Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Nothing particularly amazing about this pic you may think, just an F-104 formating on a DC-8 ....
Douglas DC-8-43 N9604Z (later CF-CPG) of Canadian Pacific, became the first ever supersonic airliner on 21 August 1961 during pre-acceptance flight tests by Douglas. During the special test the RR Conway powered DC-8 was accompanied by a specially-instrumented flight test F-104 and an F-100F for photography. Maximum speed was a calibrated M1.01 in a shallow dive from 50,000' under full takeoff power.
CF-CPG (c/n 130) served with Canadian Pacific and CP Air until 1980, when it was sold and broken up. It did carry a commemorative plaque on it's forward bulkhead, however.
Douglas DC-8-43 N9604Z (later CF-CPG) of Canadian Pacific, became the first ever supersonic airliner on 21 August 1961 during pre-acceptance flight tests by Douglas. During the special test the RR Conway powered DC-8 was accompanied by a specially-instrumented flight test F-104 and an F-100F for photography. Maximum speed was a calibrated M1.01 in a shallow dive from 50,000' under full takeoff power.
CF-CPG (c/n 130) served with Canadian Pacific and CP Air until 1980, when it was sold and broken up. It did carry a commemorative plaque on it's forward bulkhead, however.
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