NPeterman From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 140 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3406 times:
Hello all,
I have long been a fan of the DC-10 and MD-11, and (sadly) have yet to see one through my viewfinder. I was wondering if anyone knows a good location to catch some of these beauties on the East Coast here in the states. Airline is of no importance for me, and as I live in Virginia, I have fairly good access to locales to both the north and south. Anyone with ideas please chime in.
saintex From Canada, joined Apr 2009, 176 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3403 times:
West coast or east ?
Go to a FedEx or UPS hub, Memphis, Louisville etc. Although a lot of the movements are nocturnal there should be some in daylight, specially in the summer. Use flightaware.com to get an idea of when they can be seen.
NPeterman From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 140 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3395 times:
Thank you for that, I hadn't caught that typo. East coast. I have been running into the problem that every movement does seem to be nocturnal.
johnj From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1621 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3395 times:
You can check FlightAware.com to see the actual activity, but off the top of my head you'd have particularly good luck finding these types at BWI, EWR, JFK, and BOS - mostly cargo, of course. Not really the East Coast per se, but ATL gets a lot of DC-10s and MD-11s on account of World Airways' presence there.
johnj From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1621 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3386 times:
RonS From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 761 posts, RR: 24 Reply 6, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3354 times:
Perfect opportunity to promote those DC-10 / MD11 photos that are in need of views!
BOS gets approx regular FedEx DC10 service:
I've only seen one MD-11 personally, and that was at JFK:
dvincent From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1721 posts, RR: 12 Reply 7, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3341 times:
If you want to see Pax MD-11s, you can drive up to Montreal.
You can see cargo MD-11s at JFK, EWR, or MEM.
You can see DC/MD-10s at BOS, though currently all of the movements are under darkness.
sovietjet From Bulgaria, joined Mar 2003, 2342 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3336 times:
Around this time (holidays) there's always extra flights so there might be some during the day. Make sure to follow flightaware. You can even setup a flight notification system on flightaware that emails you once a DC-10 or MD-11 has filed a flightplan to the airport of your choice.
darreno1 From United States of America, joined Jun 2010, 216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 6 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 3244 times:
Luckily, down here in Miami we have lots of both. Fedex and some of the smaller cargo carriers use DC10s with a few MD11s sprinkled in between. They are nice looking airplanes for sure. Wish the l1011s were still around. I'm so glad I got to fly on one as a kid. Like someone else suggested, Flightaware can be a nice research tool for specific aircraft.
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