McDonnell Douglas MD-12
| McDonnell Douglas MD-12 | |
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| Type: | Four-engined wide-body aircraft |
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| First flight: |
Never happened |
| Commissioning: |
Never put into service |
| Production time: |
Was never produced |
| Number of pieces: |
0 |
The McDonnell Douglas MD-12 was an aircraft design study in the 1990s. With up to 500 passengers, it should have a larger capacity than the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 in service and compete with the Boeing 747-400 . This requirement was to be achieved by equipping it with four engines and two continuous passenger decks. Concrete plans were published in April 1992.
Airbus also pursued similar concepts with the even larger Airbus A380 and Boeing with its Boeing NLA study, which was also not realized . The development of the MD-12 was accompanied by financing problems early on, and with the takeover of McDonnell Douglas by Boeing in 1997, plans were finally given up. Despite aggressive marketing, there was no concrete customer interest in the machine up to this point.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | MD-12 HC (High Capacity) data |
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| Application area: | Long haul |
| Length: | 63.40 m |
| Span: | 64.92 m |
| Height: | 22.55 m |
| Wing area: | 543.1 m² |
| Wing extension : | 7.76 |
| Wing loading : |
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| Empty weight: | 187,650 kg |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 430,000 kg |
| Top speed: | Mach 0.85 |
| Range: | 14,825 km |
| Typical number of seats: | 430 (in three class design) |
| Maximum number of seats: | 511 |
| Engines: | Four General Electric CF6 -80C2 turbofan engines with 274 kN thrust each |
Web links
- "McDonnell May Build A Larger Jet" , New York Times , March 16, 1992 (English)
- "Orders for Douglas' commercial jets sag," Los Angeles Business Journal, June 22, 1992 (English)
- "Will Airbus Buy Douglas?" , Flug Revue Online, December 1996 (English)
- Douglas Drops Jet Program , Associated Press , 1996 (English)