My understanding is fedex has a whole bunch of Dc 10s in their fleet. I guess they make good cargo jets.
I’m really sad the 747 is being phased out for passenger use. I have never flown on one and would like to before you can’t anymore. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It's amazing how long some of those old birds keep working -- someone > hauling freight crashed a Convair 240 last fall in northern Illinois I think, > built in 1951 or so and still running piston engines! > > The DC-10 wasn't the worlds best designed or most advanced aircraft for it's > time, but like all Douglas aircraft, it's pretty tough. > > Lockheed's L1011 was a much better design, but the market at the time could > not support two, let alone three, widebody long range aircraft, to say > nothing of being unable to support three major manufacturers and both the > DC-10 and L1011 went out of production fairly quickly. > > The AF bought DC-10s as airborne refueling aircraft, which is probably why > flying one for freight is viable. L1011s are all out of service as far as I > know. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
