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{|{{Infobox aircraft begin
 | name            = Maroto Botín MB-8
 | image           = File:Douglas DC-8-72, Jet Aviation JP6378510.jpg
 | alt             = 
 | caption         = A Maroto Botín MB-8 in 1994.
}}{{Infobox aircraft type
 | type            = Passenger airliner
 | national origin = {{flag|Creeperopolis}}
 | manufacturer    = [[Maroto Botín|Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation]]
 | designer        = 
 | first flight    = 17 February 1962
 | introduction    = 17 June 1962
 | retired         = 
 | status          = In service
 | primary user    = [[Creeperian Airlines]]
 | more users      = [[Creeperian Air Force]]<br />[[Salvadoran Airlines]]<br />[[Volaris]]
 | produced        = 1962–2000
 | number built    = 433
 | developed from  = 
 | variants with their own articles = 
 | developed into  = 
}}
|}

The '''Maroto Botín MB-8''' is a Creeperian four-engine jet aircraft built by the [[Maroto Botín|Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation]]. The MB-8 was the first jet-powered passenger airliner built by Maroto Botín.

== History ==

[[File:Murray Air Douglas DC-8 ADL Finney.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A cargo Maroto Botín MB-8.]]

In the mid-1950s, [[Creeperian Airlines]] requested the development of a jet-powered passenger airliner from the [[Maroto Botín|Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation]]. The corporation had been planning the development of a piston-engine [[Maroto Botín MB-8 (piston airliner)|Maroto Botín MB-8]], but after the request from Creeperian Airlines was made public, the piston-engine MB-8 project was canceled and the MB-8 was changed to be a 4-engine jet airliner.

The Maroto Botín MB-8 first flew on 17 February 1962 and entered service with Creeperian Airlines on 17 June 1962.

== Operators ==

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* [[Creeperian Air Force]]
* [[Creeperian Airlines]]
* [[Creeperian Airlines Cargo]]
* [[Creeperian Airlines Connect]]
* [[Volaris]]
{{flag|El Salvador}}
* [[Salvadoran Airlines]]
{{flag|Jackson}}
* [[Epsilon Airways]]
* [[Jacksonville Airways]]
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* [[Air Kivu]]
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* [[Air Lurjize]]
* [[Air Lurjize|Air Lurjize Cargo]]
{{flag|Monsilva}}
* [[Monsilvan Airways]]
{{flag|Pavulturilor}}
* [[Pavliner]]
{{flag|Quebecshire}}
* [[Air Quebecshire]]
{{flag|Reykanes}}
* [[Reykanair]]

== Variants ==

* '''MB-8''' – initial prototype
* '''MB-8-10''' – initial passanger variant
* '''MB-8-10C''' – initial cargo variant
* '''MB-8-10J''' – joint cargo/passenger variant
* '''MB-8-10I''' – VIP variant
* '''MB-8-10E''' – troop transporter variant
* '''MB-8-20''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-20C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-20J''' – joint cargo/passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-20I''' – VIP variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-20E''' – troop transporter variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-30''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-30C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-40''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-40C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-50''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-50C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-50I''' – VIP variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-50E''' – troop transporter variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-60''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-60C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-70''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-70C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-80''' – passenger variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-80C''' – cargo variant upgrade
* '''MB-8-80I''' – VIP variant upgrade

== Specifications ==

[[File:Maroto Botín MB-8.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The design of the Maroto Botín MB-8.]]
[[File:MK Airlines Douglas DC-8 Kral-1.jpg|thumb|right|225px|The cockpit of the Maroto Botín MB-8.]]

{{Aircraft specs
|prime units?=imp
|crew=2–3
|capacity= 177 passengers
|length ft=150
|length in=8
|span ft=142
|span in=3
|height ft=
|height in=
|wing area sqft=
|empty weight lb=119797
|max takeoff weight lb=273000
|fuel capacity=~{{cvt|23400|USgal|impgal l}} 
|eng1 number=4
|eng1 name=[[Reyes Ribelles M-MB8]]
|eng1 type=axial-flow turbojet engine
|eng1 hp=15000
|cruise speed mph=555
|range miles=4327
|range note=
|ceiling ft=33000
|climb rate ftmin=
|wing loading lb/sqft=
|power/mass=
}}

== See also ==

* [[Maroto Botín#Products|List of Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation products]]

{{Maroto Botín}}

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