Author : Günter G. Endres
Publisher : Airlife's Airliners
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
The DC-10 tri-jet began as an idea 30 years ago and is now in frontline service with some of the world's largest airlines. This volume follows the aircraft's wide-body development and service history. A technical profile describes the airframe, engine and systems for each variant.
Author : Terry Waddington
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Jet planes
ISBN : 9780962673092
An absorbing review of McDonnell Douglas local service jetliner, the DC-9.
Author : Arthur A. C. Steffen
Publisher : Specialty Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Jet transports
ISBN : 9781857800517
From 1970 to 1988 McDonnell Douglas built 446 DC-10s. This detailed work offers a complete listing of all 446 DC-10 and KC-10 models built, all 135 operators past and present, and includes details of usage, in-service dates, engine characteristics and more. Also includes information on USAF KC-10 Extender tanker operations. A thorough design, development and production history.
Author : Samme Chittum
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1588346048
On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as lucky as Flight 96; it crashed in a forest in France, and none of the 346 people onboard survived. What caused the mysterious explosions? How were they linked? Could they have been prevented? The Flight 981 Disaster addresses these questions and many more, offering a fascinating insiders' look at two dramatic aviation disasters.
Author : Wolfgang Borgmann
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2021-04-28
Category :
ISBN : 9780764361371
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 three-engine jet is one of the most distinctive wide-bodied aircraft and since the early 1970s has been operated by many airlines on medium- and long-distance routes throughout the world. Successfully flying passenger service for over 40 years, the DC-10 currently still flies for FedEx in an airfreight delivery role. Filled with design and construction information, background history, technical data, and rare images, this book describes the exciting story of this aviation legend as flown by such current and past airlines as Aeroflot, American, Delta, Eastern, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, Pan Am, Qantas, SAS, Swissair, United, and many others. Also, the US Air Force has been flying the KC-10 Extender aerial-refueling tanker variant since the early 1980s. Coverage of the follow-on MD-11 series of aircraft is also included.
Author : John Fielder
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 1992-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1438402724
Designed as a textbook for courses in ethics, this book provides the material needed to understand the accidents in which more that 700 people were killed — accidents that many believe were the result of unethical actions and inactions by individuals, organizations, and government agencies. An introduction to ethical analysis and discussions of the ethical responsibilities involved are also provided. The case study offers material for a sustained inquiry into every level of ethical responsibility reflecting the rich ethical complexity of actual events. The DC-10 Case presents these issues through a collection of original and published articles, excerpts from official accident reports, congressional hearings, and other writing on the DC-10. The authors allow the readers to examine the ethical issues of airline safety as they actually occur, taking account of the circumstances in which they arise.
Author : Gunter Endres
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 35,69 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760306178
Launched as a response to American Airlines' need for a large-capacity, medium-range jetliner, McDonnell Douglas' DC-10 with its three-engine design was the logical compromise between the fuel efficiency of a twin and the power of a four-engine configuration.
Author : John Godson
Publisher :
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9780679505280
Author : Terry Waddington
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,48 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Jet planes
ISBN : 9781892437044
This complete review of the first three-engine widebody offers an exceptional history of the DC-10, from early concepts like a proposed 1,000-seat airliner to development, the first flight in 1970, production, and operation. Three hundred color photographs depict interiors, factory rollouts, and an extensive gallery of operators around the globe. Also discussed are the DC-10's rivalry with the Lockheed L-1011 and Boeing 747-300, the effects of the Chicago O'Hare crash in 1979, and such non-civilian proposals as a missile launcher and a super guppy cargo version for NASA.
Author : Igor Korovin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2011-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1257752073
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft, on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles, crashed just after take-off near Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Illinois. During the take off the left engine and pylon assembly and about 3 ft of the leading edge of the left wing separated from the aircraft and fell to the runway. Flight 191 crashed killing two hundred and seventy one persons on board and two persons on the ground. The accident remains the deadliest airliner accident to occur on United States soil.
