Last Flight DC10

[dodger]

Hi,

I was out today and thought that the BBC Midlands would show this and the fact that the DC10 is going to be scrapped i think is Bloody awful,

You may have to scroll back to the start and jump though this but there are some nice shots,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 4_02_2014/

I would love to know what the scrap value is nowadays for a DC10 and i wish i had the money because i would buy it she looks in good condition as it was the second to last off the production line.

Roger

PS,

Well looking on the Financial Express Biman's MD Shah Jahan said the the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle may have taken the aircraft but now have said they can't as they have no room for it and Bruntingthorpe did not want it,

[Garry Russell]

"The DC 10 has been the workhorse of the Aviation industry for the past fifty years or so"

[DaveB]

A. Where the hell do the BBC find these people and..
B. Why do we have to pay for this rubbish!

Saw a the end of ITV's Central news (it was the last story) and they said it was going out for spares. The engines alone were worth a quarter of a mil, they said

ATB
DaveB

[Scorpius]

Who writes this s**t? 240,000 jobs could be created just because a runway is extended? Don't tell Cameron or there will be runway extensions everywhere.

Typical BBC drivel.

As for Midlands Today, I could have been watching any BBC regional news programme complete with the mandatory female weather presenter.

BBC News (or is it The Gaurdian?). No individuality, and no talent either.

Nev

[Garry Russell]

The engines might be more than that.

Overhaul costs as well in excess of £100,000 each.

Might get one if they'll fit in a Renault Scenic

[DaveB]

I really don't know mate but that's what I thought I heard though with my hearing, they could have said just about anything

I was surprised I didn't see TM in the background holding some anti-Biman plackard but TBH.. I only caught the last 30 or 40 secs of the report

ATB
DaveB

[Garry Russell]

There has been some confusion over where this aircraft was being retired to and why it had been allocated a US registration.

Here's why

This aircraft visited Birmingham as a part of it's delivery flight to a museum in the US. They hoped to sell seats on the Trans Atlantic for the delivery flight but permission was not granted. The aircraft was then due to make it's last revenue flight at BHX before flying empty to the States.

That fell through as the museum did not have the space so Bruntingthorpe Museum offered to take and that is where it was then destined to spend it's days.

Biman recieved an eleventh hour offer and sold all three engines and so, it's back to Bangladesh empty for part out and scrap.

[dodger]

Hi Garry,

Obviously the usual Abba song "Money Money Money"

They could still have flown the aircraft into Bruntingthorpe for the Museum removed the engines and still sold them and made their money i would have thought,

Oh well it's done and dusted!

Roger.

[Garry Russell]

That would be cheaper

I guess it entails more than just the engines themselves.