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MD 11
MD 11
may refer to:
U.S. Route 11 in Maryland
, a roadway in Maryland, US.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
, a tri-jet airliner.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
is a
three-engine
medium- to long-
range
wide-body
jet airliner
, manufactured by
McDonnell Douglas
and, later, by
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
. Based on the
DC-10
, it features a stretched
fuselage
, increased
wingspan
with
winglets
, refined
airfoils
on the wing and smaller
tailplane
, new engines and increased use of
composite materials
. Two of its engines are mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the
vertical stabilizer
. It also features a
glass cockpit
that decreases the flight deck crew from the three required on the DC-10 to two by eliminating the need for a
flight engineer
.
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