In the world of widebody aviation, few aircraft are as instantly recognizable as the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. With its long, ...
A glass cockpit removed the need for a flight engineer and made it easier for pilots to fly the MD-11.
Why the MD-11 was one of the worst failures in modern aviation history.
If Boeing had chosen to buy McDonnell Douglas a decade earlier, when the MD-11 was still new and chasing orders, the plane may have carried a different name. However, the merger took place in 1997. As ...