Repaint of a Northwest DC-10-40 in the "Thermometer" livery with post-1986 titles for the payware CLS DC-10 HD. Textures were tested in FSX, but they should work in Prepar3D.
Northwest Airlines unveiled the Bowling Shoe livery designed by Landor Associates in June 1989, which introduced the compass logo that would remain in use until the airline ceased operations in 2010. Even with the rebranding of the airline's identity, some aircraft retained a variation of the older "Thermometer" (aka Silver Streak) livery introduced in 1970, with the only changes made being the addition of the compass logo on the tail and Northwest-KLM's roundel next to the titles.
The DC-10-40 was originally conceived as the Series 20, a special variant equipped with lower-thrust versions of the Pratt and Whitney JT9D engine rather than the standard General Electric CF6 used to power other variants. It was originally conceived for fleet commonality with the PW-powered 747s of Northwest Airlines, who later requested for the designation change to make it look superior to the Series 30 despite its unreliability. In an ironic twist, the airline would later start phasing out Series 40 models and replace them with more powerful Series 30s acquired from other airlines, with the last aircraft, registered N153US, exiting NW's fleet in October 2002.
