Though closely related, the MD-11 and DC-10 differed in range, cockpit design, aerodynamics, and ultimately commercial ...

To understand modern widebody aircraft design, we need to return to the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period when two aircraft helped shape the trajectory of the long-haul jets we see in the skies ...

Confirmation that the UPS Boeing MD-11F which crashed in Louisville suffered a separation of its left-hand engine during take-off is likely to draw comparisons to the watershed McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ...