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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, July 11, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F Dou to aircraft on. Fan mod to an advanced rdc a Mcdonnel Douglas Toutmd-11 As Airliner Kothe future by Dennis Anderson associated press he Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Hoping to usher in a new generation i wide body air travel with a sleek computerized plane designed to adapt quickly to people or cargo. But Industry analysis wonder in Tot plane in sch cos Between $1.5 billion and $2 Baton to develop is being introduced too late to win a share of the highly competitive jumbo Jel Market. The md-11, under development Al  Douglas aircraft co. In Long Beach grew out of the do the dc-10 was built to compete against the r 747 and the Lockheed l-1011 tristan during airline wars of the 1970s. With the fleets of jumbo jets entering mjg Rity Mcdonnell Douglas wants to win the log Klitin to Buijk the next generation of Large Paar jeer and cargo aircraft. These planes Cost megs Bucks Tey Cost As much As a luxury hotel said Elay Nendet a Mcdonnell Douglas spokeswoman Bui if you care Tor Thorn correctly your airline a get its Money Back Many times Over Josell them a that can carry ingers in its various Mcdo Cimfl you Flo is r As a Mode of Umily and c Between 276 and 405 f models. Us cruising Range Prifte about 39 percent better than the dc-10,  to Fly about 8.000 mites without refuelling. To plane will Fly for example from los Angelea a Melboure Australia non Stop. Officials Tor Tomm Are stressing thai their new Tarie will be Abl to convert quickly from passenger use to cargo Wing and that in has passenger sections that i alternate Between luxury and of depending on demand. In the i subs. Boeing co. Dominated the Airliner sales  Douglas made its Money Back the dc-10, but Lockheed had to Pul Oul and  of the l-101j. In Iho Tel round of Airliner wars the Competition is Cam from overseas As Well As Boeing which s 138 orders and options for the 747-400 the isl version of the popular Boeing jumbo Jet is Sci puled to enter commercial service with West airlines in december 1938. The newest version of the Boeing Jet is packed i new technology and has comparable Range to Thaud-11. And entering service slightly ahead of it.  race is on. Declared John r. Wheeler Man afr Tor Public relations at Boeing. Inell Douglas and Boeing wit have to Battle wha is queved to be e formidable european challenger he Airbus-340 is on the drawing boards in France. Irwill be financed by a Western european consortium. The Mcdonald a Douglas plane is being peddled As a snore comfor Tave alternative to the Airbus wifi More spacious Ais and More legroom Lor passengers. It also features a ski technology computerized cockpit that eliminate hundreds of gauges and the flight Engineer s position the first planers Sla Lesho Roll Oil the Assembly line in 1990, Well ahead of  which is supposed to be ready Tor a Fery in 1992, More than 100 orders and options from Orji Solly International customers have been placed owe md-11. Korean air recently announced actions to buy md-11 contracts Worth up to 1 Billic dollars. Aircraft Industry analysts  he plane might be Loo late in the Market Cfespo Barge. Citing a shrinking Market or Large jots analyst said Mcdonnell Douglas a already offers incentives that will be costly Down 1ha  be had of buy a lol of those Ord pc and offer Steep discounts to compete with Airbus i Boeing said Morton Langer. Today s crossword we could Wutte och i wows m Koa Wake k hmm at. On abut in Tehi  user 5o5t, acj10ss i dad bcrnh4 skirt Oil 8 food fish Mineral if tit 14 worker shome in note Uncle Ibsen Ford Vitant Gumfor Sale is dicing  of a sort 28-wrioppw"23 Swift need27 Aries shape 31 performed32 cry from the curb33 Ashen 34  31 paint in cred knt 3b not 8 3t0c Arcidy 38 Basic 2  Home 45 Acu 3 Trifi Bancroft record4 Chat lense 4 feb Rcd 47 bit of Par b dec i Ono Muti trap 49 beget writer 4 Spintman e Worden Kvut Tutor h Burrows  or Hind Bluhe snut encounter slabs ctr  hawaiian u statute port Down 10 opposite1 con utter of Ana Turge la Burtor s item base 19 silvers of to 20 at Antic Macorn Pointner �4 Woodland it scoundrels wed. Mut Stoot blend31 reaches a Frt soon Teloh Tolmei 2� mia.? s Hiitt Otil =k1 ague54 auction it Ion defames we ther Pheno menon37 be in accord38 Low voice 39 single component 40 con. Etrnlng41  
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