Northwest Airlines DC-10 takeoff from Amsterdam

Goodbye to a classic airliner.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• McDonnell
• Douglas
• DC-10
• DC-10-30
• Amsterdam
• Schiphol
• Netherlands
• NWA
• Northwest
• Airlines
• plane
• GE
• general
• Electric
• big
• heavy
• metal

[sixstringfretter]

In 1990, I flew on a DC10 from Detroit to Amsterdam. They overbooked coach and I got a free bump to first class! We just leveled off at about 34,000 ft and I ask the attendant if she would ask the captain if I could see the flight deck. I did not expect he would agree, but 10 minutes later, she came back and took me up front. I sat in the observer chair all the way to the gate! The engineer put a set of headphones on my head. I remember every detail to this day. Those days are gone for good.

[GameBoy2036]

Like a BOSS!

[jimdep333]

Long takeoff run!

[sthill1993]

@wowdude999 Concorde may not be profitable in terms of money, but in terms of pride, spirit and soul, she is priceless! Shame that we don't have those values anymore :(

[wowdude999]

@sthill1993 Like I said....Rising fuel costs and 9/11 made her retire...BA/AF were starting to lose money in 1998. Sure the concorde crash was before 9/11, but their were signs of retirement before the crash.

[sthill1993]

@wowdude999 No it was the crash, because British Airways operated them profitably, the design was built to last and the aircraft had years and years left in them. The crash gave the impression that they were unsafe (lies) and the cost of updating them to prevent damage like that caused by the metal strip made them uneconomical. So the DC-10 is mostly to blame for Concorde's loss.

[wowdude999]

@Flamorgan The DC-10 didn't kill the Concorde, 9/11, 25 years of service, high fuel costs, AND net loss on airlines operting her cause her retirement.

[saratogaken]

It's a good thing that damn bird at 0:42 did not get sucked into one of those engines.

[TheWarPlanet]

@jesse0576 Oh yeah of course they would have good service back in the 80s and 90s when most airlines had good service. I was talking about +2000.

[TheWarPlanet]

@ghettoperson257 Wtf? Northwest airline was a shitty airline. It was a good thing Delta merged with them. Now all planes have PTVS which no NWA plane had (which is sad) And NWA used old shitty planes like this one and the 747-200. Shitty airline and the list goes on.

[ghettoperson257]

(sigh) Northwest Airlines the airline that got fucked up by Delta!!!!