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The initial DC-10-10 had a 3,500-nautical-mile [nmi] (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) range for transcontinental flights. The DC-10-15 had more powerful engines for hot and high airports. The DC-10-30 and –40 models (with a third main landing gear leg to support higher weights) each had intercontinental ranges of up to 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi).
A World Airways DC-10, similar to the one involved. World Airways Flight 30 was a regularly scheduled flight from Oakland to Boston via Newark. The first leg of the flight was uneventful. Flight 30 departed Newark under the command of Captain Peter Langley (58), First Officer Donald Hertzfeld (38), and Flight Engineer William Rogers (56). [1]
Aside from the DC-8, the Boeing 707 and 747, the Pan Am jet fleet included Boeing 720Bs and 727s (the first aircraft to sport Pan Am rather than Pan American – titles [68]). The airline later had Boeing 737s and 747SPs (which could fly nonstop from New York to Tokyo), Lockheed L-1011 Tristars, McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, and Airbus A300s and A310s.
First Officer Edward H. Saunders, aged 33, had been employed by National Airlines since 1965, with 7,086 flight hours of which 445 hours were on the DC-10. Flight Engineer Golden W. Hanks, aged 55, employed by National Airlines since 1950, with 17,814 flight hours of which 1,252 flight hours were on the DC-10.
The following is a list of all current and former airlines operating the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The list features airlines from different countries, such as Argentina , Australia , Brazil , Canada , Chile , Denmark , Finland , France , Israel , Japan , Malaysia , Mexico and the United States .
10/8/07 Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald This is ahead of Pan Am airlines’ 80th anniversary reunion in Miami in Oct. 2007....A plane sits behind the Pan Am terminal at Dinner Key (courtesy of Pan ...
The aircraft, a DC-10 Series 10 (production designation Ship 29), was built in Long Beach, California, under the manufacturer's test registration N1337U, [8] and leased to Turkish Airlines as TC-JAV on 10 December 1972. [9] It was powered by three General Electric CF6-6D turbofan engines.
Pan Am Brands, which owns the former airline’s licensing rights, will fly a special Pan Am-branded private jet on a 12-day trip from New York City in June 2025.