@DC10994 You're obviously obsessed with this haunted, disturbing, fucked-up airplane. Death Can/Cruiser/Contraption 10s are responsible for more hull losses than any other airframe. Just look at the damn thing, it wants to kill you.
@TTDMFfreaknew dude. they fixed the airplane. they found out the locks on the doors were too small. and they fixed it. i research my info. and the problems were fixed.
People today moan about poor airlines service allaround. When I started in the airline industry in the late seventies, people paid for good service and accordingly got it. Nowadays people want first class service for few nickels or pence or better still for free. When will the majority of the travelling public understand airlines are not charity institutions but business entities. You want good, quality service? Then pay for it!!
@hommedterre I always look out for deals, I usually book last minute during vacation time to save. It's true though people do want something for nothing. But these people are miserable, they wax poetic about an age that never existed.
@hommedterre Plus what I find funny is people who moan about bad service usually love the airlines that charge them nothing for nothing, just because some ticket agent smiled. No thank you, I'll take the professional courtesy and service of Lufthansa or Air France over the cheap and degrading Ryanair.
Why are there no more Coach Lounges today anymore. It seems as if the airlines are cutting service just to save a couple bucks. Those are a couple words you'll never hear anymore: "Specially designed Coach seats that are BIG, and a spacious lounge in Coach." These days were treated no better than anchovies packed in cans!
The DC 10 engines are quite, unless there's a flaw in one of the fins in the engine, then you'll hear a LOUD BANG, and lose the hydraulics like what happened in the UA flight that crash landed in Sioux City IA
@Pvjinflight That's an excuse, Always has been. It's a b.s. excuse to pass the buck and create a reason to hate Israel and blame the United States for it.
@MyleneJ Not really, during last 50 years USA has attacked more countries than any other country in the whole world, made lots of war crimes and killed huge amount of innocent civilians. Of course this kind of behaviour causes hate towards them. You think that shooting down iranian passenger jet is not terrorism? Thats what americans did in Gulf War. Many acts of US army have been just as much terrorism as 9/11.
@Pvjinflight "Facts" That's funny. While yes, the Iran Air incident did happen and it is regrettable that it ever happened, That's the only FACT you've given. Most of the claims of "Massive loss of Civilian life" have been in State Run, Anti-American or Anti-Western newspapers/agencies, many of which have not been able to support their claims. If you want to preach facts, Cite Facts. not "its okay to kill because"
@MyleneJ Well do you say that for example My Lai massacre didn´t happen? Of course there has been massive loss of civilian live in Vietnam also outside My Lai massacre (and no one got really long sentence from it). Agent Orange still causes lots of cancers, rice fields that fed civilian population were destroyed which caused famine. In Iraq you used uranium ammo which now causes cancers in many cities. AND, every modern war causes massive loss of civilian life caused by both sides.
@Pvjinflight And again, I said -many- not All. There have been horrible acts committed in the name of "war", I don't doubt and won't argue that. No, the United States Military is not innocent of horrific acts. However my problem with you is you talk as if the U.S. is the only one who's ever been responsible of these acts and that it makes it OKAY for "Terror Groups" to attack and kill American Civilians. Killing Civilians is unacceptable by anyone for any reason up to and including Retaliation.
American had 747-100's in the early 70's - I recall they used them on the trans-cons, and yes, they had a coach lounge in the back, probably took up 6-8 rows of space - couch's lamps, coffee tables. I have the brochure somewhere - also United, Northwest had lounges upstairs on their 747's for First Class - Eastern and national also had 747's (Eastern leased them to beat National) TWA had a non-stop LAS-JFK with great upstairs lounge - open bar, canapes. All domestic flights - what a difference!
I love this particular livery of United. It best reflects the "friendly skies" image of the airline. Not as strong a corporate symbology as the Saul Bass design, but the "friendliest" and most elegant.
@chicagoman58: It best reflects the "friendly skies" image of the airline.
JM: And wasn't the singers voice so friendly and inviting? Very warm. This was one of their best commercials. In the late '90s, till now really, they lost their way. Their ads have really stunk up the airwaves for too long now. The ad agency must be somebody's relative and they can't fire them. They've squandered a fabulous brand name.
Good point about the center of gravity being higher, i hadn't thought of that - and to those who say the plane had nothing to do with it - it sure did - they didn't have to design it so all 4 hydro lines ran together - in the 1011 they are separated. And as for the lounges - unreal - I used to say when I got older i wouldn't talk about the "good old days" - but in the airline industry, they were the good old days!! I have a brochure of an AA 747 with the last 5 rows coach lounge lamps, couch
@kevinB907: I have a brochure of an AA 747 with the last 5 rows coach lounge lamps, couch
JM: Wait a minute....what's that? Your sentence got all jumbled, couldn't make it out. First of all, that it is of an AA 747 is unusual because they didn't operate them very long at all. They pretty much retreated into the comfort zone of the DC-10 and that's where they stayed until the 777 came along. There was a lounge at the back of a 747? Please describe it.
