In 1960 JAL Took Delivery Of Its First Jet, A Douglas DC-8 Named Fuji, Introducing Jet Service On The

Red tide at Toronto in the early 80’s.

National Geographic, July 1959 DC8

21 August 1961. First civilian jet to make a supersonic flight was a Douglas DC-8, DC-8-43/N9604Z s/n 45623, at Mach 1.012 (660 mph) while in a controlled dive through 41,000 ft. It maintained that speed for 16 seconds to collect data on a new leading-edge design for the wing.

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Passenger Close-Up - Cutaway of a model Douglas DC-8, created for KLM Airlines by Rise Up, Netherlands, c. 1960

Braniff’s “Flying Colors” designed by Alexander Calder in 1973

Flying Colors, Alexander Calder, 1974, paint and DC-8 aircraft

UTA livery was a combination of the colors of UAT and TAI ( they merged to form UTA). For a couple of decades, the airline enjoyed exclusivity on flights from France to more than 20 destinations in Africa, the US, French Polynesia and Oceania. The French government prevented national airlines to compete in the same market.