Airport PAST: EARLY DFW Dallas Ft Worth Intl Airport - Braniff International Operations

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5 жыл бұрын

We take a look back to 1974 and up to 1980s, still decades ago when DFW became operational. This special Airport PAST series will come in three parts - 1) DFW-AA. 2) DFW-BN, Braniff & 3) DFW-All carriers.
THIS is DFW- Braniff International Operations
Facts about DFW-
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport or as you may know it .. DFW inaugurated as the primary international airport serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area in the U.S. state of Texas.
DFW’s original name was Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport
But became Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when it opened for commercial service on January 13, 1974, at a cost of $700 million.
It is the ninth busiest international gateway in the United States and second busiest in Texas.
In is the headquarters and home base of American Airlines, the second largest airline hub in the world and the United States, behind Delta's Atlanta hub,
Located roughly halfway between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW spills across portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties, and includes portions of the cities of Irving, Euless, Grapevine and Coppell. At 17,207 acres (6,963 hectares; 27 square miles), DFW is larger than the island of Manhattan, and is the second largest airport by land area in the United States, after Denver International Airport. Enjoy!

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@douglasjohnson6404 3 жыл бұрын

Security was so much different as well....Remember when you could go inside without a ticket....right up to the gate entrance and say goodbye to someone.....

@marciadiehl5733 10 ай бұрын

I inspected baggages for bombs, guns, or anything that could be used for a weapon for Braniff Airlines at DFW in 1977. So cool to see the big orange 747 again after all these years. We baggage inspectors called that big orange plane "Fat Albert". It took about one hour to process all the passengers carry on bags and have them walk through the walk through metal detectors for that big ol' 747. I was always exhausted when we got everyone checked through and boarded on the plane.

@douglasjohnson6404 10 ай бұрын

@@marciadiehl5733 That's fantastic.... I like Fat Albert.....I wonder how many flights there was using this aircraft to and from Honolulu.

@marciadiehl5733 10 ай бұрын

@@douglasjohnson6404 I am not certain just how many "Fat Alberts" Braniff had operating during the period I worked there at DFW Airport. But I remember us having to process one flight on that big plane daily. So it makes sense to me that they must have had about three or four of them to rotate flights since they used those planes for flight outside the continental US.

@rodolfoayalajr.8589 5 жыл бұрын

Great beautiful memories. It had the most beautiful paint 🎨 then any other airlines. Amen 🙏🏻.

@Will-qs3ql 2 жыл бұрын

The flying colors of Braniff International. Awesome!!!

@Rexag 3 күн бұрын

LOVE Braniff.... the jellybean colors...ICONIC!!!!! I was always hoping for the red one..but just blue and green 727's did I fly on.... DC-8's , 727's, DC-9's be still my heart..... and LOUD... AIRPORTS WERE LOUD! I miss that.

@keezeeroots5997 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a great video of Braniff at DFW. Those very short clips of the 727 & 747 cabin(s) is what brought back the memories for me. If you have more footage of the interior cabins of Braniff, it would be nice to make a video compilation. For me, flying on Braniff just wasn't about seeing the colorful fuselage, but also the colorful cabins, along with the unique odor of perfume, coffee, and recirculated stale tobacco smoke. 😉

@Starboard76 4 жыл бұрын

You can count on a pure Braniff International fleet video in the coming months!

@keezeeroots5997 4 жыл бұрын

@@Starboard76 Looking forward to it. Thanks again for bringing back great memories.

@jameswsomers 3 жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of flying into DFW in the early '70's and passing by Southwest Airomotive and seeing the top of the line Jetstars and Gulfsteams1&2s' of the oil companies.The wildcatters had their Howards and On-Marks parked on the ramp too.

@Amosandy100 5 жыл бұрын

This is a treasure!

@Lavaman3682 Жыл бұрын

For those who may be curious, @ 5:52, that is the famous staircase the 727 had in the tail, the one the infamous Dan, aka D.B. Cooper jumped from when he hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 out of SEATAC to become the only unsolved air piracy case in FBI history. The FAA subsequently mandated a vane be retrofitted on the outside of all 727s that would press the stairs shut from the outside by the force of air pressure, preventing opening beyond a certain speed. It of course is called a "Cooper Vane".

@michaelhawk9769 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks For Sharing!!! I miss the Golden Era of Flight. Such a fun industry to grow up in.

@Starboard76 5 жыл бұрын

very much the case!

@WBDE 3 жыл бұрын

I was in college in Dallas Texas when DFW opened. I still have the commemorative program from the opening Open House saying 'Opening 1973'. Parking for the event was on the taxiway and I have photos of some college friends and I enjoying the show from the open hatch of my 1972 Ford Pinto station wagon. I recall that a Concorde was there on display as well.

@chuckhalen9543 5 жыл бұрын

727's, Braniff International and DFW airport back in the 70's and 80's? Is there ANYTHING better than this right now? Wait, I'll tell you, NO, THERE ISN'T. I'm subbed!!!!

