Iahcsr From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3308 posts, RR: 46 Posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1653 times:
CO 63 EWRIAH pulled into gate C46 at around 7:30pm tonight and ended CO's 29 year DC10 love affair. It had been hoped to have a water cannon salute, but it was almost dark by then so it didn't happen. The aircraft (ship 082) will ferry out to MHV on Monday as CO 9976 along with ship 064 as CO9974 and ship 081 from EWR as CO9975 and thats it.
COboeing777 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 693 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1346 times:
ya know, as much as I always hated to work on DC-10's I actually have to admit that I am going to miss them. No more hearing them scream into the gate. No more hearing that distinctive sound as the engines start up and all whine in unison.....ahhh..the DC-10.....
Iahcsr From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3308 posts, RR: 46 Reply 2, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1303 times:
Ya know, I'm going to miss the sound of those three CF-6s too. I could always tell when there was a -10 around, even when I couldn't see it. The GEs on the 767s just don't sound the same.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 41 Reply 7, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 1170 times:
I just ran all 3 ferry flights through the flight tracker. They're all on their way to Mojave as we speak:
As of 10:40 AM CDT...
Ship 082 (from IAH) is north of Yuma, and will land in about 30 minutes.
Ship 064 (also from IAH) is near San Angelo, TX, and will land in a little over 2 hours.
Ship 081 (from EWR) is over northern Arizona, and will land in just under an hour.
Tom in NO (at MSY)
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Godbless From Sweden, joined Apr 2000, 2751 posts, RR: 18 Reply 8, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
Funny how so many people almost cried here when the last DL L1011 left the fleet... And hardly anybody cares for the CO DC-10... Did Delta pay you guys for the L1011 thing???
TransSwede From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 993 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1118 times:
A sad day... I'm a big DC-10 fan myself, and I've flown it several times.
Personally I can't understand why so many like the L1011, I think the DC-10 is much more elegant.
Lparky From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1098 times:
Its looks as if COA is sending some MD-82's to MHV as well. Flights 9971, 9978, 9979, 9973, 9977 all took off over my house within the last thirty minutes. How many MD-82's are they storing/retiring?
Also USA is sending two 73Q's to MHV. Going to busy in the approach tower today...
Nwa747-400 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1337 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1103 times:
FLEW CO's DC10s a few times
SYD-HNL-SYD
EWR-MAD-EWR
pretty nice airplanes at the time I flew them and I'll miss them.
DOES anyone know who is aboard these flights right now?
Ahlfors From Canada, joined Oct 2000, 1318 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1068 times:
CO is actually doing 15 ferry flights today to Mojave, flight numbers 9970-9984. Are these all DC10s, or are there other aircraft going to storage also?
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 16, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1054 times:
Man, that's alot of ships going to Mohave in one day.
The place must be going nuts taking in all these arrivals, and from one carrier too. I wish I was there, but then again I'm glad I'm not, if you all know what I mean. Regards.
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Ben Franklin
Iahcsr From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3308 posts, RR: 46 Reply 18, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1032 times:
Airbus380...
I believe Ship 085 went to MHV on the 28th.
COboeing777 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 693 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 989 times:
anyone have the tail numbers of the MD-80's that are being sent to MHV? I am curious as to how many are actually being sent. I haven't even been able to find otu at work. Some people I talk to have said only a few while others have said all. I Hope it's all of them cause I hate them. I sure am not going to miss working on those! Give me a 737-800 any day!
IAHERJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 677 posts, RR: 8 Reply 20, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 967 times:
The 80 is the last of the real classics CAL has. I'll sure miss riding the jumpseat and watching those guys at work.
I taxied past one of the 10's today operating with a ferry flight #. I've never seen a 10 taxi so slow. They pilots sounded a bit sad over the radio. Can't blame them for taking in the last few hours on the 10. For many of the captains and the SO's, this was their last few hours in an airliner at all as many are retiring with the 10.
Airbus380 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 938 times:
Was the retirement sped up because of 9/11? I was talking to a pilot from HNL-IAH in August and he said that they were supposed to go in April. I feel so sad for the flight engineers who are over 60 and can't fly anymore. God bless their hearts.
COboeing777 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 693 posts, RR: 5 Reply 23, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 920 times:
yes the retirements were sped up because the terrorist attacks. The 10's were not supposed to be full retired until next year. When I initially read about the 10's being phased on on Oct 1, it was said it was going to be temporary but being as they were going to be phased out in a few months, that really makes no sense. No MD-80's were supposed to be phased out for quite some time so maybe you will see some of them come back in the future. I haven't heard any details about that.
LAPA_SAAB340 From Spain, joined Aug 2001, 389 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (11 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 884 times:
Godbless,
I guess it's because there are still a good bunch of DC-10s around. Northwest still operates them, plus FedEx has a good number of them in their fleet, as opposed to the L-1011 which only ATA operates now.
Trans Swede,
Agreed The DC-10 is far more elegant. Although I still like the L-1011 as well, since it's different from the boring twin engine jobs of nowadays...
25 H. Simpson: i saw at least 3 DC-10 coming in to EWR yesterday!
28 ContinentalEWR: I must say I never truly liked the DC10. I flew it on UA, AA, and CO and always felt spooked because of the negative publicity it attracted after a se
29 Dazed767: There are about 6 MD80's out side the CO Hanger here at MCO, doesn't look like they are going anywhere (this was last week, they had been there for a
30 GlobalDude: Aren't 4 of them gonna be used as military CRAF aircraft?
31 Rj777: Will Northwest or Hawaiian be the last to retire all their DC-10s?
32 L1011dal: Actually DL Employees had to pay to be on the last L1011 flight to VCV. Over $23,000 was raised for United Way through a bid system to obtain a seat o
33 H. Simpson: Did anybody visit EWR on last Sunday? In afternoon, you can see all three DC-10 landing at 4L...I hate myself for only shooting only one DC-10. I real
34 Lapa_saab340: H. Simpson, I stopped by for a bit last Saturday as I was in the area; I was hoping to catch the DC-10 departures to Italy (FCO and MXP). I checked ou
35 United_Fan: It's sad that another airline retires the -10,but,they had to go someday. We only have NW,now. At least we'll see them as freighters. Click for large
36 Toxtethogrady: Just not so soon. Before long, CO may be an all-Boeing fleet. The -80's are probably gone in the next couple of years.
37 Aviasian: The beautiful lines of the DC-10 and the smart livery of Continental . . . what a beautiful combination! I last photographed a Continental Airlines DC
38 H. Simpson: I actually wasn't INSIDE the airport perimeter, I stayed at IKEA opposite to the EWR. Thoughout my 6 hrs stay at IKEA, I didn't see any DC-10 departur
39 Captaink: Funny story here... My friend works on the airport down here in Grenada.. Standing out at the gate.. his coworker told him to move aside as a JMC DC 1
40 DC-10inLB: My name says it all. I work at LAX, we have a provisions warehouse for Skywest in the Continental facilities, so i've seen the planes in the past come
41 Braniff Place: Hey you all luckier than me, i have never seen or "heard" a DC-10 in real life before. Jeez the closest ive been to one is a photo!!!
42 LAPA_SAAB340: H. Simpson, How good is that spot at IKEA? I think I took a back road on the other side of the turnpike once, where the seaport is, it wasn't too bad.
43 Kurt: I'll miss the DC-10s too. CO was the first DC-10 I flew, way back in 1975, LAX-DEN. If you wanted something to eat, you had to pay. I think it was 50
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The DC-10 is far more elegant. Although I still like the L-1011 as well, since it's different from the boring twin engine jobs of nowadays...
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