Has anyone noticed that Robert Fuller is the star of this commercial? He played Dr. Brackett on "Emergency!" during the 70s. He also starred in westerns such as "Wagon Train" and "Larame".
@C3P0meetsData They picked Rhapsody in Blue immediately after Gershwin composed it, they probably just wanted to create a different mood for the DC-10 and chose a custom track.
If all 4 hydralic lines were not put in the same place in the tail the Souix City crash would never have happened - It would not have happened in an L-1011, the only other plane with a tail mounted engine
@kevinB907 One other feature of the L-10 that I think was better, was the tail mounted engine was mounted lower along the fuselage centerline. There have been crashes of DC-10's or MD-11s where the plane makes a hard landing or whatever, and then flips on it's back, killing the pilots. I think having the engine above the fuselage puts the center of gravity too high and exacerbates the tendancy to roll over during a crash.
yes, there were lounges before deregulation. Since airlines couldn't compete with airfares (because they were regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board), the airlines competed with amenities, like lounges.
@chicagoman58: the airlines competed with amenities, like lounges.
JM: Imagine that. I rode on one of those DC-10s in 1971 that had a lounge. They had an electronic piano....which was all the rage back then, and it also had one of those Pong games. It also had a bar. It took up what would be Business Class section now days. They handed out decks of playing cards which you could use on top of the Pong table....which my brother and I did. Played cards in the lounge from Chicago to Denver.
@chicagoman58 I figured that must have been the reason for piano bars and lounges, along with a few other gimmicks they had were racey stewardess uniforms, flashy cabin decor, and whacky paint schemes on the outside. Now the only gimmicks you hear about are "Smoker's Only" flights but not in the U.S or Canada. The Civil Aeronatics Board apparently also regulated the sizes of meals just to make sure that someone wasn't getting a better value for the money.
Flying was very expensive in those days. Even coach was expensive so the airlines like United could afford to have an entire section devoted for a lounge, The planes were 1/2 full due to the high fares but the carriers still made money. Cheap tickets came along w/Southwest in the 1970s and 80s.
I remember flying across the country in the early 70's on these aircraft with lounges, it was so relaxing and enjoyable............unlike today which is degrading, stressful and uncomfortable.
@dukegreg No, Proof that you get what you pay for, and when the flying public wants to pay the price of a greyhound ticket for a flight. Airlines gotta cut costs somehow, you can thank, well, yourselves imo.
welcome to the DC-10, where u have the quietest engines that are more prone to fall off the wing than any other airplane so buy one today so u can have more crashes than anyone else
@Airlineguy29 Yep it was a great plane. Too bad it had to compete with the L-1011 which was basically similar. I've read that if the Lockheed had been a twinjet airliner instead of a trijet, then Airbus wouldn't have been a big impact. Perhaps McDonnell Douglas would still exist. But, what's done is done.
DC-10, the pilots nightmare for flying... Souix City Flight 232 .lost .. . DC-10? A pilots Dream? Not!!!! What an over weight and unbalanced aircraft.. yikes!!!
@ChadSWA737 The Soix city incident didn't have anything to do with how the DC-10 handles. If you'd pay attention to your history, which you don't, the plane lost all hydralic systems after the #2 engines fan blade broke apart and severed the hydralic lines. The plane had no hydralics! No pilot can fly a commercial airliner w/o hydralics. And the fan blade broke apart because nobody was issued to check it. So don't blame the plane, it 's it's fault it crashed.
@ChadSWA737 The Souix city incident occured because the fan blade in the #2 engine broke and ripped holes in all the hydralic systems, it had nothing to do with the plane its self! No commercial airliner can handle w/o hydralics! Besides what makes you such an expert on how the DC-10 handled? Huh?Have you piloted a DC-10?
@AccountNotFound that has nothing to do with which plane is better. If you read up on the history of the L1011, you'd see that it was just bad timing when it was released. In fact, the L1011 was a much better designed tri-engine plane than the DC10 by far. The DC10 had many design flaws which cost many lives. Many of those were fixed over the years but still. The updated version of the DC10, the MD11 has a very checkered safety record also.
"Quiet, that is, unless the ground tech used his knee to get the rear cargo door to latch. If he did, you'll hear a loud bang and whistle as it blows out at 10,000 feet, then crunching and snapping as the floor panels sever the control cables. Aww, and then ye hear that awful, high-pitched screamin' ..."
Thank you for that i am tired of reading other posts of what a great plane it was it was a piece of crap always felt like youre walking up the isle {front} or down the isle} rear dont get me wrong the dc 8 was my favorite plane in the world but this thing yea ask anyone who lost loved ones how they like it!
The DC10's rear engine was a clever alternative to the TriStar's "S-Duct" intake. The TriStar's intake was difficult to design, as the air must be "bent" twice before entering the engine, resulting in decreased engine efficiency. The DC10 had a straight duct and was more efficient. However, the trafeoffs included a heavier tail structure to support the engine, reduced rudder size which required the engines to be close to the fuselage, and a narrow rear fuselage with reduced internal space
I survived a DC-10 tail strike on takeoff from BWI to Amsterdam on National Airlines in January, 1979.
"BANNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!"
I know enough to discuss tail strikes, but not to authoritatively accuse the former McDonnell Douglas of designing an ass-heavy killer plane. OK, I'm an ignoramus, but that third engine situated high so up in the tail looked WRONG. And yes, I rode dozens of Boeing 727s in my day.
Yes, the DC10 had a relatively poor safety record, however the majority of accidents were attributed to other factors, such as trying to land on a closed runway (Western 2605), flying into a mountain in white out conditions (Air NZ 901), using unapproved maintenance procedures (AA 191) or a bomb (UTA 772). It was not as advanced as theTriStar, but why use state of the art technology just because it's available? The DC10 burned 3% less fuel than TriStar. Lots of DC10's still in service.
@AnalgesicBalm, the DC-10 was quite quiet for it's time. Most every jet before it has low bypass turbofans or turbojets, which can rattle the town. The engines are high-bypass General Electric CF-6's, one of the engine choices for the Boeing 747. (the ones chosen for Air Force One) In 1971 terms, the low noise was impressive. It's all relative, really.
The jingle at 0:23 brings me memories of how commercials back then were a bit softer, more relaxed. Commercials now are all about flashy and somewhat kitschy.
jetblue blows. Inexperienced pilots and airbus airframes that won't go beyond 30000 cycles. I only fly legacy airlines with boeing only aicraft: American, Continental, Legacy Delta. Airbus sucks with the Air France fly by wire A330 problems!!!!
i have to admit continental is the best though. and nwa has a decent flight. jetBlue was all first class seating so that was nice. and 30,000 cycles is a lot then they can update the plane
it allows for newer planes. Look at delta. 15, sometimes 17 year old planes. look at airlines with only airbuses, 7 years or so. JetBlue is like 3.5 years.
I'd rather fly on older aircraft that are PROVEN than newer airbus planes. The air france jet that went down in the Atlantic was 2 years old! And look at Continental Airlines. Their jet fleet age is under 8 years and they operate an all Boeing fleet. They're taking delivery of new 737-900ER's at a 2-3 per month clip!!!
oh and jetBlue pilots sucessfully land planes with burning noses. And you can't judge Airbus is bad just because of their A330. Don't get me wrong, Boeings are good but Boeing takes years to make even SMALL changes. The 747: never made a change since 1989 other than the 747-8
The 747 was/is the most successful widebody ever built. Why make a massive change to something that has had such staying power for so many years? Sorry, I'll never fly Jetblue or an Airbus again.
Tickets were never affordable before de-regulation in the late 1970s. A roundtrip ticket coast to coast was around $1000.00 1970s dollars in coach.
lasuvidaboy 3 days ago
Oh i miss the golden days of commercial air travel! Tickets were affordable, the service was great and you didn't have to get felt up by a TSA perv!
unabtanium 1 month ago
Weel nice seats... OWAAA a sofa o.O LMAO
xitoroman 2 months ago
Why is Dr Brackett on that plane?
niselat 2 months ago 3
@niselat Glad I'm not the only one who thought that... XD
n787mx 4 days ago
Now only first class gets these :( :( :(. Why the heck do airlines treat coach like a prison these days?!
Satoshi9801 3 months ago
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Wow, a friendship lounge. I wonder what happened in the friendship lounge.
whaleswelsh 3 months ago
Wow, a friendship lounge. I wonder what happened in the friendship lounge.
whaleswelsh 3 months ago
I wish DC-10s are in service with commercial airlines.But its because of the poor safety records of the DC-10s,*sigh*
GalaxyMaster99 3 months ago
La..La..... ..Launge! ...i ....in coach!!!
tn13 4 months ago
No TSA.
So peaceful.
LagunaZurfer 4 months ago
I miss the DC-10
speakfoolish 4 months ago
NICE!!!
TEMPRAMENTE 5 months ago
I saw a similar commercial from Inside Edition last night. The motto seemed to be: "flying with your friends at United!" or something like that.
avickers1992 5 months ago
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floooky1 6 months ago
Death Contraption 10
MegaAfroGuy 6 months ago
Hey its Dr Bracket from Emergency!
coolsax64 6 months ago
WOW A LOUNGE
1288881 6 months ago
Probably been pointed out already -- that's Robert Fuller ("Laramie", "Emergency!") walking around inside, outside and on top of the plane.
tubiephrank0707 7 months ago
"A plane designed to please everybody... With faulty cargo doors."
TTDMFfreaknew 7 months ago 4
@TTDMFfreaknew yes, but they fixed that a LOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG time ago. now DC-10's are safe and they still fly today!
DC10994 6 months ago
@DC10994 You're obviously obsessed with this haunted, disturbing, fucked-up airplane. Death Can/Cruiser/Contraption 10s are responsible for more hull losses than any other airframe. Just look at the damn thing, it wants to kill you.
TTDMFfreaknew 6 months ago
@TTDMFfreaknew dude. they fixed the airplane. they found out the locks on the doors were too small. and they fixed it. i research my info. and the problems were fixed.
