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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.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 performed its maiden flight on August 29th, 1970. This weekend marks 51 years since the widebody trijet hit the skies for the first time. Let's take a look at the plane's highlights amid this anniversary. The DC-10 was designed and built in Long Beach, California.
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the McDonnel Douglas DC-10's maiden flight. The trijet took to the skies for the first time on August 29, 1970. Intended to succeed the DC-8 for range and passenger capacity, the DC-10 entered service with American Airlines in August 1971.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Twin was a proposed version of the DC-10, a wide-body trijet airliner, except with only two engines instead of three. The aircraft was designed to be lighter, simpler, and more fuel-efficient than the original DC-10, and to compete with the Airbus A300, the first twin-aisle twinjet. However, the DC-10 Twin did not ...
The Douglas DC-8, one of the very first jet airliners, helped to pave the way and would be superseded by another very significant model: McDonnell Douglas's DC-10. The DC-10 has over...
Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Wide-Body, Long-Range Airliner / Freighter Aircraft including pictures.
The Douglas DC-10 series, or McDonnell Douglas DC-10 as it became known following the amalgamation of McDonnell with the Douglas Aircraft Company, was designed to meet a requirement of the US domestic airlines in 1966 for a large capacity medium-range aircraft.
The Douglas DC-10 is a trijet designed and developed by McDonnell Douglas in the late 1960s. With the introduction of the Boeing 747 quadjet, Douglas came with its version of the widebody jet, with two engines mounted on the wing and the third in front of the vertical stabilizer.
The KC-10 was a modified DC-10-30CF what a improved cargo-handling system and military avionics. Also most windows were removed as well as the lower cargo doors. On the lower deck, additional tanks were fitted, double that of a KC-135.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine widebody jet airliner carrying up to 380 passengers on medium-range and long-haul flights. In 1967 Douglas merged with McDonnell and the DC-10 became the first commercial airliner developed by the new company McDonnell Douglas.