American Airlines DC-10 Takeoff 1989 - Original DC-10 Prototype
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- The first production DC-10 departing Detroit Metro Airport in May 1989.
Operating as Flight AAL 219 to Dallas Ft. Worth DFW
This prototype aircraft, originally N10DC, was re-registered N101AA with American Airlines (1972 -2000). Sadly it was scrapped in 2002
Yeah I don’t care what anyone says. My favorite plane hands down.
x2. i worked for Marriott in Boston from 89-1995 and NWA had 5 D10's flying Europe Internationals Daily along with a 747-200 going to London. Watching those heavy bastards taxi and doing a turn and burn takeoff onto the active runway full of Pax and freight and firewalling its throttles to scream to its rotation speed was awe inspiring.
Looks like a md-11 more than dc-10
@@arunachhetri1581 MD 11 is longer, larger wings and winglets
@@arunachhetri1581 Also, the MD-11 has a centre main gear which the DC-10 has not
@@Tranefine Dc-10 10 variant has no middle gear, however, the 30 and, 40 variants have a middle gear
Spectacular aircraft. I loved the silver fuselage and the up lighting on the AA at night.
Love the sound of those engines!!!
I used to work at Stlouis's Lambert International Airport for Trans World Airlines. I would wait for the cargo DC-10's to take off around 10 pm. Sound of those engines. !!!
Yes sir!
Thanks for the compliments!
Yes indeed!
That characteristic turbofan Growl is the DC10 trademark!
These were one of the loudest jets ever, alongside a 707 and Vickers VC-10. But the spool-up, and rumble from thrust on the DC-10 was like magic, you could just feel it in your bones.
really? i thought the whole selling point behind the DC-10 was it had "quiet, virtually smokeless engines"
@@j8ded quiet compared to the 707 with four turbojets maybe lol
Yeah the loudest jets for 2023 standards
@@j8ded They were comparing it to a Boeing 707, and perhaps their own DC-8. Keep in mind, it was made in 1968. The 747 hadn't even been completed yet.
Concorde was loudest ever in afterburner. The only passenger airplane to have ab.
Love that rattling buzz-saw sound...brings back memories of my DC-10 rides in the 1980s.
1989! Good old days when 1st class had big steak knives during meals and the door to the cockpit was left wide open.
Yeah I was about to say, they were pretty easy going, but not that easy going haha. Good times thoigh.
And the cargo door blew open for no reason
ranjit nope
HALON747 it’s people who did bad stuff that changed air travel and made it safer with their actions.
Fay can always count on an asshole in every DC10 video
OMG , thats the day I was born ,may 29th 1989!
I was born exactly 11 years later ;)
Mistelli Awww... a Y2K baby! 🤗
Miss Elde Believing ME TOO! Gotta LOVE 5/29! May babies are the best and the 29th is my BDay too! However, umm I was born 23 year b4 you on May 29th 1977, Eeeek! My many thanks to the Botox gawds, lol! Fun fact my first flight ever was on a United DC-10 in June of 1982 SFO-DEN then a 727 to Oklahoma City. I was 5 when I started flying and flew SFO-OKC about 4-5 times a year cuz my mom and dad divorced in 1981. I wish they would have set up a mileage account for me back then cuz I flew that route for a good 9 years.
LA to Dallas 2 years after 191..cockpit was televised and the takeoff powerful my heart was pounding
Yes, they actually had a feature where passengers could watch takeoff on a screen inside the cabin. After that crash that was discontinued. Also they removed script on fuselage that read "DC 10 Luxury Liner " to American Airlines Luxury Liner
The first DC-10 ever built, this needs to be in a museum!
Well it's gone now
Scrapped in 02 and used for parts.
they all became Fedex and Fedex has scrapped them as well.
The weird thing is tha the second production model had the same "N" numbers (N10DC and N101AA), obvioulsy at different times, but that aircraft wasn't taken up by American, and it is in a Museum out in Pima Arizona, as one of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospitals
My dad flew for AA and flew flight 191 out of Chicago the day after the crash. Despite the DC-10's issues (and there were many), it was the most favorite plane of his career and also my personal favorite as well. He let me fly it from Mexico City to St. Louis before final approach to Chicago when I was in the 7th grade. It's amazing how technology today has progressed to the point where the 777 weighing 200,000+ lbs more can be flown on just 2 engines.
Wait... You got to fly a plane? That sounds awesome.
