Biman Bangladesh DC10 Take off cockpit video!

[@badruahmed7674]

The pilot on the right is my father Capt. Shamim Ahmed. He retired at the end of 2013. Thank you so much for this video. We (our household!) discovered it.. and I showed it to him! He got so nostalgic! :) Thank you for making and uploading this video!

[@adnanhossain2773]

+Badru Ahmed, Oh really ... This is Great !! You r so lucky tht's ur father was a pilot... I love this profession from my childhood & still now... If i could meet with him tht 'ld be memorable moment for me. :) Thank You :)

[@meow1990_2]

Helloe Badru :) I'm glad to know, that your father and the household, enjoyed my video. It's been three years now, but I still remember that amazing flight today. Your father was very friendly, as were everyone else onboard the flight - and he made me feel welcome on board. :)

[@jvbenjamin]

Hi from India! What a cool job your father had! You must be proud.

[@badruahmed7674]

Hi! Yes I am! ^_^ And now my older sister is a pilot too! :)

[@badruahmed7674]

Philip Schmidt Hi from Dhaka, Bangladesh! Yes I know my father is quite the friendly person! :) So glad that you enjoyed being on board with him :)

[@javedmamun]

Surprisingly DC 10 never met an accident in Bangladesh, though it's too old. Thank you Mr. Schmidt

[@BrianWMay]

ADN was crashed at Chittagong by the Head of Flight Safety. The aircraft was written off - pilot error.

[@SN57ONE]

The media likes to exaggerate things.

[@michaelalanpowell]

Flight Engineers....remember them! Very cool video. The DC-10 is a classic.

[@fahadbinsakhawat3669]

michael powell 🇧🇩 yes we do

[@graemewilliams1308]

I remember because I was one. 727/747.

[@CAPTIndCwby]

How can people complain for something so awesome like getting to sit in a cockpit of a DC10, which is no longer in service. That's what you call an awesome experience that very few people will ever get to have.....

[@meow1990_2]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@hasinamomtaz5821]

That Captain is very cool & friendly........... Long live Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@Shamsithaca]

I can sleep listening to these jets. Travelled so many times on Biman as a child on the DC-10s.

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Fantastic vid , thanks for posting. You're extremely lucky! Bangladeshis are very friendly warm people and it shows , Captain bantering away during the back-taxi pointing out F6s and such!

[@dailyNeedsgadgets4U]

Bangladeshi friendly 👎

[@keithacoustic1]

That thing sounds and looks like an old freight train. Loved the whole start-up sequence, glad I'm not the only one on the tarmac with my head deep in a checklist. I know a guys who brag about not having used checklists in years, scary.

[@747FirstClass]

fantastic flying Biman pilots..keep it up..friendly greetings from New Delhi, India!

[@morshedalam8373]

Tarek khan joy

[@tro0018]

i am sorry but air india is bad service:( i feel bad for india bangladesh is good i hope india also gets good

[@toyotasupra174]

@@theyaduvanshiindian391 nope

[@boltoms]

*The DC-10 will always be my favorite jet.*

[@williamhull3889]

A truly wonderful video...thank you for sharing this....it brought back many happy memories for me...I was an engineer on DC-10-30 aircraft for CP-Air...( Canadian Pacific ). The DC-10 was a great aircraft...a machine with a soul...!!

[@KauaiGolfer1]

Thanks for a great video! My Dad flew the DC-10 back in the late seventies, and I wish I could've ridden along with him like this!

[@shimulalam9909]

I am an AME from biman bangladesh airlines.....thnx for upload this precious video...

[@sobelou]

Nice video, thanks for uploading. Too many people making comments that betray that they don't know much about airplanes. Virtually all airplanes, especially those that were designed by humans, not by computer, had their share of design flaws, and the DC10 was no exception. But after they were corrected, the Ten proved to be a tough and reliable machine. To all DC10 haters: learn your facts before dishing a great airliner.

[@meow1990_2]

sobelou I couldn't have said it better.

