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The 18'8" width of United's DC-10 gives 250 passengers living-room comfort on flights of from 300 to 3600 miles. Meals are prepared in a lower-lobe galley. Three GE fanjets provide 117,000 pounds of takeoff thrust. Length: 179'9". Wingspan: 155'4". Tail height: 58'1". Takeoff weight: 410,000 pounds, loaded and fueled (22,000 gallons).

Publisher: United Airlines
American

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.13181
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
Fly the friendly skies of United
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)