Long before the A380, McDonnell Douglas dreamed up the MD-12 to take on the Boeing 747. This piece explores its massive design, two full passenger decks, and why airlines were both excited and ...

It’s in a retired McDonnell Douglas MD-88 series aircraft that carried passengers until 2019. It is parked at Southwest First Court, between Southwest 15 Road and 13 Street.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a tri-engine, long-range airliner with a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 610,000 lbs and a range of 8,460 miles designed to connect distant points across the globe ...

The McDonnell Douglas story starts with its last name Douglas, as in Donald W. Douglas. He was not quite 22 years old when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1920 with $600 in his savings account and a ...

In total, Lufthansa Cargo operated 19 MD-11s, which were manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas. The airplane has a payload of 102 tons with 26 main deck and 14 lower deck pallet positions.