DC-8-43's Maiden Flight Presented In Old Photography Style

[aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting via era 1960 Kodak photography style a very nice maiden flight by DC-8-43 for Canadian Pacific airline from CYVR Vancouver International Airport located on Sea Island in Richmond 8 miles from downtown Vancouver to CYYC Calgary International Airport situated 11 miles northeast of downtown Calgary.

Taxiing to de-icing area



Being covered with greenish de-icing stuff



Engines roaring with spew of smoke to start taxi to short of runway 08L



Still taxiing



Holding short of runway 08L awaiting for take off clearance from controllers in the control tower seen in background



Take off clearance is granted as the plane's engines start to go on full thrust power spewing black smoke



Airborne on climb to FL310 with nice background view of downtown Vancouver where you can see BC Place Super Dome



Still climbing



Passing through clouds





More clouds to pass through





Still climbing to FL310 now at FL200



Passing 10,781 ft high Mount Baker which is an active volcano located in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington and you can see snow capped 9,131 ft Mount Shuksan in background



Still passing the two same mountains while you can spot Mount Rainer in much further distance in background



Time to turn to north toward destination with background view of Skagit Valley Provincial park





Cruising at FL310



Passing town of Penticton, Canada where you can see Skaha Lake in front of third engine and Okanagan Lake on bottom of the screenshot



Passing the same town area where you can see CYYF Penticton Regional Airport located 1.8 nautical miles southwest of Penticton, British Columbia



Passing city of Kelowna with same waters of Okanagan Lake



Dig nice sunset





Sorry cannot resist beauty of sunset



Look at many different layers of colors caused by sunset



Passing Banff National Park mountains which signals time to descend



At FL210 at safe distance above famous Canadian Rockies mountains of Banff National park



View of Banff mountains







Passing through clouds during descent





After clearing Banff mountains which is safe and time to make more descend





Passing city of Calgary well lit with night lights



On final runway approach to runway 17R





TOUCHDOWN





Braking down while blowing lots of snowdust



Exiting from runway to taxiway



Taxiing to gate



Thank you for viewing . Stay tuned for next exciting flight.

Regards,

Aharon

[Tom/CalClassic]

Thanks. That was an odd scheme, with the converging stripes.

[yellowribbon]

Love the smoke, thanks for sharing.

[mrcapitalism]

Beautiful aircraft, nice flight!
Is this HJG?

[aharon]

Apr 27, 2016 20:29:29 GMT -5 Tom/CalClassic said:

Thanks. That was an odd scheme, with the converging stripes.

Tom,

Thanks for your kind words. It was pre-delivery livery for Canadian Pacific and it was the same livery that was used for world's first supersonic flight with full passenger load by a commercial airline plane and also it was the same livery that was used for world's first 50,000 ft (FL500) cruising flight with full passenger load by commercial airline plane.

Oh you want to know what historic feat did this DC-8-43 in Canadian Pacific livery make?

This plane became FIRST commercial airline plane in history to fly SUPERSONIC SPEED at mach 1 !!!!!

And this plane also became FIRST commercial airline plane in history to reach and cruise at 50,000 ft with FULL PASSENGER LOAD and FULL LUGGAGE load!!!!

The same plane flying supersonic speed at mach 1.0 along with supersonic jet fighter





Plane after finishing supersonic flight!!!



Yellowribbon, thanks for your kind words.

MrCapatilism, thanks for your kind words and yes it is HJG model.

Regards,

Aharon