European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Md-11 under development at Douglas aircraft co. Here e Model is an advanced version of earlier dc-10. Mcdonnell Douglas touts md-11 As Airliner of the future by Dennis Anderson associated press he Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Is taping to usher in a new generation of wide body air travel with a sleek computerized plane designed to adept quickly to people or cargo. But Industry analysts wonder Chhe plane which Cost Between $1.5 billion end $2 billion to develop is being introduced Loo late to win a share of the highly competitive jumbo Jet Market the md-11, under development at the Douglas aircraft co. In Long Beach grew out of the dc-10. The dc-10 was built to compete against the Boeing 747 and the Lockheed l-1011 tristan during the Airliner wars of the 1970s. With the fleets of jumbo ols entering maturity Mcdonnell Douglas wants to win who Competition to build the next generation of Large passenger and cargo aircraft. These planes Cost Mega Bucks. They Cost As much As a luxury hotel said Elayne Bendel a Mcdonnell Douglas spokeswoman. But 1 you care Lor them correctly your airline wit get its Money Back Many times Over Mcdonnell Dpuglas is hoping to sett the md-11 As a Model of Utility and Economy that can carry Between 276 and 405 passengers in its various models. Its cruising Range will be about 39 percent better than the def 0, enabling it to Fly about 8,000 Miles without refuelling. The plane will Fly Tor example irom los Angeles to Melbourne Australia non Slop officials for the firm Are stressing that their new plane will be Able to convert quickly from passenger use to cargo hauling and that it has passenger sections that can a Lemale Between luxury and co act seating depending on demand. In the 1970s. Boeing co. Dominated the Airliner sales Competition. Mcdonnell Douglas made its Money Back on the dc-10, but Lockheed had to pull out and halt production of the l-1011. In the latest round of Airliner wars the Competition is coming from overseas As Well As Boeing which already has 133 orders and options for the 747-400. The latest version of the popular Boeing jumbo Jet is scheduled to enter commercial service with Northwest airlines in december 1933. The newest Venlon of the Boeing Jet is packed with new technology and has comparable Range to me md-11, and entering service slightly ahead of it. So the race is on declared John r Wheeler manager for Public relations at Boeing. Mcdonnell Douglas and Boeing will Flavo to Battle what is believed to be a formidable european challenger the Airbus-340 is on the drawing boards in France. It will be financed by a Western european consortium. The Mcdonnell Douglas plane is being peddled As a More comfortable alternative to the Airbus with More spacious aisles and More legroom for passengers. It also features a High technology computerized cockpit that eliminates hundreds of gauges and the Light Engineer s position. The first plane is slated to Roll Oil the Assembly line in 1990, Welt ahead of the Airbus which is supposed to be ready for delivery in 1992. More than 100 orders and options irom 17 mostly International customers have been placed for the md-11. Korean air recently announced options to buy md-11 contracts Worth up to 1 billion dollars aircraft Industry analysts question whether the plane might be Loo late in Trie Market or too Large. Citing a shrinking Market for Large jots one analyst said Mcdonnell Douglas is already offering incentives that will be costly Down the Road they be had to buy a lot of those orders and offer s teen discounts to compete writ Airbus and Boeing said Morton Langer. Today s crossword across1 Dud him to 4 skin mib Fisli 1 2 Mineral suffix rus s wife 14 worker ? hnme1 6 ruled Uncle 10. Stratfor Dhur a 17 Anagram for Sale 1 8 dicing site 2 1 tji yer Ofa tort 22 "whopper"23 Swift 26 a scr l 27 aries30 track shape31 perform 32 cry fro the curb 33 .vihen34ariur klngslty3s Halm in 98 Basic 2 Komi 45 acirrs.1 3 trial Ranchi it record48 cart Nlle Nile 4 formed 47 bit of Par 5 death on Masla trap 48 Berh writer49 Siun nun 6 word Knievel herure50 Burrows horse or Demac or Handel to it 7snarled counter 8 Sale octet to-be52 envy slash 9 hawaiian 53 statute port Down 10 opposite 1 computer of sans storage 11 editor s 19 silvers of to 20 gigantic23 argument 24 actress Gardner 25 Woodland Tod 26 family27 scoundrel 28 Woods Man s tool20 blend 3 1 re aches verdict 32 slam csque34 auction action hem base Solot Ltd time 2tf atm m my by 36 font mistake 37 de sickly Mujib ii Baiwir Biu. Re ii e1e1izihh Hij huf Cater Day a Wuwer 7/11 36 weather Pheno menon37 re in accord38 Low voice 39 single component 40 con Cern ing 41 Cathedra part 42lu3lroujgem 43 Cigar exporter 44 if you Sale 7-11 the far Side of july write our initial s in in k who tout Viking comp Levi Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday july 11,1967
