DC-10 - the first wide trijet

DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body airliner, developed by McDonnell Douglas in the early 1970s. Given the chronology, the DC-10 is the second wide-body passenger plane in the world, falling slightly behind the Jumbo.
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[@ronrico4741]

Great video. My grandfather was a Continental Airlines DC-10 Captain, my father and I both flew the MD-11.

[@lewisdsd]

Ron Rico Although the MD-11 is my favourite aircraft, I often hear about the type being a little tricky to land. Is it true?

[@MooseDriver204]

Lewis DSD My uncle flies MD-10/11's for FedEx and I asked him the same question. He told me the MD-11 is trickier to land because its vertical stabilizer is smaller than the MD-10, making crosswind landings a challenge but makes it a little more aerodynamic in flight.

[@lewisdsd]

xTomcatsForeverVF84x Oh, I see. Thank you for the reply!

[@MooseDriver204]

Jess W you care to elaborate with any sort of credibility? Or you just gonna pull random thoughts out your ass and talk shit?

[@toxicatto6074]

@Jess W what? You're joking right? Because if you don't damn you're a dumbass for saying that alone

[@iggymoyanojr7145]

I love this Aircraft ; I live on a DC-10 & MD-11 for 2yrs none stop flying as a Flight mechanic for World Airways . Flew all over the world . Best times of my life .

[@Angry.General1461]

I love the tail engine design!

[@Horstroad]

I worked on N380WA during WAs last months in service. If I remember correctly, the last thing I did on her was replacing the toilet flush motor. She wasn't in the best condition, so I bet flying on them as a flight mechanic wasn't always fun :D

[@iggymoyanojr7145]

@@Horstroad in all my years with the 10s and 11s I have replaced just about every component on both those aircrafts and it was all FUN ; loved all my yrs on these birds

[@Horstroad]

I have never had the pleasure to work on the 10, but I know every corner of the 11 :D I remembered the story with the flush motor as it is probably the one she took to the scrapyard with her. Always sad to see them go. Fortunately we still have them in our fleet. From time to time I can hop on as a flight mechanic. It's always fun, as long as they behave^^

[@mmatteucig]

i used to fly Ed Daly's World Airways

[@jmurphy1973]

The crash at 13:17 in Sioux City, Iowa was due to an engine fan exploding, wiping out all hydraulic systems. United was the carrier in that crash and it's a miracle only 112 of 296 souls passed away. Capt. Al Haynes earned his paycheck that day.

[@paulazemeckis3601]

only 112 died?

[@80sfreak14]

@@paulazemeckis3601 yes, it's a miracle.

[@Trex1094]

jack torrence you can’t say it was a defect in the hydraulic systems. I fan disc exploded and destroyed them. Wasn’t a defect the only defect was the faulty fan disc

[@Trex1094]

jack torrence Yes you are correct but i don't pin it on that. Thats like saying your engine in your car stopped, therefore your power steering stopped/locked up and you crashed into a pole. the issue was the engine failing, causing all of your other systems to fail. Another example would be the plane failing to read airspeed properly. Causing all the other auto pilot systems to fail. the issue wasn't auto pilot not having backups, but rather ice froze up the airspeed indicators. Point being if the defect wasn't there it would have never happened

[@Trex1094]

jack torrence pretty sure engine 2 is not designed to fall off... its mounted in the tail.. LOL 1 & 3 sure

[@Morrov]

I wish trijets didn't die off. They look so nice.

[@jameshartley95]

i think the only hope (but would be a loss) is 'the new boeing 747! or the new airbus a380!'

[@Morrov]

4 engine aircraft are sacred, there's very few of them in the wild. Trijets aren't worth getting rid of them (even though they're disappearing already...).

[@AirborneRenegade]

Morrov PL FedEx will keep the MD-11 for a while longer, the MD-10 will be out by 2030. The MD-11 will last until about 2040.

[@Racko.]

*DEATHCRUSIER* Probably most of their operators will get rid of these Wild Horses once Daul Engine Aircrafts like the successful 777F become more and more favored by Airlines

[@titan9259]

I have a 1/150 eastern 727 and a bwia l1011, those are my trijets.

