Douglas DC-8 NASADouglas DC 8 NASA airplane model. NASA operates a highly modified Douglas DC 8 jetliner as a flying science laboratory. The aircraft is based at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California and is used to collect data for experiments in support of projects serving the worlds scientific community. Federal, state, academic, and foreign researchers are among those who use NASAs DC 8. Data gathered with the aircraft at

A-10 Thunderbolt USAF airplane model

ATR-72 Trans World Express airplane model

The Privateer went on to perform great service in the Cold War as a radar and electronics-countermeasures platform

The T1A is used for weapons and tactical training on No 19(R) Squadron at RAF Valley

in part to find a replacement for the venerable Beech 18

designed for long-range interdiction of enemy ground targets deep behind enemy lines

On long flights

Two Tigers were modified with a 15

On April 8

With its extended range

The One-Eleven can trace its origins back to the proposed Hunting H-107 jet airliner project of 1956

eight of which served in the Pacific