United Airlines DC-10 Takeoff from Honolulu (1997)

[DA20c1flyboy]

Now thats what you call Old School!

[jtryan]

the dc ten got bad press every one of the accidents except one could have been avoided great plane to fly

[crackaddict444]

The shot of the UA birds at O'hare in the early morning in the snow brings back sooo many memories when I was a kid. Can't believe the Tulip is gone now :(

[BranmasterG]

This is probably the first video ive seen from the 90's that is window view take-off.

[glasswings21]

Why was the MD11 and DC10 series planes were a huge failure in the aviation industry? no one will know but these planes didn't really make it to the top like still some planes from that era are up and flying good.

[airasiax]

@glasswings21 top rated comment says it all really. nice to look at and watch, dunno about flying in one though.

[glasswings21]

@airasiax Yeah i have had my flight experience in both never liked them at all if you ask me personally they were unique in shape and design but i don't like their safety record so that's why not on list of favorites at all !

[airasiax]

@glasswings21 i remember back in 2004 when i was in hawaii and got talking to an md-11 pilot while surfing at waikiki. he said that they were a great plane to fly and he really liked them. so i guess they were ok to fly, but not a great safety record as you said.

[sobelou]

@airasiax Yeah, but check something out, except for the Swissair disaster, which was later atttributed to a defectively installed entertainment system, all other MD11 mishaps have been in the landing phase, which would sound like operational reasons. In the beginning, it was emphasized many times to pilots that its landing characteristics were very different to the DC10...

[sobelou]

@glasswings21 The MD11 was a failure because MDD decided not to invest in a new wing design, which was a bad business decision that doomed the company. The DC10 was not at all a failure, it filled a niche for nearly 15 years until twin engine designs replaced it. Northwest flew them for 36 years, Lufthansa and JAL for 22, Swissair and Finnair for 20 and even British Airways for 15 without a singla accident, while KLM, Iberia and others had wrtite offs without loss of life...

[glasswings21]

@sobelou Good information you got there..:) that's quite appreciating !

[hexaflour]

the Dc10 was the forerunner to the MD 11 

[Tamadrummer1981]

Damn, I was 15 on January 16 1997,

[garyemorin]

the plane in the "Window" at take off, was an L-10-11, the plane at Chicago, was a 737 or 757. could not see the third engine in the video at chicago, thus my guess. Dc 10's is the same as Lockeede 10-11's I miss the 727's, looks like the 9"s with the third engine on the rear elevator/ tail- like the l-10-11's but set lower onward the body of the plane.

[AirlinersUSA]

@garyemorin lol... The Plane in the little window in the upper left at takeoff? That's a UA Dc-10... You didn't get that it was simulating / or was the plane that they were actually on...? haha

[garyemorin]

the plane in the "Window" at take off, was an L-10-11, the plane at Chicago, was a 737 or 757. Dc 10's hav e the engines in the rear like the 9's

[alsamadani]

The kids who were talking in the video are high school or college students now !!

[Boeing36510]

@rddymk yes it is



[rddymk]

At the end, are you filming the gate next to yours?  That's not a DC-10.

[bmacleod52]

HNL-ORD...President Obama probably flew this route many times during his senate years. He does have a family estate in Honolulu....

[jkllad]

@bmacleod52 Now he and his entourage fly on our dime. Great.

[ItsCoreyLynxxYall]

@jkllad what president didn't?

