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Ford Aerospace was the aerospace and defense division of Ford Motor Company. It was based in Dearborn, Michigan and was active from 1956 (originally as Philco and then Philco Ford) through 1990, when it was sold to the Loral Corporation. Major divisions were located in Palo Alto CA (Space Systems Division), San Jose CA (Western Development ...
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.The DC-10 was intended to succeed the DC-8 for long-range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970; it was introduced on August 5, 1971, by American Airlines.
The wide-body age of jet travel began in 1970 with the entry into service of the first wide-body airliner, the four-engined, partial double-deck Boeing 747. [13] New trijet wide-body aircraft soon followed, including the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the L-1011 TriStar. The first wide-body twinjet, the Airbus A300, entered service in 1974. This ...
Pages in category "Ford aircraft" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Stout Metal Airplane;
Aircraft by century or decade of first flight. 19th century; 20th century; 21st century; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; ... Category: 1970s aircraft. 11 languages ...
Windows were only 6 inches (150 mm) due to the high altitudes the aircraft flew at maximizing the pressure on them, but the internal pane was 12 inches (300 mm) to give an illusion of size. Boeing predicted that if the go-ahead were given, construction of the SST prototypes would begin in early 1967 and the first flight could be made in early 1970.
This aircraft would become the first L-1011 and first wide-body hull-loss as Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. TWA heralded the TriStar as one of the safest aircraft in the world in promotional literature in the 1980s when concern over the safety record of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 , flown by rival airlines, was at its peak. [ 23 ]
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