Air New Zealand McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Commercial - 1977

[@ianroberthooper9852]

Beautiful plane and impressive livery that fits the DC-10 like a glove. The airline's current "all black" livery with the fern leaf is so bleak.

[@mattgrainger7084]

100% agree, the silver fern wrapped around the fuselage looks like part of a skeleton, and it’s organic curves clash with the precise geometric look of the Koru. It’s like they’ve taken two completely separate graphic elements and just clumsily shoehorned them together. And then there’s the colour... I so badly miss those green and blue tails.

[@Attomicc076]

Pacific wave was better

[@elfulano5884]

Their current uniforms don't look good either. The colors are too loud.

[@wazzer2348]

I thought I was the only one that hated the new Air New Zealand colour scheme. Maybe one or two planes all black, but the pacific wave is still my favourite.

[@filmtechnz1]

I flew on accident aircraft ZK-NZP only a few weeks prior to Erebus. The DC10 was always a comfortable aircraft to travel in - and Air New Zealand a great airline to fly with.

[@TheBoysTopSecretisOrganization]

💀

[@fatsacks70]

I flew on one in 76 as a kid. Always wondered since if it was NZP...

[@Mark_Ocain]

The electronic music soundtrack was pretty special!

[@georgesturdy7040]

Vangelis one of the best electro musicians

[@iFlyTheWorld]

Thanks for uploading. I remember flying on TE's DC10 MEL-CHC-MEL in July 1976. The good old days of Govt airlines. Great service and lots of empty seats in the 2-5-2 layout.

[@MyMerc69]

Still Goverment

[@adammuggleton4107]

Awesome clip this is. Air New Zealand’s DC-10 colour scheme has got to be one of the best. I remember being in transit on the tarmac in Nandi, it was September 1973, flying to London from Sydney via Los Angeles, travelling on a BOAC VC10. On arrival in Nandi was a brand new ANZ DC10, looked beautiful

[@EliTheMonKEE101]

2:26 - 2:32 gets me in the 'wow' mode everytime time, despite being filmed almost 40 years ago :P

[@allgood6760]

Nice one mate 👍🇳🇿✈️

[@gbrown9663]

1977 for Me was my last flight on a air New Zealand dc 10 from Melbourne to Auckland .I use to look at them at Auckland airport and think they were a beautiful aircraft with the paint scheme on them probably the best looking in the world The paint scheme suited the dc 10

[@tiadaid]

What is it with airlines using ominous synth music for their plane ads back in the 1970s? There's BA with the Concorde, SQ with the 747 and NZ with the DC-10. What gives?

[@PeterRiddell]

Damn, they were a beautiful aircraft! And with that livery, one of the best looking aircraft in the skies.

[@moiscotv]

Nice plane...but DAMMNNNN....LOVING THE CLASSIC MODULAR SYNTH!!

[@mehmetokay7073]

Every time I see an Air New Zealand DC -10 I think of Erebus.

[@dave4shmups]

Awesome! That is some seriously incredible air-to-air filming!! I wonder if they used a Learjet?

[@TydeStudiosAnimation]

I love this ad so much. This is my favorite aviation advert so far! Just look at that beautiful DC-10!! And the Synthesizer over the video makes it 10× better! Gotta love Air New Zealand. I give The World's Warmest Welcome to the people who see this after me.

[@compazine]

Thank you for including the original accompanying soundtrack with this video. =)

[@akie64]

Great clip of the beautiful Air NZ DC10, flew many flights on these as a kid, great memories

[@isopath1]

love these beautiful craft. flew many miles in them. was on thd first ever air new zealand direct flight to Perth from Auckland.

[@franciscohussein3244]

rip erebus disaster

[@mebeasensei]

I flew June '76 to the states from Sydney. Now I guess it must have been one the very early flights.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

It was an very impressive bird, when you looked out the windows near the gate and saw the width of this puppy front on, it looked huge

[@01rma]

One of my special friends (now deceasd) was first officer on this wonderful aircraft and many other aircraft before them. love you Jack Magon.