Yup. I had learned Morse code in boy scouts. At that time, auto pilot was based on a series of radio stations, each one broadcasting in Morse code. When you got close to the tower, you would punch in the next frequency. After takeoff, my dad gave me the map and showed me what to listen for and how to punch in the frequencies. Then he said "until we get to St. Louis, the plane is yours". I obviously had 3 pilots watching every move. But it is a great story to tell. He also had the coolest name for a pilot, Captain Hap Hazzard.
It actually had only one flaw..cargo door locking pins..
@@cshazzard As impossible as this sounds, in the 1970s I was about 11 and got to go into the cockpit of I think a 707 while it was flying across the Pacific. I didn't get to touch anything, and just stood there behind the pilots, but I remember being able to look out at the expanse of blue in the plethora of windows while the pilots talked to me.
A friend of mine got to actually sit in the jump (third) seat in the cockpit of a 737 while it was on the ground. The captain explained a few things to him, and told him to watch for a specific red light to come on, and to flip a switch next to it if it did (we're now pretty sure it was the APU, and a reset of some sort).
The 1970s were a far more innocent time my friends.
Wonderful noises coming from those engines, thanks for posting.
Yea, this brings back memories of terror. Flew this from Hawaii to California. It was 1982 not long after the 191 crash. Something other than a DC-10 was stated on our ticket. I love to get to the airport early and plane watch. Up pulls the silver beast of American Airlines. An equipment change was necessary. Husband and myself got into a battle of wills as I would not get on the plane. Said he would leave me in Hawaii, well that's fine with me. I took a survey and got opinions from the gate attendants how they felt about the plane like that means anything. Ready to close the door, I gave in and got on. We boarded in the middle and our seats were the last two in the back as the plane tappers, sort of cozy back there. Being the last to board, we hit numerous heads with our rolled up beach mats and a box containing a cat statue with a raised paw for good luck. We were flying on a nearly non-rev ticket of $50.00. The plane was fully loaded. I remember thinking, all that weight and luggage. Here I am on an American DC-10 forget about the explosive decompression I never knew about. Was a sick sweaty mess on take-off. After watching the #3 engine for 20 minutes and it's still attached, I pulled down my window shade and asked for a coke and rum, heavy stuff for me. We were served a wonderful steak dinner and the ride was heavenly. Was I happy when we landed? you betcha.
Cathy Meyer: Hope you had a nice seat out on a wing or the fuselage roof, because that is the ONLY way you would have been able to see the #3 - TAIL-MOUNT - pod in flight on one of these things.
Correct DC-10/MD-11 engine designations: #1: Left wing, #2: Right wing, #3: in-line with vertical rudder.
You are correct my friend. I was indeed inside and it was #2 I was watching.
Engine #1(port side) is the one that fell off at O'Hare.
Cathy Meyer Hah this is the funniest most witty comment on youtube airplane videos LOL I love your melodramatism mixed in with that 80s nostalgia feeling of flying. I burst out laughing when you mentioned you nagged all the flight crew and gate agents about if it was safe. My mom would TOTALLY do that hah
Thank you for sharing that :)
Love all the comments about the distinctly awesome sounds of those engines! I remember when I was a kid in the early 80's, my dad pointing that out, and I've been in love with it ever since! Flash forward to 2018...Just saw one in 'Home Alone' and had to pause the movie to find this video so I could share the nostalgia with my 6 & 5-year-old!
Just sounds absolutely beautiful, what a marvel of engineering
Man I wish planes looked and sounded that cool today
That characteristic turbofan Growl is the DC10 trademark! Loved that plane!
That grindage on take off power is the best ever noise I’ve ever heard.
I was serving in the Marines at Camp Pendleton when that tragedy unfolded. My very 1st aircraft I flew in going to Bootcamp from Detroit to San Diego was an American Airlines DC-10 and couldn't believe how big the cabin was. After graduating from Marine Corps Bootcamp, the buses leaving for the airport were running late and I missed my flight home for leave. It was a United Airlines 727.But it was a Great thing missing my flight. Because when I was booked on another flight, it was an United DC-10. I had an instant Love for the DC-10. BTW, that was in 1978. After the investigation of the AA flight 191 tragedy and all DC-10'S were able to fly once again, I had Absolutely no fear of getting back on one again. In fact the DC-10 was one of the most safest passenger jets in the sky after that. How I miss the sound of engine #2 as it started to spool at full power on takeoff 💞💞💞
I remember these days well!!! I work for AA in Detroit from 1987-1989. Nothing sounds better than a DC-10 taking off. Thanks for the post
C 5A sounds like nothing else.
