The “Douglas DC-8” is an American four-engine plane that was in production until 1972. The DC-8’s design allowed for a large cargo hold, and some re-engined DC-8s are still in use as …

Orbis was founded in 1982 with a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a number of private donors. The first Flying Eye Hospital was a Douglas DC-8 …

The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company. Work began in …

Jul 25, 2022 · The first mobile teaching flying eye hospital was a modified Douglas DC-8 airliner. In 1992, Orbis converted a DC-10 wide-body aircraft into a full teaching and surgical hospital. …

Staffed by a highly-skilled team of ophthalmologists, anesthesiologists, nurses and biomedical technicians, the Orbis DC-8 Flying Eye Hospital took off from Houston, Texas for its first …

The current Flying Eye Hospital is actually Orbis’s third aircraft. But don’t worry – our previous two planes have gone to good homes! Our first DC-8 is now in Beijing’s Aviation Museum and our …

To United Air Lines with new c/r N8003U. Converted to a DC-8-21. To Project Orbis International Inc, New York, NY with new c/r N220RB. Notes: At Los Angeles International, CA. To China …

Oct 11, 2019 · Douglas DC-8-21 with registration N220RB (ex N8038D, N8003U) airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet …

Jul 27, 2017 · After conversion into a hospital, the aircraft flew its inaugural mission with Orbis to Panama in 1982. In its first two years of operation, the Orbis DC-8 visited 24 countries and …

Jul 25, 2019 · The first Orbis aircraft was a DC-8, which was succeeded by a DC-10. Orbis received N330AU from FedEx in 2008, and it took nearly eight years to convert it from freighter …