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23/2/2014BHX-BHX, 150GBP p\ pax.Biman Bangladesh DC-10-30, S2-ACR.

A friend of us told us he was going to travel to the farewell flight weekend of thepassenger travel in DC-10.Biman Bangladesh is the last operator of a DC-10 with a cabin fit for passengertransportation.All other pax planes are either stored never to fly again, or converted to cargo, or servingotherpurposes as flying hospitals orfirefighting.

We had flown in the MD-11, which is soon to become cargo or nothing and the DC-10was not new.Infact I had flown Lisbon to Rio in a VARIG DC-10 in the Summer of 1983, at the timebest qua lity airliner in the world, but the last one w as Lisbon to Caracas in 1987 withVIASA.We knew long ago the last commercial flight would be Dhaka to Birmingham via Kuwait,announced in the media last year, and no way we would go to Dhaka just to come back.Well the last flight was on Friday 20th of February, but during the weekend they woulddo 9 scenic flights over Birmingham, Monday at 17h being the last one ever. This wouldbe Birmingham to Birmingham, one hour scenic flights, at 150 GBP w indows seat and 100aisle. They only sold windows and aisles, to make it a flight for enthusiasts , up to 150places. We booked two w indows, but it was a nightmare to pay with a credit card inBimans website, and w e had to ask our friend to lend his American Visa and sign anauthorisation so we could take the card with us.All set we showed up at 7h40 a t the BHX airport. Flight was BG02 listed in the screens

but he check-in counter was not there.Could it have departed already? It was a long haul aircraft, but a local flight half empty,no bags carried. But right in front of wa s there were pictures of the DC-10 over twocounters. The check-in, performed solely by Servisair people, assisted by the CEO ofBiman, Mr. Steele (guy on the right) was quite smooth.

There was a memorabilia stuff shop set in the terminal, just by the security check, whichwe went back after the flight. Excitement started to build when we saw the plane fromthe terminal window, behind the Ryanair fleet.

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Good thing we would board on foot, instead of an air bridge which would kill any chanceto get a good picture.

The boarding was normal; mostly all fans were male, and British. We ta lked to a Frenchspeaking guy, heard a couple speaking German, two sounding eastern Europe, the restlocal. But all fans of aviation. We were told there w ould be some time to take picturesoutside the plane after we exited the bus, as long as everyone followed the safety rulesand stayed in the designated areas.It was very hard to capture this huge plane in a single photo. We climbed over, and it is

just magic to board a w ide body by sta irs. Seeing a #2 eng ine on top of the fuselage isnow historyWe could read New Era in the fuselage, by the nose. It had been forBiman w hen S2-ACR had been de livered to Biman in Long Beach California, in 1988, theone before last DC-10 ever produced, and the newest intact. Only 446 took the skies, allbut 60 in civilian colours, barely beating out the main competitor, Lockheed L1011.


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When entering the plane, we were greeted by a very we lcoming flight crew. The cabinwas different from everything we had seen be fore. It looked like something tropical, seatwith different patterns of green and orange , varying along the cabin. It was in fulleconomy configuration, seating 2-5-2, and w ithout overhead bins in the central area , feltspacious as a palace.


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Seating in 27A and 28A we awaited about one hour for departure. The captainannounced they were negotiating the flight plan with local Air Traffic Control andEurocontrol, and it took a while for a ground pow er generator (vehicle) to put theengines up and running. Lots of smoke came from a chimney before one eng ine roared,the APU being INOP. Before that we took pictures of everything one can imagine, and sodid all the other passengers. All safety cards had been stolen, we got our hands in somemagazines and frequent flyer application forms. We w ere given a bo ttle of still water anda pack/bag o f Capri-Sun joice (the English version of the popular Capri-Sonne, butsweeter).

We were se t to go, when were hea rd the announcement that said something about our.our merciful god b less ing the flight and that it was forbidden to smoke e tc. One ofthe biggest collective laughs I have in memory was when we were asked to switch off allelectric equipment and mobile phones during the flight!!!The safety instructions were performed manually by the flight attendants, and they weremore photographed than any top model in a Paris catwalk.We took off (sad ly for the last time in a DC-10), and the captain said w e would climb to24 000 feet. We didnt see anything of Birmingham, as soon as we crossed to the upperside of a low cloud ceiling.Just after the landing gear was in people got up and started to enjoy the DC-10, andnow it was clear why only 150 seats were available for in the flight. It was a total party,in the sense you could walk in the cabin, talk to the flight crew, take pictures w ith them,and see all the little de tails that make the DC-10 an historic bird. The projector from theinflight entertainment (not turned on), galleys, toilets, seating on cab in crew jump seats,you name it.

Even the flight crew w ere also in the mood, they asked us to take pictures with theircameras, and there was a common sense of nostalgia. We signed a business card,putting LPMA/FNC as our address and gave it the capta in, wishing him luck in the 777.He was very happy and handed his own to us, Cpt I. Ahmed.

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We with the crew


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Where did this come from?


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GE CF-6 50 000lbf

nice vortex


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on final to BHX[size=78%]

Landed, only 6 more landings to happen ever, 2 with pax later on the same day, 3 thefollowing and the ferry flight back to Dhaka for ...scrapping


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3 men flight deck


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Panoramic, got it in one pic.

Some close ups of neat details.

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MDC

[size=78%]So many bolts, what contras t to the Dreamliner[/size]


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Wheel chocks on

Air airplanes are "commies"

Impressive fairings

The -10 and -30 where the most popular versions of the DC-10


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I am always suspicious or airplanes w ith letter+number registration prefixes, but it wasgreat this time.

Engine strake


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Static pressure

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Looks like Qantas ' canguru from far away

This must be "Biman" in benga li


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One last look while the firemen came in, we thought for a water cannon salutation, butthey actually rounded up around one parked FR 737 and then left without single a waterdrop sp illed. Must have been some drill.

Funny a irplane mockup for firemen training

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