DC-8 73 series landing from cockpit, IAH airport. N602AL

After a 2.5 hrs in the air, this re-activated 45 year old airplane completes it's first flight after a long storage period in the KMHV boneyard. I shot this from the jumpseat.

[@Rayburn58]

My father captained the DC-8 for United Airlines out of LAX from 1966-1971, including the stretch DC-8 beginning in 1968 before moving on to captain of the DC-10 in 1971 and 747 in 1972.

[@jmstowe]

My dad was an FE on the DC-8s. I grew up around a DC-8 55s.Great airplanes.

[@johnschmidt8440]

I was an FE on the 73 myself for three years. Truly a classic plane.

[@van84agon]

Plane spotted in Doha April 27 2022. now registered as TT-DFJ for CFS Air Cargo. Flying since 1968... you go girl!

[@thomascarlson6662]

Yeee Hah!

[@michaelp6301]

One of my biggest unfulfilled dream is being a pilot. Hopefully, my next life I will have the opportunity to do achieve my dream.

[@PARABOLA1966]

Likewise, although I'm working on my private-I'm an A&P by training...

[@airman329]

Michael P never too late. Go for it! Amazing journey just doing the training and getting all your tickets!

[@eloyex]

cmom !! take a small course, or private pilot, or do it step by step according your finances... when somebody gives up a dream, everybody else also take a little punishment.

[@phillipsino8533]

P was [

[@mattipaivinen3568]

Sure you will! In the meanwhile study aviation, do good in life and help others. Being a pilot means to HELP people to reach their destinations effectively, quite unnoticeable and with safety.

[@jimhal5553]

Worked for quite a while on the -73's. Even did turn arounds on some -51's, 61's, 62's and 63's. My favorite was the -73. Quite the airplane.

[@TheRokko66]

I really like the somewhat older birds, especially the cockpit feel. A little avionics upgrade like the electronic attitude indicators is also nice

[@alexhoe02]

TheRokko66 it’s why I love the 757, not to new or old, gorgeous design and a mix of avionics

[@davidca96]

DC-8's with cfm's are fantastic.

[@RCAvhstape]

Growing up I flew as a passenger in so many DC-8s I can remember the smell of the cabin while watching this. I used to love this model so much. In turbulent air the wings would flap and the engines would swing from side to side, while the ride stayed nice and smooth inside.

[@mohshehri]

Helium Road the ride is smooth but the engines are so noisy, I’ve never been in this plane but I remember one has crashed in the front of my eyes in saudia arabia - Jeddah more than 17 years ago

[@Vanadeo]

Wow man!.. I'll bet that was terrifying. Just looked that one up, I don't want to depress you but it was 27 years ago actually lol 11th July 1991. www.jetphotos.com/photo/8927385

[@watchgoose]

it wasn't as unstable as the 720 was.

[@thomascarlson6662]

DC-8's were built like a brick sh*t house. Not this bird, but another DC-8 broke the sound barrier while in a controlled dive through 41,000 feet on August 21, 1961

[@Epck]

@@thomascarlson6662 MD hell of a company so sad the md12 never launched

[@jesus21st15]

what a beautiful plane, i love its cockpit and i like those windows on top

[@kevinheard8364]

The DC-8 is a beautiful airplane... so pleased to see it flying again (thanks to you folks)

[@msr1116]

NASA has been conducting research in the Great Lakes recently, with some very low flyovers in a DC-8.

[@thomascarlson6662]

@@msr1116 Based in Palmdale. airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/DC-8_-_AFRC

[@JustALimitlessAirlinePlayer]

​@@msr1116 1 down, 3 to go

[@jerryhenson3916]

Thank you so much for this. My favorite DC-8 landing at my favorite airport.

[@romantic340]

Oh wow love the updated avionics.

[@CentralTexasRailJetProductions]

The all legendary DC-8! Nice to still see this bird in t he air today. Sadly only a select few remain. It is just there run.

[@PARABOLA1966]

In Roswell, NM, you can see many DC8s in long term storage at the Roswell Industrial Air Center

[@moriver3857]

Our 60 series DC8s had the same Honeywell EFIS, but by the sound of the reversers, this looks like a 70 series. So many memories. Nice video.

