The Story of Canada's Last DC-10s

[@kfaerospace6371]

Thanks for the video Alex! That was excellent (and brought back some memories for us). Keep up the great work!

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Wonderful post! The DC-10 has always been a favorite of mine. And as a Canadian, it was great to see some our AV history. Many thanks.

[@nybotor1]

I wish those 727s would return.

[@spacewolfjr]

Can you get the spaghetti stains out of my 767?

[@roderickcampbell2105]

@@spacewolfjr Hi Space. That's a cool comment. But I don't know what it means. I'm okay with stain removal but never on a 767 yet.

[@spacewolfjr]

@@roderickcampbell2105 well, to be honest, I was asking KF Aerospace as they are a world renowned plane.. fixer.. upper but since you are okay with such things I'll tell ya all about it.... it was July 23rd, 1983 and I was flying back from Montréal with a plate full of spaghetti (I had just signed a _major_ contract with Chef Boyardee) and the next thing I know I've got crabs. Well more crab _configuration_ but the spaghetti is all over my brand new 767. After I slid down the fun-time slide I said "Hey Bob, why'd ya give me crabs?!" and he said he needed to slip stream the crabs for style and survival. It's been stained ever since.

[@ApexAviation9782]

RIP trijets, you were truly a one of a kind catch for us Avgeek planespotters

[@isaacbarrock8709]

I think Dassault Falcon 900 is still going good.

[@psrpippy]

I love the DC-10. I started my flying career on them 32 years ago with British Caledonian before we changed to British Airways. My profile photo is of me in engine number 3 (right hand side) taken in Botswana in around 1991. Had such a fantastic sound.

[@andrewdeans8520]

wonderful - wow! those were the golden days 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 unfortunately, the national flag carrier never appreciated the competition - Laker SkyTrain, BCal or Virgin

[@ElaineDavis-t6d]

@@andrewdeans8520too many accidents, too many lives lost

[@ccudmore]

Flew a KF 727 when they briefly ran Greyhound Air. That was quite the experience

[@nybotor1]

I would love to see another one of these videos highlighting Canada's last 727s.

[@AlexPraglowskiAviation]

Not a bad idea....

[@nate7079]

Wasn't your old KZbin photo icon a KF DC-10 tail? Looks familiar to me.

[@TyNovakAviation]

It was a KF DC10 tail, you are correct

[@ruancktalles1274]

DC 10 yes yes airport of Cuiabá Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👍🌎🌎🛬🛬🛬🛫🛫👏👏👏

[@ruancktalles1274]

DC 10 Cuiabá Brasil FEDEX

[@AlexPraglowskiAviation]

Yes sir! It's still there too, just behind the logo :)

[@reedsehon4881]

Always enjoy your vlogs. Thank you. I flew on many United DC-10's, from Seattle to Chicago and Honolulu back in the 80's.

[@jackyyuen1939]

Thank you very much, Alex. Your video brings back good memories for us. I had the chance to fly Japan Asia Airways DC-10-30 from Hong Kong to Taipei in 1999. The seats were very comfortable with plenty of legroom. I still remember the captain stood near the exit and bowed to every passenger as they left the cabin. It was Japanese culture to show respect. Much fantastic.

[@naturallyherb]

0:50 - best sound ever for any subsonic aircraft!

[@SupremeX349]

The DC-10 and MD-11 are my favourite planes

[@andya857]

Awesome , my late dad was an Air Canada mechanic, engineer, known as now.Worked there for 42 years at YUL, (Montreal).His favorite airliner was the L1011 , followed by the DC 10 as far as ease of maintenance.And the DC8 and Lear 25 30 .Air Canada had a bunch of Lears for charters .I flew probably 10 -12 Flights of the 25 .My dad called it a F----- rocket ship! and it was .As a child of an employee i have flown so much on our free passes i can not remember every where i have been.I am 63 own and fly a 1977 Cessna 180 Sky Wagon .Low hours and perfect .Will send you a vid of of my next flight to Ottawa in about 2 weeks.Great channel ,subbed , liked, and shared ..Peace and Respect..

[@2flyabove]

The L-1011 was very well engineered. A great airplane. The best tri jet in my opinion. I agree with your late dad.

[@andya857]

@@2flyabove Thanks , have a great week...Peace and Respect...

[@slukas1375]

Only flew the DC-10 once, a Finnair flight Montreal-Helsinki return in 1977. My first transatlantic flight. A beautiful plane. Good vid, Alex. Greetings from Kelowna.

