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The last MD 11 was rolled out yesterday. I think it was a marvelous aircraft. Very comfortable and all. The Boeing people gave it a nice good bye function. It went to SAir. I think that MD 11 must be very lucky to recieve such an honour.

Kabir

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Who or what is SAir?

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I thought it went to Lufthansa cargo??????

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Well, I also did hear it was going to LH cargo, but the main point here is that this was the last in a long line of classic aircraft.

OK, not many MD-11's were built if you compare it to other types from the Boeing and Airbus fold, but the MD-11 was a new generation DC-10, and quite a few of those were built. The DC-10 was a classic, no doubt about it.

I didn't like the MD-11 as much as the '10 because it looked too long, but I still liked it. It is a shame to see the last MD-11 for another reason too....The fact that this could well be the end of the tri-jet era. The TriStar has gone, the smaller 727 has gone, the TU-154 is at the end of it's production life. I'll miss them all.

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Sorry...it was Lufthansa cargo.

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I wonder why it didn't became so popular among airliners? As a trijet, it doesn't have to follow ETOPS and so it could compete with the 747 and 340, maybe these are just better planes from operators point of view.

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Well succes or not it was a very comfy jet. For some airlines like Swissair it was there backbone. I think it was one of the first or the first to have winglets?