Originally posted by Beckles:
There are 3 MD-11's yet to be delivered ... and they aren't taking order for them any longer.
Also, I don't believe they are manufacturing MD-90's in Long Beach anymore. [snip]
What you did see were most likely 717's, not MD-90's. They are kind of hard to tell apart, but the 717 is a good bit smaller. The way I can tell MD-90's is that the engine on them is particularly "fat" ... much bigger than the engines on other DC-9 derived aircraft.
Thanks for all info. I was under the impression (I don't know why) that the MD-11 was history - that's why I was so surprised to see the two of them there.
Since I saw more than three small ones and the were all of the same size, I would assume they were 717's.
My safest way to tell the MD-90 apart from the other DC-9/MD-80 family is to loot at the top of the tail. The MD-90 is flat when you look at it from the side AND from the front/back. The others are curved/rounded. The only plane that also has the rounded tail is the Fokker, but there are so many other differencies, that it is hard to mixe those up. What I'm looking for now is a good tell-tale difference (besides the size) between the 717 and the 90.
Trivia: What is the B717-100? And don't cheat and look at the Boeing web-site
/Pete
[This message has been edited by L-1011 (edited 08-09-2000).] I would like a spell checker in here
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