RARE DOUGLAS DC-8 STILL FLYING! Samaritan's Purse DC-8 and 757 at Calgary Airport! [4K]

Yesterday, Calgary International Airport got perhaps the rarest visit of the year. Humanitarian organization Samaritan's Purse brought in their Boeing 757 and their Douglas DC-8, which is one of the last ones flying in the world!

The 757 is a fairly recent addition to their operation, but the DC-8 has been flying with them since 2016.

This 55-year-old DC-8-72 Combi first entered service with Finnair in 1969, and also flew with the French Air Force and Air Transport International before being purchased by Samaritan's Purse.

Both planes were here bringing in an Emergency Field Hospital to their warehouse here in Calgary. The hospital and its supplies will be based here and ready to be deployed by their Canadian division.

With barely any DC-8s still flying around the world, and NASA retiring theirs in the next few months, the plane itself is an extremely rare sight.

To see one of these in operation in 2024, right at home, was pretty unbelievable, so I hope you enjoy!

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FLIGHT INFORMATION (757)
Airline: Samaritan's Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-225(PCF) (B752)
Flight Number: NSP7
Livery: Standard
Engines: 2x Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Registration: N783SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 7 / SAM'S PURSE 7 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024

FLIGHT INFORMATION (DC-8)
Airline: Samaritan's Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-72CF
Flight Number: NSP8
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x CFMI CFM56-2C1
Registration: N782SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 8 / SAM'S PURSE 8 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024

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