[nthom1956]

What a bummer! You left sunny warm Honolulu and returned to miserable cold snowy Chicago. Think I would have turned around and booked the next flight back to Hawaii, LOL. Seriously though, cool vid, nice to relive a DC-10 flight. Sad they and other classic planes aren't out there anymore.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

Wow, if you notice at 0:13 the UAL 747-100/200. I remember HNL used to be crawling with classic jet liners, L-1011's, DC-10's, 747 100/200/300's, DC-9's, and 737-200's. Even the C-141's, C-5's, and C-130's were a common sight going to hickam. Now all we have here are mostly 767's and 757's, very few 747's and almost no trijets =(

[wowdude999]

@xTomcatsForeverVF84x They get daily MD-11 with FedEx, I know that, same with UPS, UPS even has HNL-HKG with a 747-400F

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@wowdude999 I know, but its just good to see the original classic aircraft ya know? 747-400 I've seen much of, but not the classic ones which I miss. Only Kalitta uses their 747-200 over here and Aloha air cargo with their 737-200's. Btw, there's a DC-10-10 over here, it looks modified with something sticking out on the right side of the fuselage, with NO markings. I got in trouble for taking pictures of it.....

[jmkpns]

Now, that would probably be a 777 or A330.

[DRUMMERDAVEKINKADE]

man I miss the UA DC10's

[flubbaj]

"meal service" Those are words you often no longer hear while flying these days, at least domestic flights...

[JackJohnson3119]

Oh man the 90's were great back then, loved the 90's and everything. Then all hell broke loose right after 2001 with 9/11, I wish I could go back in time so much, I miss not having to deal with all this technology all the time even though I like it very much :(

[Starfish99100]

@JackJohnson3119 The '90s, the good ole days for real, when gas was less than $1 a gallon, when the worst thing the country had to worry about was what Clinton did to Monica's dress!

[JackJohnson3119]

Oh man, the 90's were greater

[easyJetAirbus]

b.e.a.utiful engine sound! Thanks for the upload!!

[MarcusLeepapi]

Wow, I used to work those DC-10's... Great clip...

[airplanecrazy1989]

OMG I remember DC-10s were common at HNL in the mid 90s when I was little and just starting to recognize aircraft types!!! thanks for the memories :)

[TheXcaliber223]

this was the year i was born but its good to see those old birds fly

[thedeitsch]

It's rare to see tri-jets anymore. This vid had two of them (I saw the 727 at the gate at ORD).

[eliskander]

Thanx for posting, great footage, I miss those mighty 10s.

[johnifly]

I bet you felt like getting back on the plane and head back to Hawaii after seeing this weather on your arrival! I know I would have!

[htshoward]

I got to fly in a Northwest DC-10 from DTW to MCO in 1996. There were tornadoes in the Detroit area and the takeoff was spectacular and within minutes we were over and above the storms. Loved it! MIss this bird! Great vid.

[himynameispaolo]

shes a beauty

[BlackParis86]

I was very lucky to have flown on a American Airlines DC-10 back in 2000 from Miami to JFK. Being a young aircraft enthusiast (12 years old at the time) I was very happy to fly on it. An AA pilot also caught a ride with us on the jumpseat and I got to talk to him the whole way. We were catching a plane back home to London from JFK. The plane I was on was turned into a cargo plan for FedEx a week after I flew on it. I have the aircraft registration written down somewhere... Good times!

[antimatterXXXIII]

Oh boy, a Sinbad movie! I'll have the fish!

[antimatterXXXIII]

Douglas' answer to take-off lift was slats that stuck WAY out beyond the normal leading wing edge. Boeing's was double flaps in back. The Douglas solution played a sad role in the crash of AA 191 in Chicago, when hydraulic failure induced by damage from a lost engine caused the slat on the left wing to be pushed back into the wing, killing its lift. The AC rolled left and crashed.

[antimatterXXXIII]

The size of the cockpit windows on these AC always amazes me. What a view for the pilots and the engineer!

[PoSeiDoNN91]

ahhh the old death cruiser-10 ... even though they didn't have the best reputation they were still nice to look at

[htshoward]

@PoSeiDoNN91 Why do you call it the death cruiser...the American Airlines accident at O'Hare or others?