[@GCarty80]

+sobelou I think the Chicago crash of 1979 may have doomed McDonnell Douglas, as it killed the sales prospects of the DC-10 Super 60 -- which exactly like the DC-8 Super 60 of the previous decade, incorporated mods for increased capacity (-61), range (-62) or both (-63). By the time the aircraft's reputation recovered in the early '80s, the airline industry was no longer interested due to an economic downturn. The MD-11 had some of the same improvements, but it was so late that it was fundamentally unable to compete with more efficient all-new designs such as the Airbus A330 and the Boeing 777. The need for greater fuel efficiency also led McD-D to use an unusually small horizontal stabilizer on the MD-11 (this is notable if you compare the DC-10 and MD-11 in plan view), which was implicated in at least two landing crashes.

[@sobelou]

***** You make good points, but here's what I think: I don't think that the series 60 DC10s had great future prospects, it was to close to 747 territory. So the stretch would have to wait until the MD11 concept came along. As for the MD11, it was on paper in a great position to compete with both the 777 and the A340 (the 330 in the 90s was still a mid-range machine), but the MDD Board blew it when instead of designing a wing they tried to save money by improving the DC10 wing, essentially a 60s design. Then the 777 started to prove how reliable the new big engines were, and that doomed not only any revival of the trijets; even the A340 began to wane as better versions of the 330 were put in service. Now, except for extremely large machines, two engines are the rule.

[@solomonpilot2510]

NOTHING WRONG FLYING DC 10 IN 3RD WORLD ASS HOLE !

[@GCarty80]

Solomon Pilot It's also notable that Bangladesh is a Muslim country -- many Muslim-country airlines cheaply acquired first-generation wide-bodies (such as DC-10s and L-1011s) in order to provide extra capacity to service the Hajj to Mecca, with these aircraft put into storage for the rest of the year. Perhaps the phasing out of these aircraft was expedited by Saudi Arabia's crackdown on the use of obsolete aircraft to transport Hajj pilgrims?

[@Hot80s]

thank you for inviting us aboard the amazing analog DC-10 I keep thinking of the Clash's Spanish Bombs. "I'm flying in on a DC-10 tonight."

[@NewajAhmed1]

Our Biman pilots are very experienced and true Gentlemens

[@mmislam6994]

Great video indeed ! I didnt know pilots work so much, thought it runs on autopilot always.... Respect!!

[@mitsnevets]

love the old school cockpits with a flight engineer

[@abrarkhair]

i was waiting for such video ! thanks for uploading . you are so lucky :) These 2 dc-10s are phasing out in this december.

[@dave4shmups]

Awesome video; thanks for sharing! I miss the DC-10! I the last time I flew on one was with United in 1992.

[@stereopolice]

25 seconds from full throttle to rotation; and the "pilots" and and a "navigator" actually have to fly the plane - impressive.

[@marcelh.170]

Flight Engineer, not Navigator. ;) They still do it that way in old fashioned miliary planes, such as the E3-Sentry and the older versions of the C-130. With all the analog instruments and mechanical operating elements, the Flight Engineer is responsible to adjust the engine speed during takeoff to gain steady trust on all the engines, because all of them are running slightly different. During flight, he's the supervisor for all mechanic, hydraulic and electric systems. On the ground, he's performing the visual pre and post flight outside checks.

[@TheCarsche]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the engine sounds of the DC 10. Wish they were still flying

[@u805]

@Pete Blake The DC-10 is by no means a "hunk of junk" it's just an old and highly reliable aircraft.

[@freddielearoyd3741]

WOW! I thought the DC-10 was an antique! Good to see they're still flying though.

[@meow1990_2]

Hi Freddie! :) Sadly Biman retired their last two remaining DC10's a few months ago :-( Thus, ending a 40 year old era of DC10 passenger flights

[@freddielearoyd3741]

Thats a shame :( Still one heck of a plane though :)

[@meow1990_2]

Good question, he seemed quite old, so perhaps they retired him with pension.

[@AuhKarakSipper]

@Yeashas both of em retired

[@qhshishir]

Amazing video. Biman goes from DC-10 to Boeing 787 max 8. huge improvement. people who are whining about FO's seatbealt....it's called experience. I know it's not right but they are so experienced that they don't wear it unless there's any real emergency lol. Still, for safety purposes, it's important to buckle up. DC-10 is a gem. I really love this 3 engine plane.

[@Cl4rendon]

Biman & the DC 10. This was a long love affair. They`re meanwhile replaced by B 777s and just 2 left (One is to be scrapped. Other is a standby aircraft until February 2014.)

