"R. David Steele" wrote in message
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For some reason I had thought that the C-17 was built by
Lockheed, not McDonald Douglas (now Boeing).

That would McDonnell Douglas


Since Boeing is now
the contractor,

Make that owner.


what do they have in their line up that would be
similar? Basically that would be the short field operation plus
being able load and unload like the C-17 does.


Civilian use doesnt typically require such a facility.

I am not a fan of idea of taking an airliner design and making it
a cargo plane.


Most civilian cargo planes are just that.

Keith




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