[@jimmcmahon217]

That's gotta be Vince R. sitting side-saddle! There just weren't that many DC-8 FE's around, even back then. And even fewer with an Anguillan accent!

[@thomascarlson6662]

Yes. You are correct!

[@deepilot3743]

The only transport i wished i could have flown in my flight career!! Capt. Anna Colwell (UAL) retired!

[@jimhal5553]

I can't remember how many LOOOOONGGG hours I've spent riding jump seat in DC 8-73's. However, those were my favorite planes to work on.

[@claudiodflp]

Nice video, congratulations also to the Pilots, Good DC-8!

[@juanbusquier8546]

Nací en el 69 , y era mi avión favorito de niño.DC-8.Luego me gustó mucho también el B-707 Y B-727. Hoy mi favorito es el A-350.

[@michelmotta4339]

A350 the most beautfoul plane today.

[@patagard8253]

Very nice, miss these classic birds...

[@josephagnello9335]

The best jet ever.I love the DC8s

[@julosx]

The Boeing 707, its main competitor was great too, but the DC-8 was safer.

[@Plensrcooldc-10]

@@julosxbecause it wasn’t made by Boeing 🥶

[@snarffy333]

You are welcome. My best research indicates that there are only 18 DC-8's left in service worldwide. The re-commissioning of this one brings us to 19. Let's hope she has many more years left in the air.

[@davidc.4978]

Hi Thomas, do you know how many DC-8's are flying nowadays (2020)? And do you know if this plane is still flying? Thanks in advance, David

[@somaabe6891]

@@davidc.4978 Hey, one year late reply haha. Sorry I don’t know the exact numbers of DC8s flying but the one in the video still flies!!

[@FortunaFortesJuvat]

@@davidc.4978 This plane was withdrawn from service in 2017, and broken up in Doha, Qatar, in 2022.

[@cesaraguilar6565]

EFIS PFD are around since late 1970's and earliest 1980's when UPS was the first to upgrade the avionics navigation syst. on they DC8 60 and then 70 series aircrafts,

[@larrydockery7201]

the dc8s were very nice planes as well of the old birds that flew back 60 70 80 s

[@rrranger9924]

Nice sound i love watching flying airplane awesome video .

[@ManuallyAutomated]

I flew 63F's back in late 90's and enjoyed it. I am guessing that this is one of the retro fitted ones with the CFM56 engines? It sounds great! I am extremely jealous.

[@thomascarlson6662]

Correct on the CFM56 refit. What a beast!

[@lorenj.238]

If you really did fly DC-8s in the 90's.....you'd know that it wouldn't be called a -73 unless it HAD the CFM conversion.

[@philmontejano5971]

The longest single aisle airliner ever

[@GilZu]

I Think 757 300 Is longer

[@Howrider65]

Anybody fly for SEABOARD WORLD I think there all gone. :( Everybody I knew that flew for Braniff are all gone.. RIP everybody knew some real good people back in the day.. When we had a normal country..

[@gerrycarmichael1391]

My dad was a Nav for Seaboard and Braniff.

[@georgesboutz8080]

Anybody around from TIA, World, Universal, Saturn, Capitol, AFA, Airlift.....? I worked for 4 of them.

[@Ripper13F1V]

She certainly looks like a hands on aircraft where I crew has to be on top of their game.

[@1986ALC]

Great video. Great plale. Thank you.

[@heklik]

State of the art glass cockpit

[@leesmith8366]

Brilliant thanks.

[@b747guy9]

It IS a DC8 cockpit. This digital instrument are an up grade from the old analog instruments which fail far too often and are very expensive to fix/replace.

[@REPOMAN24722]

Beautiful aircraft, better than the 707, looks sleeker and the epic air inlets on the nose. This and the Convair 990A are my favorite quads along with the VC-10, IL62.

[@JustALimitlessAirlinePlayer]

The comet, DC-10, Concorde, L1011, A340 and the MD-90 are my favorite

[@REPOMAN24722]

@@JustALimitlessAirlinePlayer I love the l1011

[@chrispils3538]

It looks like a new b52 cockpit :D

[@alanhealy1885]

Some amount of hours in that flight deck I would imagine.

