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.

Aug 27, 2021 · 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.

Feb 26, 2024 · The DC-10 has over half a century of fascinating history, incorporating a battle against a true giant, tragic accidents, and the re-establishment of the plane's reputation. Here's the story of...

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American three-engine medium- to long-range widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer.

Jan 26, 2025 · The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is one of the most well-known and loved trijet wide-body aircraft, but now it has all but disappeared from the skies. The DC-10 is sometimes compared with its similar contemporary Lockheed L-1011 …

Feb 26, 2024 · The DC-10-10 was the first variant produced, with 122 examples built, having the longest length of 55.55 meters. The DC-10-30, with larger fuel tanks and wingspan, had a much longer range of 5,200 NM and became the most popular variant.

Medium to long range widebody airliner. Designed in response to the same American Airlines requirement as the Lockheed TriStar, the DC-10, despite a sometimes troubled past, was the more successful of the two widebody trijets.

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body airliner. Design work began as Douglas’ entry for a U.S. Air Force contract that eventually resulted in the C-5 Galaxy. With the Air Force contract lost to Lockheed, Douglas redesigned the aircraft as a medium to long range airliner capable of seating over three hundred passengers.

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined medium-to-longe range widebody airliner with a capacity of maximum 380 passengers produced by the American manufacturer McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was produced as a cargo freight aircraft also.

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was produced in three basic models, the Series 10 for domestic routes to 3,500 miles and the series 30 and 40 for extended range and intercontinental travel. DC-10s were modified as passenger/cargo convertible …