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McDonnell Douglas Once Proposed A DC-10 For Air Force One

Air Force One is the descriptor for any aircraft carrying the President of the United States, but to avgeeks it generally refers to the highly customized Boeing 747-200 (VC-25A) with…
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“Props” for McDonnell Douglas: The Unducted Fan Projects That Never Took Off

Airliner technology continues to evolve year-after-year, in the pursuit of better fuel economy which leads to better financial yields for operators.  There’s been a number of initiatives over the years…
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The DC-10: This Wide Body Jetliner Never Shook Its Bad Reputation

DC-10s Actually Had Good Safety Records But Were Overtaken By Newer Designs The DC-10 was the first commercial jetliner built by McDonnell Douglas after the merger between McDonnell Aircraft Corporation…
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Hard Landing: The Demonstration MD-80 Slammed Into Runway, Lost Its Tail

Back on May 2, 1980, one of the MD-80 demonstrators was conducting a test sortie to evaluate landing distance.  During one of the approaches, the pilot flew a steeper than…
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That Time a Boeing 717 Went Inverted During Testing

Yes, this is a real video! During stall testing of the 717 program (formerly the MD-95), the aircraft departed controlled flight.  That’s a nice way to say that the jet…
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This Crazy Looking Engine was Ultra Efficient But Was Never Adopted. What Happened?

The UnDucted Fan developed by General Electric should have been more than a great trivia question. (Welcome to Avgeekery Jeopardy.) “Alex, I’ll take Dismissed Aircraft Technology for one hundred.” Answer:…
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A-12 Avenger II – Son Of The Flying Wing

Week Of Unusual Planes, Continued: The A-12 Avenger II never got off the drawing board but its ancestor was definitely the Flying Wing. Avgeekery.com continues this week’s theme of “Unusual…
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What could have been: All the Boeing 717s that were never built

The 717 could have been more than just a single model. There were plans for a regional sized jet and a stretch model the length of an MD-80. Even prior…
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Failure To Launch: The Legacy of the McDonnell Douglas MD-12 Program

Was the proposed MD-12 Jumbo way ahead of its time or just a ‘Hail Mary’ attempt to keep airlines interested in an ailing company? Avgeekery explores the ‘why’ behind the…
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You Will Probably Never Fly on a MD-11 Ever Again

  “You’re never, ever, ever going to fly on a MD-11 again.” Avgeeks can cue the Taylor Swift song because there’s a good chance that you’ll “never, ever, ever” going…
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A KLM MD-11’s Last Flight

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The business end of a Falcon 9 rocket.  Those Merlins are pretty amazing!  #spacex #falcon9 #nasa #space #avgeek #avgeekery  @pilotstuff  @combat_learjet 68 0
An unducted fan UHB-270.  Looks alot like a DC-10, right?  This early concept was proposed by McDonnell Douglas in the early 1980s.  The goal was to achieve significantly improved efficiency over the CF-6 engines of the day.  The challenge with the UHB engines was they were very loud and had some vibration issues.  Although development of the engine type was eventually cancelled, the concept eventually paved the way for ultra-efficient engines like the GE-90, albeit with a cowling surrounding the fans.  Check out the full story of this proposed jet and other proposed UHB aircraft on our site. --> www.Avgeekery.com 122 0
Ringing in the new year with a classic Boeing 737-200.  Not many of these left these days in the US.  Hawaii has the largest concentration of jurassic baby Boeings but Canada takes the cake.  Here's hoping that 2021 is way better than 2020 for the aviation industry.  Who is with me? 62 0
So much technical prowess and speed in just one photo. me? 358 11
Fast and slow and awesome all in one photo.  The Concorde was the only Western-built supersonic airliner.  It could travel faster than Mach 2, allowing for a businessman/woman to travel from London to NYC and back in the same day. Then you have Bob Hoover and his unmatchable flying that he did.  We miss him for sure. #avgeek #avgeekery #concorde #washingtondc #bobhoover #udvarhazyairandspacemuseum #udvarhazy 157 3
One of the best photos I ever took.  A Northwest airlines DC-9 prepares for departure from Midway Airport back in 2005. #avgeekery #avgeek #northwestairlines #midwayairport #dc9 #dc930 @delta 110 0

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