The plane, the plane!

See FedEx  McDonnell Douglas MD11F jets lined up
at the Memphis hub

The MD-11 is a medium to long-range widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on under-wing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. It is based on the DC-10, but featuring a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan with winglets, refined aerofoils on the wing and tailplane, new engines and increased use of composites.

The MD-11 features a two-crew cockpit that incorporates six interchangeable liquid-crystal-display units and advanced Honeywell VIA 2000 computers. The cockpit design is called Advanced Common Flight deck (ACF) and is shared with the Boeing 717. Flight deck features include an Electronic Instrument System, a dual Flight Management System, a Central Fault Display System, and Global Positioning System. Category IIIb automatic landing capability for bad-weather operations and Future Air Navigation Systems are available.

The MD-11 incorporates hydraulic fuses not included in the initial DC-10 design, to prevent catastrophic loss of control in event of a hydraulic failure.

The MD-11F is the freight transport version of the aircraft and was the second variant on offer at launch in 1986.  It was the last and longest (1988-2000) manufactured version. The MD-11F was delivered between 1991 and 2001 to China Eastern Airlines (1);  EVA Air (9);  FedEx Express (22);  Lufthansa Cargo (14);  Martinair (2);  Saudi Arabian Airlines (4) and World Airways (1).

The all-cargo aircraft features the same forward port side cargo door (140 in x 102 in) as the MD-11CF, a main deck volume of 15,530 cubic feet, a maximum payload of 200,151 pounds and can transport 26 pallets of the same dimensions (88 in X 125 in  or 96 in x 125 in ) as can the MD-11C and MD-11CF. 

The FedEX MD11F's luxurious First Class section (and ONLY passenger section.)  Room enough for Tom Hanks, Wilson, and two FedEX execs.
The cargo section is directly behind the partition behind the seats.  In the above left photo, a person can be seen crouching at the small access door to the cargo area at the upper right of the photo.  Above right photo shows view through this access door.

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