Originally Posted by
Chris Scott
48 tonnes of freight on a DC-8-54F? The max on the contemporary B707-320C was about 39 tonnes (including the pallets). I thought the DC-8-50F was only a tonne or so more than that.
But, returning to topic, the VC10 combis could only manage about half of that, which - in addition to the payload-range disparity - is another reason we (BCAL) let ours go in 1973/4.
You are right Chris, the four DC8 54's and 55's we had averaged around 41.5 tonnes. It was a long time ago!