[@johneddy98033]

In 2015 Air New Zealand will celebrate 75 years in the sky.

[@kaiata1]

I first flew on one with my parents from Christchurch to Sydney April 1980, I was 14 years old and I still remember the day we boarded the aircraft, before the airport had airbridges so you just walked outside and up the steps on this large aircraft, so while I have been on bigger aircraft since, now you see your aircraft but board on & off on airbridges so not quite the same "Wow" factor.

[@qjb75]

WOW! That was so awesome!

[@johneddy98033]

@stephen787iFly, the "TE" designation dates back to Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), one of Air New Zealand's predecessors (NAC was the other). They use the "NZ" designation today.

[@paulclark4988]

Air New Zealand DC-10. I love you so much. xxo

[@NZfabrock]

Yippeee.. I got to fly on Air NZ DC10 Brisbane to Auckland in 1975, I must be lucky. Remember it well left Oz stinking hot got into Auckland raining. lol

[@iFlyTheWorld]

Yes, thanks John (was aware). Luckily I also got to fly on a NAC F27 from Blenheim to Wellington on the same holiday.

[@wiliecarter954]

nice footage I worked on ZK-NZM back in the seventies and the remaining eight DC10's ANZ had The last i worked on ZULU PAPA was before she perished in 1979 she was hangered for preparation for the scenic flight to the Antarctica in 1979 she was our best looking well kept ship in the fleet as was ZK-NZM 14th November 1979 ZK-NZM was to do the TE 901 flight but ZK-NZN replaced this aircraft as it was needed on the NZAA/KLAX flight. Very nice footage of these spectacular aircraft

[@Mj-hr7wv]

wilie Carter really appreciate your work & service,,,I am absolutely non technical person but I've heard that aircrafts with engines on the tail had the problem of developing cracks is that really true ??

[@wiliecarter954]

The DC10 was a well advanced aircraft in it's era even over the Boeing 747-100 jets a lot of the crashes caused were due to human era not so much the aircraft and training to open and close the cargo doors. The pylons on engine number one and number three on the main wings did have cracks in them but this is due to neglect and in proper training procedures by the carrier who owned them for not looking after them and maintaining them properly. Where as Air New Zealand looked after there DC20'S very well It was a aircraft not to be played with but unfortunately d=some operators treated them like shit and ran them to the ground which caused many incidents. So the performance for the DC10'S were very good

[@helios1912]

@@wiliecarter954 Nice vid--airlines used to really love showing off their airplanes rather than just "bags fly free" I flew ANZ several times in the '90's--nonstop RT 747 LAX-AKL. Love that they have kept their cool koru tail logo.

[@ansett7272]

Yes I have strong connection with ZK-NZM as a passenger and with ZK-NZS bring our birds home and with ZK- NZT new at the time, between Christchurch and Melbourne with new TE aircraft 1978 February at the time weeks old with photos and flight deck visit it was another era. TE was great with the Big 10's miss it. Ansett 727

[@beagle7622]

Flew from Melbourne to Auckland on 1 in 78. I don’t recall which one. I remember that the take off was spectacular and the seats were like armchairs . Travelling by air today is hell compared to Then, but affordable.

[@peterwilson4436]

Always found them to be much bigger than I expected up close.Seemed very 'tall' at the nose. Flew First class to LAX on one in '78 , pre flight cigarettes and champagne offered by cabin crew! Took me on my OE

[@dannz2603]

Me too, cigarettes and champagne offered on silver trays!

[@clausstimpfig3803]

now there is now first class anymore available on air new zealand...tempi pasati...az is no longer what it used to be

[@SuperDad58458]

They were tall . They had the larger Jet engines on them for longer distance. So they had to put larger landing gear on them

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

One of the most beautiful airliners ever

[@Cloxedits108]

Lovely. Shame about the one that crashed in to Mt Erebus 1979. I'll never forget hearing that as it broke in my mums car in Wellington. New Zealands 1 and only major air disaster.

