BC-17X airplane modelIn 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