[@mcdonnelldcdouglas8940]

What a beauty is the DC10 it flies like a real bird!!!!

[@boeingtrijet]

Awsome video! The sun and time has realy beatin the crap out of the window seal!

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

Wonderful video.Amazing pilots, for a fact 😊

[@md.mujammel8978]

I' am from Bangladesh very nice video, tnx for u 🇧🇩

[@jgstargazer]

I once rode along with a pilot in his car. He also went by a check list before we drove off. Habits die hard or maybe he was bs'ing me.

[@theyaduvanshiindian391]

Without checklist how they diagnose prone

[@maltimoto]

captain seems to be a nice guy!

[@seriousfisherman3]

Awesome doesn't describe it....thanx for sharing. I express my jealousy of you working on 16's!....my A/P only goes as far as a twin piper. Thank you for your service, as always.

[@meow1990_2]

+seriousfisherman3 Thank you very much Seriousfisherman3 :) Perhaps we could go fishing some day hehe :D

[@seriousfisherman3]

+Philip Schmidt Any time sir....you want some world class salmon fishing, come on out here to S.E. Alaska and I promise you fish! You're always welcome around here.

[@solomonpilot2510]

I DIDN'T KNOW MY NAME WAS A FISH !

[@Littlebigbot]

I love the DC-10. Great video.

[@icemachine79]

Did you see the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong? I noticed a few ships moored off the coast at 12:13.

[@jnrolf]

Great video... Just 2 issues - 1. the FO needs to put his full harness on, in an emegency he can be ejected some distance into open space, from his seat into the cockpit if he only has a lap belt on taking the Capt out and anything he hits. 2. Is that when it comes to checklist less speed is better no matter how old or good you think you are Say-Look-Touch is safer. But great video...

[@gerardmoran9560]

Never thought I'd say it...but I'm with J Rolf on both points.

[@michelebelotti2135]

Love sooo much the particular DC10 engine sound at take off trust...

[@TheFlyboyDC10]

Great video, brings back memories of my trips on Canadian airlines DC10's.

[@armenio1947]

Great video...........................Excellent work.

[@selimahmed9325]

DEAR COMMENTATOR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WIDE BODIED AIRCRAFT IS 100% TRUE. BIMAN ONCE USED DC--10 IN HAJJ FLIGHT BUT NOW USES B-777 B-747( LEASED). TRI-STAR ETC. EXACT POLICY CAN SAY BY A ONLY BIMAN SENIOR OFFICIAL IF GOVERNMENT PERMITS. THANKS A LOT

[@christiansanden8005]

SELIM AHMED Yeah, the 707 was a awesome plane, miss it

[@kevinbraden798]

DC-10 and the L1011 I loved them both!

[@frankliu9451]

FO where is your seatbelt?

[@theankon1]

@ 6:03 remind me Dhaka local BUS cockpit !?! BTW, thanks for sharing.

[@AeroTurk]

We should bring the DC-10 back with fly-by-wire technology, glass cockpit, composite fuselage, next generation wings/winglets, and next generation engines.

[@macnerd93]

They pretty much did that's what the MD-11 intended to be.

[@solomonpilot2510]

i agree with you as well they should bring back , Boeing 707 and L10 11.

[@POON3345]

I agree.

[@ayaan9646]

Solomon Pilot eh Embraer makes the best “small” planes

[@mahammad]

This was really fun to watch!

[@meow1990_2]

Thank you for watching :)

[@The_Sim_Guy]

And the cockpit....omg...!!! Looks like it will tore apart at any moment :o These pilots got balls of steel to fly these decades old air crafts until now. Thanks God its not flying anymore though. And also the Nanchang A5 is retired from service now :D

[@যমদূত]

*"There is absolutely nothing wrong with a well maintained aircraft of any age. This one was never cosmetically refurbished like so many 20+ year old aircraft in the western or 1st word are, but clearly it works well for them and it was well taken care of mechanically...and thats all that matters. Kids."*

[@guilhermeuc]

wow. short takeoff and very steep climbing

[@BrianWMay]

Very short leg to Dhaka. Not much fuel on board.

[@meow1990_2]

Thank you so much for your kind comment! :) I talked to them about just that, and they will be re-trained to fly the 777.

[@mdkabirul5956]

Very good take off of Biman Bangladesh Bangladesh Airlines DC-10/30.

