The MD-11

[mrivc211]

 

[MikeD]

Wavy Gravy? Or the Ron Allan?

 

[derg]

That is, indeed, the "Ron Allen". Oh, joy.

I wish I had a chance to fly that thing.

 

[MikeD]

All headed to the boneyard….

 

[derg]

I really wish we had one of those or an L1011 on a stick in the parking lot instead of the 747. We had a way longer history with those two jets than our foray into 747's.

 

[mrivc211]

Did DL fly this from DFW to LHR around 1993? Maybe I’m thinking of AA?

 

[derg]

Did DL fly this from DFW to LHR around 1993? Maybe I’m thinking of AA?

Probably AA. But I was still in college then so who knows! We did have a big DFW presence at the time.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I really wish we had one of those or an L1011 on a stick in the parking lot instead of the 747. We had a way longer history with those two jets than our foray into 747's.

Sorcery.

You're booked on the first flight to MSP tomorrow morning for a re-programming session at NATCO.

 

[Minuteman]

Squirrel-away fuel tanks in every empty space the engineers could create on a stretched DC-10. Oops! Now we need a computer to fly the small horizontal stab and be the devil's hands when tail strikes happen.

(they call me Pollyanna)

 

[Richman]

Sorcery.

You're booked on the first flight to MSP tomorrow morning for a re-programming session at NATCO.

The good news is they serve Lutefisk and hotdish in the cafeteria.

 

[mikecweb]

I really wish we had one of those or an L1011 on a stick in the parking lot instead of the 747. We had a way longer history with those two jets than our foray into 747's.

 

[mikecweb]

All headed to the boneyard….

Everything does eventually. Still no suitable direct replacement.

 

[mikecweb]

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Now N294UP.

 

[mikecweb]

Squirrel-away fuel tanks in every empty space the engineers could create on a stretched DC-10. Oops! Now we need a computer to fly the small horizontal stab and be the devil's hands when tail strikes happen.

(they call me Pollyanna)

I don’t think tail strikes really are much of a player. There’s Boeing :gasp: products that have much closer margins for striking the tail.

 

[DropTank]

huh, looks different with all the gear still attached....

 

[ahw01]

Still possible

MD-11 First Officer
Western Global Airlines; Estero, FL, USA

 

[MikeD]

Everything does eventually. Still no suitable direct replacement.

They do. This one just seems going before it’s time, for the reason you state.

 

[Boris Badenov]

They do. This one just seems going before it’s time, for the reason you state.

I think that's a Pratt, so yes, going sooner than later. That said, I don't think there's a current sell-by date for the GEs, or if there is, it's not public.

 

[CFI A&P]

Still possible

MD-11 First Officer
Western Global Airlines; Estero, FL, USA

Last time I was there, a couple of their birds were on the west ramp of RSW, near the FBO that is obsessed with banana yellow.

 

[ASpilot2be]

Still possible

MD-11 First Officer
Western Global Airlines; Estero, FL, USA

That place feels like a sinking ship.