TWA Flight Wing I, Terminal 5, JFK Airport - 1993
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- TWA - our love and passion! Who can ever forget the wonderful memories working for a wonderful airline. This is a short video that I filmed one evening while working in Flight Wing I, TWA Terminal 5, JFK Airport.
My apologies in advance, as this video is not the clearest, but we did not have High Definition back then.
As you will see in video, I tried to show different scenes from the flight wing. One of the highlights of this video is when I followed the end of the boarding process for Flight 880 to Athens, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of what happens on the ground once we finish boarding.
There are some interesting airport operations clips from that era, as you will see with all the 727's, MD-80's, L-1011's and 747's - in addition to the Mobile Lounges that transported passengers to the remotely parked aircraft.
Thanks to all the employees who participated in this video. I wanted to share the beautiful memories of working for such a great airline...and in Loving Memory to all those who are no longer with us.
I just found your video, and I reminisced! I was a TWA pilot from 1978 to retirement. I went to American Airlines, and retired in 2018. I was based at JFK for many years, and recognized many co-workers in your video. I was always on the B-767, crossing the North Atlantic 650 times. Repeated Layovers in 28 different cities, all over Europe and the Middle East. Ah, the memories I have👍🏻. TWA was a class act. We should have bought AA🤪
David wow your a pilot hum at that time i was only working in Twa terminal b in concession air i was a supervisor when the other supervisor don't show up or got sick missed everything i was there in 1989-1994 God bless and keep it commin'
I take it you retired when they retired the 767s
I can't help but to notice from this video: people are healthier looking, appear to take their jobs very seriously, and had a lot more enthusiastic interactions with each other. The internet truly harmed us...but without it, I would not be able to see this video and make this comment. Thank you for sharing this video!
I noticed the exact same thing in a McDonald's video from the early 1990s. People had couth and social skills back in the day!
Yep. Sanity and normal people , for the most part, in the world then. Now, complete 💩🤡 show of Karen's, tatooed 400 lb freaks with face rings, anger issues, over medicated on pharmacutical drugs, wasted on street drugs, no common sense, no critical thinking skills, no thinking period, no couth, no respect for anyone, entitled narcissistic selfie focused , nose in phone 24/7, brain dead morons. This era wasn't that long ago, really. MAN, have we devolved as humans. Downright scary. Yes, internet, cell phones, social media factors into it ALOT.
Quite ironic! In the old days, we would hand down the past through stories and books. Now nobody wants to listen, they think they already know everything because of the internet.
You boomers love to say that everything was better back then. Lol.
wrong after 9/11 people arent fun while flying
People will just never understand what it’s like to work for an airline, it’s amazing , challenging , and fun. Getting the planes out seems like a miracle at times , but it’s team work. 35 years in the industry come April , it’s a job like no other. Sad that TWA is gone , but this is a great video full of memories ❤
I took my first trip to Europe through here on a 747 5 years prior to this being filmed. It was magical. I miss this era. So much less homogeneous, more human and less cynical.
You’re right. Flying back then was really a special thing and airlines to passengers treated it that way. Now, we’re all cattle
@@thihal123 probably a cheap trick to try to trigger passengers to buy business class, that can be one cause. Another reason and the most likely one is… money, they squish passengers and lower prices so they attract passengers.
same here...TWA 1011 in 1987 from LAX-IAD-CDG...I'll never forget it
I really miss this carrier, the gorgeous terminal at JFK, huge aircrafts, but most of all because of its people. Truly an irreplaceable class act.
This is a great step back in aviation time. Can’t believe it’s over 30 years ago! Thanks for sharing. “Leading the way TWA” 🛫
Its hard to believe where I worked there at Jetblue on the ramp previously was where TWA 1 and 2 stood, hard to believe my old work grounds was where the 747s of TWA and other workers and culture was so lively then.... even T6 was there at one time. It was an entire different world back then and I wish I could have lived it. 24 years old with an old soul.
I miss the 70’s and the “glory” days. My dad Don Guyker was a TWA mechanic for 31 years. He first worked at JFK and watched the iconic TWA terminal being built. He finally got hired in 1964 but had to go to Kansas City. Our family is from the Pittsburgh area which eventually was a hub. Daddy wanted us to fly on the new 747 so in June of 1970 he took us to Disneyland. We lived in Dayton at the time and flew to O’ Hara to board the awesome 747. I was 9 years old. As the years passed, Dad was transferred to St. Louis for 8 years as Carl Icahn destroyed the airline. He worked on the entire fleet, always going to school on new aircraft. I’m so proud of him. He died in 2020 and I’ll never be the same. Airplanes were all he talked about. I miss him and TWA!
