Simviation Forum - Biman DC-10-30...any thoughts to share?

Nov 7^th, 2011 at 11:27am

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as u all know Biman is one of the last civil operators to fly this tri-jet classic(my inner intuisions say that they are the only civil operator)...what are your thoughts on this as they will be soon phased out of Biman's fleet since the 777s have started to arrive from october???

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Reply #1 - Nov 8^th, 2011 at 4:35pm

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Well FedEx has a large fleet of DC-10s (60 to 70-ish, I think?). So it will be quite a few more years before the DC-10 is completely phased out of civil service.

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Reply #2 - Nov 9^th, 2011 at 10:50am

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ApplePie wrote on Nov 8^th, 2011 at 4:35pm:

Well FedEx has a large fleet of DC-10s (60 to 70-ish, I think?). So it will be quite a few more years before the DC-10 is completely phased out of civil service.

i completely agree with u ApplePie..but i actually wanted to mean passenger aircraft Tongue

...sorry for the mis-info

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Reply #3 - Nov 10^th, 2011 at 3:37am

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Omni Air International are using DC10-30 for pax and at this time have no plans to stop using the 10.

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Reply #4 - Nov 10^th, 2011 at 6:34pm

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expat wrote on Nov 10^th, 2011 at 3:37am:

Omni Air International are using DC10-30 for pax and at this time have no plans to stop using the 10.

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Aye, certainly for the next decade whilst half the west's armed forces are in the middle east!

Comfy business class seats though... Grin

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Reply #5 - Nov 11^th, 2011 at 4:39am

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C wrote on Nov 10^th, 2011 at 6:34pm:

expat wrote on Nov 10^th, 2011 at 3:37am:

Omni Air International are using DC10-30 for pax and at this time have no plans to stop using the 10.

Matt

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Aye, certainly for the next decade whilst half the west's armed forces are in the middle east!

Comfy business class seats though... Grin

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Reply #6 - Nov 11^th, 2011 at 9:09am

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but isn't Omni Air a charter airline?...is there any DC-10-30 users of scheduled passenger airliners apart from Biman???

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Reply #7 - Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 8:34am

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Saw one a few years back at Manchester....looked like it was about to fall apart on the taxiway. I certainly wouldn't fancy flying on an airliner that old that's probably been maintained pretty poorly. Weren't they banned from the EU for a while?

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Reply #8 - Nov 25^th, 2011 at 5:18pm

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Rayed R wrote on Nov 11^th, 2011 at 9:09am:

but isn't Omni Air a charter airline?...is there any DC-10-30 users of scheduled passenger airliners apart from Biman???

It is, mainly military charters.

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Reply #9 - Nov 26^th, 2011 at 4:55am

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Mictheslik wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 8:34am:

I certainly wouldn't fancy flying on an airliner that old that's probably been maintained pretty poorly. .mic

Trust me mic, just because it's got a shiny new paint job or looks clean, it is no reflection of the age or condition of any airliner..............

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Reply #10 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 7:21am

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I think most, if not all the FedEx are rebuilt to MD-10 standard

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