Those TF39 engines were AWESOME sounding
I flew on the DC-10 (as a passenger) back in the 80s. American Airlines from Newark, NJ to Dallas-Ft. Worth and also from JFK Airport in New York to my native Stockholm, Sweden on Northwest Orient. Great plane!! I know the plane has had accidents but I would fly on it again today, if I could. I heard that, once McDonnell Douglas fixed the problems with the plane, it became one of the safest airliners in the skies. Sadly, a lot of people died in the beginning and the reputation of the DC-10 never really recovered. Otherwise, it was an awesome airplane!
True. They were quite smooth. I remember hearing UAL 232 captain Al Haynes saying you could basically fly it with one finger.
I met a woman years ago who worked for McDonald-Douglas for some 20+ years before they were absorbed by Boeing. She said it was the best company anyone could possibly work for.
Still the best AA livery ever
I wish American Airlines still used this livery. And still wrote "[Aircraft name] Luxury Liner" under the cockpits.
I can only admire this rare gem on video as they are super rare in Europe.
I remember flying in these old birds back in the 90’s. These were one of my favorite planes to fly in. I miss these planes!
The first plane I ever flew in...Laker Airways DC10 from Gatwick to San Francisco in 1980. Those were the days :-)
American Airline DC10 from Phoenix to Chicago, was the first time I ever flew on a jet in 1977..... when I was 22, I thought it was heaven.....and the takeoff power, and the crowded flying sardine cans of today are just awful. Loved listening to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.... on the earphones.............. and the huge big screen in front.....5 seats across the middle.... and 2 seats by each left and right window..............................hard to believe that was 40 years ago!!!!!!!
I took MANY DC10s from San Diego and Chicago. I miss those days.. people dressed up to fly, the food was awesome... I miss those days!
The high rev of those GE engine are amazing
PW JT9D
@@1000BTit's a CF6-6D, the DC-10-40 only used jt9ds. so technically Riley Williams is correct.
Many many trips on AA DC10'S from Hawaii to DFW in the early 1990's
Flew on NORTHWEST DC 10 to Hawaii on my honeymoon in 1988.
They comped up first class!
That would NEVER happen today
Despite its troubled (and somewhat undeserved) reputation, the DC-10 was a symbol of commercial aviation from the 1970s-1980s. It was a beautiful plane too.
The DC-10 is a CLASSIC airliner!! I remember flying on it a few times during the 1980s including overseas.
Shame this prototype-test bed wasn't preserved like the City Of Everett(first 747 off the line).
Zickcermacity I wish they saved it.
True, but the second one is.
Retired Orbis Flying Hospital on display at Pima air Arizona
That's some acceleration at the start of take off. Never been in one (have been in a tristar). Great video.
Michael Dunne It was awesome, today’s aircraft can’t compare. They are being built to be quieter.. take out all the excitement of flying, didn’t they?
@@aviatrix91 I would argue the 787 has a nice roar
@@devintariel3769 Unfortunately, I live in a smaller market and we don't get any 787's around here. 😢
Love that "buzz saw" sound! Great video. My favorite plane.
I absolutely LOVE that roar of those engines. Anybody who loves DC-10s, especially Series 10s and Series 30s should thank General Electric for those awesome sounding, as well as powerful and fuel efficient CF6-6D & -50D Turbo Fans. How I know? Because I am an aviation enthusiast who goes into details about every and any aircraft that I read about in books, magazines, the internet (like right now) and even at local airports around my area. Since I was a toddler growing up in a military family flying from Texas to Germany then to New Jersey I fell in love with airplanes; I might have been on a DC-10 Series 30 flying out of Germany back in early 1989. Anyways, I feel like those GE CF6-6Ds should win an award for Best Sound!!! Or maybe the CF6-50D? IT'S HARD TO CHOOSE!!!!!
Man thats a beast. God dam!!! For those wondering if it was empty I doubt it. Those old ladies were pure power. (gass was cheap back then i think) I was stuck in traffic next to our airport and the fed-x lady was departing. First they let the Southwest and jet blues go up even tho they pulled up to runway last. They took their time getting up there. Those were 737s and A20 by the way. That Fed-x took off like a rocket. I saw it with my own eyes and i still can't believe it. Even the 757 doesn't take off thtat quick. The british airways 777-300 is the only other airline i have seen here that gets up as quickly as the fedsX.