This video is an absolute gold mine! Seeing the footage of the beehive of activity on board the 747 prior to departure, really puts what was lost on flight 800 into perspective. You think of it just as a plane being lost, but it was full of regular people just like those going about their normal lives.
This is crazy cool. 30 years ago and really good video quality still. Almost looks like it was just yesterday!
MY MOTHER AND i WERE ON THAT FLIGHT.
This brings back memories of my first transatlantic trip in 1994, my first 747 flight. On March 26, 1994, I flew from IND to JFK on a DC-9 and arrived at terminal 6 (TWA's domestic terminal then, ex-National Sundrome, designed by I.M. Pei). I transferred over to terminal 5 (the iconic Eero Saarinen designed terminal) via a mobile lounge that boarded at a jetway gate at T6 and unloaded at a jetway gate in Flight Wing One at T5. I call Flight Wing One the "guitar concourse" because of its shape. There, my group boarded TWA Flight 904, the 747 flight to MAD. I still remember it all like it was yesterday--the interior of Flight Wing One, the view of the 747 through the wraparound window, the interior of the 747, etc. I returned from MAD on April 4 on TWA flight 903 MAD-JFK and went through the basement FIS (customs) facility under Flight Wing One. For my domestic flight from JFK-IND, we walked out the front of the main part of terminal 5 and through a temporary plywood tunnel to terminal 6.
Great story. The plywood tunnel part is hilarious. Boy JFK has been a real dump at times. It’s improved over the years, but considering New York’s status as of the most important cities on earth, JFK should reflect that. At least in my opinion.
I miss those days. Thanks for sharing that.
This is such a great video. I loved terminal 5 so much. I’ve enjoyed going back to the TWA hotel.
I absolutely love this video! Especially Andre Floro. I just love his energy and his enthusiasm! I never actually flew TWA, but I am very interested in the history of aviation and hope to get into the business someday soon. I also find it interesting that I was born 9 days after this video on June 12, 1993. I also love the styles of that day! I am very sorry about Voula Giatikis. I really love HER energy and enthusiasm as well.
God I miss the good old days of aviation. These videos make me cry 😢. My dad and I both worked for the greatest airline.
Wow , this was really cool to see! I grew up flying on TWA because my mom was an FA for them until they dissolved and now she is still flying (with AA) now. Last year my family and I got to stay a night at that old terminal, (TWA Hotel) Very cool experience! Going to show this mom to see if she recognizes anyone here.
I used to be a ramp agent with U.S Airways, American Airlines and Delta Airlines. It was so much fun working in the airline industry. I got free travel benefits and got to meet and see so many different people.
I flew flight 800 for many years as a flight attendant. My heart goes out to all who perished on that fateful flight
Did you fly on N93119? Any pics?
My heart goes out to you. I took flight 800 several times as a kid with my Grandma. Usually in June to spend the summer in France. Grandma flew 800 even more than me due to her parents living over there. I’ll never forget where I was when I heard about 800. We often saw the some of the same crew different trips. I’m so so sorry for your loss of the flight…your friends and colleagues and passengers…and the eventual loss of the best airline ever.
Absolutely phenomenal footage! TWA at JFK was a well oiled machine. Miss that airline and it’s people. Thanks for sharing ❤️
This is an awsome vidéo treasured in my memory from a TWA CDG employee
Who would have thought the historical significance the video would have years later. There’s a video of the last flight out of Athens that’s just incredible and surreal, I assume that’s TW881? That a/c had the new livery.
Thank you for sharing this with us! This is incredible! Up up and away!
TWA was always such a quality airline. Summer vacations with my parents; we always traveled with TWA. The L1011 and 727 were my favorites to fly. We were on one of the last L1011 flights in Sept 1997 from STL-BOS.
Thank you.
I love time capsule videos, i used to be a passenger services agent and it’s cool to see how they did it in the early 1990s
Watching in July 2022. Wow this is epic
Such a lovely video TWA was a great airline & compaired to the US Airlines today still superior. All staff were professional & wore their uniforms with pride & were imaculate to the last details. Not sure why todays airline staff look so deshrevelled & dirty compaired to what we see on this video. TWA will always be superior & lead the way to how an airline should be, there were & still are only two airlines which make the grade TWA & Pan AM, miss them both & aways will thank you to all staff for your dedicated service through the years.
Thank you for the kind words. I had a blast working with some great people. TWA will always have a special place in my heart, and especially Elsie Lopez, my friend and co worker, who was lost on TWA 800.
I can almost smell the jetfuel once more! Ahhh the memories!