[glasswings21]

@PoSeiDoNN91 Very well named :) DC haha...well yes that is true though these airplanes did not carry a good reputation under their belt because of many failures of its techonology they were never a safer choice in the aviation history these DC 10's carry very disastrous events than any other plane in history i guess i never really liked them personally but i like the look i also flew with one of these with swissair from my flight to chicago from zurich back in 1998 and never then.

[glasswings21]

@glasswings21 and i also remember even then when i was traveling we were off boarded once the plane was loaded with passengers it wasn't able to start its one engine and then we were shifted to another plane in about an hour or 2 ....good old DC 10's with sad and disappointing reputation.

[PoSeiDoNN91]

@glasswings21 lol i don't even remember commenting on this vid.... hard to believe they didn't get it right with the Mega Death-11 either...

[ford9572]

Xcf

[ford9572]

DC-10 only had one engine in the rear TheMusicfan1950, The other 2 were below the wings.

[ford9572]

Zxz

[ford9572]

@TheMusicfan1950 The DC-10 only had one engine in the rear and that was in the tail, The other 2 engines were below the wings.

[TheMusicfan1950]

SORRY..BUT THAT IS not A DC-10 at the end of this film....looks like a 757 or later plane! The DC-10 had engines mounted in the rear...off the wings!

[MyleneJ]

@TheMusicfan1950 First of all the DC-10 is a tri-jet. It was a three engined aircraft 2 under the wings one mounted in the tail / vertical stabilizer. Second, its a wide-body, the 757 (A twin-jet) is a Narrow-body Single Aisle aircraft. Third, the aircraft you're thinking of with 3 engines on the rear is the Boeing 727, which is also a narrow-body aircraft.

[ford9572]

@figure261 No they weren't really bad, However, The DC-10 was introduced after the Mc Donnell corporation bought Douglas Aircraft, And so it was built using a lot of older production methods, Furthermore, Mc Donnell & Douglas never seemed to get along with each other, But I've flown in numerous DC-10s and all those flights were uneventful.

[figure261]

dc 10s are beautiful but i heard they wrre realy bad ?

[picfayc]

@figure261 funny...i've heard the same thing about weed.

[iPilot747]

@figure261 Their safety started bad but they did eventually become very safe.

[coolalving2]

steep takeoff

[DELTA1978THETA]

Ahhhh Kona Wind take offs are awesome from HNL.

[frtguy80]

Notice at 3:15 right before take off he shuts off the packs, standard procedure for a DC-10 takeoff

[rudolphna54]

Man! Gotta love the Growl from those Rolls Royce engines!

[boomer757]

@rudolphna54 General electric cf-6's i believe, no Rollers on this one.

[rich1223]

@rudolphna54 No DC-10 ever had Rolls Royce engines only GE turbo Fans!

[Profiledescent]

@rich1223

GE or Prats. United used GE.

[Hogums]

Little did we know how bad things would be just fours years from then. Thanks for the memories.

[frtguy80]

awesome video! Thank you.

[incheon]

@TonyMcGriffles Oh I didn't see that on Crash Investigation, or maybe I forgot not sure hehe. But either way it must suck for that ramp agent to live with that guilt all his or her life.

[incheon]

@TonyMcGriffles It wasn't the baggage handlers fault on the TH incident. It was a flaw..

[jscarletknightteamdr]

WOW! he got her right outa there!!

[NicuMD11]

very nice!

[seanwdc10]

SUPER video!!!  Great footage...thank you for sharing!

[jarhead4God]

Little GTO would have made with a good  audio

[FlyJetBlueAirways]

6,669 viewer... creepy. Gosh UNITED's come a very long way. How did you get that little box of it taking off?

[mizzouluvr]

You continue to out do yourself !

[DBotelho84]

Awesome vid! The crew announcements remind me of the more glorious days of air travel.... Thanks for posting!

[DevoutSkeptic]

Not bad footage considering it was 97.

[UALDC10]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!!! Seriously made my day getting to watch this.

