DALLAS – During the Tri-jet era, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the MD-11 were each a success for decades and also the people’s favorites.
Combined, over 600 such jets were in the skies, although the MD-11 was introduced 20 years after the DC-10. As time went by, aircraft manufacturers started to make the move to a two-pilot cockpit, like that of the MD-11. The DC-10 position, with a three-crew cockpit and aging avionics, was a bit of doubt among the new entries.
In order to extend the life of those DC-10s, a hybrid model was designed that went by “MD-10”. It read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”