I'm thankful that this was documented and shared for us to enjoy, but I must confess, having never flown TWA out of New York, there are some very eerie undertones when you realize that this is essentially what the departure of Flight 800 must have looked like.
I found 7:11-9:18 especially chilling in that regard.
I don’t know if you know what it is they call an ‘ARG’, if not then it’s basically like a disturbing or haunted, horror video disguised as a normal, say, cooking tutorial or commercial for a car, but I immediately thought of an ‘ARG’ when you mentioned that about flight 800. It’s really eerie indeed.
TW880 (JFK-ATH) was my first ever premium cabin Trans Atlantic trip. What a class act, truly one of the golden icons of the U.S. airline industry. Thank you TWA (and its people), a true global airline. You are missed, but not forgotten.
Thank you for the kind words.
That flight number eerily sounds like the flight number of the 747 that exploded. Idk, maybe it’s the one near the TWA800 plane that exploded?
I've been watching so many videos on TWA since yesterday. I've never flown with them, but I remember as a kid seeing them at JFK and EWR. I've became an avid model plane collector and have been interest on how flying was before the 2000s. Recently I went to a record store and found a TWA flight crew bag with a CD and a Travel Book from 1971. If I'm not mistake the CD contains about 23 songs, the first being Up Up and Away and Thanks for the Memories. I do know that the CD was printed on December 1, 2001 with the PA of NY logo and words Newark Airport on it and I have been listening to the CD non stop. Watching this video and playing the CD gave me an insight on TWA that I wasn't just any ordinary airline company, but an airline company dedicated to it's customer with a passion in service and flight. I worked as delivery for a company, recently promoted to service tech, and I've always entered to Terminal 5 and the best part of entering the dock was the glimpse of the Lockheed Constellation and the TWA terminal.
I used to really love TWA tea!
I worked at TWA JFK Terminal for three years 73-76 loved every minute of it!
Those days were amazing ! I retired as a flight attendant from the the USAir in 1994. We will never see flying like that again
Great to see so much professionalism, and travelers being normal. Nowadays, it's a visual mess.
This video is fantastic. My family and I traveled to Europe on TW regularly through JFK around that time, so it brings back great memories. Thanks to the FFB Program, I was able to sit in those F class seats on the 747 quite a few times, spoiling me forever. Thanks for compiling and it would be great to see more, if you have it!
Thank you for flying with us.
That would be considered HD back in 1993! Very impressive camera. I can actually see the video very clearly! Nice job
I never get tired of watching this! The great people and the professionalism of TWA at JFK.
What a piece of history! 👍
This does bring back a lot of memories, mostly flew TWA from JFK to I think MCO but came to love this terminal as it was the start of fun times visiting the grandparents.
Love this. Wonderful memories you captured the pressure and excitement of those evening departures. I flew 700 for years and loved it.
Was great to see my old work place (1964-2001 ) brings back great people and better memories, thanks!
What a great video! great job and thank you for sharing
Terminal 5 was a very gorgeous terminal and I especially loved the red carpeting of it, which brought a pop of color to that whole terminal.
I’m currently working a seasonal job as a ticket agent at American, and my uncle, a former TWA pilot came down from New York to visit me in Florida to congratulate me. Aviation will not die out in this family-
@I Love Aviation For someone who loooves aviation, you sure are bleak about it. Lol
Pretty amazing to see jet bridges connecting to the right-hand doors on 747s and L1011s! I wonder if JFK is the only airport with those very cool and unusual connectors.
This is fantastic. I wish you had more.
My father was employed with TWA from 1969 to 2001 at JFK Airport. As a family, we traveled practically around the world! It was mostly first class. I missed the professionalism with this airline, TWA!❤❤😁😎
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for uploading this time capsule. Although I worked for Pan American World Airways years earlier at the world port it’s a shame both of these iconic flagship carriers for the United States didn’t merge. Would probably still be flying today imho ..
What a great video. The behind the scenes are always the best! THANK YOU for sharing this behind the scenes of a great airline!!
Thanks very much.
Are you seen in the video?🤓
What a great video! Flew TWA a ton back in the late 80s/early 90s out of JFK. Great lost footage of the old TWA terminal! Would love to see a similar one of the Pan Am Worldport!
Hope you enjoyed it. We loved having you.
Great job Bill Poll.
My first trip to Disney World in February 1991 was a TWA JFK-MCO flight that left from Terminal 5, Gate 4. I'll never forget it! I still have the picture of me and my little brother standing in front of the gate before boarding.
Luv this vid. Finally get to see what flight wing one looked like on the inside and it's operation
thank you so so so much for this Video. Remember the flights to Berlin on B-767...even to Moscow on B-727 out of Brussels.Those were the days my friend
Yes they were.
