I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...
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Is The Lockheed L-1011 Bigger Than The McDonnell Douglas DC-10?

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 were two of the leading trijet aircraft of their era built with a similar size, range and capacity. However, while the DC-10 did quite well ...
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Firefighting outfit 10 Tanker’s chief cool-headed about DC-10 grounding

US-based aerial firefighting specialist 10 Tanker believes it will not be badly affected in the near-term by the emergency grounding order for McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. The company operates a fleet of ...
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US FAA broadens MD-11 grounding order to remaining DC-10 fleets

US regulators have extended the grounding order imposed on the Boeing MD-11 to include variants of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, owing to their similar engine pylon structure. The grounding was ordered ...
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Troubleshooters: UPS crash similar to 1979 DC-10 crash

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Amid the search for answers to the UPS plane crash is a case investigators are likely reviewing. That case is a 1979 crash in Chicago. It was a similar aircraft to the UPS ...