@Starboard76 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Comment Chuck, thank you!

@jaik195701 3 жыл бұрын

By dad flew 727s. He put one down without wheels at MacDill AFB.

@craigjackson2428 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the archive upload. Awesome 👍 Braniff 727, 747 operations of the day. Still remember the shut down and pics of the jellybean fleet grounded at DFW. After the shutdown I remember flight crew moving over to UPS. As UPS flew large numbers of 727s at that time. Miss seeing 727s.

@mikea6695 3 күн бұрын

Albeit brief, I especially enjoyed those scenes inside the cabin.

@astardustparade Жыл бұрын

The big orange jumbo is my favorite 🥰

@Starboard76 Жыл бұрын

Big Orange was everyone’s favorite, airplane spotters were very very few back then but those of us who knew were always on the hunt for it w with crappy camera shots instead of iPhone cam shots..which would have been awesome

@astardustparade Жыл бұрын

I was born in December of 85 so Braniff and it’s beautiful jelly bean colored airplanes were long gone. What I wouldn’t give to fly on Big Orange or see it in person.

@airfiero4772 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thanks!

@adamant365 5 жыл бұрын

Better be a fast reader for this one :-)

@johnlopez1496 2 жыл бұрын

Priceless!!!!

@douglasjohnson6404 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I only flew once on the "Big Pumpkin" (747-100/With the white tail). Flying was different back then. The seats were so much bigger/double the leg room in coach/great food and drink. The cost of flying was a bit different as well. Round trip DFW to Honolulu for single adult in coach was $2,300.00 back in the late 70's and early 80's. That was with two months advance booking. I don't even want to think of a last moment purchase........scary!!!

@douglasjohnson6404 10 ай бұрын

Could be I guess. I flew on the one that had the tail painted white ..... Sorry to see that they are all gone...747-100...the old smokers...lol

@macktravels68 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@eyestoenvy 3 жыл бұрын

Man did this carrier have style and grace, with a touch of swank! We sorely need this today!

@darringraham2613 3 жыл бұрын

Back when the pilots actually had to fly the plane fly by wire and every airline seat was the size of a lazy boy chair love the good old days

@jameswsomers 3 жыл бұрын

The Airline of Flying magazines columnist the late great Captain Len Morgan,RIP.

@KalOrtPor 3 жыл бұрын

Long live N601BN, the Fat Albert of the skies!

@justplanes295 5 жыл бұрын

Your content is amazing, you deserve more credit than this.

@Starboard76 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johndouglas5712 4 жыл бұрын

He's right !

@justplanes295 4 жыл бұрын

john douglas hi

@graycloud057 4 жыл бұрын

I sure miss those days. Nowadays you get on a plane, and it’s like that Bus ride in the Romancing the Stone movie.

@Starboard76 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the truth?

@BobbyGeneric145 3 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing footage

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@bestpilot98 5 жыл бұрын

I miss those "flying colors"!

@RobMiami787 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing what a fun video! so many eye-popping sights. How can you argue with an orange 747? Or three of them parked together? And even the 747 SP. The AF Concorde! And the bare metal 747 with the broad red stripe??

@Starboard76 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! No arguing with an orange 747!

@stevemoore8450 3 жыл бұрын

Love when they flew from JFK/DFW with the Air France Concorde. I was working for CO at the time and wanted to NonRev on it. I didn't get the chance but eventually flew the Concorde to Paris and back in 2003 - the year Air France retired it. I liked the "Braniff Place" paint schemes the best!

@JP5466 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh... THE GOOD OLD DAYS!

@Lavaman3682 Жыл бұрын

Man I remember The Great Pumpkin 747 parked at DFW and also those turd brown 727s of Braniff from my childhood in Dallas

@astardustparade Жыл бұрын

Lmao @ “turd brown”. I’m dying 😂

@TakeDeadAim 3 жыл бұрын

I still remember the issues they had with the tram there at DFW early on. Also, the fight that Dallas and Ft Worth had over the whole thing is worthy of an entire video itself! Got real nasty back in the day! Flew Braniff many times. My grandfather flew for them for 25 or so years starting just after the Korean War and ending when they went out of business...

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent piece of Braniff history in there!

@BabyBang17datruth Жыл бұрын

If it wasn’t for the tram issues at DFW, the people mover at Atlanta’s airport would’ve been above ground lol

@lisasdfwhightechworld9946 Жыл бұрын

Yes! I remember all the fighting!

@wayback75 10 ай бұрын

I worked for Braniff at DFW back in the mid 80s and heard some of the same stories.

@wayback75 10 ай бұрын

I also remember there was a luggage carrying/transport system that was expensive to install but broke down many times and gave them a lot of problems,, when I was working there, the system had been deactivated.

@ChevyBM 4 жыл бұрын

The good old days when the jets sounded like jets and not hairdryers with asthma as they do now...

@strafrag1 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they're part of history but they really were filthy fuel-guzzlers.

