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Im so sad for the kids that had died and all of the people,rest in peace

The best time to have gotten hired as a flight attendant or pilot wud have been 1978,79 tbru 1985, imagine how fast your seniority wud have risen

Ozark Airlines was our regional carrier and I'm well-acquainted with the FH-227. Many fond memories of this "workhorse" and the friendly folks at Ozark. Thank you for bringing back those memories!

I remember my 2 nd time flying on an Eastern DC-8-61 back in 1969 and landing in San Juan. This video brings back fond memories.

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0:58 1:51 They look incredibe

Okay, this is actually cool. 😀

Feb 9 1965 my father was killed in Eastern Airlines flight 663

why don't we get toys like this anymore can someone explain

1:00 imagine seeing the 747 a plane that size flying that closes over your neighborhood

The L-1011 didn't enter service until April 1972.

Back in March 1982 I flew from Tokyo( Narita) to Heathrow via Moscow where it was -10 degrees in Moscow😀. On board were a stack of Kubota and Datsun Dealers. Flying across the length of Russia was incredible. Mostly snow. The DC8 on take off from Moscow was Noisy as hell with all the ashtrays vibrating just before the brakes were released, then we shot up rapidly into the air. The reason we went across Russia was that Anchorage was shut off by the snow.

When I was eight my dad took me to see the Comet, which was at De Havillands in Hatfield undergoing flight testing,. When we walked into the hangar I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. We went on board, just the two of us, and sat in the Pilot/Copilot seats for some time. All of the systems were live and I remember the lights, levers and switches and the cosy blue-grey interior. I will never forget that summer evening so long ago.

133 Hercules dad.👍💪

I was around 14 when this happened! Me and my mother were going back to the US and we were stuck! Instead of flying with an American flight back to the US from Italy, we got stuck in France and had to take Air France to JFK airport in NYC

My first airplane ride was in 1975 at 7 years old to Europe in a TWA jet. We received free wing pins and TWA carry on bags. We wore our Sunday best to fly.

cool

Did it have a turbo encabulator ?

Sheeesh! I picked the wrong day to stop smoking crack..

Are those 'collars' behind the engines noise suppressors?

There's beautiful film of this airplane (or one exactly like it) complete with red wing tanks at the start of the movie "Huk" (1956) landing in the Philippines. The movie itself covers some of the history of the post WWII Communist insurgency in the Philippines, well worth watching.

They conveniently don't mention a series of accidents with Super Constellation aircraft in the early 1960s which may have led to suspention of military passenger contracts for a number of years,

I worked for Scandinavian Airlines for three years, nice airline!

Joined KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in July 1971 aged 16 and had a fantastic career based at LHR. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This has to be the strangest documentary about a Plane crash that I've ever seen. 80 people just get obliterated and the response is, "lets bake some cookies".....OMG

First fly on World charter for Navy to Hawaii 1964 at 18yrs..thrilling!

That Bell Helicopter. Like the ones used by M*A*S*H units. My uncle owned one. He purchased it from Florida highway patrol. My uncle was an instructor. Helped teach many a person how to fly a helicopter. Even showed a Sheriff Dept. how to fly one. When the Dept. purchased one. It was a sad day for my uncle when he had to stop flying and teaching because of health issues. Could not pass the FAA medical requirements anymore.

My dad used travel alot for work and i remember he would always dress his best before heading to the airport. Every era had its challenges but i remember his time as an era where behavior, conduct, presentation, and education was of paramount importance.

Still opereted😂

The pitch up during landing flare is insane! The M2F3 looks like it tailstruck during landing.

Neat video- I lived as a kid for one year about 12 miles outside the "Rhein Main" air force base- I cringed when the narrator so badly mispronounced the name though! It's not pronounced like "Maine" the state. It's pronounced like "mine" as it that's mine!

They couldnt get bigger letters back then?

