1982 - 1992






 

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.

 

Manufacturer
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Inc., Long Beach, CA (USA)
Span
50.39 m
Length 
55.35 m
Height 
17.70 m
Power
3 x 240 kN (24494 kg)
Cruising Speed
885 km/h
Passengers
237
Range
11115 km
Area of Operation
Americas, Mid & Far East, Africa

 

HB-IHL

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 Douglas DC-10-30 registered HB-IHL. Was converted to DC-10-30ER in 1982. Sold to Northwest in 1992 as N226NW, and now flying for ATA as N701TZ since Feb. 2007

HB-IHM

Douglas DC-10-30
converted to DC-10-30ER

# 46584 / 293

01.02.1980

02.08.1992

Valais / Wallis
Delivered new to Swissair as Douglas DC-10-30 registered 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

HB-IHN

Douglas DC-10-30ER

# 48292 / 368

27.02.1982

15.05.1992

St. Gallen
Delivered new to Swissair as Douglas DC-10-30ER registered HB-IHN. Was converted to DC-10-30ER in 1982. Sold to Continental in 1992 as N87070, stored in Roswell in 2002.
Also wore 'Air Afrique' stickers

HB-IHO

Douglas DC-10-30ER

# 48293 / 371

28.09.1989

23.01.1991

Uri
Delivered new to Swissair as Douglas DC-10-30ER registered HB-IHO. Sold to Continental in 1992 as N83071, stored in Roswell in 2002.
Also wore 'Air Afrique' stickers

 

     

 

 


Last Update March 2008

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