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DC-8, first of a new breed of junior jumbos,
DC-8, first of a new breed of junior jumbos,

DC-8, first of a new breed of junior jumbos,

Date10/31/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stretched. That's wht they've done with the DC-8 and now the craft, first of a new breed of junior jumbos, has gained 37 feet in length, can carry village of 250 people.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002772F
      Uncle Jumbo's party : pictures and verses for little folk
      Uncle Jumbo's party : pictures and verses for little folk
      Bingham, Clifton, 1859-1913
      1906
      Barnum and Jumbo's A.B.C.
      Barnum and Jumbo's A.B.C.
      Emrik & Binger
      1890
      They're Jammed in here, but later on Bill Pullum, his wife Joyce and sons David and Trevor had a DC-8 Jet and seven stewardesses all to themselves
      They're Jammed in here, but later on Bill Pullum, his wife Joyce and sons David and Trevor had a DC-8 Jet and seven stewardesses all to themselves
      Norris, Dave
      8/15/1970
      This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
      This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
      Darrell, Dick
      11/24/1970
      Sister plane of streched DC-8 that crashed completed the scheduled Montreal-Los Angeles flight
      Sister plane of streched DC-8 that crashed completed the scheduled Montreal-Los Angeles flight
      James, Norman
      7/5/1970
      Here's how Cuban Hitched 5,000-Mile Jet Ride to Freedom Technicians huddles in Air Canada DC-8 to show how Cuban stowed away in Spainsh jet's undercarriage
      Here's how Cuban Hitched 5,000-Mile Jet Ride to Freedom Technicians huddles in Air Canada DC-8 to show how Cuban stowed away in Spainsh jet's undercarriage
      Barkley, Harold
      6/4/1969
      Stewardess Mary Dohey, of Toronto, still unnerved after hours of terror in the air during which the hijacker of an Air Canada DC-8 held a shotgun to h(...)
      Stewardess Mary Dohey, of Toronto, still unnerved after hours of terror in the air during which the hijacker of an Air Canada DC-8 held a shotgun to h(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/14/1971
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/21/1973
      stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
      stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
      Darrell, Dick
      7/15/1970
      Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
      Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
      Darrell, Dick
      6/21/1973
      Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
      Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/5/1970
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/6/1970