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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. A set of hard-working airplanes with a colorful nickname, ...
A look at the unique design choices made for the MD-11 and earlier DC-10 trijets, and how this influenced the DC-10's success ...
Douglas Aircraft started down a 30-year path toward extinction when it merged with McDonnell in 1967. McDonnell management prioritized military programs and was not willing to make the investment ...
Delta retired the last of its McDonnell Douglas aircraft Tuesday after carrying more than 750 million passengers on MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft. The last MD-88 flight, appropriately named Delta Flight 88 ...
Sanford Noyes "Sandy" McDonnell -- an engineer, businessman and philanthropist -- was CEO and then chairman of the board of ...
In its investigative update, the NTSB reports fatigue cracking in the left engine pylon of UPS Flight 2976, a key clue in the ...
Sadly, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was never loved. Nevertheless, several hundred airline geeks and other fans joined KLM on Tuesday Nov. 11 to honor the three-engine aircraft and to say goodbye, and ...