[joenealjack]

great aircraft wish most of them were still going love that sound thanks

[joedfd43]

Such a beautiful aircraft and color scheme.

[joedfd43]

Such a great aircraft and color scheme.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

Damn, these WERE the days back in Honolulu. I miss seeing all the DC-10's, 747's, and L1011's taking off from HNL. Won't forget those days. By the way, must've had Kona winds that day because United is taking off in the opposite direction

[vargas37]

Love the GE CF6 growl.

[vargas37]

That was flight 43/44 . UA stopped ORD-HNL for many years after the DC10 was retired Feb 2001.Now it's flight 1/2 with a domestic 777.

[jetfreak4]

Where were you headed? LAX? SFO? ORD? Or IAD?

[steveoflyz]

ORD, F/A announced it after takeoff

[vargas37]

UA never flew HNL-IAD.

[RHCP9181]

@jetfreak4 well its snowing so ORD or IAD I suppose. Im an airline pilot and never heard of that much snow in IAD so it must be ORD. Or Whichita

[maaron1]

@RHCP9181 I mean it did snow awfully bad in the DC area last winter...

[Trevorpilot123]

He could have landed at LAX or SFO because ORD or IAD is almost too far for a DC-10 to fly. He could have also gone to DEN.

[maaron1]

@Trevorpilot123 Actually Northwest used to run DC-10s from DTW to HNL and MSP to HNL non-stop up until 2002 or so. I used to work for NW

[Trevorpilot123]

oh ok

[einsteinboricua]

@jetfreak4 Chicago. The pilot says so.

[britishairwayspilot1]

@jetfreak4 ORD

[TheBlackBelt5051]

@jetfreak4 Or DEN?

[airplanecrazy1989]

@jetfreak4 It wouldn't be IAD, United has never operated HNL-IAD nonstop I don't think....maybe this bird also went to NRT....

[jetfreak4]

@airplanecrazy1989 Yes, that's a possibility I suppose, although I'm not sure UA ever operated HNL-NRT although I could be wrong. I know they did and still do KIX-HNL.

[airplanecrazy1989]

@jetfreak4 KIX-HNL is gone, and NRT-HNL went from like 3 flights to now its just one flight. 879 HNL-NRT and 880 NRT-HNL

[jetfreak4]

@airplanecrazy1989 I guess I stand corrected then.

[alsamadani]

@jetfreak4 it headed to ORD

[purpletang21]

@jetfreak4 it says ORD...

[midwayflyer]

great video. Hearing the pilot talk made me think...How come these days it seems like the pilots or flight attendants never talk or joke around like they use to do? It just seems taking a flight these days its just all business and get em in, get em up and get em off... the flight attendants are nothing compared to what they use to be... ahhh, the good ole days. Great video!

[rashluvsnancy]

@midwayflyer thats very true. but you got to remember this was pre-9/11. now, airlines take passenger saftey as an ultimate priority. i guess more airlines what a safe flight more than anything else, which is good.

[midwayflyer]

yeah that is very true... Its just nice to think about how fun and relaxed it use to be. And I still get alot of great flight attendents... but nothing like it use to be. However, I will agree...Its great knowing that we are safer and that does take priority over everything else.

[mr1940s]

wow this is amazing footage thanks !

[Dazed767]

Fantastic!

[brownbrownson]

that was an awesome feature showing the takeoff from the terminal at the beginning.. i wish someone would film my plane as i was taking off.. haha

aww! the sun country 727! i remember those! and their DC10s!

[muffigw]

Shame the industry is getting rid of such great jetliners!

[eduardonpimenta]

The DC-10 was a great airliner, by all standards. It was my favourite widebody jetliner. Great video, thanks for sharing with us.

[bestbets1]

@eduardonpimenta I wouldn't count on the DC-10 too much. I was one of the worlds unsafest airliners (lots of bad things happened, remember?)

[nederwiet1]

@bestbets1 the death cruiser 10...

[jvorus]

nice