Golden Light: Pan Am’s Interchange DC-8-62

[YesterAirlines]

As well as the Swissair I also picked up the Pan Am DC-8 from Aeroclassics last month, which is of course the one-off interchange series 62 owned by Braniff. I'd actually blogged about this special aircraft back in 2018, but this new version has given me the opportunity to update that old post, so here once again is the story of the only Super 60 to ever wear the globe:

Golden Light: Pan Am’s Interchange DC-8-62

Pan Am had initially ordered more Douglas DC-8s than Boeing 707s, but although it took delivery of 19 of the 25 ordered they had all been retired by mid-September 1969. They had all been series 32s, but then all of a sudden in 1970 there was a 'new' Pan A

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[YesterAirlines]

It's not often you get to compare the same release from the same manufacturer using the same base mould with a twenty year gap between the two models. Aeroclassics have however been making quite a few re-releases recently so comparisons are easier. Question is can you tell which is the old and which is the new?

Comparing Pan Am Aeroclassics DC-8s

It's not often you get to compare the same release from the same manufacturer using the same base mould with a twenty year gap between the two models, but Aeroclassics just released the Pan Am DC-8-62 N1803 and had made the same model previously in 2004 s

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[LeoMuse747]

The 2004 looks like a 2004 model, and the 2025 model looks like a 2004 model. Way to go, Aeroclassics!

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

The 2004 looks like a 2004 model, and the 2025 model looks like a 2004 model. Way to go, Aeroclassics!

Time stands Still!
They're Classics!

 

[Mikeymag]

It's not often you get to compare the same release from the same manufacturer using the same base mould with a twenty year gap between the two models. Aeroclassics have however been making quite a few re-releases recently so comparisons are easier. Question is can you tell which is the old and which is the new?

Comparing Pan Am Aeroclassics DC-8s

It's not often you get to compare the same release from the same manufacturer using the same base mould with a twenty year gap between the two models, but Aeroclassics just released the Pan Am DC-8-62 N1803 and had made the same model previously in 2004 s

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I have the 2004 version.

 

[Transnat]

A fascinating backgrounder on an aircraft that enjoyed a long and varied life. Nice work Richard

 

[Jazajia]

The 2004 looks like a 2004 model, and the 2025 model looks like a 2004 model. Way to go, Aeroclassics!

Not necessarily a bad thing though.