[@euroc159]

Thanks for share!!

[@VickersV]

Jesus that was nuts.

[@SchmidBrosPictures]

wonderful video =) i have filmed the stars away in zurich. Amazing low and loud take off on runway 34 at ZRH of a Stars Away DC-8

[@johncolwell7554]

Great Aircraft

[@brocanova]

For how long had it been stored at Mojave and what did you have to do to make it fly again? Thx buddy

[@user-jg3km2jw3p]

Great👍

[@kevinsproule9878]

Great video just a private pilot but understand and respect your skill

[@epikurepikur6955]

Great!!!

[@aviationmylife962]

Beautiful yellow lights in cockpit roof

[@georgesboutz8080]

And you could turn them to red during the night.

[@YaBoyFlaky5663]

Where is the pull up alarm present?

[@Tazjet100]

Just curious what is the identity of this aircraft restored from the boneyard? Would love to know the story behind it. Can't help noticing the guy in the right seat was a real chatterbox all the way down, bit distracting don'tcha think?

[@thetwopointslow]

380th DC-8 built. Delivered to Flying Tigers in 1968, then to German Cargo in 1984, Lufthansa Cargo in 1993 (with same registration as last), Aerolease in 1996, Emery Worldwide in 1996, and finally to Air Transport International (ATI) in 2002 with the registration listed in the video title

[@GMSNMS]

+Simon Gunson Yeah, he's one of those idiots that know anything about CRM!!!

[@Ikiribom]

Nervous banter??

[@thomascarlson6662]

correct!

[@P51D-Mustang]

Where's Caneman! 😎

[@tjbennett7281]

FAA LAX. May be a Fed, but I bet he’s still “Pretty dang Smooooooth”.

[@sweens06]

What is the story behind this aircraft being reactivated from the storage?

[@orestes1984]

It's cheaper and easier to reactivate a DC-8 7x then it is to find a 767 now and their role is quite similar.

[@alexhoe02]

Kronos and because Douglas back in the day decided to re-engine the DC8 with 4 CFM56 engines so it makes them way more efficient then there predecessors.

[@eugeniobadilla5424]

La belleza del dc8

[@ellavaderknows]

Now THAT's a jet!

[@flyingdutchman700]

Why is that camera sideways on final aproach??

[@eduardopessoa5679]

I wonder back in the project when someone said " hey, let's put this giant windows above the pilot's so they will have to use hats... Lol"

[@thomascarlson6662]

Yeah. Definitely pre-TCAS days

[@lukass7474]

I've been in the cockpit of a SAS DC-8-60

[@YaBoyFlaky5663]

2:22 what is this noise?

[@jandebie5056]

According to a fellow countryman, who is an aircraft photographer, he saw this plane at Ostend Airport (Belgium) on 31/12/2013, that had its ferryflight from the U.S. on its way to Fujairah (U.A.E.), destined for a Zambian cargo airline, Stabo Air. Please check airliners.net or planelogger.com. Greetings, Jan.

[@thomascarlson6662]

Correct

[@stoehrcov]

Cool

[@JCChainz]

Great video but a little shaky my advise for these types of videos is if you can get your hands on one of those Go Pro cameras and stick it on the side of the windows it will be stable and it will look awesome your welcome :)

[@SMGG77Aviation]

0:27 What was that alarm??

[@cl604driver]

I flew 602AL at Emery as an FE and then FO.

[@befehl14]

"Spoilers EXTENDED!!!" I love it :)

[@thomascarlson6662]

Vince (FE) is da man!

[@Snatchwrangler1]

Lol, no way! Vince Richardson!

[@tenpiloto]

Jjoerg EightyTwo “armed” you deaf one

[@tenpiloto]

“Armed”. Wake up

[@DC8Combi]

Was this aircraft once registered to ATI as a Combi?

[@thomascarlson6662]

No. However, it was an ATI bird. Sadly, the combi in the boneyard was chopped up and turned into scrap.

[@999livedlive]

can anyone tell me what company manufactured the gpws on the aircraft in this video? or if those callouts were just built in by the manufacturer?

[@davidhoffman5789]

999livedlive, Probably standard callouts from the manufacturer. Utilizing standard equipment as much as possible would keep the conversion cost down.