MAC charter for Vietnam US armed forces on R and R. They are going back to the war. HNL-Guam-Saigon. Those 707s were loaded to the brim! Most right at ATOG. Some severally over grossed! Those 707s were badass work horses. Love them.

04:02 Evidence Les Nessman worked dispatch prior to moving to WKRP.

She must be .... And of "normal "weight!" 😅

The L-188 Electra's early demise was a sad end for an aircraft related to the famed Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, and the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Both latter types enjoyed over 50 years' outstanding military service worldwide. Here downunder, Electras had incident-free careers with our major airlines of the time. After those US crashes revealed serious design flaws with the type, Lockheed produced modification kits for retrofitting all Electras in service. A photo from Ansett's Avalon (Vic.) heavy workshops showed installation of one such kit. I believe the Allison turboshaft engines got a 1.5 degree uptilt as part of extensive main wing modifications. Air New Zealand operated L-188 Electras on trans-Tasman routes until introduction of DC-8 jets in 1972. My first international flight was aboard an Electra, from Wellington NZ to Brisbane (Queensland) Australia in 1970. I'm still here in Oz. In Australia, Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) and Ansett each operated three Electras on trunk routes between the Australian mainland state capital cities (and later to Port Moresby PNG) from 1959 until 1971. Ansett had its Electras converted to freighters in 1970-71 and continued to fly them until 1984.

I believe that the nine cresent shaped objects seen by Kenneth Arnold in 1947 that started the modern UFO craze were YB-35's. It was a thousand miles from where thay were housed, along the coast to where Arnold saw them. If you look up photographs of the flying wings, you'll see a couple showing nine of them on a runway. It was also a year later to the day after the American Atomic Energy Commision met to discuss how to make nuclear energy socially acceptable, "If the Aliens have Atomics, we better have them too!"

The mobile lounges were a horrible idea

Thank you so much for posting this, well done.

That runway at the bottom of a very steep mountain is rarely used under operational circumstances. Dated and melodramatic but a rarely seen Convair 990.

My first assignment 408 th CAMRON, Kingsley Field, Oregon, 1969.

Flew on one from Mexico to Ecuador back in 1970! What a treat it was as a kid!

Back in 1970 we flew on a plane like this from Mexico to Ecuador on a vacation. I never forgot the sound of the props- always thought it was cool as a kid! It was more enjoyable then the Jet we were on from Miami to Mexico! 😅

Interesting how the film mentions constructing parking facilities for 30,000(!) cars. If only I could go back in time with just enough evidence to convince the LAX airport planning board to bring some type of rail line into the airport while there was still space for it. Even now, they are just barely finishing a type of people mover…54 years later!

Wow, all of the now-defunct airlines (an older cousin was a flight attendant for PSA), as well as all of the wide-body tri-jets! So neat!

I flew western a few times in 1984 when here on holidays. Most notably, a flight from SeaTac to Salt Lake City…. I was 9 at the time….. when we got to the gate lounge, and I could see the aircraft, I told my mum I didn’t want to go…. Because it was a dc-10. At age 9, I already knew the troubles of the dc-10 and I just didn’t want to go. It was the only time I ever flew a dc-10 in my entire life…..

Two years too late to be part of this Video. as I started with Eastern as a Steward in 1975 but my first Schedule ( Line of flying), was JFK to Bermuda. I was only 21 but the Chief Steward (Senior Flight Attendant) on board. It was a turn-around 5 days on and only 2 days off, but at least I could somewhat schedule my life! LOL We served a full dinner with drinks in both First Class and Coach on such a short flight and believe it or not finished !Then came through the cabin after dinner with baskets full of butter mints! No offense to modern day Flight Attendants, but we worked our asses off!!

What's in the bed of the truck ballast? VW Touareg towed a 747 with 3 tons of ballast in the 6k lbs vehicle so the wheels wouldn't spin. I think the Chevy Tow is staged.

this is very scare, my cat is sad