McDonnell Douglas DC-10
1970
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10

First flight of original DC-10 Series 10, 29 August 1970; certified 29 July 1971; last delivery Spring 1989. A total of 446 DC-10 aircraft was built. The last one was built in 1990.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10


Specification 
 CREW3
 PASSENGERS270-343
 ENGINE3 x GE CF6-6, 178.1kN
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight185970 kg409996 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan47.3 m155 ft 2 in
    Length55.3 m181 ft 5 in
    Height17.7 m58 ft 1 in
    Wing area329.8 m23549.93 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed925 km/h575 mph
    Cruise speed965 km/h600 mph
    Ceiling9965 m32700 ft
    Range w/max.fuel5900 km3666 miles

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Comments
nduduzo, 0745327859, 11.01.2013

I'm fascinatet by aircrafts the dc 10 has its place in my heart I like it

Dale Myers, baldpilot=msn.com, 26.10.2011

I flew the 10 out hnl for Northwest Loved it.

Mike Miller, mjmiller7108=comcast.net, 25.06.2011

Flew the KC-10 1985 to 1987 for the USAF Reserves. What a great airplane and a great mission!

Ed Madigan, madigan21=hotmail.com, 05.05.2011

Flew the DC-10 for Western Airlines. Great Flight Management system. Turn off the auto pilot and it was a very stable machine to fly. My favorite airliner to fly.

Richrd Franchi, rfranchi=comcast.net, 05.05.2011

Correction....flew the 10 fron 1976 to 1996...Richard

Richard Franchi, rfranchi=comcast, 05.05.2011

Flew the 10 from 1996 to 1995. With it through good and bad. After getting to know her real well.....frm DC-6 to the 10........the 10 made life a lot more fun.

Bryan, Bryan141c=yahoo.com, 27.02.2011

Sweetest Plane I ever flew, way ahead of It's time

Steve, steve.groth42=gmail.com, 19.02.2011

don't forget the P&W powered DC10-40 flown by Northwest and JAL

Russ Adams, dyspoz=cox.net, 13.12.2010

Don't be scared JD. I did alot of work on this bird, and it was a nice solid airplane. The #2 engine was a little tough in a line operation but in a properly equipped hangar with a good crew everything went fine. Actually it really beats any Airbus for structure simplicity and logic.

JD, JDELTA01=COMCAST.NET, 24.04.2010

THIS WAS THE SCARIEST PLANE I WAS EVER ON. AFTER 25 MAY 1979.

Bill, wmoo9=aol.com, 03.02.2010

I agree with Seth! How can you have a cruise speed that is 50 mph higher than max speed? 32,700 seems quite low as I have flown DC-10's up to 42,000.

Seth, fly_boy_seth=yahoo.com, 08.10.2008

Yes, I have a comment. Your data is wrong. There are 4 different models of DC-10. The KC-10A Extender is a DC-10-30CF and its unrefueled range is 10,000nm, not 3666. There are other inaccuracies (max weight, ceiling, cruise speed, etc.), but I don't have enough time to correct them.

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