Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: MD-11 milestone dates References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Chicago Software Works X-Original-Message-ID: <1992Nov25.102758.29314@ohare.Chicago.COM> Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1992 10:27:58 GMT In article rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) writes: >Michael Weiss wrote: >>> McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 1993 >>Try 1992. The MD-11 was certified in October of 1991. >By the end of 1991, MDC had made in excess of 30 deliveries of the MD-11. >First deliveries tend to follow certification VERY quickly. Having received several other submissions mentioning earlier service dates I decided to look up the real dates for the MD-11 and hopefully nail the lid on the debate once and for all. date LN reg'n note ---- -- ----- ---- Jan 10 1990 447 N11MD first flight Nov 9 1990 - - type certificate issued (GE CF6-80C2 engines) Nov 29 1990 455 OH-LGA first delivery (PR event, to Finnair) Dec 7 1990 455 OH-LGA actual title transfer (at Las Vegas) Dec 18 1990 - - type certificate issued (P&W PW4460 engines) Dec 20 1990 455 OH-LGA first revenue service (Finnair, Helsinki- Tenerife charter) Dec 21 1990 453 N891DL delivery of Delta's first two MD-11s, leased 454 N892DL from Mitsui (GE engines; Delta's own are PW) Jan 24 1991 456 HL7371 first delivery of PW4460 version (to Korean) Feb 5 1991 454 N892DL first scheduled service (DL 4049 ATL-DFW-MCO) Feb 6 1991 453 N891DL first scheduled int'l (LAX-NRT; arrived LAX previous day operating DL 4039 ATL-DFW-LAX) Jun 27 1991 447 N601FE delivery of first MD-11 (to Federal Express, after refitting by Aerotest in Mojave, CA) Roughly 35 MD-11s had been delivered by the end of 1991; McDonnell- Douglas got off to a rather slow start because nearly every one of the early aircraft were different, including passenger, freight, and combi versions, some with GE engines and others with Pratt and Whitney. The Rolls-Royce version was cancelled after the demise of Air Europe. BTW, note that line number 447 is the first MD-11. 446 was the last of the last of the DC-10 line, a KC-10 if I'm not mistaken. -- Karl Swartz |INet kls@ditka.chicago.com 1-415/854-3409 |UUCP uunet!decwrl!ditka!kls |Snail 2144 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park CA 94025, USA Send sci.aeronautics.airliners submissions to airliners@chicago.com