[@tomstarzeck7137]

The 2-5-2 seating arrangement in coach was also unique and remember seeing the cockpit on the bulkhead big screen..I would get so excited as a youngster if I found out the DC-10 would be utilized.... remember having to open the American airlines magazine to find the channel to have audio for the movie or preprogrammed music..and the service was always good!

[@brandonfu9308]

the DC-10 is actually a very beautiful aircraft, sad that it had such a bad reputation!!

[@landocalrisian2014]

It truly was a beauty. Very symmetrical.

[@jonesjones7057]

But a very well deserved bad reputation.

[@landocalrisian2014]

Bad reputation that was corrected and lasted about 40yrs with a plethora or airlines. Great workhorse.

[@toxicatto6074]

@@jonesjones7057 you sure mate?

[@jonesjones7057]

@@toxicatto6074 yep I'm sure.

[@donberg01]

I worked at McDonnell Douglas Long Beach, Ca. as a planner, electrician, and technical writer on the MD11. The crash in Iowa was not MD's fault, as a bad manufactured fan blade tore through all three hydraulic lines emptying all fluids in the lines. The fix was to install a check valve to stop any loss of fluid due to ruptures.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Wasn't a check valve supposed to be installed, to stop hydraulic leaks after the crash of flight 191 in Chicago? The fact that 10 years after the Chicago crash, there were STILL NO check valves installed, absolutely makes it the fault of McDonnell Douglas. The fact that the plane didn't have one, means that the same oversight that caused the Turkish Airlines DC-10 to crash, was still in place. This makes me very angry because I was almost booked on United 232 but changed my mind and I'm alive to talk about it. Airplane manufacturers need to stop gambling with passengers' lives.😡

[@allanbrogdon7453]

As a mechanic for American airlines i was able to talk to crew that did the engine change on DC-10 that crashed in Chicago.The crew chief committed suicide.During engine change there was a shift change. The pylon was connected at rear the forklift hydralics bled down and impined the pylon which cracked causing the crash.

[@jaymanz72584]

Allan Brogdon wow just sad AF!...

[@StupidJagoff]

He committed suicide after the crash?

[@jonesjones7057]

@jack torrence So few know about those facts. It was a design flaw more than anything else that brought it down after the engine fell off, like usual with the dc10.

[@allanbrogdon7453]

@@StupidJagoff The crew chief on the maintenance crew.The people on the crew i talked to were young when this happened about 25 years later.

[@allanbrogdon7453]

@jack torrence There is rarely one thing that causes a crash you are correct it had nothing to do with the engine.The way it was installed started the chain of things causing the crash.several other DC 10s at at least 2 airlines were found to have cracked pylon attachment fittings that used this method which was not according to the maintenance manual.

[@jacobnathanielzpayag3885]

Finally a video that does not bombard the DC-10 with many negative comments. A fairly neutral video IMO. The DC-10 long with the 737, 747, and MD-11 are the last few airliners flying with real character. They are the muscle cars of the sky. Sexy, but not as fuel-efficient.

[@puterausman7682]

not as fuel efficient because of what regulation dictate not by its original design. this aircraft open the door for now aircraft that fill the skies. i love the sound of its engines when its roaring for take off..hate the sound of airbus engines, they are to quite to install a confidence. also love the sounds of the flaps and landing gear mechanism..it tell you that it is working.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Jacob Payag I like dc-10 videos but the one thing that ruins the videos are haters bombarding the comment sections with negative comments

[@jacobnathanielzpayag3885]

+Harrison La time traveler true. But there are some videos that focus more on the DC-10's bad reputation

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Jacob Payag yeah IK.

[@franciscomoraes5714]

Good video. Congrats !!

[@tonybp]

The DC-10, my favorite airliner of all time... I love its shape and I consider myself fortunate to have flown in that fat boy several times. I miss those times.

[@willswomble7274]

You are insane.

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

My country's airline had dc10s and it used them until 2005.

[@darkchaotix1productions326]

It's a shame I was only a year old back then... I would've been able to understand this more

[@aeromanpanoias2222]

What country

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

@@aeromanpanoias2222, serbia, then airline was named, JAT but now it's Air serbia.

