![]() ONA Horizons 1974Article submitted byIrene Miller Turner, El Segundo, CA |
![]() ![]() Charismatic President and CEO of ONA G.F. Steedman Hinckley summed the DC-10-30 up in these words. "It is a fine and magnificent aircraft and it would be our choice again without any question were we facing a new widebody aircraft selection decision." It has been almost 18 months now since ONA took delivery of its first gleaming new McDonnell Douglas DC-10-3F trijet transport, followed just two months later with the delivery of a second. The delivery ceremony ushered in a new chapter in the history of ONA. Christened Holidayliners America and Freedom, ONA“s DC-10 fleet has since flown in excess of 10,000 block hours and approximately 5,000,000 statute miles and better than a billion and a quarter passenger miles. |
RIO DE JANEIRO-GALEĆO (ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) Location: The airport is located 20km (13 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro Airport code: GIG ![]() The shortest regularly scheduled DC-10 flight is 21 statute miles from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, Florida. The longest scheduled flight is 5698 statute miles from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Rome, Italy - ONA“s longest nonstop flight with a full complement of passengers and crewmembers was from Los Angeles to Zurich, Switzerland, a distance of 5939 miles. |
![]() Photo of Messrs. Morrison, Potter and Mogey in the cockpit of an ONA DC-10 This splendid aircraft has established an excellent record of reliability with minimal departure delays. |
![]() 1924 World Cruiser September 28, 1974 was the 50th anniversary of the completion of the first aircraft flight around the world. On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers took off from Seattle at 0847 hours - and headed west on the historic flight. 50th anniversary of first round the world air flight is celebrated ONA Holiday-liners America and Freedom 1924 World Cruisers followed by 1974 state of the art jet aircraft DC-10 One hundred seventy-five days and 27,553 miles later the world fliers landed at Seattle on September 28, 1924, at 1328 hours. They logged 371 hours and 11 minutes actual flying time. Some 50,000 airplanes and 50 years later the wide cabin DC-10 has replaced World Cruisers on production lines of McDonnell Douglas Corporation in Long Beach, California. |
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ONA Flight Attendant Linda Graves was photographed during a beverage service in the forward cabin of the company DC-10 aircraft.With the introduction of the DC-10, ONA brought the luxurious comfort of the wide-cabin transport to the charter market. With the ingenuity of an underfloor galley with service elevator, visual audio entertainment systems, cabin conditioning capable of a complete change of air each 3 minutes, hidden lighting and enclosed baggage racks, the airborne living room environment was complete. |