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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Dec 2017, 09:40

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DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

MDC model, 1976 CP Air had also been...

MDC model, 1976

CP Air had also been interested in the RB.211 engine and MDC reckoned that BCal would have changed to it but the company dropped the 30R project when they lost BA as a launch...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Dec 2017, 09:45

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

BA were nearly a dual-operator of the trijets...

BA were nearly a dual-operator of the trijets before the BCal merger, in 1976 they were considering the DC-10-30R against the projected TriStar 500. Both RB.211 engined but the DC-10 variant was...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Dec 2017, 11:31

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

The in-and-up cabin doors on the TriStar were...

The in-and-up cabin doors on the TriStar were developed from those on the Electra.

Max cabin pressure differential for the TriStar appears to have been 9.4 psi ( exact data welcome ).

For a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Dec 2017, 15:06

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

One other advantage of the DC-10's centre-engine...

One other advantage of the DC-10's centre-engine mounting was that it was quite simple to develop a CFRP fin to replace the alloy unit. They had that flying in the early 1980s, it plugged into the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Dec 2017, 16:12

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

I had assumed that was standard for the DC-10s. ...

I had assumed that was standard for the DC-10s. The MD-11s do also.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

12th Dec 2017, 13:25

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

Yes, largely as a result of engine diameters. A...

Yes, largely as a result of engine diameters. A GE90 will go into a nose-door 747F if the fan is removed and loaded horizontally. Usually cheaper to phone Ivan.

Last airliner certificated with...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Dec 2017, 21:53

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

Didn't know the Heathrow bit for the Trimotor,...

Didn't know the Heathrow bit for the Trimotor, thanks!

Ironically less than two years later BEA became involved with the DC-10 again when Turkish Airlines' TC-JAV went down near Paris in March...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Dec 2017, 20:21

Replies: 114

DC-10 and Tristar

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Posted By El Bunto

Bit of a tangent but the first DC-10 into...

Bit of a tangent but the first DC-10 into Heathrow was MDC's demonstrator N1338U* on 9 August 1972 for BEA to have a last-chance looky. They had been trailling Lockheed along for most of the year...

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