BC-17X airplane model All other nations On July 19

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the Huey is flown today by about 40 countries

A total of 55 B-377s were built

The first airline to fly the 880 was Delta Airlines in May of 1960

and was designed as a training aircraft capable of operating from a carrier or shore base

BC-17X airplane model All other nations On July 19In the mid 1990s, McDonnell Douglas began to market the C 17 to commercial civilian operators, under the name MD 17. Due to its high projected fuel, maintanence and depreciation cost for a low cycle military design in commercial service, as well as a limited market dominated by the An 124 and A300 600ST, very little interest was expressed. After McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing, the program was renamed BC 17. However, the aircraft has had no