DC10994 6 months ago
@DC10994 I don't care. It's a haunted piece of shit that wants to kill you. Fuck DC-10s.
TTDMFfreaknew 6 months ago
@TTDMFfreaknew Yes it wants to kill you. Like a troll's garden, it lures you in with it's Friendship Lounge.
floooky1 6 months ago
@floooky1 LMFAO.
TTDMFfreaknew 6 months ago
@TTDMFfreaknew go check fear of flying website DC-10 ranks 11th safest
LongLiveTheDC10 5 months ago
@TTDMFfreaknew and to tell the diffrence between MD-11's it that at the end of the wings of the MD-11 it is curved. the DC-10's wings are straight.
DC10994 6 months ago
People today moan about poor airlines service allaround. When I started in the airline industry in the late seventies, people paid for good service and accordingly got it. Nowadays people want first class service for few nickels or pence or better still for free. When will the majority of the travelling public understand airlines are not charity institutions but business entities. You want good, quality service? Then pay for it!!
hommedterre 7 months ago
@hommedterre I always look out for deals, I usually book last minute during vacation time to save. It's true though people do want something for nothing. But these people are miserable, they wax poetic about an age that never existed.
juantrippe82 7 months ago
@hommedterre Plus what I find funny is people who moan about bad service usually love the airlines that charge them nothing for nothing, just because some ticket agent smiled. No thank you, I'll take the professional courtesy and service of Lufthansa or Air France over the cheap and degrading Ryanair.
juantrippe82 7 months ago
Why are there no more Coach Lounges today anymore. It seems as if the airlines are cutting service just to save a couple bucks. Those are a couple words you'll never hear anymore: "Specially designed Coach seats that are BIG, and a spacious lounge in Coach." These days were treated no better than anchovies packed in cans!
PanAmPatrick 7 months ago
Thats Dr Bracket in Emergency!
abbyandy 8 months ago
@abbyandy Station 51!
bixbyglaser 7 months ago
Hot dude! mmmmmmmm!
mickithebush 8 months ago
United called their DC-10 "Friendships."
johneddy98033 8 months ago
WTF - a lounge in coach!!!! Today they would have that filled with seats 12" wide for midgets in no time at all.....
xr6lad 8 months ago 12
Dr Brackett!
JSWill1963 8 months ago
The DC 10 engines are quite, unless there's a flaw in one of the fins in the engine, then you'll hear a LOUD BANG, and lose the hydraulics like what happened in the UA flight that crash landed in Sioux City IA
interstategar 9 months ago
Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to welcome you aboard the Death Cruiser..., sorry, the DC-10.
AirShark95 9 months ago
4 people don't do things for people
SuperWindows7Tips 9 months ago
Love the old United livery
smeltedcheese 9 months ago
Quietest ever built LMAO
Shmaaaaa 9 months ago
*Planes leaves at 5:46* "Damn it, we're delayed.. Oh well, might as well cancel the flight"
TdzaleskiVids 9 months ago
Those 2-4-2 configurations didn't last long either. By 1980, most DC-10s went to the 2-5-2.
bimbuyo 9 months ago
Back in the early days of jumbo jets coach did have lounges like this (747s, DC-10s & L1011s), not the sardine cans of today.
WestSideModSquad 9 months ago
Tristar - my favorite : ))
ChuffChuffWoo 10 months ago
AA shoddy maint gave this plane an undeserved reputation!
stingpower 10 months ago
Best thing about the DC 10 was the lower galley. Once the meal was served it became the hangout.
alienhuman 11 months ago
I love the commercial airline industry!
TheSnowbird2011 11 months ago
DC-10 One of the best planes ever.....
pianomanmaestro 11 months ago 2
The DC-10's center engine/hydraulic routing problem was corrected on all
planes in service and it enjoyed a very long service life being replaced by the
MD-11 (sorry no RIP for this baby) . DC stood for Douglas Corp and MD stood
McDonnel/Douglass - McDonnel / Douglas was purchased by Boeing. By the way
there are very large numbers of DC-9/MD-80 series planes still in faithful
short hop service in the US and around the world, but are being replaced
by the Boeing 737/Airbus A320.
BrokebackBob 1 year ago
Flying like this can never happen again.. The fucking terrorists ruin it for every one.
hippocaraz 1 year ago 37
@hippocaraz sorry buddy, flying was shitty wayyyy before 2001
Yankees368 8 months ago
@hippocaraz and internal terrorists like Jimmy Carter and his airline deregulation act of 1978. Look what it did to a once glamorous experience!!!
jimdep333 8 months ago
@hippocaraz Flying like this died long before 9-11. 9-11 was just the nail in the coffin.
diapermanful 6 months ago 2
@hippocaraz US government is responsible of terrorism against west, blame them.
Pvjinflight 4 months ago
@Pvjinflight Hate is the cause of 'terrorism' pure and simple.
MyleneJ 3 months ago
@MyleneJ Hate is result from acts of US government in Middle-East.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago
@Pvjinflight That's an excuse, Always has been. It's a b.s. excuse to pass the buck and create a reason to hate Israel and blame the United States for it.
