DC-7 | |
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General information | |
Type | Airliner and transport aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company |
Status | Retired[1] |
Primary users | American Airlines (historical) |
Number built | 338[2] |
History | |
Manufactured | 1953–1958 |
Introduction date | 29 November 1953 |
First flight | 18 May 1953 |
Retired | October 2020[1] |
Developed from | Douglas DC-6 |
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]