@gaguy1967 3 жыл бұрын

It is the JT8-D engines

@ChevyBM 3 жыл бұрын

@@strafrag1 So is all my vehicles and my boat :D

@atomic32205489 3 жыл бұрын

WOW! All those ramp guys and it was only at about 10 mins in did I see one of them with any kind of hearing protection.

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

lol...those were the days.

@thomasdonlin5456 2 ай бұрын

I miss the 727. It was a beautiful aircraft.

@cvross1 3 жыл бұрын

I flew through DFW on opening day on my way to USAF basic training in San Antonio. Total fiasco! Computer crashed. Planes at gates. Passengers in terminal. Braniff was unable to match flights to planes. Passenger tension was very high.

@richardalanhicks470 4 жыл бұрын

It appears the same mistake is on this video DFW Metroplex refers to the entire Dallas Fort Worth region not the airport. DFW Regional became DFW International. The DFW Metroplex has never referred to the airport.

@Starboard76 4 жыл бұрын

yes it is, this was already cut before you made the AA post. But it will be corrected on this weeks Past DFW-All Airlines edition.

@mjt777x8 4 жыл бұрын

Fort Worth used to have intl but now it’s for small ones

@valrabellkeys9867 4 жыл бұрын

I jumped a bit when I heard Braniff's first flights were from Oklahoma City, my home!

@edwardhale4294 3 жыл бұрын

the good ol days? When 90 percent could not afford to fly.....and the accident rate was 3 times as high as today....and hijackings were 4-5 per year. Many things are better today

@Rubycon99 2 жыл бұрын

I guess that just shows how terrible flying has become. People would rather put up with accidents and hijackings than deal with the TSA or modern inflight service. :P

@deadstick8624 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite was the Dark Green 727s, the prettiest livery I've seen, and I retired from Boeing.

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

I so wanted the photo of that livery style on a 747..which they did have plenty of photos of but it never materialized.

@deadstick8624 3 жыл бұрын

@@Starboard76 I would love to have a model of a dark green 747, but years ago I got a Resin, or was it metal, model of the orange 747.

@carolemitas7496 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, but captions flashed by too quickly to read.

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll make sure when I do the Braniff fleet video that’s not the case.

@dansimon1100 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool that braniff Airlines flew the Dallas Cowboys

@jujuguy2323 5 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the Lockheed l1011 best passenger aircraft ever made. Way superior to dc ten

@frankbutaric3565 3 жыл бұрын

As mechanic who worked on both I can state with confidence that you are not correct. The l1011 was the least reliable aircraft in the eastern fleet. I worked heavy maintenance/ flight line at EAL for ten years.

@5koverlibor 4 жыл бұрын

8:17 I had never seen a 727 low pass Wow

@darringraham2613 5 жыл бұрын

The best year's

@vegasdavetv 4 жыл бұрын

oh the good days

@RTD3 2 жыл бұрын

Braniff's business model depended on deregulation never happening.

@jasonthomas9364 5 жыл бұрын

That orange Braniff 747 became a BCF with Evergreen International

@frankbutaric3565 3 жыл бұрын

The orange bra if was called the great pumpkin by EAL mechanics. Their hanger was across the runway from the EAL maintenance base at mia

@jaik195701 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of “humanitarian” cargo

@roberthindle5146 3 жыл бұрын

1:02 "revive the beauty and fun that was bra" 'kay....

@justplanes295 5 жыл бұрын

I have my own smaller channel about airplanes.

@antr7493 3 жыл бұрын

Easyjet could have bought the orange 747

@MIKECNW 3 жыл бұрын

A Cowboys helmet on a Braniff plane?

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

Well it was the ‘team transport’...therefore, quite fitting..

@MIKECNW 3 жыл бұрын

@@Starboard76 Yeah I should have figured.

@lucasbotelho4993 4 жыл бұрын

Whos Lito?

@JBVlogP 3 жыл бұрын

Are you a pilot?

@Oldfarming231 3 жыл бұрын

72's everywhere....boeing bring back the 727!

@Starboard76 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if that'll happen but I will be doing a very very long series of videos on nearly every airlines that flew the 727.

@frankbutaric3565 3 жыл бұрын

The three man cockpit is dead along with the three engined aircraft. High operating cost. The airlines are a business and they always look at the bottom line. The b727 was always my favorite aircraft to work on along with the airbus a300.

@Oldfarming231 3 жыл бұрын

@@frankbutaric3565 make it a 2 man crew...all we can do is hope!!!

@jujuguy2323 5 жыл бұрын

Bigger variation of aircraft back in the day. Now most are two engines and boring to look at. Before was concorde. 747 all over the place dc10 l1011. Was great. Now is just blah. The a380 is huge but looks very ugly

@jaik195701 3 жыл бұрын

I have never liked the 380, it looks fat and pudgy. The queen of the Fleet was the 727.

@jaik195701 3 жыл бұрын

The L-1011 was the best wide body. Safest, too. A remarkable number of DC10s and 747s were lost due to cargo door latch issues. Plus other issues on the ‘10.