We used to have Douglas, then McDonnell-Douglas, then they merged with Boeing, unfortunately although the name Boeing survived, it seems like the engineering culture of the old Boeing was dominated by the business culture of MD.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > It’s really sad we basically only have airbus and Boeing for main line > commercial aircraft. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> L-1011 was very advanced for its time. I believe it was the first >> commercial airliner with auto-land. If the engines hadn't been sole-sourced >> wirh Rolls Royce they might have been more commercially viable. >> >> Sort of wish Lockheed had stayed in the commercial market but the L-1011 was >> their swan song. >> >> >> >>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 2:31 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: >>> Say what you will about the L-1011 or DC-10, you never got the BSOD. >>> >>> Flaming ACTUAL death on a DC-10, occasionally, yes, but that's part of the >>> fun. :D >>> >>> My first attempt to ride an Airbus was in the early 80s; it BSODed and we >>> hadda switch to a DC-10. Very comfy ride. >>> >>> -MMM- >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
