{"id":332020,"date":"2025-12-18T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11-fast-landing-speed\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:00:17","slug":"why-the-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11-has-such-a-fast-landing-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=332020","title":{"rendered":"Why The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Has Such A Fast Landing Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11<\/a><\/span> is known for many things, including being one of the world’s final trijets still in common freighter service in the United States. One of the aircraft’s more notable characteristics is its uncommonly high landing speed. It is high, not only for new aircraft, but also for older commercial aircraft. This higher landing speed may be impressive to watch, but it also makes the aircraft more difficult to operate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MD-11’s high landing speed is unusual among modern widebody airliners and it makes the aircraft more difficult to land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,9103,1524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11","category-ups-airlines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t