[@tnayeem7951]

That was such a smooth take off! 💗 DC 10

[@javacup912]

Very unusual SOP and CRM, as the PF, in this case the capt, sets the flaps and engages the A/P on climb out. In most airlines those are callout from the PF to the PNF to accomplish. I guess it works for them, but a little extra workload for the PF, especially having the FE as confirmation eyes. Not having the FE position around is killing the pilot pool today, as it was the position for a low time/new hire pilot to gain valuable experience and build total time. Very nice video, thaks!

[@ZahidHossainFahim]

Glade to see our plane... our airport :)

[@MdSohel-zv5so]

আল্লাহ যারা আকাশে বিমান চালায়। পাইলট।যাএী তোমার কুতরতি দিয়ে হেপাজত করিও।

[@jannatakter3780]

Md Sohel Amin

[@robertchutney]

Why the copilot didn't wore seat belt during take off?

[@meow1990_2]

I'm currently uploading another video from the flight, at roughly 12 min. Come back later :)

[@shahidmiah7014]

Thank you all pilots of the world's We appreciate all of your hards works Thank you agains Biman crew's

[@siddiqueyd1]

I really solute Biman, how they managed to operate the DC-10 till very recently!

[@kmiller1974]

Nice video Philip.

[@mdrashaed9970]

I was so lucky to get a ride in the jumpseat, of a Biman DC10 from Chittagong to Dhaka! :) Please enjoy and post a comment or two. Camera used: Nikon D5100

[@nenblom]

A DC-10 cockpit video! Thanks so much for posting!

[@superyaw5582]

That was a steep one. Beautiful

[@RealSaulGoodman78]

I miss the sound of the DC-10

[@infrequentflyer-fullflight5434]

Was this in 2013? Amazing. I flew Biman AMS-BOM in 1986 on a DC-10. I asked Biman to find out which exact plane it was, but never got a reply.... The food was great...

[@AuhKarakSipper]

Wish you had a camera back then :v By the way, were you Bangladesh?

[@private1001]

The corner is most likely damaged or worn out due to condensation when they are flying above certain hights, then moisture from their breath is collecting above their windows, likely the corners, and when theyget closer to ground, water starts dripping down, it certainly does on a md

[@yahnsolo]

same thing on MD11 (and some other 'mature' aircrafts)... If you notice recent videos, the foam covering the windows frame are used for most of them... But yes, MD11 are around 20 years, this DC10 is 40! ;)

[@michiganborn8303]

What kind of aircraft are tbry using to still need a 3rd officer position? I see 3 thrust levers so that tells me 3 engine aircraft such as a Boeing 727

[@meow1990_2]

It's a McDonnell Douglas DC10-30 :)

[@michiganborn8303]

Philip Schmidt Cool, thanks. I should have known that by the clue at the very beginning of the video that the flight deck was level with the 2nd floor of that terminal. I have a picture taken of me sitting in the left seat of a DC-10 back in my Northwest airlines days.

[@Videospotter]

Absolutely awesome video, mate! How you made it to get on the jumpseat?

[@meow1990_2]

I simply asked the kind crew, being the only caucasian onboard surely have its perks.

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Philip Schmidt It certainly does!😉

[@meow1990_2]

The video is a bit shaky, my apology! It is quite difficult stabilizing a DSLR :/

[@badruahmed7674]

You Sir made a great video! My father is now retired and he became nostalgic watching this video several times.. :') so thank you! And the video is great.. as it is! :)

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Philip Schmidt Isn't it against regulations to allow passengers in the cockpit, let alone filming, while the aircraft is in motion?

[@meow1990_2]

Officially yes, but they made an exception I guess. And yes, it was a regular scheduled passenger flight. :)

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Philip Schmidt Typical colonised people mentality! Still willing to bend over backwards for the white man, even if it means breaking the rules!

[@meow1990_2]

If it's any comfort, my skin colour changed to red after a few days (Forgot sunscreen)

[@Iflyblue]

Excellent vid! Love the complete start-up sequence. I had a takeoff in CGP as well and a landing in AUH, It was a nightflight :-)

[@AmritDhillon]

Why the co-pilot is not wearing seat belt :/

[@seriousfisherman3]

***** LMAO :).....great comeback.

[@KarimLaaiadiVlogs]

Got one quest please , What type of aircrafts will I be allowed to fly with a CPL IR ME ?

