Air Charters Express DC-8
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From: spain
FE -for DC8's
Hi, anyone know where you can get an F/E 8 rating?, finished in Asia and appears the old 8 is going longer than the Jumbo, live in Spain and not ready for hanging up the boots just yet!1 (under 60 yrs of age)
Vheers all.
Vheers all.
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From: SPAIN
Please advise of what 'tons of DC8 experience ' you have so the options can be narrowed down and I can put you into contact with the relevant department eg. ..Flight ops,Engineering.Flying,Mechanics, accounts etc.etc.?? Regards. Mally.
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From: wiltshire uk
Nostalgia moment
Residents of Old Town Swindon Wiltshire UK are used to the sight of DC8 60 series long body ( Air Charter Exp) howling in at two thousand feet and then making an elegant and relaxed 30 degree bank angle turn over the steeple of Christchurch for the Lyneham circuit.
With that long body, fine empenage and those lovely knife edge wings with the long pylons, this bird makes a wonderful sight as she powers up for finals after a descent over the Marlbororugh Downs. Indeed the other day she glided (almost!) over me as I was up on the ridgeway at 1,000 ft. Stunning, just stunning. Reminded me of KLM DC 8s and an African childhood.
So for lovely DC8 moments, visit sunny Swindon when she is due- or just stand outside Lyneham.
With that long body, fine empenage and those lovely knife edge wings with the long pylons, this bird makes a wonderful sight as she powers up for finals after a descent over the Marlbororugh Downs. Indeed the other day she glided (almost!) over me as I was up on the ridgeway at 1,000 ft. Stunning, just stunning. Reminded me of KLM DC 8s and an African childhood.
So for lovely DC8 moments, visit sunny Swindon when she is due- or just stand outside Lyneham.
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: EGMH..a down, not yet out, formerly awesome airfield
Ex-MK Airlines DC8 9G-MKA, currently stored at Manston, is also an ex KLM machine and will be returning to holland (by barge) in 2010 to go in a museum 
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From: Some airport hotel
DC8 Crew
Heard just 2 weeks ago that Silverback in Kigali were looking for crew.( My colleague received a call) Sadly I dont have the contact details. I was also contacted within the last month by HeavyLift in Sharjah, requiring Capts.
Yambat
Yambat
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From: In the Doghouse...
Hoping to snap some photographs of the DC-8s landing at a certain Wiltshire airfield, but struggling to track their movements (perhaps understandably) can anyone from the company help, perhaps by PM.
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From: Arizona USA
South Africa is a nice place?
Ours passed OK, but others had a few problems.
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From: Netherlands
Confirmed that they are banned from Belgium. Ostend airport is not happy with this, again they are loosing a big client.
The DC-8's are allowed to perform one ferry flight away from Belgium.
Very sad that this happend. Shame that they didn't had their maintenace on order. And I almost applied....
Their website is also down so looks like the end of Meridian.
Heard that they also were banned from the UK recently?
The end of an era.
Rgds.
The DC-8's are allowed to perform one ferry flight away from Belgium.
Very sad that this happend. Shame that they didn't had their maintenace on order. And I almost applied....
Their website is also down so looks like the end of Meridian.
Heard that they also were banned from the UK recently?
The end of an era.
Rgds.
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From: west of the Tamar
Lovely aircraft the Super 60. Amazing that they appear to have P & W fans and were never re-engined with CFM's. Last summer I was lucky enough to see an ACE Super 60 touch down at Luton from close to the runway. Wonderful sight of the old classic bird as it flared right in front of me. Full reverse from the old P & W's to get stopped on the 2100m runway and I was transported back to the late 1960's again.