[@peterwilson7340]

I flew to Los Angeles June 1978. From Auckland. $630 Return.You went into the cockpit to have a look if you wanted to. We smoked cigarettes and even got goodie bags given to us.I also remember the wings icing up mid flight and condensation dripping from the ceilings.Those were good times.

[@Starboard76]

Way to score McD! Awesome clip!

[@isopath1]

My FAVORITE aircraft yet

[@spinpilot40]

Memories... THX.

[@johneddy98033]

@kogvos, it was the Mount Erebus disaster that ultimately resulted in Air New Zealand switching to the Boeing 747 for long-haul flights. Today they use the Boeing 777 for that job and they have Boeing 787 Dreamliners on order.

[@manitogata]

Beautiful!!

[@TheBoysTopSecretisOrganization]

Death machine

[@willemlenteren1485]

Great plane to fly with

[@99eurostar]

Thank you Geoffrey Thomas. To me the DC-10 will always be the Queen of the Skies! I loved being part of the cabin crew.

[@kaiata1]

TE 175 to add going to Sydney

[@chesterfs517]

That's why i very love plane so much👍👍👍👍

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Very cool.

[@timmydownawell]

I'm not sure this was a commercial. Maybe a promotional video for an event of some sort? Music has Jean-Michel Jarre vibes to it.

[@shanewheal9069]

why is the video such bad quality?

[@ansett7272]

Yes had great memories as a passenger between 1977 -1978 MEL AKL CHC MEL and 1980 -1981 return DC10 between Australia and LAX was great .Boeing 747-219 introduction noticed a drop in service. Sorry. Now scrapped. Not happy to fly Air New Zealand. With Qantas... full service carrier. Old school.

[@ansett7272]

Great Days as a passenger January 19782 TE836 Melbourne to Auckland ZK-NZS and then CHC to MEL ZK-NZT weeks later on a DC10 only a few weeks old then with cock pit visits and photos over NZ. Have photos. Another era. Regards, Ansett 727:)

[@bayrockwhk]

can some clever person fix the audio on this? much appreciated! my first ever flight...AKL HNL LAX sitting in the cabin, looking around I couldn't believe any thing that size could take off!

[@amath-dr7uk]

Auckland-Los Angeles-Gatwick no??

[@LoganLavery]

+am1966ath Gatwick?? Heathrow.

[@amath-dr7uk]

Well Air New Zeeland flew to Gatwick for a very long time until moving to Heathrow together with Cathay Pacific and American Airlines?

[@chesterfs517]

I always call this airline is XL airways, but i know that airline is air new zealand

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

That airplane looks beautiful with black nose

[@larrydockery7201]

i knew this air plane had problems but i loved the dc10 fed x still flys some of them but the md11 took over what a great air plane as well

[@beagle7622]

Not this model. Yes the cargo door but the engine mounts evidently were not the same . This is a model 30

[@blissy1]

Great looking aircraft, shame through bad engineering design they where responsible for the deaths of 1261 people, and 32 hull losses

[@fordlandau]

The only airline to crash a DC 10 in Antractica.

[@edithngetuny4374]

Dc 10 is scary

[@ElliotFlowers]

This was before Erebus yeah? When fighter pilots still captained container ships?

[@johneddy98033]

@dave4shmups, I think they did.

[@jjjillyeo]

then Mt. Erebus happened.

[@damonlang1185]

***** Doh'!

[@txshiroo._]

TEAL will merge with Air New Zealand at 2014 or 2013

[@kefelonia1]

Capt Jim Collins and all the crew were innocent people. Shame Shame on you ANZ.

[@pugsandcoffeeplease]

Explain your shame shame ?

[@MyMerc69]

ANZ Accuse the pilot

[@dannz2603]

Boy this seems dated now, tempus fugit.

[@MyMerc69]

Very Stunning Aircraft.