[@puterausman7682]

must be from bangla

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

@@puterausman7682, nope JAT

[@lonefather]

Both the DC 10 and the L-1011 were introduced on the 70's and flew for almost 30 years. They are beautiful and it's a shame I've never down in either of these.

[@NicotineRosberg]

One of the most visually pleasing airplanes. No exaggeration. The plane is pure beauty

[@floycewhite6991]

Extremely impressive assembly. I worked on the MD-80 but walked through the DC-10 assembly building all the time.

[@bluemountain4181]

8:34 Is that Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[@johnscanlan6337]

Yes it is!!!

[@alfredsnyder4]

At 8:35 Yes It Is

[@sixyears]

Don't bother his friend, he's dead tired.

[@moeshipley4170]

From the 1985 movie "Commando." I believe they used an L-1011, not a DC-10.

[@kingssuck06]

Moe Shipley Do me a favor, don’t disturb my friend. He’s dead tired

[@JAK0449]

considering all kind of commercial jets I flew (including Jumbo, many airbus, bombardier...) the DC 10 will always be my favorite!! what a joy I had when I travel 12hours straights in that great plane..the seat configuration (air france/corsair) was 3/4 in my eco class! I flew with it many times and have wonderful memories...if your iq isn't of 80 do the math and the stat, the dc 10 is VERY reliable...the main issue was the cargo dorr and was solved before 1980.... Im nostalgic of trijets; I find them very unique and charming, they are an inspiration to fly and voyage to me...I remember the ambiance, the smell..it was peculiar..I loved the Jumbo so much too, in fact it was the first I ever flew when I was 4 and 6 for the first times. At 10 I fell in love with the dc 10 and had the chance to fly with it several more times...and to be honest, a 10000 km flight approx was done at once in the 10 as it demanded a stop with the Jumbo...so the journey would be hours longer with the jumbo and I speak of a long haul flight

[@mushtaqahmed1913]

I hve flown in the DC-10 in 1972 , december 22 , i was 13 years then. The carrier was PIA

[@willswomble7274]

Say no more.....

[@marianostarosiliz]

Aicraft nowadays look quite the same, and most of them are twin engined. Tri-jets and T tailed shapes were beautiful. The DC and Maddog family were simply stunning.

[@airtexaco]

I flew the USAF version for 7 years, I love this airplane. Thank you, your videos are excellent!

[@aerohk]

KC-10?

[@divyamsinghchauhan1740]

This channel needs a million more subscribers.

[@jameshartley95]

amazing video!! DC-10 and the MD-11 are my absolute favourite planes. (apart from the Concorde and the Vulcan Bomber!)

[@toxicatto6074]

@jack torrence oh, you mean the third-party part which is very questionable that fell from the dc-10?

[@pizza_parker9689]

jack torrence bro stfu

[@bugproductions9050]

@jack torrence yes it was a contributing factor, but as with any crash, it's a combination of events. ://kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKKylIyer7yIkLs.

[@fatimahrabah9201]

Thank you. I just learned the history of my beloved DC-10 airplane. Yes, there were so awful accidents but 40 something years later and some are still in the air. Thank God.

[@Vlad79061]

In my opinion DC-10 is the cutest, but too many accidents. Design is stunning and the sound too

[@eyestoenvy]

Trijets are gorgeous

[@chiefcommander8477]

THE L-1011 WAS THE BEST

[@diamonddog257]

@@chiefcommander8477 right .... engineer and maintain and shell out that money ..... you are real chief until you are $$ vulnerable.

[@bugproductions9050]

@@chiefcommander8477 agreed. Dc10 tail engine looks like an after thought.

[@shadowgaming6660]

