If you've heard of the DC-10 airplane, you've heard of McDonnell Douglas. But a storied history wasn't enough to keep it ...

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar almost bankrupted the company due to production delays and limited demand in the trijet market. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 had a problematic safety record but outsold ...

Rolls-Royce may have a reputation for making luxury cars, but it's also one of the most successful jet engine manufacturers ...

Between 1970 and 1977, Delta Boeing 747s flew between large American cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, ...

The Lockheed TriStar can carry a phenomenal payload ... and has already been flight proven for an air-launch from B-52 and Lockheed L-1011 carrier aircraft. However, with a new launch platform ...

This set the stage for the design of the Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 trijets, airplanes that would be nearly twice as big as the 727. Knowing that the airlines were sometimes unhappy with ...

Slightly more than a year ago, when we drove the Continental GT, we said the sound reminded us of "the signature sound the wing-mounted engines of the old Lockheed L-1011 TriStar would make under ...