DC8 vs 707
THI:
Hi,
i would be interested, what you think about the both a/c.
here are the stats:
Boeing 707-120 6 4 2 0 13.2y
Boeing 707-120B 105 47 6 0 10.7y
Boeing 707-220 11 6 0 0 13.2y
Boeing 707-320 1 3 0 0 13.5y
Boeing 707-320B 115 48 9 8 4.8y
Boeing 707-320B Adv. 129 25 5 0 5.7y
Boeing 707-320C 399 53 5 70 3.9y
Boeing 707-420 17 10 1 0 13.2y
Boeing 720 3 1 0 0 12.3y
Boeing 720B 135 61 9 0 11.7y
Douglas DC-8-10 0 3 1 0 -
Douglas DC-8-20 44 25 1 0 11.9y
Douglas DC-8-31 5 2 0 0 13.5y
Douglas DC-8-32 3 1 0 0 13.3y
Douglas DC-8-33 4 1 1 0 12.6y
Douglas DC-8-41 26 5 1 0 11.7y
Douglas DC-8-42 34 13 2 0 12.1y
Douglas DC-8-43 37 11 2 0 11.2y
Douglas DC-8-51 41 9 2 0 10.7y
Douglas DC-8-52 55 6 2 0 11.4y
Douglas DC-8-53 57 9 0 0 11.6y
Douglas DC-8-55 53 1 0 9 5.2y
Douglas DC-8-61 183 15 6 0 6.6y
Douglas DC-8-62 334 15 7 145 3.6y
Douglas DC-8-63 503 24 1 172 3.1y
real statistics:
707-120 707-220 720 707-320 707-420 military all
orders: 141 5 154 580 37 93 1010
deliveries: 141 5 154 580 37 93 1010
douglas all: 556
notes (wikipedia about dc8):
By 2002, of the 1032 707s and 720s manufactured for commercial use, just 80 remained in service — though many of those 707s were converted for USAF use, either in service or for spare parts. Of the 556 DC-8s made, around 200 were still in commercial service in 2002, including about 25 50-Series, 82 of the stretched 60-Series, and 96 out of the 110 re-engined 70-Series. Most of the surviving DC-8s are now used as freighters. As of May 2009, 97 DC-8s were in service following UPS's decision to retire their remaining fleet of 44.
resume:
in AWS it is the other way: douglas is dominating the market and not like in real life boeing does (or did in the jet age).....
Curse:
The main problem Douglas had in real world was the bad marketing and no discounts or leasing options.
These problems don't occur in AWS.
Choosing B707 or DC-8 depends on your base and future plans. If you are based at Newark the B707 is fine for you, if you are based at Tokyo or Los Angeles, the lower range makes it hard to use. DC-8 also have the advantage of the Super Sixties, which makes the decision which type to take in the mid and end '60s very easy.
At the start of Jet Age it was easily possible to see who was long-time strategys and who not because of this ;)
Advantages of B707 are clearly the shorter runway requirements, but due to the lack of an economical and a long-range version (B707-420 was only there for 24 hours in JA2), it's limited usable.
(Biggest real world operator was Delta with something around 130 if I remember correctly)
schro:
I don't see how whats happening in the jet age is different than actual history. Airlines have selected the plane that will be more economically viable to fly for longer.... DL flew their DC-8's through 1989 whereas the last 707 in the US was flown by TWA in 1983...
THI:
looooooool @schro ??
you should check the stats ;D
in real about 2x more boeing 707/720 were sold than DC8...
and you should read the comment of curse. in real, douglas have had problems with marketing.....
swiftus27:
dc8
*cough cough*
though more DC8s may have flown longer, most of those were re-engined series 70s.
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