Trans International Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10
MODEL BY:
Transamerica Airlines
Model Scale:
1/200
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N/A
historical significance
First Albuquerque Visit: 1975
Additional Information:
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the DC-8 for long-range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970 and it was introduced on August 5, 1971, by American Airlines.
The trijet has two turbofans on underwing pylons and a third one at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The twin-aisle layout has a typical seating for 270 in two classes. The initial DC-10-10 had a 4,000 mile range for transcontinental flights.
Trans International Airlines was a charter airline based in Oakland, California. The carrier began in 1947 as Los Angeles Air Service and the name was changed to Trans International in 1960 and again to Transamerica in 1979. Scheduled passenger flights between the United States and Europe began in 1979.
Trans International/Transamerica operated many charter flights through the Albuquerque Sunport using a variety of aircraft until it ceased operations on September 30, 1986.
Trans International Airlines used the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 to fly several large groups of tourists from New Mexico on world tours in June of 1975. A photo of the TIA DC-10 at Albuquerque is below.
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