Used to love watching the distinctive red tail Northwest Orient 40s' flying over the U.K. as a kid back in the 80s'. The days when airliners had two, three or four engines, not one once of carbon fiber, no shark-tooth engines, and completely clockwork flight decks. An era long gone. 😥
I know 12+ years passed, but is there any info about this specific aircraft? I'm pretty sure it was converted into freighter and now flying in fedex fleet.
Sure sounds like GE CF6-50'S to me, which would make Her a DC-10-30. The #2 tunnel doesnt have a bulge like the MD11 does. The bulge style tunnels were on DC-10-40's also and they had Pratt & Whitney JT9D's. The straight lined tunnel was on GE CF6 engines. Which were on DC-10-10 and DC-10-30 with CF6-6D's and CF6-50's
N974VV is the tail number. Definitely has the CF6 sounding characteristics but is 100% one of the few -40s still flying. Also has the PW logos all of it.
That is a -40....not -30. Omega has both of them. The -40's refuel from outboard under the wings while the -30's refuel with the standard boom like Air Force tankers.
@@Red_P51 I haven't found any pictures or footage of the seven toilets in the tail. Pilots probably had to retrim when ten passengers were hanging there waiting their turn 🤪 Underfloor galley pictures are rare
