Douglas DC-7

DC-7
The DC-7 is a low wing airliner powered by four radial engines
General information
TypeAirliner and transport aircraft
National originUnited States
ManufacturerDouglas Aircraft Company
StatusRetired[1]
Primary usersAmerican Airlines (historical)
United Airlines (historical)
Eastern Air Lines (historical)
Pan Am (historical)
Number built338[2]
History
Manufactured1953–1958
Introduction date29 November 1953
First flight18 May 1953
RetiredOctober 2020[1]
Developed fromDouglas DC-6
BOAC DC-7C G-AOIC taking off from Manchester UK in April 1958 for a non-stop flight to New York (Idlewild) (later JFK)
Swissair DC-7C in 1961
DC-7CF freighter of BOAC in 1961 converted with forward and rear freight doors

The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major piston engine-powered transport made by Douglas, being developed shortly after the earliest jet airliner—the de Havilland Comet—entered service and only a few years before the jet-powered Douglas DC-8 first flew in 1958. Larger numbers of both DC-7B and DC-7C variants were also built.

Unlike other far more successful propeller-driven Douglas aircraft, such as the DC-3 and DC-6, no examples of the DC-7 remain in service as of 2020.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Dwyer-Lindgren, Jeremy (28 October 2020). "As jets take charge of fire-bombing missions, the 62-year-old piston-powered Tanker 60 takes its last flight over Oregon". MSN. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Boeing: Historical Snapshot: DC-7 Transport". boeing.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.