 265,000 264,400 189,000 115,839 121,034 161,200 14,150 33,620 37,910 561 9,860 6.680 2,040 1,790 3,940 3.680 Domestic JT4A-3 265,000 265,000 189,000 118,265 123,532 165,000 14,150 33,620 37,910 586 7.300 6,630 3,470 3,220 4,060 3,790 Interconti- nental JT4A-3 287,500 287,500 190,500 120,737 128,862 167,550 14,150 35,930 37,910 586 8.760 6.690 3,070 2,950 4,490 4,360 Interconti- nental Conway 287,500 287,500 190,500 117,423 125,272 163,750 14,150 35,930 37,910 590 8,870 6,690 3,330 3,210 4,850 4,670
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