MyleneJ 3 months ago
@MyleneJ Not really, during last 50 years USA has attacked more countries than any other country in the whole world, made lots of war crimes and killed huge amount of innocent civilians. Of course this kind of behaviour causes hate towards them. You think that shooting down iranian passenger jet is not terrorism? Thats what americans did in Gulf War. Many acts of US army have been just as much terrorism as 9/11.
These are the facts.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago
@Pvjinflight "Facts" That's funny. While yes, the Iran Air incident did happen and it is regrettable that it ever happened, That's the only FACT you've given. Most of the claims of "Massive loss of Civilian life" have been in State Run, Anti-American or Anti-Western newspapers/agencies, many of which have not been able to support their claims. If you want to preach facts, Cite Facts. not "its okay to kill because"
MyleneJ 3 months ago
@MyleneJ Well do you say that for example My Lai massacre didn´t happen? Of course there has been massive loss of civilian live in Vietnam also outside My Lai massacre (and no one got really long sentence from it). Agent Orange still causes lots of cancers, rice fields that fed civilian population were destroyed which caused famine. In Iraq you used uranium ammo which now causes cancers in many cities. AND, every modern war causes massive loss of civilian life caused by both sides.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago
@Pvjinflight And again, I said -many- not All. There have been horrible acts committed in the name of "war", I don't doubt and won't argue that. No, the United States Military is not innocent of horrific acts. However my problem with you is you talk as if the U.S. is the only one who's ever been responsible of these acts and that it makes it OKAY for "Terror Groups" to attack and kill American Civilians. Killing Civilians is unacceptable by anyone for any reason up to and including Retaliation.
MyleneJ 3 months ago
American had 747-100's in the early 70's - I recall they used them on the trans-cons, and yes, they had a coach lounge in the back, probably took up 6-8 rows of space - couch's lamps, coffee tables. I have the brochure somewhere - also United, Northwest had lounges upstairs on their 747's for First Class - Eastern and national also had 747's (Eastern leased them to beat National) TWA had a non-stop LAS-JFK with great upstairs lounge - open bar, canapes. All domestic flights - what a difference!
kevinB907 1 year ago
I love this particular livery of United. It best reflects the "friendly skies" image of the airline. Not as strong a corporate symbology as the Saul Bass design, but the "friendliest" and most elegant.
chicagoman58 1 year ago
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@chicagoman58: It best reflects the "friendly skies" image of the airline.
JM: And wasn't the singers voice so friendly and inviting? Very warm. This was one of their best commercials. In the late '90s, till now really, they lost their way. Their ads have really stunk up the airwaves for too long now. The ad agency must be somebody's relative and they can't fire them. They've squandered a fabulous brand name.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
Good point about the center of gravity being higher, i hadn't thought of that - and to those who say the plane had nothing to do with it - it sure did - they didn't have to design it so all 4 hydro lines ran together - in the 1011 they are separated. And as for the lounges - unreal - I used to say when I got older i wouldn't talk about the "good old days" - but in the airline industry, they were the good old days!! I have a brochure of an AA 747 with the last 5 rows coach lounge lamps, couch
kevinB907 1 year ago
@kevinB907: I have a brochure of an AA 747 with the last 5 rows coach lounge lamps, couch
JM: Wait a minute....what's that? Your sentence got all jumbled, couldn't make it out. First of all, that it is of an AA 747 is unusual because they didn't operate them very long at all. They pretty much retreated into the comfort zone of the DC-10 and that's where they stayed until the 777 came along. There was a lounge at the back of a 747? Please describe it.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
I mean, how cool is the friendship room! I would enjoy a flight more with a lounge in the aircraft
sushifornico 1 year ago
Has anyone noticed that Robert Fuller is the star of this commercial? He played Dr. Brackett on "Emergency!" during the 70s. He also starred in westerns such as "Wagon Train" and "Larame".
MrMg0918 1 year ago
@MrMg0918 Oh yeah, we noticed. GOOD for him! (really, good for United. He made us all rich.)
JetMechMA 1 year ago
I take it this was before they used "Rhapsody in Blue" in their ads?
C3P0meetsData 1 year ago
@C3P0meetsData They picked Rhapsody in Blue immediately after Gershwin composed it, they probably just wanted to create a different mood for the DC-10 and chose a custom track.
scaremengaviation 1 year ago
Just watch put for exploding cargo holds.
raptors222222 1 year ago
If all 4 hydralic lines were not put in the same place in the tail the Souix City crash would never have happened - It would not have happened in an L-1011, the only other plane with a tail mounted engine
kevinB907 1 year ago
@kevinB907 One other feature of the L-10 that I think was better, was the tail mounted engine was mounted lower along the fuselage centerline. There have been crashes of DC-10's or MD-11s where the plane makes a hard landing or whatever, and then flips on it's back, killing the pilots. I think having the engine above the fuselage puts the center of gravity too high and exacerbates the tendancy to roll over during a crash.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA Yes, I saw a video - I think it was a FedEx MD90 - landing poorly, bouncing, and flipping over on its back in Japan.
chicagoman58 1 year ago
@chicagoman58 Yeah, it was an MD10 or 11 I don't know which. But yeah, and that's not the first time a FedEx tri-jet has done that.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA well you've explained why it flipped over! The crash is on YouTube. Flight attendants used to call it the "Death Cruiser 10"
chicagoman58 1 year ago
the outside is american airlines
dodgingdaniel 1 year ago
@dodgingdaniel Huh? Your monitor colors may need adjusting.
alienhuman 1 year ago
yes, there were lounges before deregulation. Since airlines couldn't compete with airfares (because they were regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board), the airlines competed with amenities, like lounges.
chicagoman58 1 year ago
@chicagoman58: the airlines competed with amenities, like lounges.