Real nice spool-up. A screaming beauty.
I love the look, very imposing, i dont know what it is really .
Replying to an ancient comment here, but I agree. I think it’s the shape of the nose and the angry looking windshield arrangement.
It's the engine in the tail which makes it so elegant and "different".
It’s a beautiful plane.
Really great footage 💪 enjoyed
I love the silver bird look.
Nothing more lovely than a DC-10 in the old AA livery.
One of the most distinctive engine sounds.
Good old times. Perfect takeoff :)
what a marvel of engineering, im literally having goosebumps right now, the old american airlines livery was just fire, extremely classy i might add, it just screams luxury
I needed to see this
Good god, that buzzsaw sound as it started the takeoff run gave me goosebumps.
a blast from the past i love it :)
You're damn right it is. It's an icon. There's nothing like taxing around a terminal and seeing DC10 tails or those massive cockpit windows.
I enjoy looking at planes takeoff but this one is my fav.
LOVE IT!!!!!!!
what a piece of history it is!... I really liked those "luxury liner" stickers!
There were actually two N10DC and N101AA registered aicraft (c/n 46500 and c/n 46501) but only c/n 46500 flew for American Airlines. The other flew for Laker, ATA, Cal Air, Novair, and Project Orbis.
A beautiful journey back in time
May 29, 1989. 10 years and 5 days after that disaster of a day.
Due to the placement of the #2 engine, the DC-10 had a smoother cruise ride than anything I've ridden in.
Those things were rugged and powerful. Yes, the electrical redundancies sucked (american 191) and yes the cargo door had problems but that thing still ended up as a mega-workhorse. Such a cool plane
Lots of flights on AA and United DC 10s..loved its power
I loved these aircrafts. I remember flying in an American Airlines plane like this as a kid. Great memories.
I love the DC-10
Loved my DC10❤
Holy cow that thing is loud. I LOVE IT!
Awesome Classic DC 10
It is a shame that there are no remaining AA DC-10 aircraft, not even in museums.
Ya I agree with KuostA...That spool up was insane. I turned my speakers up ;)
I was stationed in San Diego at the Marine Corp boot camp ( MCRD) right next to the airport in 82, I was the guide who is up front of the platoon marching, And the drill instructor was in the back giving the cadence, He would always wait until a dc10 would take of to give us the order to right face, or left face. So half of the platoon near the back that could hear him would follow him, while the other half out front would keep following me, this would always turn into the officer and a gentleman moment when the drill instructor would stop the whole process, wait for the dc10 to clear and run up to me , throw his hat on the ground and say. Zoo head! I go home at night.. kick the cat, yell at the dog, And you STILL get it wrong!!! Push-ups begin! Gotta love the humor of a Marine drill instructor.
What a great video, very cool! I’m a big fan of airplanes and especially of the DC-10!
I also made a few airplane and airport videos and plan to do more in the future.
Greetings from Switzerland :)
Oh how I love the DC-10, I wish I were alive at the time to experience it!
It was a wonderful and very comfortable aircraft to fly on. It was particularly nice because United, American and Northwest flew their DC-10s on many domestic routes. I flew many United DC-10s between Detroit and Chicago
it blew up once and its engine came off but its cool
AntunovacDoTokia engine fell off I think do to shotty mechanic work
@@jpnm81 yeah it did
That use to be a great spot to watch planes at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). Miss seeing AA's larger planes at Metro. 737's seem to be the norm connecting DTW to the Charlotte, DFW & ORD hubs.
i really miss this airplane wow
American Airlines livery was the most beautiful in the world
Yes it was. I guess the current one is okay. But the old polished livery was unlike any other.
Guy Will new euro white livery ruined everything
Yes Guy Will I think so ! I like the original livery too. I wonder why they made that terrible change on it!
True. I think it may be bc the DC-10 was associated with many infamous accidents, but nonetheless, truly it is an icon in commercial aviation and just a beautifully unique airplane.
I love it...the DC 10 is an amazing craft...Northboundlady from Frankfurt to Canada...in the 90th
Love that sound.
I changed flights to another airport the day after the DC 10 crash.We took off after dark and when we got to our destination we found out we were Still on a DC 10. As soon a our flight ended they grounded our DC 10
@jgstargazer So true! The DC-10 had a very distinctive look, as did the 1011, 727. Now, all of the tails just blend in..
Such a cool looking plane. Oh and DTW woot woot!
Varig here in Brazil operated DC-10 between 1974 and 1999 without any incidents.