[@casey6556]

I’m from Kelowna and I remember I got to tour Kelowna Flightcraft when I was very young doing a summer camp near the airport. One of several contributors to a lifelong love of aircraft! And they’ve continued to enable some fun spotting at YLW, including Icelandair’s 757s and the Qatari Royal Family 747SP.

[@TMB5BER]

Awesome videos Alex,, I grew up in Kelowna , lived in Rutland on the hill , I could see the entire runway from my bedroom window .

[@jacksharples5415]

Lucky boy.

[@steveray8056]

What beautiful birds. I remember flying to England o Wardair DC10 back in the day. I do miss seeing them as they were always unique (along with the L1011). Thanks for the memories.

[@shaundis2117]

My dad took business trips in the early 80`s out of YVR and CP Air had a bunch of DC10`s. I knew what they were as they were featured on the news due to crashes and the tail almost always survived. When i expressed my concern for my dads safety he always said he`d sit in the back so he was never in any danger. I was never worried again.

[@basvanderhoek9293]

Canadian Airlines with their "Roach Coach", the thing was famous around the world. I don't know or that became the graffiti plane. When I moved to Canada in the early seventies, KLM flew their DC-10` from AMS to YUL. They never had a major problem with them, but the image of the 10 was marred forever. I thought it was gutsy that they were replaced with MD-11`. I loved being a passenger on them. Thanks Alex, I saw the Postal DC-10 many times at YVR. I miss the sounds they made while taxiing and the take off thunder. Greetings to all from a sunny YVR today.

[@kingklutchiv8825]

Yvr is fun, i need to get back into watching planes there

[@tedll75]

I have seen these aircraft at the Calgary Airport lots! I always enjoyed watching the DC10 land and take off. I even got to ride on a couple, when Canadian Airlines was around.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

I do miss the DC-10 S with our airline here in the US. United Airlines had the 727-200s as well. I miss flying on these two aircraft. Flying the DC-10 S to Hawaii from the west coast was so cool.

[@srcultureshock]

I flew on a CP Air DC-10 from CYVR to SAEZ with stops at SPJC and SCEL back in 1985. This is why I'm very fond of all trijets, especially DC-10 and MD-11.

[@buckeyfan7623]

Best looking commercial airplane ever made imo. Thanks for making this video and for the awesome footage!

[@ymmlspottingteam]

Sad to see the demise of tri-jets unfold over the last few years. Hopefully Dassault continue to produce Falcons to let the legend of the tri-jet live on for many decades to come. Great video mate!

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

trijets only make sense now for flights where fuel burn isnt a concern for the operator.

[@ackack612]

....just an overall well executed video, well worth the watch. THX!

[@Wheninflight]

After FedEx retires their MD-10’s, they’ll basically be non-existent here in the States. That first MD-10 you featured was N306FE, which was involved in an attempted hijacking back in 1994 and I have seen a few times here at its home base at MEM.

[@9999AWC]

Wish I had seen one in person! Excellent video!

[@u0aol1]

Really like this kind of mini documentary content man, got a new subscriber. All hail the algorithm.

[@jessemillington5988]

I remember watching the DC-10 lots, every night they left around 6 or 7. One day I said to myself watching one fly off into the sunset, this may be the last time I see one fly. I was right. Very sad day.

[@ianstewartorr8455]

I was on the ward air DC 10 from prestwick to Calgary on the 2 of august 1982 when I was 17 happy memories greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

My favorite model DC-10. Great memories 1972- 1995 Pan Am, Eastern,and American Airlines. From New York to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇷🙏.

[@alaska298super2]

though I've never seen the KF DC-10 here at YVR, I love seening their 70+ year old Convair 240's!

[@SLC1995]

Saw one of their last 727's leave their Kelowna base many years ago to head to a school in Abbotsford for aircraft maintenance. Glad I was at KF when they had their whole cargo fleet still going!

[@Ananth8193]

Awesome video man ❤️❤️❤️❤️... Really excited to see your videos man

[@ronmcmahon508]

Excellent history telling Alex!

[@owenpriceaviation]

Awesome video, sad to see the DC-10s go

[@ethanspaziani1070]

Well I hope they don't get scrapped they are a piece of aviation history! Awesome video

[@dpm-jt8rj]

FX still has a few DC-10s flying in and out of KIND, although the MD-11s are more frequent.

[@kstricl]

I had the opportunity to fly on a DC-10 first class out of Seattle in the late 90's. What a wonderful experience, especially when compared to planes like the 737 and the small regional feeders. If I had the money, that is how I would fly all the time; nothing like sheer mass to make for a smooth experience, even with massive buffeting under 10000'.

