The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was developed in the late 70's after a request
by American Airlines. The initially planned twin powered DC-10 was conceived
for routes where the Boeing 747 could not be operated efficiently and was too
big. However the final design had the three engines and was laid out for mid-range
routes. The later DC-10-30 and DC-10-40 series had an increased range. The range
was further increased with the DC-10-30ER (extended Range) version. The DC-10's
first flight was on August 29th, 1970.
In 1979 a 38 day imposed grounding hurt the DC-10 and its operators significantly...
Swissair ordered the DC-10 with the KSSU Group (KLM, Swissair, SAS, UTA), in
order to get special pricing and maintain joint maintenance operations.
Swissair initially ordered eleven DC-10-30, later adding 2 DC-10-30ER, and converting
another two to ER. HB-IHP was the 14th aircraft, which was only lease for a
short period of time, in order to bridge the time until the delivery of the
aircrafts sucessor, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 in the early 90's. An introduction Letter from Swissair to the customers is here.
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| HB-IHA
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46575 / 57 |
30.11.1972
02.09.1983 |
St. Gallen
Delivered new to Swissair as N134UO, then HB-IHA. It also
flew in Code-Share with Air Afrique, and had a special sticker.
Later sold to Ecuatoriana as HC-BKO in 1983 and flew with VASP as PP-SFB
in 1996. |
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| HB-IHB
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46576 / 73 |
05.02.1973
09.04.1984 |
Schaffhausen
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHB. Sold to Spantax as EC-DUG
in 1984. in 1986 it went to Continental as N19072. Stored in Mojave since
2000. |
 
 
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| HB-IHC
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46577 / 114 |
10.09.1973
13.09.1991 |
Luzern, later Obwalden
Delivered new to Swissair in 1973 as HB-IHC. Also wore Air
Afrique Stickers. Sold to Northwest in 1991 as N220NW, in 2003 to Charlotte
Aircraft as N2201 and scrapped. |
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| HB-IHD
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46578 / 131 |
06.12.1973
01.05.1988 |
Bern, later Thurgau
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHD. Also wore Air Afrique Stickers. Sold
to YAT Yugoslav Airlines as YU-AMC in 1988, later to Electra Airlines as
VP-BMP, later with Nortwest as N228NW, scrapped in 2002. |
 
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| HB-IHE
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46579 / 132 |
06.02.1974
24.05.1991 |
Vaud
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHE. Sold to Northwest in
1991 as N221NW, and stored since 2005. |
 
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| HB-IHF
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46580 / 183 |
11.01.1975
21.10.1991 |
Nidwalden
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHF. Flew with both red-stripe liveries. Sold to Northwest in
1991 as N223NW, in 2006 to ATA and in 2008 to World Airways under same Reg.
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| HB-IHG
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46581 / 184 |
14.02.1975
30.05.1991 |
Grisons / Graubünden
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHG. Flew with both red-stripe liveries. Sold to Northwest in
1991 as N224NW. In 2007 to ATA and in August 2008 to World Airways under same Reg.
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| HB-IHH
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46582 / 187 |
21.02.1975
18.02.1992 |
Basel Stadt later Schaffhausen
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHH. Sold to Northwest in
1992 as N225NW, then to ATA, where it changed to N706TZ. Later sold to World Airways with same Reg.
Flew with both red-stripe liveries. |
 
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| HB-IHI
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46969 / 241 |
21.10.1977
23.06.1992 |
Fribourg
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHI. Sold to Northwest in
1992 as N227NW, and scrapped in 2007.
Also wore Air Afrique stickers. |
 
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| HB-IHL
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Douglas DC-10-30
converted to DC-10-30ER
# 46583 / 292 |
03.03.1980
27.02.1992 |
Ticino later renamed Thurgau
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHL. Was converted to DC-10-30ER
in 1982. Sold to Northwest in 1992 as N226NW. In May 2007 to ATA as N701TZ, in August 2008 to World Airways as N139WA, now stored. |
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| HB-IHM
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Douglas DC-10-30
converted to DC-10-30ER
# 46584 / 293 |
01.02.1980
02.08.1992 |
Valais / Wallis
Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IHM. Was converted to DC-10-30ER
in 1982. Sold to Continental in 1992 as N15069, stored in Mojave in 2002.
Also wore 'Air Afrique' stickers |
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| HB-IHN /HB-IHO
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see
DC-10-30 ER |
| HB-IHP
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46868 / 171 |
28.09.1989
23.01.1991 |
Aircraft leased for some 15 month to bridge the time until delivery of
the new MD-11's.
Previously flew with SAS as LN-RKA, and flew with Northwest as N211NW afterwards. Stored since 2005. |
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non Swissair
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| HB-IHK
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Douglas DC-10-30
# 46998 / 267 |
early 1979
00.07.1992 |
Aircraft operated by Balair.
Aircraft delivered new to Balair in early 1979. Sold to Martinair as PH-MCO
in July 1992. Later flew with Corsair and UPS as OO-LRM, and last with World
Airways as N526MD. |
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