JM: Imagine that. I rode on one of those DC-10s in 1971 that had a lounge. They had an electronic piano....which was all the rage back then, and it also had one of those Pong games. It also had a bar. It took up what would be Business Class section now days. They handed out decks of playing cards which you could use on top of the Pong table....which my brother and I did. Played cards in the lounge from Chicago to Denver.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@chicagoman58 I figured that must have been the reason for piano bars and lounges, along with a few other gimmicks they had were racey stewardess uniforms, flashy cabin decor, and whacky paint schemes on the outside. Now the only gimmicks you hear about are "Smoker's Only" flights but not in the U.S or Canada. The Civil Aeronatics Board apparently also regulated the sizes of meals just to make sure that someone wasn't getting a better value for the money.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
Flying was very expensive in those days. Even coach was expensive so the airlines like United could afford to have an entire section devoted for a lounge, The planes were 1/2 full due to the high fares but the carriers still made money. Cheap tickets came along w/Southwest in the 1970s and 80s.
lasuvidaboy 1 year ago
I didn't know DC-10s have lounges. I thought only the 747s do.
MrMatt828 1 year ago
I remember flying across the country in the early 70's on these aircraft with lounges, it was so relaxing and enjoyable............unlike today which is degrading, stressful and uncomfortable.
Simon5005 1 year ago
@Simon5005 Unfortunately you can only blame the flying public. Wanting Cross country same day travel, for the price of a public bus going cross town.
MyleneJ 1 year ago
I LOVE THE DC-10!
Too bad I won't get to see anymore tulips in Melbourne or Sydney...
Now its going to be a globe.
:'(
SouthAfricanAirways1 1 year ago
Oh god. I'm glad Old Spice didn't dub over that black man in the beginning. "Look at me. I'm on an airplane."
scaremengaviation 1 year ago
That Big lounge for coach! and large coach seats ! Proof that life is much much much better when oil prices are low low low !
dukegreg 1 year ago 2
@dukegreg No, Proof that you get what you pay for, and when the flying public wants to pay the price of a greyhound ticket for a flight. Airlines gotta cut costs somehow, you can thank, well, yourselves imo.
MyleneJ 1 year ago 2
He's walking now...pretty soon that plane he is walking on will be falling
MichaelTheTerrible 1 year ago
Robert Fuller is the actor in this spot. He was big on TV at the time.
Mickagume 1 year ago
@Mickagume Dr. Kelly Brackett on "Emergency"!!!
Simon5005 1 year ago 2
Bring back the hospitality rooms! Then people might not be so pissed about being stuck on a tarmac for 5 hours!
polarbear3333333333 1 year ago
@polarbear3333333333
fmagloire1 1 year ago
RIP United, hello United continental!
johnwarman54 1 year ago
this is the best livery United has ever had.
chicagoman58 1 year ago
I guess it was a good commercial to contrast Eastern Airlines' B727 "WhisperJet!"
At the time of introduction of the DC-10/L-1011 it was great for Eastern to call their L-1011 a Whisperliner, but a B727 a Whisperjet???
Does anyone know if Eastern called their 727's that BEFORE the L1011?
fmagloire1 1 year ago
i want to fly on a united US 737-800
nathanfishing3000 1 year ago
@thecravenator42069 hahahaha... perfectly safe alright!
anacrobat89 1 year ago
I think the guy in this commercial is Robert Fuller, used to do some kind of western TV show in the 60's, am I right, anyone ? I love the DC-10
varigdc10 1 year ago
@varigdc10 You are absolutely correct. I'd know that voice anywhere. At the time this commercial was made, he was staring in the TV show, Emergency.
bobjl527 1 year ago
Back when flying was great! Now it's a hassle, and more like a bus ride.
graycloud057 1 year ago
it sure sucks that a great looking plane like that had a sketchy safety record.
illinoisboyinchi 1 year ago
welcome to the DC-10, where u have the quietest engines that are more prone to fall off the wing than any other airplane so buy one today so u can have more crashes than anyone else
just kidding
it was a great plane RIP
Airlineguy29 1 year ago 34
@Airlineguy29 Yep it was a great plane. Too bad it had to compete with the L-1011 which was basically similar. I've read that if the Lockheed had been a twinjet airliner instead of a trijet, then Airbus wouldn't have been a big impact. Perhaps McDonnell Douglas would still exist. But, what's done is done.
tiadaid 1 year ago
@tiadaid McDonnell Douglas went down in part because of the accidents involving the DC-10's and all of the lawsuits that came with them.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
DC-10, the pilots nightmare for flying... Souix City Flight 232 .lost .. . DC-10? A pilots Dream? Not!!!! What an over weight and unbalanced aircraft.. yikes!!!
