The second DC-10 to be built, first flying in 1.71 as N101AA and later N10DC - both registrations also used by the prototype. To Laker as G-BELO 6.77, ATA in 2.83 and Cal Air as G-GCAL in 2.86. Underwent conversion to hospital ship in 1991 and became well-known as the Project Orbis aircraft N220AU, now retired to the Pima collection

A later variation of the markings carried by this aircraft in the mid-Eighties

Starting her take-off roll in the classic orange CP colours, this DC-10 bought new in 11.79 went to Bangladesh Biman on lease in 11.90 as S2-ADN but was w/o at Chittagong on 1.7.05 after running off the runway in rain

Seen getting a pushback at Gatwick. The background is typical of Gatwick at that time, showing a B.Cal Boeing 707, 3 BA Boeing 737, a Dan Air BAC 1-11, Aviogenex Tu 134 and another Laker DC 10.

PK-GID photographed from the sand dunes adjacent to Runway 16 now vanished under airport expansion

Sixty KC-10 tankers were built for the USAF in the 1980s.

Still an everyday sight here in the first couple of years of the century, though not always in this special light.

Banking northward after a Rwy 09 departure. October 2006 was the last month of Northwest's scheduled DC-10 operations into AMS - the end of an era.

Late in the afternoon, an early riser from Rwy 36L.

The 2m timber fence with plastic mesh in the foreground was the boundary fence in the early 1980s.