David Lesher wrote:

"Gord Beaman" ) writes:

For instance, why
change the complete 'name' of a DC-10, which most people know and
can recognise, to MD-11?. Makes no good sense to me. Why not
MD-10, if McDonnell Douglas wanted their 'name' on them?, then us
older guys with fewer memory cells would have some chance.

The DC-10 has such a bad reputation that the new owners wanted to
sever the connection. (Hello., ValueJet....errr ATA)

Of course, it looks like the MD-11 was a dog of a different color,
but still barked; did it ever meet the performance guarantees? I
think not, which is how they ended up in freighter/tanker service,
including the one pronged in Hong Kong in ?99.

The DC-10 had a bad name?...they had a door problem 'way back,
one had a bad fire...what else?...I didn't know that ValuJet(sic)
used DC-10's. Seems to me if the military used them for tankers
that there couldn't have been that much wrong with them...care to
clue me in?...
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-Gord.