DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

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DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

Postby Aharon » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:45 am

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Here is interesting video showing DC-8 cargo action loading interesting cargo at NZAA during era 1970s.

NOTE that the DC-8 taxied to runway with PASSENGER DOORS OPEN!!!!

Enjoy the video!!

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Aharon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKx1lhNVHww
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Re: DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

Postby deeknow » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:49 am

now THAT's what you call Cattle-Class !!! ... nice find Aharon
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Re: DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

Postby Aharon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:09 am

Thanks, Deeknow

Too bad nobody and the video poster do not know where the plane was heading to. Maybe someone expert in cattle might know the answer??

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Re: DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

Postby FlyingKiwi » Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:45 pm

I've seen photos of old propliners transporting cattle in South America and they actually removed the passenger doors altogether and flew with them open. Only an option if you don't need pressurization of course!
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Re: DC-8 Cargo Action At NZAA In Era 1970s

Postby Aharon » Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:26 am

FlyingKiwi wrote:I've seen photos of old propliners transporting cattle in South America and they actually removed the passenger doors altogether and flew with them open. Only an option if you don't need pressurization of course!


That is very interesting. Makes me wonder if DC-8-63F was going to cruise at 10,000 ft???? Anyway, the take off of DC-8 showed the doors closed


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