[@PDXHEAVY]

They seemed pretty avid about flying vintages lol. Very well put together btw!

[@willamisbezerra6970]

Quanta Saudade Dessa Relíquia Fera o DC-10-30 ❤❤😢😢😢. Aqui no Brasil a Varig Vasp e outras Cia Tiveram o Modelo. Belo Vídeo

[@davidtucker3729]

Aged out, sadly. Thanks Alex for the coverage

[@gotchagoing8843]

There is a fleet of 3 DC-10's that base out of Medford airport when conducting fire fights ops in northern California as well as here in southern Oregon. And the other day I seen 3 727's that belong to Erikson. They are also setup for firefighting.

[@evilchaosboy]

Good for KF! A real survivor! \m/

[@MattCook206]

Very cool video and history. Well done. Thanks

[@claudelabelle7099]

Well done and informative video Alex. I've always like the DC-10, it just look tuff and mean, a true work horse.

[@whiskeytomcat]

I remember flying a Kelowna Flightcraft 727 from Kelowna to back Edmonton after BC wildfires in 2003. I recall seeing a weird wind vane device next to the rear boarding ramp.......DB Cooper Device.

[@gerryrousseu874]

One and only time I flew on a DC- 10 was way back in 1980 from LAX to Auckland New Zealand with Air New Zealand. Loved them as a wide body

[@TMM6900]

That's the smoothest transition using engine sound

[@wotan10950]

Cool video! My first DC-10 flight was to my freshman year of college….in 1973. Yup, boomer here. So many DC-10s, but almost always on short flights like La Guardia to Buffalo.

[@jfchonors8873]

I was a frequent passenger on those LGA - BUF DC-10 flights in the 1970s as well. In the days before hub cities Buffalo was the first stop of several on a NY-LA route. Landing @ LGA in an A/C of that size was always an adventure

[@BPanio]

I remember the day they moved all of their planes to Pearson. I don't think I ever witnessed the 727's leaving, but I do have some footage of the DC10's flying. Even heard a story where GTA Dnata towed a DC10 to the IFT without a towbar because they didn't have either a towards or the proper bypass pin. I can't remember

[@mikegeran8447]

Excellent story Alex. I really miss watching the Purolator 727’s fly over my house after taking off from YQR. Although I’m a few miles away I could hear them throttle up on the runway to give me the heads up. LOL

[@robm3074]

An excellent report. Thank you

[@mikeganzert6666]

right at the start of the pandemic, i remember two Iceland air 757's landing here in Kelowna, and thought it was pretty strange, but i guess them having a maintenance contract with them makes sense then!

[@mapleleafaviation304]

Now I know where you got that Profile Pic from (both the old and new logo as I know). Lovely analysis and I am looking forward for more as always! 😉

[@louiscy]

Back in the 90's when I was traveling back and forth from HKG/YVR, Canadian Airlines were still flying DC10, It's one of the most uncomfortable noisy aircraft that ever made.

[@zeroelus]

Came for the trijets, but surprised that they still operate those Convairs. Here in Mexico there's also a cargo airline that operates those (a Convair CV-640, specifically), wonder if it makes a trip to Can ocassionally for maintenance. Rang the bell, liked & subscribed. Looking forward to more content!

[@railfanningstuff8333]

I've been on a DC-9 back in 1990 from Toronto to Moncton but I've never been on a DC-10 sadly

[@andrewganley9016]

Best birds ever....rest easy all you MD 10s!

[@rulinghabs]

I was lucky enough to visit Cargo Jet in Vancouver. They took me out on the tarmac and to their hub which they shared with Air Canada. Got up close to their 767.

[@radarmike6713]

Canadore College Aviation campus in North Bay Ontario has 1 of the two 727''s as a student training platform. But it is still technically fully operationally possible with only a annual needed to make it flyable.

[@steveblanchard7293]

Flew on an Air Transat DC10 back in September 2001 from BHX to Pearson, sat at the back, lovely plane, came back on an airbus a300 I think, the day the world changed.

[@versasys]

I used to maintain the DC-10 at Canadian Airlines. Working on the #2 Engine was a bit nerve wracking

[@bchydrotransit]

nice job dude

[@saifolrashidmahzan4199]

DC10-30 nice aircraft..used to work with it..like no2 engine change few times heavy maintenance on Continental & Alitallia...for 2 years...nice aircraft!

[@ipattison]

What is that little flap thing at the back of the vertical stabiliser just above the exhaust of the engine? I have always wondered.

