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In 1945 Flying Tigers became the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States. Starting in June 1968, Flying Tigers took delivery of five factory-new DC-8-63CFs which were emblazoned with large “Jumbo Jet” titles. At that time, the “Stretch 8″ was the largest passenger aircraft in service until the real jumbo jet, the 747 was rolled out a few months later in September 1968. The “Jumbo Jet” titles were short-lived, and these five DC-8s eventually ended up with Cargolux and UPS.