FedEx "Marcus" | 1975 McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F | cn 47810, ln 194 | N68056
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 23 NOV 2007
FedEx "Marcus" climbing out from RWY 25R.
The DC-10-10 is the initial passenger version introduced in 1971, produced from 1970 to 1981. The DC-10-10 was equipped with GE CF6-6 engines, which was the first civil engine version from the CF6 family. A total of 122 were built.
This aircraft is particularly noteworthy because it was originally a DC-10-10CF - only 9 were built, 8 for Continental Air Lines, 1 for United Airlines.
Production Site: Long Beach (LGB)
Built as McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10CF
Date of Manufacture: 05 FEB 1975
Delivery to Continental Air Lines: 24 MAR 1975 as N68056
Hex Code: A9065D
Fleet Number: 056
Engines: 3x General Electric CF6-6D
Intended for Federal Express (FedEx) as a DC-10-10CF as N304FE, but not taken up.
To Federal Express (FedEx): 10 OCT 1986 as N68056
Hex Code: A9065D
Aircraft Named "Valerie Ann" in OCT 1986
Configuration: Cargo
Engines: 3x General Electric CF6-6D
Ferried to Venice for MD-10 conversion in 2006.
Ferried from Venice via Shannon to Memphis, 13-14 JUN 2006, after MD-10 conversion.
The MD-10 is an upgrade to add a glass cockpit to the DC-10 with the re-designation to MD-10. The upgrade included an Advanced Common Flightdeck used on the MD-11 and was launched in 1996.
First service for FedEx as MD-10-10 on 21 JUN 2006.
Aircraft named "Marcus"
*** Update ***
Stored at Victorville (VCV) in 2009
Scrapped in 2013
FedEx "Marcus" | 1975 McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F | cn 47810, ln 194 | N68056
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 23 NOV 2007
FedEx "Marcus" climbing out from RWY 25R.
The DC-10-10 is the initial passenger version introduced in 1971, produced from 1970 to 1981. The DC-10-10 was equipped with GE CF6-6 engines, which was the first civil engine version from the CF6 family. A total of 122 were built.
This aircraft is particularly noteworthy because it was originally a DC-10-10CF - only 9 were built, 8 for Continental Air Lines, 1 for United Airlines.
Production Site: Long Beach (LGB)
Built as McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10CF
Date of Manufacture: 05 FEB 1975
Delivery to Continental Air Lines: 24 MAR 1975 as N68056
Hex Code: A9065D
Fleet Number: 056
Engines: 3x General Electric CF6-6D
Intended for Federal Express (FedEx) as a DC-10-10CF as N304FE, but not taken up.
To Federal Express (FedEx): 10 OCT 1986 as N68056
Hex Code: A9065D
Aircraft Named "Valerie Ann" in OCT 1986
Configuration: Cargo
Engines: 3x General Electric CF6-6D
Ferried to Venice for MD-10 conversion in 2006.
Ferried from Venice via Shannon to Memphis, 13-14 JUN 2006, after MD-10 conversion.
The MD-10 is an upgrade to add a glass cockpit to the DC-10 with the re-designation to MD-10. The upgrade included an Advanced Common Flightdeck used on the MD-11 and was launched in 1996.
First service for FedEx as MD-10-10 on 21 JUN 2006.
Aircraft named "Marcus"
*** Update ***
Stored at Victorville (VCV) in 2009
Scrapped in 2013