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Commercial

The Airborne Car Transport: Speedy Delivery For The Dodge Colt

Avgeeks are familiar with cargo aircraft and airlines, from UPS and FedEx which carry a variety of packages and freight, to outside providers such as Volga-Dnepr who specialize in outsize…

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This Is What Chicago O’Hare Was Like 40 Years Ago

Call this video a window into the past. It is amazing to think that in just 40 years, every single type of plane featured in this video is now retired.…

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Blog

MD-10 Made Famous By Super Late Landing Gear Deployment Video Retires

FedEx retires MD-10 that once did a very late gear deployment at Chicago O’Hare In the brain of truly dedicated avgeeks, mentioning the MD-10 with tail number N559FE might trigger…

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The DC-10: This Wide Body Jetliner Never Shook Its Bad Reputation

DC-10s Actually Had Good Safety Records But Were Overtaken By Newer Designs The DC-10 was the first commercial jetliner built by McDonnell Douglas after the merger between McDonnell Aircraft Corporation…

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General Aviation

Massive DC-10 Fire Tanker Dumps Fire Retardant on a Guy’s House And Breaks His Truck Window!

Firefighters are going on the offense and taking extreme measures to combat the raging wildfires in Southern California. Seven fires are blazing between Santa Barbara and San Diego, threatening not…

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1980s Flight on an Eastern 727: A Window Seat To A Different Era

Aviation sure has changed. Back in the 1980s, airports were filled with DC-10s, 727s, DC-9s, and a number of L-1011s sprinkled in for good measure. Airline seats were roomy and…

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Meet The Man Who Documented The Last Season of The Original Goodyear Blimp

Brian Wiklem is a true avgeek and director of two very unique documentaries. One focused on the final passenger flight of the DC-10 and his most recent release about the Goodyear…

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Commercial News

DC-10 Flies Crazy Low Past Stunned Crowd

Put this on your list of things you’ll never see in the United States. There are flyovers. There are low fly-bys. And there are crazy-stupid low flybys. With a fully…

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Jumbo Jet Flies Just Feet Above the Neighborhood To Save Property And Lives

The giant DC-10 used to be an international workhorse and mainstay of many international airlines. One one flight, it could carry hundreds of passengers to far off destinations around the…