The McDonald's Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined (but sometimes two) wide-bodied airliner produced between 1968 and 1988 as McDonald's answer to the Boeing 747, another successful large airliner. It failed miserably in this category, although it did become a reliable producer of mincemeat for their Happy Meals. Like all McDonald's products, this aircraft was built cheaply, nastily, and responsible for the deaths of most of its customers and yet it made the McDonald's corporation and their business partner, Douglas Aircraft, a crap-ton of cash. Apart from being notable for killing more passengers than possibly even Ronald McDonald, the DC-10 is extremely recognisable for its three engines, which is cheaper than four but in theory more reliable than two. It turns out this was pointless, as the General Electric CF-6s exploded with so much force that they would render the plane uncontrollable. In practice, the DC-10 spent more time as a twinjet than a trijet. The DC-10 was designed in California, not unlike an Apple iPhone. Also like an iPhone, the DC-10 had a "low-power mode" to save polluting, climate change inducing kerosene, which goes to show how much McDonald's cares for the environment. This involved an engine either violently exploding or detaching itself from the aircraft, which worked out quite well for McDonald's who needed a source of human re - uh - mincemeat for their Happy Meals. The DC-10 entered service with American Airlines on August 5, 1971, as the safest plane in the sky, which it was until it had a major accident less than a year later. The DC-10 was certainly meeting international observers expectations, breaking the world record for the deadliest air disaster in history in 1974. The DC-10 was still a winner on cost grounds, with its ingeniously designed cargo door that only might blow open when forced shut by underpaid baggage handlers who can't read the warning placards written in plain Turkish. And airlines loved the DC-10's low power mode, which came in handy in the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, killing only 274 people, most of which were flying economy and probably deserved to die. In the 1980s, McDonald's began to notice a sharp decrease in crashes and their mincemeat supply. Less DC-10s were crashing than ever, and the public was beginning to feel safe around the beasts. McDonald's began to consider withdrawing from aviation when they decided what they needed was a DC-10 with extra seats crammed in. So leaving the DC-10 to die in a hole, they began production of the MD-11, which they attempted to sell throughout the 90s. Unfortunately for McDonald's nobody cared. They stuck by the MD-11 waiting for some more crashes. None came. They left Douglas to die on its own, selling out to Boeing in 1997. The year after a Swissair MD-11 crashed in Canada. Boeing sent the remains to KFC. Nice one McDonald's. Despite the fact the DC-10 is about twice the age of anything else you're likely to ever fly in, FedEx, who cares neither about your precious parcels or the pilots who fly them, will happily send your stuff around in a DC-10. FedEx, through all its wonderful maintenance, has kept the DC-10 accident free since 2016. The DC-10, despite all its convenient functions like a low-power mode and easy trijet/twinjet conversions, was criticised by do-bad, out-to-get-you government bodies like the National Transportation Safety Board. Planes nearly crashed, which got the NTSB worked up about the design of the cargo door, which some numpty had forced shut. Apparently, this would make it blow out in flight, severing the control cables and rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. Like McDonald's knew that. However, the evidence suggests that they probably didn't really mean to design it wrong. It's probably Douglas's fault. Lucky for McDonald's and Douglas, the FAA chief and Ronald McDonald were pals, so they didn't care about some blathering idiot like the NTSB. Unlucky for McDonald's and Douglas, this time the blathering idiot was right. Another DC-10 got caught up in another accident that turned out to be the worst in history, and the FAA did care this time and they made McDonald's fix it. These minor problems and a growing feeling of distrust towards cheap things that may kill you got people not wanting to fly on DC-10s anymore. Shortly after the DC-10's cargo door problems became public, operators of the DC-10 began making more money than usual off one-way tickets. AA (that's Alcoholics Anonymous, not to be confused with American Airlines) even introduced a "Hara Kiri" class on its DC-10s (similar to economy on Ryanair, but with free whiskey). The planes, too, were often more than happy to fly off a bridge due to the fatalistic thoughts impressed into their jet-fuel-addicted minds at the factory by their evil human overlords.

[@AviationNut]

My 4 favorite aircraft are definitely the 747, 777, MD-11 and the DC-10. Another reason why I love them is that in the 90's I flew on these aircraft a lot. For some reason I am not to crazy about Airbus aircraft, but I do love their new A350 it's a beautiful aircraft and the thing I love the most is the instrument panel in the cockpit, if the A350 had yokes instead of sides sticks and the wings of the 787 it would be the perfect aircraft.

[@KuraIthys]

I've never liked yokes. XD My first ever flight as a student was in a cessna 152. And aside from that thing being really cramped, the yoke just seemed... Meh. I was a lot happier with the Tecnam that had a stick...

