Engine and other sounds by Turbine Sound Studios including start-up external air cart sound.

Instrument gauge lighting has four selectable levels of intensity.

Cockpit lighting including main panel, pedestal, and engineer’s panel floodlights, dome light, panel back lighting, and instrument gauge lighting.

P3D V4 version includes dynamic landing, taxi, and ground floodlights that illuminate objects.

Visual rain effects on cockpit windows using TrueGlass technology by TFDi.

In-depth simulation of more than 10 aircraft systems.

Virtual cockpit model with detailed simulation of instruments and controls at the pilot’s, first officer’s, and flight engineer’s positions.

3D model of the exterior with animated flight surfaces, reversers, landing gear, four exits and two cargo doors.

Simulation of a 50 series DC-8 passenger airliner with a focus on normal procedures.

It’s time to forget about MCDU, FMS and FADEC and go back to real flying, complete with instruments with needles and a sturdy but steady hand on the throttles and stick. It is hard work but the DC-8 will reward you with great handling. Every real pilot will enjoy navigating by VOR and NDB and manually managing the four finicky power plants. DC Late, Greasy8, Death Cruiser, Whiney Bird and Cigarette Jets were others.įor a long time, we lacked these important aircraft in our simulators but this add-on adds a version to your virtual hangar that is not only looking and sounding good, but also offers a good system depth. Old Smokey was just one of the many nicknames the aircraft was given by pilots that loved flying them. There were many variants and once in a blue moon you still see the “Old Smokey” carry cargo. Commercially it was successful up to 1972 when wide bodied aircraft like the B747 took over its place. It made transatlantic air travel possible for a much larger group of people, thus making the world a much smaller place. The Douglas DC-8 was one of the aircraft that brought long distance air travel to the masses.

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