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| McDonnell
Douglas DC-10 by Terry Waddington ©2000
Volume 6 of the "Great Airliners Series", Item #2710, ISBN 1-892437-04-X
World Transport Press. P.O. Box 521238, Miami, FL 33152-1238. Orders 1-800-875-6711,
$27.95, hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5x11, 144 pages, more than 300 color
photos and 19 drawings.
The Long Beach, CA, McDonnell Douglas aircraft plant built 446 DC-10s,
including 60 KC-1Os for the U.S. Air Force. The aircraft, with many
modifications, went on to be the MD-11. The author, Terry Waddington,
tells the story of the development of this wide body airliner. He
was a McDonnell Douglas engineer and salesman on the scene and saw the
development of this aircraft. The DC-10 did not start out as a three engine
aircraft. Appendices include: General Dimensions, Engine Model Comparisons,
Writeoffs and Production List. This book belongs in every airliner
buff's library.
- WaIt
Bohl
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