[@razzielr8632]

I like alots of aircraft but the most: A380 747 A350 777 MD-11 DC-10

[@brkitdwn]

I was a road warrior from 1994 all the way until 2005, and I've flown on all of these aircraft many times. I love flying on the DC-10 and the 747. I always felt safe and very comfortable. The l-1011 was great but my favorite out of the two was the DC-10. I flew on American and United's DC-10 as well as Delta's l-1011. The DC-10 was quieter than the l-1011. It also just felt and sounded better on take off and Landings. During flight the DC-10 was quieter. But when I got on a 747 I felt really special and really really enjoyed that aircraft. It always felt like I was floating on a giant powerful cloud. Cruising on the runway it was really a wonderful smooth floating Metropolis. And those engines those powerful engines when revved up to full speed it just felt exhilarating. I've also flown on Continental 747, they're DC-10, Eastern's l-1011, TWA l-1011, Northwest DC-10, the dc-8, 707, the 727 the md-80s the dc-9 series all of them I've flown on all of them many times. As well as many International carriers fly in the same aircraft types. I was on a plane every week or every other week. With all that flying, not one incident did I encounter other than one compressor stall on a Delta 757. I also left off a 767 another favorite all of these are my favorite. I will say this though about the md-11, I never felt safe on it. It just didn't feel like the other aircraft it just felt unsafe mainly during takeoff and Landings. I also noticed a lot of condensation in the windows which made me feel like it was poorly designed.

[@rosst2201]

One of my favorite jet airliners, followed by B727 and L1011. I remember seeing one of these at the airport with Continental airlines as I walked to a continental express flight in what I think was an ERJ-145

[@michaelosgood9876]

The DC10-30, in my rekoning, was the best of the 70s widebodies in that it had decent range & payload capabilities along with being the right size at that time. DC 10 had the most reliable engines of the early to mid 70s, the CF6, which gave operators of both 747 & DC10s the opportunity to put CF6s on their 747s to follow, thus getting rid of the troublesome JT9D powered models

[@jeadie2273]

My first DC-10 ride was world airways charter from Philadelphia to Germany via England when I deployed overseas in the Air Force in 1988. Was an all economy config but I remember sitting it what would have been first class in row 3, isle seat. I was a scared to death 18 year old. Then we used to fly back and forth from Cleveland to Chicago on United for fun weekend trips in the late 90's.

[@flyboysaviation8822]

Still one of the best looking planes out there. Although you can hardly find them nowadays...

[@Massachamp08]

can you do a video on the MD-80 family and the Lockheed L1011 TriStar?

[@harlequin75]

My father worked on this plane. Flew on them so many times as a kid. Beauty.

[@CDG7755]

Thank you! Excellent video :)

[@toddrone]

so lucky I grew up flying in the beautiful DC10,.. miss those days.

[@canadianplanespotter]

Superb video, as usual! I have a special place in my heart for tri-jets...don't know why, but I love 'em :)

[@turbofanlover]

Such a beautiful bird...right up there with the Queen of the Skies. Loved her.

[@jacobzimmermann59]

Another great video! Now if only we could have a McDonnell Douglas marathon too...

[@deadfishparty]

From what I understand, MD was always more of a hands-on pilots aircraft. Less technological but more of a rugged workhorse in the best possible way. I would love documentaries on MD, Lockheed, Being, Airbus etc in general.

[@luket1085]

(Please no political related replies here, just stating facts) In Indonesia, Garuda have 747s back then, but the main "icon" during the good old 1970s-1980s is the DC-10s as the national carrier have it as their first widebody before subsequently ordered 747-200 in the 1980s to complement the DC-10s. Also, Soeharto during that time prefer DC-10 than the MD-11 instead of the 747 from his state visits abroad.

[@linkfreeman1998]

Ahh yes. Great old times lol. Late 1970's-'80's Garuda Indonesia's hockey stick livery sure is great. For some reason I can't find beauty in the newer liveries to be honest, maybe because the old ones represents red-and-white flag, I guess?

[@yashgadhavi6385]

Hey sky I love your videos , I am from India thanks

[@tomstarzeck7137]

I remember American airlines DC-10 service from Buffalo to Chicago I never understood why they would use such a large aircraft on such a route as I never remember seeing even half of passenger capacity utilized but it would work to my advantage as the flight attendants would tell me I could sit where I wanted..it was some 35 years later that I would board a comparable airliner..the 777..I sure miss seeing those tri-jets in abundance..along with the L-1011 and 727..back when flying was truly an amazing experience!

