Samaritan’s Purse flies last DC‑8 passenger mission from North Carolina to Florida

The final passenger flight of a Douglas DC‑8 was operated by the humanitarian organization Samaritan’s Purse, using aircraft N782SP, a DC‑8‑70 built in 1969, which departed from the group’s base in Greensboro, North Carolina, and flew to the Mission Aviation Day event in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The aircraft’s cabin featured 32 passenger seats arranged in a 3‑3 layout with a two‑seat last row, and the only passenger on board was a United States publication, AirlineGeeks; after the flight the plane was gifted to Liberty University in December 2025 and placed on display.