Wow. Thank you for this. 😢
Loved this video .. what amazing footage ... thank you for doing this !
I took off to Florida at JFK the same day as TWA 800. It was maybe an hour and a half before their tragic flight took off
Did you hear the news upon arrival?
Yes
I would say then that it’s your destiny to still be here with us and able to tell us about your experience. The flight 800 disaster is one of the few events in history that makes me the most uncomfortable, just because of the unpredictability of it. Those people that boarded that flight didn’t know what was going to happen, innocent people, men women and children, it’s just so disturbing to me. I hope you’re doing well especially during these times, your comment means a whole lot considering your relative closeness to the event
Thank You. I didn’t fly fir about 5 years after that. My first flight was in the Spring of 2001. That summer I got a job at Verizon in NYC. My building was next to WTC7 and I was outside the building when 9/11 occurred. Suffice to say I didn’t fly again fir awhile
I loved it! I love TWA and miss those days dearly...how lucky I was to be a part of Trans World Airlines! *Flight Attendant JFK 1990-1992
Miss them too.
The TWA tea was always a treat!
@@frankgrimesification
We appreciate it.
@@frankgrimesification hahahalol
Just amazingggg
Very nice.
Worked for TWA during the 80's... Oh, the memories...
❤ you always TWA !
Me too. Thanks very much.
@@TWA-km9wt worked for TWA Express. Often had to attend training or meetings in JFK or STL! Plus just being a pax on such awesome aircrafts / airline was an 👏👏 experience. No other airline like it!
@@reneecollin8825
Thanks Renee. I was mainly Tkt Ctr, and gate on day shift in terminal B. Although I did work TWE too right before I left. I worked together with Elsie Lopez, who sadly was lost on flight 800. She was such a nice woman, and a joy to work with. I'll never forget her.
@@TWA-km9wt awww , I'm sorry for your lost. I didn't know her, but we were all family! I worked tkt/gate in RIC, and loved it except for the "irates"! lol. I was hoping for a "comeback",but ya never know what life will present us with?!✈🌸
@@reneecollin8825 Yep. Very true.
Very big, very wide, serves its purpose. Giggity giggity!
Yes brings back memories of my first trip over the pond. I was booked ATL-JFK-MAD but the 747 was overbooked to MAD so I took DBC and was re-routed JFK-AMS on KL and then AMS-MAD on IB. Return was MAD-BCN-JFK where I mis-connected (long story) to ATL, overnighted.....I used the voluntary denied boarding compensation to take a L-1011 later JFK-LIS and return B-767. But again a long story short, but I credit TWA for launching me into my airline career where I have been a CSA now for 26 years and 7 months. We won't talk about the current state of affairs now.
Great story. Glad we were able to help.
My first flight was on a TWA L-1011 JFK to SFO in 1980. I cut my trip short and they changed the return ticket for me at no cost. My most popular upload is the L-1011 TV commercial.
Do you have any more JFK footage from inside the flight wings including Flight Wing II?
When ground and cabin crew were so professional and full of common sense. I remember flying a little in the 80s and 90s. There was a lot of comradery and order with excitement. The old tickets coupons that had to be handed in that were tucked into the boarding passes on boarding lol. Lovely well cushioned seats in economy with excellent meal service
Handsome guy!
Unfortunately TWA and Pan Am No more. And Americans miss these two airlines, just as Russians miss Transaero. Blessed memory to these three great airlines who have left us forever. With regret from Russia.😞😭
I am very sorry to read at the end that Voula Giatzikis passed away so young. I rode a TWA L-1011 from JFK-LAX in the '80's which is why I tuned into this, for the memory.
My first TWA flight was in an L1011.
Terrible to think this scene on the Athens flight would have been repeated on the doomed Paris flight ..so sad
Well the 747 used for 800, N17119TW, flew in from ATH. Then became 800 to CDG. That was the standard rotation for that particular 747.
Can you imagine the people at the gate who saw the passengers board flight 800
I've met one of the staff who did the boarding for the AF447... It's pretty much the same.
I don’t think that’s what was meant by her statement
Lots of familiar faces. Flow TWA often from JFK to Frankfurt 747 880
Today is the 29th anniversary of my only flight on TWA, Chicago-JFK-Madrid
I gotta ask can you access the roof at other terminals at jfk or can you do that at the worldport too
Wonder if there is any footage from 7/17/96, with passengers waiting to board Flight 800.
Controlled chaos . I lived it for 34 years, god I miss it and the airline.
Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago.
Awesome video!! Why the different flight numbers? ATH was 880, but what was 888?