I miss DC 10 now in past it's not my fabrate but now I realise this model plane are Boeing company made this very impressive old American airlines i like also Boeing 737.200.and specially Boeing 747.400.old is gold.
move the 1 over to the left and it would be N110AA. Those poor people. RIP.
The DC10 looked it's best in this American livery imho. Beautiful aircraft
1:24 ÉPICO el sonido el MD 11 CON ESE PODER DE SONIDO SE VERÍA AÚN MUCHO MEJOR
@aamd80seniorcaptain Yes, and AA flight 191 was a Los Angeles bound DC10-10 tail number N110AA..The aircraft in this video is N101AA, which is the prototype DC10.....And I flew on N101AA on Easter Sunday 1991, from Detroit to Chicago OHare.
I Really Love That Sound On Take Off.
@The Rolls Royce Trent Music Trent. Sheer music.
Now we all have to rely on these uncomfortable "regional jet's" for a 3 hour flight with mediocre service.
Yeah the great service is long gone like DC 10s.
N381FE is still flying with FedEx
Delivered to United Airlines in March, 1973
AA , UAL, and NW schemes look perfect on the "10"!
I LOVE THAT SONG!!!
woah...was it almost empty because it accelerated surprisingly fast. loved the sound of the spoollup. excelleent footage.
Dad flew on one from BNA to DFW in the early 90s.
So cool
Thank you, I will make the correction.
If I had been around in the 70s, I would not have felt comfortable in one of those things.
I flew on them many times as a kid in the seventies and didn't even think about crashing. I just loved to fly. It was a lot of fun then.
it shook like a house in a tornado in Kansas, it's a flying death tube....good riddance to this shitbox plane
The plane was perfectly safe. The problem was maintenance. The mechanics were removing the engines and housings as a whole, putting stress on the wing pylons which caused them to fail. They were supposed to remove the engine, THEN the housing separately when they were working on them. When done correctly this way, the planes stopped crashing. Nothing wrong with the design.....just lazy maintenance crews who didn't follow instructions.
stfu
@@davida.p.9911 That was one of the many problems that plagued the DC-10...There were also issues with the cargo door design when it entered service (resulting in a crash), the hydraulics to the tail converged in one place (resulting in a crash when an engine failed), and even the Chicago crash you referenced might have been avoided if McDonnell-Douglas had designed in slats that didn't automatically close when the engine fell off and both pilots had a stick shaker to warn of an impending stall. The Lockheed L-1011 may have sold in fewer numbers but it was a better engineered machine. Still, it's all in the past now.
As I write this, May 1989 (when the video was recorded) was 30 years ago. Seems hard to believe it is that old! Ten years before that was the crash of a DC-10 operating AA191 at O'Hare. Still the worst crash of a US airliner.
She’s a beauty!
QUE GRANDE EL DC 10, UN GRAN AVION.
Flew on AA DC-10's many times as a kid in the 80s and 90s, as the golden age of flying was drawing to a close. Even got to visit the cockpit of a DC-10 at 35K feet enroute from DFW to Hololulu in '86.
It's too bad my kids wont get to expierience that.
This is 1 hell of a beautiful plane,reminds me of the plane that was in the movie home alone 2 lost in NY
I always loved the design of the DC10 - MD11, but in October of 1990 I flew for the first time on one of these jets with Northwest Airlines. Seeing this was my second time in a commercial aircraft I was excited and nervouse at the same time. I too remember all the bad publicity the DC10 acquired in the 1970's, but when the bird took off and landed safely in MSP, my fears were removed, but never again did I have the pleasure of flying in a beautiful McDonnell Douglas DC10 ;-(
WOW! Ol' school!
Awesome power and sound on takeoff! Too bad fedex didn’t get a hold of this one she pry would still be flying to this day.
Think she did, but not for long. Might be wrong
The Mustang GT of Airplanes!
AS AN AMERICAN AIRLINE FLIGHT WE DID THIS ROUTE LAX-ORD 45 MINUTES SIT TIME CONTINUE TO DETROIT 36LAYOVER AND DO THE SAME THING COMING BACK THOSE WERE THE DAYS GREEKTOWN DETROIT!
fed ex dc10s fly over every day. its a nice change in the boring skies over phoenix
Every morning at 0555. 5 FedEx D10's landed in a Parade at Boston-logan!
I got to fly on this exact tail number on Easter Sunday 1991 taking from DTW back to ORD....