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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F · D-ADJO · Lufthansa

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F illustration in Lufthansa livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F

DC10-47928Scrapped
RegistrationDED-ADJO
OperatorLufthansa
6operators
0incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
0photos

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F in Long Beach. Operated for Lufthansa, SABENA and Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter. Scrapped.

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas
Built inLong Beach, California (EE. UU.)
Country of registrationAlemania
MSN47928
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Figures for the DC-10-30 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 53% the length of a football pitch

Length55.4 m182 ft
Wingspan50.4 m165 ft
Height17.6 m58 ft
Range9,630 km5,200 NMWith a typical passenger load
Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82
Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)
Maximum take-off weight267,619 kg589,998 lb
Maximum payload146,877 kg323,808 lbIts 255 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo
Typical capacity255 passengersUp to 380 in a high-density layout
Endurance11 h 03 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 9,630 km range, from Houston it could fly non-stop as far as:

FRAFrankfurt am Main8,402 kmEZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)8,173 kmGIGRio De Janeiro8,088 kmCDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)8,072 kmAMSAmsterdam8,049 km
Beyond its rangeISTIstanbul10,231 km

The type first flew in 1970 (56 years ago) · About 446 units built · Production ended in 1989

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

The full story of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Compare this aircraft

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1997–2001Continental Air Lines airline network
Base
IAHHouston
Main destinations
EWRNewarkHNLHonolulu, Oahu
2001–2010World Airways airline base
Base
OAKOakland

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Jan 29, 1975
Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation as N54644.
Mar 1, 1975
Transferred to Lufthansa
Transferred to Lufthansa.
Jun 6, 1979
Airworthiness directive
On June 6, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft (registration D-ADJO), was subject to an airworthiness directive due to fatigue cracks in the engine pylon caused by an inadequate maintenance procedure, together with deficiencies in the slat and stall warning systems. Source: la FAA.
Source: la FAA
Jul 1, 1994
Transferred to SABENA
Transferred to SABENA.
Mar 1, 1995
Transferred to Condor
Transferred to Condor.
Nov 1, 1997
Transferred to Continental Air Lines
Transferred to Continental Air Lines.
Oct 1, 2001
Transferred to World Airways
Transferred to World Airways.
Feb 17, 2010
Transferred to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter
Transferred to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter.

Operators

1975-01-29
1975-03-01
Lufthansa
Registration D-ADJO
1975-03-10
Lufthansa
Registration D-ADJO
1994-07-01
SABENA
Registration D-ADJO
1995-03-01
Condor
Registration D-ADJO
1997-11-01
Continental Air Lines
Registration N17087 · Lessor: ILFC
2001-10-01
World Airways
Registration N304WL
2010-02-17

Memories coming soon

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Before opening it we check the aircraft identity — its registration, its serial number and its model — against the civil register of the authority that registered it, so that every memory belongs to the exact aircraft that lived it. When that work reaches this record, the register will open here.

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F · D-ADJO · Lufthansa}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-47928},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-47928}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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