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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The DC-10 is the three-engine wide-body that McDonnell Douglas designed and built at Long Beach, California, with one engine under each wing and the third high in the tail. It first flew on August 29, 1970, and deliveries began in 1971 with American Airlines and United Airlines. It came in three basic models: the Series 10 for domestic routes and the longer-range Series 30 and Series 40, with convertible passenger and cargo versions. By 1990, 386 airline DC-10s had been delivered, plus 60 KC-10 tankers for the US Air Force. Its freighter versions include the MD-10-10F and MD-10-30F.
The variants side by side
| Variant | Range | Seats | Length | First flight | Status | Flights seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC-10-10 | – | – | 182 ft 3 in (55.55 m) | August 29, 1970 | Still flying with a few operators | 7 |
| DC-10-30 | – | – | 181 ft 7 in (55.35 m) | – | Still flying with a few operators | Counted with the DC-10-10 |
Flights seen in US airspace in the last 14 days (public flight data).
DC10 is filed for both the DC-10-10 and the DC-10-30, so those flights are counted once, on the DC-10-10 row. How they differ