McDonnell-Douglas DC-10/MD-11

[wingsnstuff]

Thanks Ned.

[jslugman]

Omni Air Int'l. DC-10-30 back taxis to leave rainy foggy RAF Mildenhall, England.

[jslugman]

FedEx leaving Anchorage. This is the a/c that crashed landing at Narita Airport, Japan killing both crew members.

[cpasley]

Great series Vance!

[wingsnstuff]

Thanks Chris.  They must be max load when they arrive at PXH, because they really plant that beast on the runway when they land. I wonder how many landings before tire change?

[cpasley]

yeah good question ,plus whats the price of a tire this guy almost looks as if he may have been a carrier pilot re-living his glory days

[Dave S.]

Caught this guy landing on 26 (the North runway) at PHX this afternoon.  What a nice treat.

[Brian Lockett]

FedEX flight 3711 from Indianapolis landing on Runway 26 on Tuesday, October 26. FedEx McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 N314FE was delivered to FedEx on August 26, 1998. Its construction number is 48612.





There are more photos from that afternoon at Sky Harbor on my web site: http://air-and-space.com/20101026%20PHX.htm

[Ramp Rat]

I know I'm being a nit-picky bugger here, but I just wanted to point out that that aircraft is actually an MD-10. Only FedEx operates MD-10's, and it is a basically a full flight deck conversion from the 3-crew DC-10 flight deck to the modern 2-crew MD-11 flight deck.  Externally, you'd almost never be able to tell the difference, but it is possible. Notice the fin antenna on top of the fuselage at the wings. On a DC-10, that antenna would be located over the cockpit. MD-11's and MD-10's have that antenna over the wings.

Ok, nit-picking is complete! Great photos, Brian! 

[Brian Lockett]

FedEx MD-10s and MD-11 departing from Sky Harbor this morning:
MD-10-10F N366FE

MD-10-30F N308FE

MD-11F N605FE

[jslugman]

Thought this would be the best place for this image: two UPS 767s, two UPS 747s and FOURTEEN UPS/FedEx MD-11s.


Anchorage Air Cargo by James O'Rear otr by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[BillOz]

Very nice image, James

[jslugman]

Cheers Bill. 

[Brian Lockett]

FedEx MD-11F flight 784 arriving from Memphis this afternoon:

[Barry Griffiths]

  McDonnell Douglas MD-11F N583FE @ Toronto IA CYYZ, ON Canada by Barry Griffiths CAD, on Flickr