[@thomasstarr9011]

SO SADE.GREAT RIDE.....

[@JayJayAviation]

Older Alex Praglowski fans remember this channel icon and the name Dude 8472 Productions

[@jacksharples5415]

Four of my favorite aircraft’s are 747’s, L-1011’s, 727’s and the DC-10.

[@niktheref]

Ahhh, so that's why I see Iceland Air planes in Kelowna from time to time...

[@c1berg451]

Best looking airliner ever, by far.

[@ianschiller9612]

Great video and full of great information. Dud the dc10 go to FedEx?

[@jakejacobs7584]

Nice job.

[@glenfordburrell2133]

In 1995 I used to write software for Canada Post.

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

This video sheds light on the profile photo [in the background].

[@Gameflyer001]

Good chance they may have still been flying had they been sold to FedEx while still in Toronto, as the company maintains a large hub there, and flies numerous DC-10s and MD-11s already.

[@johnmurphy3920]

Fedex will retire their remaining DC-10s by the end of the year 😢😪 hopefully not

[@raynus1160]

I recall watching one of these get 'horsed' onto the localizer lining up with YYC's 17L a few years ago. No screams from the back, obviously.

[@swisscake1591]

I never saw them fly sadly :( however I did spot one in Hamilton, unfortunately it was already gutted for parts and engines and it was in rough condition.

[@Suwawako]

This is interesting

[@melvyncox3361]

Love the DC-10,in fact all things Douglas,especially the '8

[@glenfordburrell2133]

I flew to Chicago Airport on a Northwest Airlines DC10.

[@EvanOutdoors]

Kinda sad. I love the DC-10 MD-11 triJets. Oh well. Their time is up. Thanks for the vid.

[@jfmezei]

was kinda hoping that some of the KF DC-10 would have come from CP when AC ditched them BTW, as airlines ditched their DC-10s Fed-Ex went on an adoption spree and spent money to not only convert them to freigher, but into a new tyoe, the MD-10 with same 2 person cockpit as MD-11. Wonder if any are still in service BTW Montreal based Royal had L1011s till -2000 and i saw the scrapping process once stripped of parts, fuselage was move to private aviation side of Dorval to be cut up andput into dump trucks. very impressive to see fuselage cross section with no cabin ceiling it was huge

[@youareanidio1]

The end of an era

[@robertgarrett5009]

I lived near the kelowna Airport, where KF was founded

[@melissaroscher1080]

Hello from near Kansas city Airport.

[@TheFurreid]

i flew on a DC-10-30 on my 1st international flight wayyy back in 1978!

[@barontaylor7139]

KF had the contract for Greyhound Air

[@rangerrick8220]

Think I saw some of these parked in Hamilton not that long ago (CYHM).... hard to believe that was 5-10 yrs ago already...

[@speshul7525]

The best plane to fly. I still believe 3 engine are better than 2

[@marcwenger9424]

Oh yeah, Greyhound Air - video on that in the future? (Maybe roots air too?)

[@SSaugaCriss]

add jets go and you got a 3 min video if you’re lucky.

[@syedahmed8015]

Bangladesh airlines had this aircraft and it was really amazing 😇👍🇧🇩

[@crushingvanessa3277]

Don't they have the ex CAF Cosmos at their airfield? What's the story on those? I do miss the DC-10s. Had a ride from Winnipeg to Toronto in Dec '82 with CP air, one way for sure.

[@andrewdeans8520]

wow! Canadian Pacific Air + Braniff were both my favourites 🍊 orange

[@Surferjo]

#fedex loved the #DC10 ty for the video

[@pdmotors5027]

More Convair stuff please.

[@shiranthas]

Great topic indeed. MD11’s follow the same fate eventually.

[@torccchaser6712]

Was with CAIL when it flew the DC-10........it was the most uncomfortable flight experience, but if you wanted to fly long distance, you didnt have much choice as CAIL got rid of its 747's which was a big mistake.

[@m-foh]

I'm based at YKA and see the KF Convairs constantly, always nice to see, I paid a visit to YLW in January and saw the national Geographic 757 while there!

[@LasVegas68]

Never sat in a DC-10 but I flew on several L1011's

[@jasoneldridge4738]

A much better plane .

[@Guerry-3]

From what I understand, the DC-10's and very soon to be MD-11's will all be out of service, mostly due to the availability of parts. This is especially true when it comes to the avionics. The military has the priority. Someone please vet me on this.

[@isaaclao2380]

RIP DC-10s

[@myrailfanchannel]

C.P.Air also flew them.