American Airlines DC-10 Takeoff 1989 - Original DC-10 Prototype

[Glacifly]

1:38 Random 727 (most likely Continental) appears out of nowhere.

[737FSPilot]

Ya I agree with KuostA...That spool up was insane. I turned my speakers up ;)

[AcepilotC172]

Amazing how you don't see wide bodies on domestic flights anymore...anymore this is all MD-80 or RJ equipment.

[mizzouluvr]

A beautiful journey back in time

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

This is the very same DC-10 used in the AA commerical back in 71. You all should watch this vid, you will see her being torn up as well :(( watch?v=U9rEhW8SWcU&feature=re­lated

[nenblom]

The DC-10 is a CLASSIC airliner!! I remember flying on it a few times during the 1980s including overseas.

[CaptainAndreas45]

Same classic look!

[ChorltonM21]

Lockheed tristar

[hotelgulf]

AA , UAL, and NW schemes look perfect on the "10"!

[TexasMan77]

Flew on AA DC-10's many times as a kid in the 80s and 90s, as the golden age of flying was drawing to a close. Even got to visit the cockpit of a DC-10 at 35K feet enroute from DFW to Hololulu in '86.

It's too bad my kids wont get to expierience that.

[ramonasidneybaker]

should this even be filmed because it's a prototype?

[crichey1000]

Why did they retire the DC-10s?

[TexasMan77]

@crichey1000

Too inefficient, they required a flight engineer, but mostly due to age. AA retired their as last DC-10 in 2000 and replaced them with the 767 and then all-new 777.

[crichey1000]

What do you mean it was too inefficient?

[skbenergy]

a blast from the past i love it :)

[evilassaultweaponeer]

Such a cool looking plane. Oh and DTW woot woot!

[lnn6785]

That was a quick takeoff. I fly too. I can imagine twr told them "cleared for immediate takeoff". That means get out of there fast. Throw the throttles to the wall because there is probabley another aircraft on short final about to land on that same runway.

[edvardsoz]

that plane is little. then why it has one turbine more up?

[aaroncar]

Scrapped in 2002? Why didn't they just call me? I would have taken it.

[jjouney]

@aaroncar I'm actually surprised Boeing didn't take it. It would have looked great at the museum on static display

[TheSilentKnight27]

@jjouney I know right! Scrapping such a beautiful aircraft should be illegal!!!!

[Giantcessna]

@aaroncar you would've had to fight me for it!

[MrGabegogo]

@aaroncar Me too I love DC-10s!!!!! When i learn to fly I will get one of thoses beauties :DDDDDDDand there cute too!

[magyari25]

they are very lucky people who could fly this plane!!!!!!!

[magyari25]

the most beatyfull airplane ever!! my Fav..

[jgstargazer]

@magyari25 They were a nice sight at the airports, they stood out from the rest.

[jjouney]

@jgstargazer So true! The DC-10 had a very distinctive look, as did the 1011, 727. Now, all of the tails just blend in..

[TomsFriendKake]

Does anyone know where it was going. My "guess" would be ORD, DFW, LGA, JFK, or maybe IAD.

[jjouney]

@TomsFriendKake This was a flight to Dallas DFW.. I'll post info in the description

[TomsFriendKake]

@jjouney Thanks, I love watching these old AA video's from the 80's and 90's. American was such a powerful airline back then, ruled by a man with an iron fist, that struck fear and admiration in all the other airline CEO's in the U.S. It is so sad what has happened to AA, they have completely gone off course. At one time, AA was only slightly smaller than UAL in ORD, now ORD is basically a large Eagle base with a handful of mainline flights. Good Luck with CH.11 AA, I'm rooting for ya!

[stirlwm]

@TomsFriendKake AA also had hubs at BNA & RDU at this time...

[PhilipDK5800]

Nice, a rare sight. A DC10 that hasn't crashed :) Nice video.

[diapermanful]

@PhilipDK5800 They don't call it the "Death Cruiser" for nothing. (;-)

[donnafromnyc]

How the heck could they have scrapped it? Put it in a museum maybe??? Awful!

[aamd80seniorcaptain]

Cant be 1989...AA Flight 191 crashed in Chicago,Ill on 5-25-1979...

It was a DC-10-10,like this one..

GET YOUR FACTS STR8!

[AccessAir]

@aamd80seniorcaptain Yes, and AA flight 191 was a Los Angeles bound DC10-10 tail number N110AA..The aircraft in this video is N101AA, which is the prototype DC10.....And I flew on N101AA on Easter Sunday 1991, from Detroit to Chicago OHare.

[AccessAir]

I got to fly on this exact tail number on Easter Sunday 1991 taking from DTW back to ORD....

[sixstringfretter]

@AccessAir You remember the tail number of a commercial airline you rode on 30 years later? That's hard to believe.

[AccessAir]

@sixstringfretter Actually it was only 20 years ago and I log all my passenger flights, just like a Pilot would do in a pilot log book...I have been ever since I started flying as a passenger in 1983....

[sixstringfretter]

@AccessAir My bad on the math ;) How many air miles have you accumulated? I bet it is an interesting ledger. At one point, I was in the air more than most pilots because of the job I had. But it was just local hops to regional airports. Many 727, MD80, MD90 and 737's. Not including the puddle jumpers. I wish I had logged them all as faithfully as you did.

[Oche76]

Best airliner

[650ChicagoBearsFan]

Love that "buzz saw" sound! Great video. My favorite plane.

[craig9843]

@650ChicagoBearsFan It does have that saw sound

[KuostA]

woah...was it almost empty because it accelerated surprisingly fast. loved the sound of the spoollup. excelleent footage.

[lolpo555]

what a piece of history it is!... I really liked those "luxury liner" stickers!