Destination Disaster: From the Tri-Motor to the DC-10 - The Risk of Flying

Paul Eddy, Elaine Potter, Bruce Page

ISBN 10: 0812906195 / ISBN 13: 9780812906196

Published by Quadrangle, 1976

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Destination Disaster: From the Tri-Motor to the DC-10 - The Risk of Flying
• Publisher: Quadrangle
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812906195
• ISBN 13: 9780812906196
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

*Destination Disaster* is a remarkable book of the politics in the (wide-body) commercial-aviation industry, and an accounting of the political warfare between McDonald Douglas and Lockheed Aircraft to gain acceptance of their designs during the early competition for wide-body commercial aircraft. One company, McDonald, pushed hard in Washington to prevent the technically more-advanced L1011 from being accepted in the commercial airline industry, only to see its candidate, the DC-10, later prove to be a safety nightmare. It is a spell-binding account of the troubles that ensued. In the end, Douglas' effort helped prevent acceptance of the L1011 for large-scale orders, and the plane ended production far too soon due to lowered order rate.