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McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71/73F
The re-engined DC-8 freighter. Payload, cargo hold, door size and typical role below.
Retired from commercial cargo service.
- Maximum payload
- 48,000 kg
- Cargo volume
- 302 m³
- Cargo hold (L × W × H)
- 39.00 × 3.13 × 2.10 m
- Cargo door
- 3.50 × 2.16 m
About the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71/73F
The stretched DC-8-60 series re-engined with quieter, more efficient turbofans, carrying around forty-five tonnes.
The re-engining bought the airframe another two decades of commercial cargo work before noise and efficiency rules finally caught up with it.
What it carries
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