Some pics from Stansted – 23rd March 2006

Great phots you two!

Nice to see one of my flown aircraft there Dan, EI-DAO!

what are you going to be doing?

well im doing an airline and airport operations course at collage and theres already been some jobs that im interested in so it could be any thing at the moment

There are not too many differences between them.
The DC-10 made its first flight back in August 1970 and though the first versions had some problems, airliners continued to buy the DC-10 as the technical changes improved its safety.
The aircraft was a project by the Douglas Civilian Aircraft Company division of the McDonell Douglas Corporation.
The MD company was created in 1968 with the fusion of the Douglas and the McDonnell, and later when Boeing merged with MD company the production of the aircraft continued and in January 1990 the DC-10 (with some changes like the winglets, or a shorter fuselage and re-engined) become MD-11, and was produced untill the year 2000. (just to mention a couple of another Boeing MD aircrafts also famous, you have the Boeing 717 and the C-17 Globemaster)
If you like numbers and tech. details, the DC-10 series 30 had normally 3 GE CF6-50 high bypass turbofans capable of deploying 48,100Lb of trust. It’s cruising speed was 920 Km/h (the B742 max speed is 980 Km/h and the L1011 925 Km/h)with a range of 7500 Km (the B742 can fly 8000 Km and the L1011 only 4700 Km).
By this you can see that it was back then a reliable long-haul carrier.

cheers mate i should really buff up on my planes if im gonna be working in the industry plus ive only been into the commercial side for few months

what are you going to be doing?

cheers mate i should really buff up on my planes if im gonna be working in the industry plus ive only been into the commercial side for few months

Winglets and a bit longer than a ten. 🙂

MD11 has the winglets – I think I’m right in saying the DC-10 doesn’t. No worries btw 🙂

cheers mate i should really buff up on my planes if im gonna be working in the industry plus ive only been into the commercial side for few months

MD11 has the winglets – I think I’m right in saying the DC-10 doesn’t. No worries btw 🙂

It looks like an MD11 to me… 😀

sorry mate im not sure how to tell the difference between an DC-10 and MD-11

great shots mate that DC-10 IS GREAT

It looks like an MD11 to me… 😀

great shots mate that DC-10 IS GREAT

Robert, did you come around the perimeter at all? I did see two guys with DSLR’s, one carrying L-glass.

I had 30 mins only, dis-embarked an AB Fokker 100 from Glasgow, and then got on the same aircraft to go to TXL, didnt leave the lounge.

Great shots from my one of my favourite airports – and nice to see the AI traffic for FS matches the real stuff. Also nice to see EI-DAO I went on last year.

Crackers there boys!! Nice ! 🙂

Robert, did you come around the perimeter at all? I did see two guys with DSLR’s, one carrying L-glass.

I was taking photos at STN last Thursday too, just for an hour before I headed of to work (in the terminal). The An-124 arrived, along with FedEx and a few Air Berlin’s, but none departed in the time I was there. So unfortunately, these are the only photos I was left with, all looking a bit crappy with the compression and rushed editing (hope you don’t mind me using your thread!).

great photos 😀

Your photos really are brilliant!

Excellent shots! 😀