Why did Northwest demand the series 40 DC-10 when the 30 was just fine for most???
What was the real reason to the change that MD did to keep its orders???
think, think..................
Mike ;)
Why did Northwest demand the series 40 DC-10 when the 30 was just fine for most???
What was the real reason to the change that MD did to keep its orders???
think, think..................
Mike ;)
"my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
I think because NW wanted Pratt & Whitney Engines only and the -10 and
-30 only had GE's. NW would only place and order if they could have P &W's
LGA777
You got it Ron!
The NW president said some quote to the tune of " when I need an engine I go to P & W, when I need a lightbulb I go to GE!"
Mike
"my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
Having visited MSP last month I had a chance to see a whole bunch of those 40s spare engines sitting outside covered by a tarp. Essentially paper weights today :(
Ho good
Show us a picture please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike:)
"my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
Sorry, no pics of the engines, but I do have some nice DC-10s. In all over a couple days shooting managed to catch 9 different registrations. Here's a series on one of them departing ...
We miss them at EWR, don't we :(
Art
Thats nice.........
but no engine pics? :( :roll:
Mike :cry:
"my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
As mentioned, NW was loyal to PW and would only order the D10 with PW engines. NW was the ONLY early PW customer. The PW version was given the DC-10-20 moniker, later changed to DC-10-40 (apparently to give it more marketing "power"). The NW DC-10's were powered by the PW JT9D-20 engine.
JAL was the only other DC-10-40 customer. The JAL DC-10-40 though was powered by the updated and more powerful JT9D-59 engine, which had a different nacelle and hence look than the NW DC-10-40's. The JAL D10's were delivered several years after the NW D10's.
The NW DC-10-40's has a "pointy" rear end to the engine, while the JAL DC-10-40 has a "flat" trailing edge to the engine nacelle.
Cheers
Neil, Toronto.
Toronto guy interested in the NYC av scene.
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