AVIATION - EASTERN AIRLINES 727-200 “Trijet” fight from Kansas City to Atlanta Nov. 18, 1990

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This is a conversion of an old analog videotape I made on Nov. 18th, 1990, when I flew on Eastern Airlines from Kansas City to Atlanta, GA.
I then flew from Atlanta to Charlotte, NC - click here: • AVIATION - EASTERN AIR...
At the time, I was unaware that a labor dispute would end EAL on January 18, 1991, exactly two months later.
This video shows a somewhat historic flight.
(1) It was 10 years before 2 aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center, so no TSA screening of passengers. Prior to September 11, 2001, minimal airport screening was provided in the U.S.A. by private security companies contracted by the airline or airport.
(2) Due to FAA flight restrictions of two-engine commercial aircraft, requiring they be within 60 minutes of a diversion airport, the “Trijet” configuration of airliners was conceived to get around that restriction. As technology advanced - more powerful, better fuel economy reliable engines - the Trijet configuration became obsolete.
(3) Commercial jets today are pushed back from the gate by a tow vehicle. This is due to underwing engine damage and safety issues that could result if reverse thrusters were deployed to back the plane. In this video, the high location of the Trijet’s rear engines allowed it to back away from the gate using reverse thrusters.
(4) This flight was 2 months to the day before Eastern Airlines went out of business.
(5) The baggage handlers don’t scan a tag on each suitcase as they put it on the conveyor since baggage scanners didn’t exist at the time.
(6) Notice the wide, cloth-covered seats in the cabin. The dinners “appear” to be bigger, and no dinner or snack carts were wheeled in the aisle.
(7) The Captain tells the passengers about the sights on the ground.
0:12 -Eastern Airline’s Gate 50 in the old Kansas City Int’l Airport (MCI) on Nov. 18, 1990
0:25 -727-200 Trijet interior
0:48 - Rear kitchen and rear-facing exit door
1:57 - Reverse thrust backing away from the gate
2:59: - Delta Airlines Boeing 727-200
3:11 - Delta McDonell-Douglas MD-88
3:20 - Delta Boeing 727-200, like the plane I’m flying in.
3:30 - Flight safety announcements.
4:27 - A TWA Boeing 727-200 trijet
4:48 - Conclusion of flight safety announcements.
5:04 - Taxiing to the runway. We’ll be taking off in one minute.
6:04 - Take-off time - here we go
6:42 - Liftoff
7:08 - Below is I-29 going back to Kanas City.
7:16 -Tiffany Springs - Truman Medical Center & Baker University.
7:25 - Tiffany Springs Parkway & Skyview Avenue roundabout
7:53 - Rear starboard engine
9:02 - Kansas City, KS
9:12 - The Missouri River
9:18 - The Missouri River close up
9:37 - Downtown Kansas City, MO
9:48 - Downtown Kansas City, MO, close up
10:25 - The NFL Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium of the KC Royals MLB baseball team.
11:05 - Lake Tapawingo & Blue Springs, MO
11:12 - Serving lunch
11:32 - Mississippi River east of Cairo, Illinois
12:07 - Mississippi River meets the Ohio River by Cairo, Illinois
12:40 - Mississippi River heading south
13:04 - Seeing how the Mississippi River meanders, it must have been one heck of a trip on the old paddlewheel steamboats.
13:18 - Kentucky Lake
13:30 - Highway 79 bridge and Big Sandy area
14:43 - Tennessee River
14:58 - Bellwood Quarry
15:05 - The Atlanta Int’l Airport (ATL) in 1990
16:29 - Another aircraft on final landing at the Atlanta airport.
16:40 - The wing spoiler opening.
17:14 - Turning base
17:32 - A view of downtown Atlanta
18:00 - On final approach to land
18:15 - Another view of downtown Atlanta
19:31 - Touchdown on the Atlanta runway
20:05 - The Eastern Airlines hanger
20:15 - Beginning our taxi to the gate
20:39 - Other aircraft on the taxiway
20:51 - Passing other planes at terminal
21:15 - Turning into the gate
21:29 - An Eastern Airlines Boeing 757-225 (N501EA) and behind it a McDonell Douglas DC-9-31 (N402EA). They are still flying today with other airlines.
21:56 - I transferred to another Eastern Airlines 727-200 flying to Charlotte, NC. Watch this video at: • AVIATION - EASTERN AIR... Thank you.
22:00 - Passengers get up to exit the plane.
22:05 - Flight Attendants.
22:10 - Thank you, LIKE and SUBSCRIBE
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@sennis1361 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for capturing some of the last months of EASTERN. Miss EA every day

@cv990a4 3 ай бұрын

This was post-bankruptcy in the brief period when Eastern took to the air again. That was massively ill-conceived. The bankruptcy judge believed that it was his job to protect consumers by returning Eastern to the skies. Judge Burton Lifland. But Nov 1990 was in the midst of the Gulf War - fuel prices were sky high and airline demand was abysmal. Eastern bled like a stuck pig. So it went out of business anyway, uselessly frittering away that money. All it did was make the rest of the industry lose even more money. It was a terrible, terrible idea to return it to the skies. At that time, with all the reputational damage it had, and the state of the industry and the world, Eastern was worth more dead than alive. And they proved the hard way.

