Why Was UPS Still Flying A Nearly 35-Year-Old Aircraft Before It Crashed?

UPS has been working towards sunsetting the MD-11F fleet it owns, which includes the last airframe of the type ever made, but ...
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Is The Lockheed L-1011 Bigger Than The McDonnell Douglas DC-10?

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 were two of the leading trijet aircraft of their era built with a similar size, range and capacity. However, while the DC-10 did quite well ...
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Ask Anthony: Why wasn’t a DC-10 firefighting plane used during the Pauline Road Fire?

HOUSTON – I was asked this question about the Pauline Road Fire by Jackie Chassion. She asks, “Why are they not utilizing the big DC-10 aircraft retardant fire and water aircraft from California to ...
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The Deadly Reputation of the DC-10 - How It Shook the Aviation World

When it debuted in the early 1970s, the DC-10 promised a new era of affordable, comfortable wide-body air travel. But within ...
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DC-10 FIREFIGHTING PLANE

Read full article: Ask Anthony: Why wasn’t a DC-10 firefighting plane used during the Pauline Road Fire? In the past, we’ve used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, so one viewer asked KPRC 2 ...
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What Was The Worst Accident In US Aviation History? (And What Caused It?)

The recently solved Hindenburg mystery is often the first event to pop up in discussions about the worst aviation disasters, partly because of the iconic newsreel footage of the 1937 accident in ...