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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
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airliner family
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Within Vinony's link graph, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is referenced by 763 other articles, and connects out to Boeing 747, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and aerial refuelling.
It is catalogued under topics including 1970s United States airliners, Aircraft first flown in 1970 and Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Wide-body airliner
- National origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas
- Status
- In limited non-passenger service
- Primary users
- FedEx Express (historical) American Airlines (historical) United Airlines (historical) Northwest Airlines (historical)
- Manufactured
- 1969–1989
- Introduction date
- August 5, 1971, with American Airlines
- First flight
- August 29, 1970 ; 55 years ago ( 1970-08-29 )
- Retired
- February 24, 2014 (passenger service)
- Variants
- McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Twin DC-10 Air Tanker
- Developed into
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- British Airways
- Country of origin
- United States
- Developer
- McDonnell Douglas
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas
- Image
- Continental Airlines DC-10.jpg
- Height
- 17.7
- Length
- 55.5
- Has use
- airliner
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- first flight
- 1970-08-29
- derivative work
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11
- Commons category
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Commons gallery
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- topic's main category
- Category:McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- total produced
- 446
- wingspan
- 50.41
- maximum operating altitude
- 12802
- service entry
- 1971-08-05
- wing configuration
- low wing
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McDonnell Douglas DC-10” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.