McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 BAX Global Wooden Airplane

Item#: CADC8BAX

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Factory Direct Models introduce this Made to Order Douglas DC-8-71 BAX Global Model Airplane. This Douglas DC-8-71 BAX Global Commercial Aircraft Model  was handcrafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this famous commercial aircraft into an amazing detailed Model Airplane Replica.

This Douglas DC-8-71 BAX Global Mahogany Airplane Model comes with a detachable stand, a Laminated McDonnell Douglas Logo and an Inscription Plaque that adds beauty to this collectible Wooden Aircraft.

Douglas DC-8-71 BAX Global History:

The decision to launch development of a four jet medium/long range jetliner was taken by Douglas Aircraft Company in June 1955, almost a year after Boeing had flown its Dash 80 prototype from which the Model 707 family emerged. As the DC-8, the new aircraft was the first Douglas commercial jet and a successor for the DC7C. It also closely resembled the Boeing 707 in overall configuration, although with slightly less sweepback on the wing. Subject of a launch order from Pan American on 13 October 1955, the DC-8 quickly attracted further orders from US and foreign airlines, and 142 were on -order by the time the prototype made its first flight on 30 May 1958. Powered by JT3C turbojets, the prototype represented the medium range domestic version; other variants were already in production, as detailed below under the Variants heading.

Subsequent to its introduction, the initial version of the DC-8 was designated the DC-8-10, distinguishing it from the long-range DC-8-30 which, with JT4A engines, first flew on 21 February 1959. For airlines requiring enhanced take-off performance in the domestic variant, the DC-8-20 had the JT4A engines, but operated at the lower Series \0 weights, and was first flown on 29 November 1958 (being the second DC-8 to fly). As an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney JT4As, Douglas offered to fit Rolls-Royce Conways in the DC-8-40, first flown on 23 July 1959. During the DC-8's production life, several different versions of the JT4A were fitted in the airliner, with ratings ranging from 15,5001b thrust (7,167kgp) to 17,5001b st (7,945kgp), and the intercontinental Series 30 and Series 40 featured extended wing tips and the so-called 'four per cent' wing, the leading edge being modified to increase chord by this amount. The advent of a turbofan adaptation of the JT-3C in the form of the JT-3D led to the appearance of the DC-8-50, first flown on 20 December 1960, and this was also the basis for the Jet Trader (OC-8-55) with a side-loading freight door, reinforced floor and cargo-handling provisions, first flown on 29 October 1962. Up to this point, all DC-8 variants had the same fuselage length, but in April 1955 three new variants were launched, introducing two new fuselage lengths. Known generically as the Sixty Series, these comprised the DC-8-61 first flown on 14 March 1966, the DC-8-63 first flown on ApriI 10, 1967 with the same 36ft 8in (II. 18m) fuselage stretch but a number of aerodynamic improvements, and the DC-8-62 with only a 6ft 8in (2.03m) stretch but the same aerodynamic changes, including an increase of 6ft (I.83m) in wing span. The first flights 01 the Series 61,62 and 63 were made on 14 March 1966,29 August \966 and 10 April 1967 respectively, and convertible (CF) and all-freight (AF) versions 01 all three were later offered. In 1979, the Cammacorp company launched a conversion program to fit CFM56 turbofans to the Sixty Series aircraft, with substantial benefit to economics. The first conversion flew on 15 August 1981 and the designations DC-8 Series 71, 72 and 73 were adopted for the converted aircraft.

The DC-8-10 was certificated on 31 August 1959, and United Air Lines and Delta Airlines flew the first revenue services on 18 September. The DC-8-30 was certificated on February 1, 1960 and was in service with KLM and Pan American on transatlantic services in April. Certification of the DC-8-40 on 24 March 1960 allowed TCA (now Air Canada) to put this version into operation in April. The DC-8-50 was certificated on 10 October 1961, and the DC-8-55 Jet Trader on 29 January 1963. Certification dates for the Sixty Series were 2 September 1966, 27 April 1967 and 30 June 1967, and entry into service dates were 25 February, 22 May and 27 July respective y. The DC-8 Super 71, 72 and 73 were certificated in April, June and September 1982. Total production of the DC-8 was 556 aircraft with the last aircraft coming of the line in May 1972. Updated aircraft including 263 of the Super Sixty series, of which 110 had been converted to Super Seventy series when the Cammacorp program came to an end in March 1986. About 200 DC-8s of Series 50, 60 and 70 versions are still in service today, with the large majority converted to freighter configuration.

Burlington Northern Air Freight, Inc. originally opened for business in ten cities in the United States on June 15, 1972, as a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1982, BNAFI was acquired by the Pittston Company, which later became Brink's. In 1986, BNAFI changed its name to Burlington Air Express, repositioning itself as an overnight air express company and again in 1997 the company changed its name to BAX Global, reflecting its expansion over all continents. BAX operated a fleet of 18 Douglas DC-8F and 10 Boeing 727F converted cargo aircraft.