From kls Mon Jan 27 02:45:55 1997 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back Date: 27 Jan 97 02:45:55 From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: Re: DC-8s in service; no 707s? References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Chicago Software Works, Menlo Park, California >It's a question of engine noise. The DC-8s that you see are the >re-engined/stretched versions. I think it was the -60 series. A DC-8-61/62/63 re-engined with CFM56 engines is a DC-8-71/72/73, respectively. However, the ones you see in service are not *all* re-engined versions -- I still regularly see DC-8s with the older Pratt JT3D engines, and just the other day I saw a picture of a DC-8-54F with hushkits on the original engines. The CFM56-powered 70 Series is the most popular, of course, but they're far from the only ones left. -- Karl Swartz |Home kls@chicago.com |Work kls@netapp.com |WWW http://www.chicago.com/~kls/ Moderator of sci.aeronautics.airliners -- Unix/network work pays the bills