Originally Posted by
Freightbird
What are the visual clues MD-10 vs. DC-10 from that far away?
The MD-10 doesn't go to Boston.
(Also ... the letters "MD-10" would be painted on the nose, the VHF antenna (shark fin) would be over the wing root instead of over the cargo door, and the outflow valve would be a single door like the MD-11 versus a 3-piece combination of doors and a flap.)
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