McDonnell Douglas DC-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 appears in Vol.268 两个劳斯莱斯 as the direct market competitor to the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. The episode says the TriStar’s delay let the DC-10 enter service earlier and win market momentum in the wide-body aircraft race.

The DC-10’s source role is comparative. It makes the cost of the RB211 delay visible: when aircraft programs compete on airline fleet decisions, a late engine can change not only one supplier’s finances but the competitive fate of the airframe built around it.

Connections

• Lockheed L-1011 TriStar - direct competitor in the source.
• Lockheed and RB211 - aircraft and engine path whose delay shaped the comparison.
• Airframe Engine Lock-In and Fixed Price Engineering Risk - program-risk concepts illustrated by the comparison.