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History Repeats itself. How the DC-10 Earned a Dangerous Reputation - Events striking similar to current 737Max8
How the DC-10 Earned a Dangerous Reputation - Having the FAA pull its Type Cert. after a major crash, grounding it and causing mayhem for Airlines and Passengers. This would be the beginning of the end for McDonald Douglas. History Repeats itself.. Striking Similar to the current 737Max Issues. Link is to a short video. (www.youtube.com) More...
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This is the second design problems with the 737's. The first was the Rudder Power Control Actuators that had the valves that got of alignment and reversed the flow of the actuators. Left rudder pedal movement gave you a right rudder. Right pedal movement gave you a left rudder. As for the DC-10's it was the Aft Cargo Doors that depressurized the aircraft. Like the De Havilland Dash-8's or Bombardier Q400's are doing now. The second problem for the DC-!0's was American doing engine changes with the pylons and a forklift. Less wiring and hose connections.
The DC 10 was created in a few months to compete with the L1011 that took years to produce, sound familiar, shortcuts don't work in aviation.
Except there are DC 10s still flying and all the L1011 are in the bone yard
Lockheed Tristar advanced technology – the avionic systems. The AFCS (Avionic Flight Control system) of TriStar included autopilot, speed control, a flight control system, a navigation system, stability system and a direct lift control system. But the cherry on top was the CAT-IIIB Autoland system. One of the main selling features of Lockheed - the system was able to land the plane automatically. Even in bad weather conditions. It flew hands-off from LA to London, take-off through landing, under CAT IIIB conditions.
Lockheed had a goal to develop a system, that would land the aircraft as if it was a human landing it. On 25th of May, 1972, the TriStar completed a fully automated flight and even now, more than 40 years later, the technology seems ahead of its time. It was a revolutionary 4-D system that could manage flight time using the auto throttle system to arrive at the airport at its designated arrival time.
All of this with 1960-early 70 technology without GPS and other advanced sensor systems. In the 1980s the Lockheed advanced and first of its kind, F-117A Stealth Fighter, the Nighthawk, used the L-1011 avionics system concept and some components for its innovative 4-D navigation system.
Lockheed had a goal to develop a system, that would land the aircraft as if it was a human landing it. On 25th of May, 1972, the TriStar completed a fully automated flight and even now, more than 40 years later, the technology seems ahead of its time. It was a revolutionary 4-D system that could manage flight time using the auto throttle system to arrive at the airport at its designated arrival time.
All of this with 1960-early 70 technology without GPS and other advanced sensor systems. In the 1980s the Lockheed advanced and first of its kind, F-117A Stealth Fighter, the Nighthawk, used the L-1011 avionics system concept and some components for its innovative 4-D navigation system.
I was lucky to fly this bird
The L 1011 was technologically superior to the DC 10 for it's time but maintenance wise was too expensive to maintain.
Yea but safe