Frankfurt
TWA was one of the safest airlines and then faced its worst catastrophic crash in history and the only deadliest one ever in 1996
Unfortunately, I can't say that's true.
We learned a lot from the loss of flight 800, and it mostly revealed a lack of proper maintenance, due to the mismanagement of the airline for decades.
TWA747100 was TWA 800 poorly maintained that caused the crash?
@@danielchavira9968 The crash was caused by the faulty wiring in the fuel tank, which was old and frayed. This caused a short, which resulted in an explosion of the center fuel tank, which eventually led to the breakup of the airplane. The airplane was old, and in fact at the end of it's useful life, and was scheduled to be retired the following year. Whether or not maintenance played a role cannot be said with certainty. However I can tell you, the airline had made several cutbacks in every department during the 90's, including maintenance.
@@TWA-km9wtI respectfully wish to add an extension to your answer. There are a plethora of eyewitness reports and since ‘silenced and buried’ testimonies from fisherman, boaters and residents of East Moriches on Long Island … who stated there were ‘pyrotechnics’ or a ‘streaking plume of light’ sighted and riding up from the water into the sky as TWA800 climbed out over the water. There were confirmed reports of armed US Naval vessels conducting training exercises in the area the night of July 17th … I’m not saying this was the cause … but I find it more than a little convenient it was all silenced with such effort and fervour by the FBI, CIA and FAA. Given what we are all learning about every day now, with regards to government involvements and shady practices … I’m very suspect of anything these days.
One of the chief investigators was so adamant on his testimony that the flight was shot down … then he miraculously changes his story?? And now denies he ever said such things …
Last but not least … there have been several cases of explosions in the fuel tanks of airliners … mostly by lightning strikes … which carry millions of volts more in energy than the power systems of the Boeing 747 … the very make up of Jet-A1 kerosene fuel makes it incredibly difficult to vaporise or ignite unless it is being sprayed under pressure into engine combuster cans … however the explanation given as to how the center fuel tank of N93119 became a ticking bomb … certainly seems plausible … I just refuse to have it as the only one when sooooo many questions remain … if it was the case, I do believe it was an accidental shoot down … what I cannot understand, it’s why they would keep quiet about it, if this was actually the case. There have even been wild conspiracy theories that Flight 800 was somehow involved as a pre-runner to 9/11 … A test run to gauge the temperature of the blood of the American people. Whether there’s any truth in that, who knows … I don’t think we will ever find out the truth on so many things … but as far as TWA800, the the fuel tank explosion theory holds up, but so do other explanations as well. Some we rightly need evidence and explanations on, in order to put them to bed. 👍🏼
This was wonderful. Is there another part? Do you have any interviews with some of the pictured employees almost 30 years later and their thoughts about this clip and the airline? Nice upload.
I wonder what they are all doing now?
Being a kid in the 90's, whenever I hear TWA I just think about that crash in 1996.
Yep. I flew on TWA in 1999 and I was scared to death for months. Our flight was 900. My mom had to put vodka in my drink before the flight. I was 15. Despite pouring rain, it was the smoothest flight. I love flying now.
I find that interesting
Damn. He is gorgeous! Where was he when I was a flight attendant for TWA!!!??? I never saw him at jfk
Was he a supervisor or a manager? He seems very nice. Employees seemed to like him to.
I wonder where all the employees are that we see in this video and what they are doing.
What have you done since then?
Was this the aircraft lost in 1996?
What's the reason why TWa got expired it just amazed me because as i remember they were verry good outfit God bless and keep it commin'
Would you mind if I use parts of this video for historical purposes, on a project I'm working on?
Of course....feel free!!!
@@xristinal thank you just wanted to respect your copyright first. Do you know the song names in the beginning of the video?
I only got to travel through TWA Flight Center once, in 1999. It's funny how well I remember it... the FIS and all of the red in the satellites. TWA Hotel looks almost the same minus the satellites and the domestic baggage claim.
How come more than one, but similar flight numbers? 880 and 888?
This was called a dual flight-2 flight numbers in just one aircraft . Why that ? It did depend where the flight originated bringing some THRU passengers in transit via JFK in correspondance (transit) on to Athens in that particular case.
So many slim Americans, who’d have thought
Watching the girls reconciling the passenger list. Now the computer does all that now.
3:58
"Why yous filming .. ? "
- Gate agent
Fugget about it!
3:40
they still had gate lice
4:38
I never flew International🇺🇸
Where is a swimming pool on the rof top 🤔🤔🤔?
Lol, that was the hotel, at the time it was a terminal. I’m not sure it was considered to have a rooftop pool at the time. They put it for plane views when the hotel was made
Funny😅😅