[@boeingpilot7002]

The DC-10 accident at Chicago O'Hare in 1979 was not caused by a design flaw in the aircraft itself, but rather due to a maintenance shortcut during wing engine and pylon removal, in which the pylon attach flanges were damaged/cracked which , eventually ,led to engine separation on the Chicago flight. There is a National Geographic video which details the accident at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqOVXmOZn6-VqrM

[@kirkmooneyham]

Yes, they used a large forklift, and damaged the engine mounts, IIRC. That is NOT how you change an engine.

[@TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels]

I love the DC-10 and I like your videos. Please keep them coming.

[@pete84101]

Rode my first D.C.-10 December 1977 on Continental. A month later a D.C.-10 with Continental crashed.

[@gregoryj5680]

I am surprised at the lack of knowledge in response to these incidents with the DC-10. If you read the FAA investigation on any of these accidents, you would understand what happened and the steps taken to prevent it from happening again. The incident that you speak of was caused by a multiple tire failure during take off. This affected method of the retread for all tires used on all heavy aircraft.

[@EmmanuelNyoni0505]

Wow DC10 Finally, thank you!! Will watch after the Apple Event

[@SkyshipsEng]

I'm watchin the Apple Event too)

[@baetsimpson]

@@SkyshipsEng How did you like the new products? I think the iPhone xr has too bad a display for it's price. It has a lower ppi count than the Galaxy s4.

[@kentfreeland8794]

Like so many great planes, troubles in design and corporate stonewalling led to commercial demise. Pilots loved the DC-10 and said it handled like a fighter and was fun to fly. It had plenty of power (3 engines but really needed only 2-1/2). Crying shame about the mishaps that the traveling public are very slow to forget about ...

[@shabanafzal9440]

I flew on one of these at age 10. A great aircraft it was. Shame about the disasters.

[@th-l8936]

This series is amazing. Keep an coming!

[@BobNSuch]

My favorite wide body jet ever!!!

[@titan9259]

It killed the concorde u fool...

[@BobNSuch]

I could give a shit about the Concorde. The biggest white elephant in aviation history.

[@turbofanlover]

Still the most beautiful passenger jet, IMO. P.S. LOL........I just watched "Commando" yesterday. Good times. ;)

[@beachcomber39553]

This is so much better with the sound turned off

[@brucecaldwell6701]

The DC-10 was developed in the 60's. My grandfather worked on the program in Long Beach California in the late 60's.

[@mathewk3883]

Excellent documentary by Borat's father.

[@SlavaUkraini85]

your videos are king! so well done and informative!

[@KingTriton1837]

Love your channel!!! And the DC-10 was such a beautiful aircraft!!!! It really was a as safe as other jets of its era.

[@rickweissmann7101]

The greatest airplane and engines

[@fsega3669]

One of the best looking aircraft ever made!

[@leezinke4351]

Dc-10 is very awesome looking plane in the world. 😊

[@FilK79]

DC-10 was the flagship of JAT Yugoslav Airlines and allowed them to become 9th European airliner in late 1980s flying to Australia, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Delhi, Kalkutta, Bombay, Karachi, NY, Chicago, LA, Cleveland, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, etc. JAT was to receve the first MD-11 but the sanctions imposed by UN due to war made live hell for JAT and postponed all deals. DC-10 was choused over B747 and replaced the B707´s. JAT´s first DC-10 were receved in 1978 and used till 2005.

[@matsuri626]

My favorite airliner when I was a kid!! :)

[@carlel4219]

so beautiful birds ............

