BIG NEW JET AIRLINER.—The Douglas DC8 Super 61, claimed to be the world’s largest commercial jet airliner, being rolled from an assembly building at Long Beach, California. It carries up to 251 passengers, and if parked in the middle of a Rugby field it would extend from 25-yard line to 25-yard line, and its wing-tips would almost reach the sidelines.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31006, 11 March 1966, Page 1
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60BIG NEW JET AIRLINER.—The Douglas DC8 Super 61, claimed to be the world’s largest commercial jet airliner, being rolled from an assembly building at Long Beach, California. It carries up to 251 passengers, and if parked in the middle of a Rugby field it would extend from 25-yard line to 25-yard line, and its wing-tips would almost reach the sidelines. Press, Volume CV, Issue 31006, 11 March 1966, Page 1
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