ChadSWA737 1 year ago
@ChadSWA737 The Soix city incident didn't have anything to do with how the DC-10 handles. If you'd pay attention to your history, which you don't, the plane lost all hydralic systems after the #2 engines fan blade broke apart and severed the hydralic lines. The plane had no hydralics! No pilot can fly a commercial airliner w/o hydralics. And the fan blade broke apart because nobody was issued to check it. So don't blame the plane, it 's it's fault it crashed.
wazithefreak 1 year ago
@ChadSWA737 The Souix city incident occured because the fan blade in the #2 engine broke and ripped holes in all the hydralic systems, it had nothing to do with the plane its self! No commercial airliner can handle w/o hydralics! Besides what makes you such an expert on how the DC-10 handled? Huh?Have you piloted a DC-10?
wazithefreak 1 year ago
the DC-10 has proven better than the L-1011 TriStar. there is 150 DC-10's in commercial service 1 l-1011 i commercial service.
AccountNotFound 1 year ago
@AccountNotFound that has nothing to do with which plane is better. If you read up on the history of the L1011, you'd see that it was just bad timing when it was released. In fact, the L1011 was a much better designed tri-engine plane than the DC10 by far. The DC10 had many design flaws which cost many lives. Many of those were fixed over the years but still. The updated version of the DC10, the MD11 has a very checkered safety record also.
anacrobat89 1 year ago
was he really standing on top that plane?
reckz420 1 year ago
Quietest one ever built? Yeah, right.
ThreeSevenSpeedway 1 year ago
@ThreeSevenSpeedway They were the quietest in there day obviously, or he would not say that
AccountNotFound 1 year ago
@AccountNotFound Nope, the L1011 was better.
ThreeSevenSpeedway 1 year ago
Remember! United 232!!!
8k7k6k5k4k 1 year ago
"Quiet, that is, unless the ground tech used his knee to get the rear cargo door to latch. If he did, you'll hear a loud bang and whistle as it blows out at 10,000 feet, then crunching and snapping as the floor panels sever the control cables. Aww, and then ye hear that awful, high-pitched screamin' ..."
El135o 1 year ago
Thank you for that i am tired of reading other posts of what a great plane it was it was a piece of crap always felt like youre walking up the isle {front} or down the isle} rear dont get me wrong the dc 8 was my favorite plane in the world but this thing yea ask anyone who lost loved ones how they like it!
Turksonbass 1 year ago
The DC10's rear engine was a clever alternative to the TriStar's "S-Duct" intake. The TriStar's intake was difficult to design, as the air must be "bent" twice before entering the engine, resulting in decreased engine efficiency. The DC10 had a straight duct and was more efficient. However, the trafeoffs included a heavier tail structure to support the engine, reduced rudder size which required the engines to be close to the fuselage, and a narrow rear fuselage with reduced internal space
milehighhostie 1 year ago
I survived a DC-10 tail strike on takeoff from BWI to Amsterdam on National Airlines in January, 1979.
"BANNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!"
I know enough to discuss tail strikes, but not to authoritatively accuse the former McDonnell Douglas of designing an ass-heavy killer plane. OK, I'm an ignoramus, but that third engine situated high so up in the tail looked WRONG. And yes, I rode dozens of Boeing 727s in my day.
ptownfreddy 1 year ago
5:45 PM...if I leave now, I can make that flight!
desertfalcon 1 year ago
James Drury....The Virginian
rooseguitar64 1 year ago
the "friendship room" :-)
wow lads imagine that nowadays hahaha
cheers
dnhug 1 year ago
@dnhug I think that was before they renamed it the Mile High Club, it was then known as the frienship room
shaithis45 1 year ago
@shaithis45 good one mate :-)
dnhug 1 year ago
@dnhug LOL, thank you thank you thank you
shaithis45 1 year ago
Engines, quietes ever build xD ;-D
TheLehcimLemon 1 year ago
Yes, the DC10 had a relatively poor safety record, however the majority of accidents were attributed to other factors, such as trying to land on a closed runway (Western 2605), flying into a mountain in white out conditions (Air NZ 901), using unapproved maintenance procedures (AA 191) or a bomb (UTA 772). It was not as advanced as theTriStar, but why use state of the art technology just because it's available? The DC10 burned 3% less fuel than TriStar. Lots of DC10's still in service.
milehighhostie 1 year ago
@milehighhostie I think some DC10's have been used to fight fires if I'm not mistaken.
shaithis45 1 year ago
@shaithis45 the fire fighter dc-10's are dc-10-10's which were the first type of dc-10's built.
wowdude999 1 year ago
@wowdude999 appreciate the info, thx
shaithis45 1 year ago
@shaithis45 no problem
wowdude999 1 year ago
Wow....Dr. Brackett from Emergency! Was my favorite TV show as a kid, so this clip is a must keep for me - 7 star rating.
robbrie 1 year ago
Im wonderin if "United Broke Guitars" back then??????????