[@Dan.d649]

It became as a wide-body tri-jet, but the Douglas company in Long Beach, persuaded the creation of the DC-10, and it was developed right when air travel was booming. The success of the DC-8 wasn't overshadowed with the development of the DC-10, and the DC-9. It became it's own success story to be told. This new wide-body airplane concept, kept the engineering aspect of it's development busy. At first the first drawings were depicted to have just two engines, one under each wing, and making it look more like what would later become the "Boeing 767". But these did not impress the company's higher-end board of directors. The company, which had became McDonnell Douglas, after the development of the DC-8, was flourishing with this new design, which was becoming the preferred concept. The winning design, which was decided through company sketch drawings, having three engines, one under each wing, and it's direct design was simplified by placing the "No. 2 engine" high above the rear-end of the fuselage. The Lockheed company's L-1011 airplane, was developed with two wing mounted engines, and the tail engine was a similar design to the Boeing 727 tri-jet with an "S-tube" protruding from the intake above the rear fuselage, coupled with the tail-fin, and towards the rear exhaust. They than had to find a new type of engine to power this DC-10 airplane. Based on operating issues, General Electric came up with a superb engine to power the DC-10-10 series. The CF6-6K high-bypass turbofan, was studied carefully, and than concidered. When the completed prototype airplane was towed into the sunshine, many gathered to witness it's taxi-trials, and than the first flight. The test pilot exclaimed: "It is a very nice airplane to fly". The airlines started to flood the order-book, and the first deliveries were made to American Airlines, and United Airlines, who became two principle DC-10 operators for quite some time. The cabin layout, impressed the airlines with a 346 two-class layout. The feel of a "wide" cabin, and plenty of room to spare inside the DC-10, is what made it a successful design. With a huge request for orders for the model DC-10-10, became evident, McDonnell Douglas created a more advanced version of this airplane called the DC-10-30, which was a long-range "over water" airplane, also equipped with a "center" main gear, because it's take-off weight was heavier than the basic DC-10-10, that did not have a "center" gear, but instead had an elevator that was used by the flight crew to go below for catering purposes. The "heavier" long-range DC-10-30 airplane, was a big seller also, as it was equipped with the GE CF6-50 hi-bypass turbofans. The McDonnell Douglas company offered a model DC-10-15 to the airlines, and then got a written proposal from Mexicana Airlines that they were interested in this "rare" but amazing airplane, having ordered it indefinitely. They had ordered 15 of these unique airplanes, and infact was known to be the only customer for that type. The DC-10-15 was similar to the '10 model with no "center" gear, only to have a higher gross take-off weight, and have the GE CF6-50C turbofan engines. The DC-10-40 was then offered to the airlines. This airplane was to be powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT-9D7 higher-bypass turbofan engines. This was the same layout as the '30 series with the "center" gear, also being a long-range type, and heavier take-off gross weight. The Air Force, wanted a modified long-range DC-10-30 aerial refueler planned to help the aging "707 airframes", the KC-135 tankers, that were heavily being used. The first ever built KC-10 "Extender" was a newer state-of-the-art aerial tanker that became accepted by the Air Force. Many KC-10s were than built, and delivered to the Air Force. They could be used for many long-range aerial refueling capabilities. Over all, the DC-10 did excell nicely in the course of time, which later, it flourished into a "pure" freighter with FEDEX, and re-designated as a two man cockpit airplane called the MD-10. It long will become an icon in it's own right.

[@christiancazabonne]

The DC-10 from Avensa, Venezuela 😍😍😍 Thanks!

[@JERKIN123456able]

Love theses series... Keep it up man !!!

[@plasmarifle4936]

Wow that's a nice *extra girthy* trijet.

[@mikelliteras397]

Great jet to fly in compared to being squeezed into a 737 or 757. The bars and lounge areas were cool also tho they weren’t turbulence friendly and probably ate up 20 seats or more. Flying used to be like Publix and now it’s like Aldi’s. Oh well, ticket prices are the same.

[@robertansley6331]

Love your videos. Thanks for posting!

[@ComeFlyWithMe2011]

The cargo door on the DC10 opened in flight because the latch that closed it was a thin metal bar that would bend over multiple closings. The ground crew would close the latch and it would seem to be closed but due to the bend the door didn't properly latch. See this was one of the first to open outward so they needed a special latching system to contain the pressure from the cabin, its basically a bunch of claws that wouldn't grip properly and fail leading to the door opening mid flight/climb.

