| DC-8 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft |
| Status | Project canceled |
| Developed from | Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster |
The Douglas DC-8 was an American piston-engined airliner project by Douglas Aircraft. A concept developed more than a decade before the DC-8 jetliner, the piston-engined DC-8 was to have propellers in the tail, an idea first used at Douglas by Edward F. Burton on a fighter project.[1] The airliner project was canceled after development costs made it commercially unviable.