[@GadgetMeta]

Itna baara checklist hota hai dc10 ka?

[@POON3345]

Good that you got to see how the days of three crew members. The Flight Engineers position are almost gone.

[@fidelramos9980]

no available seat belt for co-pilot?

[@dibbomohanta6065]

Yes

[@aasho1000]

Once (2010) I Flied with DC 10, it was like কুড়িল টু সদরঘাট মুড়ির টিন.

[@mikebest5630]

LOVE THE DC 10, FLEW CONTINENTAL ABOARD MANY TIMES IN THE EIGHTIES. A GREAT AIRCRAFT.

[@meow1990_2]

S2-ACP Produced in 1979

[@AGTM99]

i love this heavy plane!!

[@yeiten007]

6:40 those are chinese Chengdu F-7 two seater, chinese variant of Mig 21.

[@caribav8r]

Great video LOVE the DC10

[@billymog]

I would sooner dip my knackers in boiling chip fat then fly on that plane. If the cockpit was that worn, what was the fuselage like. Think it retired a few years back. Top crew.

[@Vario125HID]

the interior scred me out... amazing pilot.. mostly manual

[@jOEdIRTmD]

Very good video!!!!!!!

[@GadgetMeta]

Is the pilot say V2 in 10:29 .. I think he don't know the meaning of V2

[@Scangull]

Difficult to hear everything being said but what a very interesting view of all the activity that goes into a DC10 take-off. Fascinating. Thank you very much. How long ago was this filmed? Would you still be able to get yourself invited onto the flight deck these days?

[@meow1990_2]

Hi Scangull! :) The video was shot on july the 16th. 2013 It's hard to say, on the same route it may be possible with Biman.

[@TanweerM]

Great video! enjoyed a lot!!

[@theyaduvanshiindian391]

Thinking about UA 232 crew while seeing this cockpit

[@aseelbn9592]

I love it ❤❤❤

[@jeffreyhall4946]

The guy filming worked on F-16's? I used to build those for General Dynamics. I remember walking by the F-16 XL every day. They were just parked outside with no real home. There were also a bunch of mangled F-111's outside they would rob parts off to refurb a few in the factory. Those were the days!!

[@meow1990_2]

True, I'm an aircraft technician "student" in the RDAF, and I work on F16 block 10 and 15 every day :)

[@jdjdjdj29929292]

Philip Schmidt Block 10 and 15 as a student? The operational F-16s have a MLU / Block 50+ update I guess?

[@meow1990_2]

jdjdjdj29929292 Thats right, they recieved their MLU in the mid nineties :)

[@meow1990_2]

jdjdjdj29929292 We still use block 10 and 15, our F-16's are on their way out. So upgrading would be pointless now I guess

[@jeffreyhall4946]

F-16 production rate is now one a month.

[@russel791]

But captain didn’t have seat belt

[@willemlenteren1485]

You guys have nice dc10s

[@Wasd-j8z]

I dont like the condition of dc-10.Its nearly in rough condition.How they can allow such plane to takeoff.

[@gkg744]

Nice video but is the artificial horizon of the co pilot broken ??

[@nazeernazeer1151]

Plane✈ h yaa kabad...kitna old h

[@solomonpilot2510]

why the flight engineer have four stripes instead of 2 ?

[@SalimHossain003]

IS THERE ANY DEFICIENCY FOR A GRADUATE HAVING SCIENCE IN SSC LEVEL TO PILOTING THIS AIRCRAFT?

[@guifeme]

Thank you Philip for your video.Bye

[@Cartman-Official]

Hey Philip Schmidt how do one get into the cockpit with the pilots on take off?

[@meow1990_2]

TurCoD I just asked politely :)

[@Cartman-Official]

Will try that sometime :D

[@meow1990_2]

:D

[@anwarsentinel1752]

Which airport was this from

[@meow1990_2]

@@anwarsentinel1752 Chittagong - Dhaka

[@mezanurrahmannayem2594]

Who is tha captain??

[@rossarmstrong6731]

HUGE checklist...!

[@yahnsolo]

in MD11 Checklist is way lighter ^^ This was the old good times, when flight engineer had a central role... Not too many logics/computers