[@iggymoyanojr7145]

That problem was fixed in the early days

[@toddwieland7664]

I worked on the 10 and 11..fwd drop ceiling, third man station and the cockpit turtle shell 87 to 96

[@martindebrois1472]

Nice clip ... Pretty accurate history, you narrated 👍

[@willswomble7274]

Shut that door! I flew (inadvertantly) on it once only on package tour from Manchester to Ibiza, was convinced I'd never arrive. Air Atlantique? an airline I had never heard of in UK.

[@alhanes5803]

One of those glass always empty kind of guys huh

[@alfredsnyder4]

My Favorite Commercial Passenger Airliner Is The McDonnell Douglas DC-10

[@nicolaszuleta404]

One of the most informational channels and i love it :)

[@buttholeChecker]

Can you please make a video of the DC-9?

[@hoytbenson6016]

Love the videos! Thanks, Sky!

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

I love dc10, magnificent aircraft.

[@EstorilEm]

Sounds like the L-1011 will be next!! Sad that Lockheed is no longer in the commercial aviation market - I really believe their history of innovation could really set the future for air travel in a different direction.

[@btarunr]

Can't wait for your L-1011 video :)

[@psychocuda]

Still my favorite commercial plane of all time.

[@Jude74]

Good job. Really enjoying your work.

[@n-0988]

I was really sad when I know that nobody made a video about history of planes, but only one our Russian man, also he translated it to American, my respect!

[@TOM-pn8sn]

My dad built these planes in the 70s and died still working there.

[@maxbspqr]

Thanks for the great video!

[@NFSMAN50]

The DC-10, despite it's flaws in the 70's was a very successful plane in the 80s until the 2010s.

[@photo_rohan]

Nice video! Can't wait to see the MD-11 video :)

[@dennischallinor8497]

SIR: YOU MAKE EXCELLENT VIDEOS -- I ENJOY WATCHING THEM VERY MUCH. YOUR USE OF ENGLISH IS GRAMMATICALLY PERFECT BUT YOUR ACCENT MAKES A PERSON HAVE TO FOCUS ON EVERY WORD (of course you can't help that and you can be understood). I LOVED THE DC-10 AND FLEW ON A L1011. PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT -- THEY ARE ULTIMATELY PRACTICAL PEOPLE AND SOME OF THEIR AIRCRAFT ARE VERY INTERESTING INDEED. GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS.

[@syedahmed8015]

Bangladesh Airlines had this Aircraft for a long period 👍🇧🇩

[@Flies2FLL]

Wow, they actually showed an ExpressOne International DC-10! Very rare footage.

[@80sfreak14]

Your videos are better than all the documentaries on discovery and stuff. When is the IL-62 coming?

[@SkyshipsEng]

I want to make a video about the Il-62 with the real modern shooting onboard the airliner)

[@6120mcghee]

The DC--10's that the Air Force have are so TLC'd(tender loving care), that one speck of dust is on and 30 Air Force people will clean it up. Very strong planes that they have.

[@marufdehab]

Its amazing how many people got wrong impression about dc-10. Is it that hard to reserch a bit?

[@alhanes5803]

It's the only way they know how to get any attention. Um um um IT A DEATH TUBE lol. They were/are abused children

[@lucaZSZSZSZ]

Amazing video!!! When you make the MD11, please don’t forget to include videos of VARIG ones. There were so beautiful. You can find many videos here on KZbin: posted by Just Planes “Varig memories at Rio”, “MD11 VARIG at Rio” and an awesome video filmed in NYC, with the WTC behind. 😄

[@lucaZSZSZSZ]

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[@harishhanchinal2838]

Nice...

[@ls_spectre0073]

Hey sky love your videos, can you make a video about the c5 galaxy

[@400exNick]

Great video!

[@IrreverentSOB]

very nice video !

[@jamesberlo4298]

It's actually my favorite,

[@Batman-wv5ng]

I flew many times on DC10 beautiful comfortable plane , not like those sardines cans today.

[@jamesboberg]

I wish someday they will Bring back DC10 OR MD11, that would be nice to fly it as I will go to ride to fly it and Boeing 747-400 too.

[@paulazemeckis3601]

L1011s...my favorite. Miss them. Sorry, I thought they had an edge over the dc-10s. btw, great accent! I thought count dracula was narrating!

[@willswomble7274]

He is very knowledgeable, in fact he spies on all and will know an inventive way to kill you!