DC10 Modified for Fire Fighting

[iMojoHolland]

Nice! VFR flight with a DC10!

[bracdude181]

back then these were Death Contraption 10s

[mr0loki0jr]

what would happen when the plane drops its load while on the ground?

[childsca]

I've never been a fan of the DC-10, but with that paint job it looks like something Boeing could still come out with today. So modern. So lovely.

[platypusone]

Damn you could fry up some eggs on that tarmac!

[jt8fan7272]

Awesome footage! Great to see the DC-10 keeping people safe. Long live the 10! Does this one have RVSM and ETOPS cert?? just curious.

[thaid]

@jt8fan7272

not sure... would think not though not used in that way?

[MrBrybryrox]

So I guess the wing engines are used for flight and water engines .

[heatcats]

i live about ten miles from this airport

[astronoman11]

lol from :16-30 should've played the jaws theme

[thaid]

@astronoman11 actually one other version did have that..... too funny!

[coolsax64]

Other than the obvious, is there any advantage over the 747 tanker?

[jeffly1500]

One of the best planes ever made :) It's was a work horse and it still is :)

[thaid]

@Will777ABQ ~If I recall correcty it could turn in about 30-40 minutes.

[thaid]

@DeeJayMiikkii Thanks!

[thaid]

@SirKamiloPL I think it was about 33-34C (94F)

[sertox12345]

looks hot

[qwertytypo]

910 and 911 are stationed out in Victorville, Ca so I get to see them everyday, I was at SCLA when the Forrest Dept was testing 910 for service, great fun fantastic aircraft.

[1MtnBoy]

Tanker 910 has flown over our house during the 2008 grass valley fire, what a beauty !!!

[thewoodsfamily2009]

it was leaking after takeoff and it can't retract it's landing gear

[logo10heli]

Great footage of an awesome airplane ! Always liked the DC-10/MD-11

[cubes887]

i can assure you, you would never have volunteered to be on one of them when a violent decompression occured at 38,000 ft. MD should never have been allowed to fly. again!. after the crash involving Captain Alfred Haynes.

[thaid]

@logo10heli  ~thanks!

[Probzone]

when did they ground the DC10?? I just got to know that i thougght that they were still in service

[grame141]

the DC10 had a horrible record of failures

[Matanjun1970]

A lot DC - 10 Now On JUNK Yard.

[Oche76]

I love it

[paulie1975]

be nice if it actually dropped some water

[Imprezagtto]

looks hot

[jgstargazer]

I bought a 15" wing span model of its commercial version, hope to put it together soon.

[planefreak3]

i mean whenever the retardant is used

[planefreak3]

looks like it is pissing

[fire14nrfc]

uhhh....yeah boeing made them better? of course you wouldnt know this but that was the only aircraft ever banned from flying until they fixed there problems for...ummm....crashing

[singleproppilot]

That's not true. Many aircraft types have been grounded due to safety concerns. This is typically done as a precautionary measure after an accident where the cause is mechanical failure, whether it was an isolated incident or not. Once the DC-10 returned the air its lifetime safety record was comparable to other airliners of its generation.

[undertake782]

This is not the only aircraft that has ever been grounded, lets see they grounded the British Comet fleet. One of the first airliner groundings ever. They grounded the F-15 fleet because an F-15 broke up in flight. They grounded the fire fighting C-130 and the PB4Y/P4Y Privateer after those 1 of each of those aircraft crashed a month apart while they were fighting fires. There is more if you would like me to name them.

[Actionary]

err, this one is not a tristar. it's a dc-10 :/

[400exNick]

What a beautiful aircraft!

[otuggad]

waht more airplanes have a third engine on the back?

[singleproppilot]

The Lockheed L-1011 has a similar configuration to the DC-10. The Boeing 727 and Tupolev Tu-154 have all three engines mounted on the empennage.

[otuggad]

ok thank you :)

[HanzPrague]

nice...and they have windows for that water or other fluid :) How cool is that.

[PilotJamesD]

does this one have to land to refuel or skim above a lake?

[ulrek54321]

i srsly doubt that thing is gonna skim a lake

[PilotJamesD]

it wud be cool seeing it do that

[ulrek54321]

yeah but it'd probly crash.

[fatathaland]

What a soft landing at the end!

[pavan151]

whoo dats so pouliting...hott stuuf there

[lone56wolf]

CL 415 is still the king. No need for an airport, the flying hydrant can scoop up a belly full of water in ten seconds from any good-sized lake.

[pfiffer2974]

it does not hold up against the Soviet made

Beriev Be200.......

[lone56wolf]

Capacities are the same. Beriev may be faster, but jets are expensive to operate - and would you REALLY want to drive a fanjet into airspace inhabited by scared birds? CL 415 will slice 'em and dice 'em....

[pfiffer2974]

ohhhhh you have a POINT there about birds being sucked into the turbofans!!!

I was thinking of capacity, but I suppose that make up for that having several dozen Canadairs working as a team.

[viperq]

Now thats an air tanker.

[Flamingos40]

Whats the airline

[thaid]

Sorry I forget, it was a private company.

Harrison359, the EVA747 was scheduled to do a demo at MWH but had to cancel due to a maintenance issue.

[harrison359]

wow, it seems like more and more older planes are being converted to do this...Great Idea too. Have you seen the Evergreen 747 water tanker ?

[ChrisAston]

Looks hot, love he effect the heat wave had.