Probably.
akfunnyguy 2 years ago
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is / was a far better plane
mikey57804 2 years ago 13
it might of been, but it is ugly, i hate the tail engine look on it, this just looks better tho.
TheJohnnyboy23 2 years ago
@mikey57804 Um....try a Google Search on Dallas and see how that went.
BARRIEMOREBARLOW 1 year ago
@mikey57804 LOL!Thats why the L-1011 is no where to be found and the DC-10 is still flying!
rich1223 9 months ago
I flew in a Continental DC-10, trust me, they aren't that quiet. Beautiful planes though, my personal favorite.
AnalgesicBalm 2 years ago
@AnalgesicBalm, the DC-10 was quite quiet for it's time. Most every jet before it has low bypass turbofans or turbojets, which can rattle the town. The engines are high-bypass General Electric CF-6's, one of the engine choices for the Boeing 747. (the ones chosen for Air Force One) In 1971 terms, the low noise was impressive. It's all relative, really.
mrskyking737 1 year ago
You should add Robert Fuller to your list of tags. You would probably get more hits.
zeuk416b 2 years ago
SCRIPT
I'm walking on top of the newest jet plane: United's DC-10
Its engines, the quietest ever built (GE CF6)
Inside, specially designed coach seats that are BIG
And a spacious lounge in coach: The Friendship Room
The United DC-10 Friendship
The plane designed to please everybody
"When you're friendly you do things for people, United Airlines"
Announcer:
United's exclusive DC-10 leaves for San Francisco at 5:45 pm from Dulles
SFConifer 2 years ago
I flew a World Airways MAC flight from Philly to Naples on a DC-10. It almost sounded like a piston propliner to me.
SCE2AUX 2 years ago
Awesome
RickMakesGoodVideos 2 years ago 3
paging dr. bracket...
stevekach 2 years ago
That's the guy from "Emergency"
peace2baby 2 years ago 2
The jingle at 0:23 brings me memories of how commercials back then were a bit softer, more relaxed. Commercials now are all about flashy and somewhat kitschy.
thibaulthalpern 2 years ago
i hate the airbuses they always have something wrong with them
meteors6 2 years ago
@meteors6 what do you mean? boeing's always have had MORE mechanical problems and killed more people
cloudbook1994 2 years ago
BOEING DOSEN'T MAKE THE AIRBUS
meteors6 2 years ago
@meteors6 what does that have to do with my comment?
cloudbook1994 2 years ago
@cloudbook1994 what does boeing have to do with the DC-10? McDonnell Douglas made that
meteors6 2 years ago
I like Boeing Better!:):P
uycana 2 years ago
Lounge? You probably couldn't get anywhere near it...
AuntBarbara 2 years ago
wtf a lounge? where can i get my ticket for that?
kingjoe3883 2 years ago
Damn, this commercial makes me feel OLD.
brandondallas 2 years ago 2
Dont fly united. Fly Northwest, or jetBlue.
jmass67 2 years ago
oh and the A380 is the quietest ever built. I should know I FLEW ON ONE. Best flight right there on qantas
jmass67 2 years ago
jetblue blows. Inexperienced pilots and airbus airframes that won't go beyond 30000 cycles. I only fly legacy airlines with boeing only aicraft: American, Continental, Legacy Delta. Airbus sucks with the Air France fly by wire A330 problems!!!!
jimdep333 2 years ago
i have to admit continental is the best though. and nwa has a decent flight. jetBlue was all first class seating so that was nice. and 30,000 cycles is a lot then they can update the plane
jmass67 2 years ago
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starfox8781 2 years ago
@jimdep333
it allows for newer planes. Look at delta. 15, sometimes 17 year old planes. look at airlines with only airbuses, 7 years or so. JetBlue is like 3.5 years.
ie210 2 years ago
I'd rather fly on older aircraft that are PROVEN than newer airbus planes. The air france jet that went down in the Atlantic was 2 years old! And look at Continental Airlines. Their jet fleet age is under 8 years and they operate an all Boeing fleet. They're taking delivery of new 737-900ER's at a 2-3 per month clip!!!
jimdep333 2 years ago
@jimdep333 I don't like the idea of flying on any plane that uses a fly by wire setup without any mechanical backup, and Airbus likes using FBW.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
@OlegKostoglatov isnt FBW statistically safer?
bencofilms 3 months ago
@jimdep333
oh and jetBlue pilots sucessfully land planes with burning noses. And you can't judge Airbus is bad just because of their A330. Don't get me wrong, Boeings are good but Boeing takes years to make even SMALL changes. The 747: never made a change since 1989 other than the 747-8
ie210 2 years ago
The 747 was/is the most successful widebody ever built. Why make a massive change to something that has had such staying power for so many years? Sorry, I'll never fly Jetblue or an Airbus again.
jimdep333 2 years ago