I have a warm place in my heart for the DC-10. My Grandmother was a Rosie Riveter during WWII and was one of the very few Women kept on after the war. She was a kick butt hard ass women that didn’t take crap off anyone. She started off building DC-3’s/C-47’s during the war, and the last plane she was involved with was the DC-10.
I flew home from Kuwait on a MD-11 which is the descendant of the DC-10. I like to think that Grandma was watching over that flight, and she would have personally drop kicked anyone that screwed up.
I think there are still a few of them flying around somewhere!