[@PanAmguy-np7et]

what was the airline you were flying on and what is the registration?

[@thomascarlson6662]

Bravo Air Cargo. Now Defunct.

[@imransharif443]

Nice good

[@vasily2022]

Nice video. Cockpit looks "mildly" like an MD 80.

[@zeoos358]

Is very good

[@darrens.4322]

The videographer needed to stabilize/level his camera because it made it appear the airplane was in a constant bank all the way to touchdown.

[@raimundodanielpereirasobri5898]

Avião bonito

[@rberry1964]

ex emery worldwide cargo plane. i use to load this plane :)

[@sweens06]

Also has updated engines according to more recent photo's online

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

-All 73s have CFM56s. This one was upgraded in 1984.

[@thomascarlson6662]

Yep. And that one got a new set of four prior to flight.

[@Plensrcooldc-10]

TERRAIN AHEAD PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP

[@TheBoysTopSecretisOrganization]

where

[@turkey0165]

Wonder if this was a passenger commercial flight ✈️?

[@thomascarlson6662]

No passengers or cargo. First flight with just crew after being recovered from the MHV boneyard.

[@mmarlkraig30]

Ok is this a UPS or an ATI bird?

[@thomascarlson6662]

Was an ATI

[@yd4365]

DC8ですよね。水平儀が液晶化されているようですが。DC8が作られた時代に液晶の計器はまだなかったと思うのですが。ここだけ取り替えたのでしょうか？

[@edolugo150267]

los pilotos son un par de jovenzuelos...... esos sí saben..

[@christopherescott6787]

What was it re activated for?

[@thomascarlson6662]

An attempt to start a 3rd world cargo service.

[@skybluexxi8129]

Excelente me gusto..

[@fredgarvinmaleprostitute6451]

It's weird that a single isle plane was considered a heavy! I know any plane over 250,000 pounds is a heavy!

[@siedel2694]

757 is also heavy due to the wake turbolence it generates.

[@javacup912]

Being that this was a -73, it had most likely upgraded to the 350K lbs GW landing gear and trunnion, so it would still be considered "heavy" Love DC8s from -21 to -73.

[@stevebond727200]

300,000 #'s

[@stevebond727200]

The term heavy is used during radio transmissions between air traffic control and any aircraft which has been assigned a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) rating of 136 tonnes (300,000 lb) or more. ... Such "heavy"aircraft over 136 t create wake turbulence from the wings.

[@stevebond727200]

The term now for the A-380 is: "Super" but I did not look it up. I think the MGTW of the A-380 is approx. 1.2 million pounds. I may be off on that. The "wake" of wake turbulence. I've read also because of the aerodynamics of the B-757 it produces greater wake turbulence than other aircraft for its size and weight. My friend flew 757's for UNITED and says it's like a sports car. He just bid for the B-777.

[@edolugo150267]

seguramente estaba con un miedo total

[@Alexandre23aa]

Is this TT-DBC now ?

[@thomascarlson6662]

No. Last I heard it was stuck in the Middle East somewhere

[@pewsquirrelaviation]

TT-DFJ it is now, it says that the airplane is still acitve

[@gregperkins7723]

camera man please!

[@davewatson2124]

Was the cameraman on drugs ???

[@thomascarlson6662]

No. It was a new camera and I was trying to figure it out during the turbulence. ;)

[@ebk60]

@@thomascarlson6662 Hej Thomas, pratar du svenska ?

[@bluskytoo]

well it is an ATI bird

[@Bananão-Do-Corinthians]

L.A.R.S

[@youdoyouplayer8529]

I prefer my pilots wear ball caps

[@kekelaward]

Probably cause of the eyebrow windows.

[@thomascarlson6662]

Flip side of the coin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmnUo3WoZahnd5I

[@dangraham9741]

wheres I A H , perhaps Idaho ?

[@augustuscaesar1990]

dan graham in houston, tx

[@thomascarlson6662]

IAH is Houston, TX, also known as George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The flight originated at (K)MHV which is Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, CA.

[@edolugo150267]

el de la cámara no sirve... mal muy mal toma

[@danieljakubovic]

That’s a loud mofo

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