@facingthewind 2 жыл бұрын

Easily the best retro 727 onboard/inflight vid I’ve seen on KZfaq so far.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I'm overwhelmed. I had no idea at the time I took the video that it would have any importance to anyone and simply posted it hoping a few people would enjoy some memories.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife And I'm one of them, thsnks for posting. I grew up here in Kansas City in the 1980s and I remember quite well the abundance of Eastern, Delta, and TWA 727s everywhere when flying (727s were the kings of domestic aircrafts in the 1980s). I also remember the United, Northwest, American, Continental, and USAir 727s in KCI and many other US airports then as well. There were more US airlines back then than today. I remember St. Louis was TWA's hub, Atlanta was Delta's, Denver was United's, Detroit was Northwest's, Chicago was American, Houston was Continental, and Pittsburgh was USAir. We flew somewhere a couple times a year throughout my childhood and had one time or another flown throughout or to each of those city's airports. And I took alot of notice because I was fascinated with flying and airplanes back then. We also went to London, UK several times (my grandparents were from there). I remember that twice it was TWA with one of the times through St. Louis and the other out of NY JFK (after visiting NYC before visiting UK). Once to London was on American through Chicago, once Continental through Houston, and once Delta through Atlanta. To my recollection, the TWA and Continental ones were 747s and the Delta was an L1011, and the American was a DC10. Almost every one the flights from KCI to the stopover city was a 727

@jamesalexander3530 2 жыл бұрын

The VHS transfer is great. Nice to (virtually) fly EAL again. Oddly, in the 10 years I worked for Eastern, it never occurred to me to take videos. Man do I regret it today!

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

In a sense, we can still remember past videos of events in our heads, but our brains can't really visually record things as accurately or clearly as a video can. Particularly, if they're visual memories we try to picture from longer ago, so an actual video is still the best bet.

@mikemas91 2 жыл бұрын

Love hearing all the power adjustments on final.. you can definitely tell they were hand flying that baby in

@Rexag 2 жыл бұрын

Nice point,... I didn't realize how much has changed...I remember hearing those swells of power that aren't present today. I also miss the smell of burning jet fuel when arrive, the loudness and smoke trails.... the louder the better!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@@Rexag That makes two of us. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Birds of a feather. 😄

@johnmajane3731 6 ай бұрын

The engine sound and whine is so distinctive. I remember it well. One of my favorite planes of yesterday. SW 737-800 is my favorite now.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to comment. I'm happy you enjoyed the video.

@josephpacelli3691 4 ай бұрын

I miss the sound of that engine

@ericjones7769 Жыл бұрын

That Delta DC9 next to the Delta 727 is actually a MD80

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your comment. I stand corrected, but can't change my error without a complete re-do.

@FLYEAL 3 ай бұрын

Very nice. Thanks for the upload. Flew many 727s. My father worked for Eastern for almost 20 years. My uncle before him. I grew up in Miami.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your nice comment. Much appreciated. Sincerely, MrFreshbreeze50

@stevenspontak6598 6 күн бұрын

Excellent trip report on Eastern Airlines 727-200 MCI-ATL. This is an awesome snapshot of aviation history. Thanks for posting.

@JoshuaWestbrook Ай бұрын

Flew this magnificent bird back in the 80s and early 90s. You had to stay in constant power on final or she would fall like a sack of bricks out of the sky. But that was the fun part hand flying and riding that throttle til the very end when we slammed them shut just in time for touchdown. And they always bounced. How I miss these beautiful birds. And notice. The flaps aren't shaking and vibrating all over the place after landing. A solid workhorse of a plane. The lead sled they called her

@skipperpetetravel 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very very much for this video. Your narration was perfect and the footage was perfect. My father like 35,000 other families got the surprise in shock when he was told that the airline was finished. Nostalgia goes along way and probably will for the rest of our lives that we remember what a family Eastern was to all of us. Thank you for sharing this footage.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)

@drewski1535 Жыл бұрын

Gosh i miss these times of air travel

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Me too. I travel internationally and the experience leaves a lot to be desired from what used to be. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@pamelabewley1685 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what an amazing video! Absolutely spectacular! Brings back some great memories. Also made me realize just how much customer service has so severely declined in the airline industry. This was a joy to watch and i will definitely watch again and again. Thank you for posting this!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for your very nice comment.

@olentangy74 8 ай бұрын

This brings back so many memories. I have probably had more flights on the 727 than any other airliner. The sound of the engines, the width of the seats, the overall roominess of the cabin. It loud as hell, especially if you sat in the rear of the cabin, but it was glorious. I loved the 727. This video reminds of a happier time in air travel, of inflight meals, wide seats, flight attendants that seemed to actually enjoy their jobs, when flying was actually enjoyable. Today I fly as a last option. Thank you for reminding us of how it once was.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@olentangy74 4 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Thank you for posting it!

@paulw4310 2 ай бұрын

Great memories. I last flew on Eastern way back in 1978, on a 727 as a matter of fact...PIT-MIA and MIA-PIT. I last flew on a 727, deadheading on US Air Shuttle sometime in the late 90s. As a crewmember, I loved MCI airport! Unlike most other terminals and the long hikes to get the hotel van, in KC if you tripped coming off the jetway you'd land outside! Yep, power-backs are basically I thing of the past with wing mounted engines. Additionally they could wreak havoc with loose items around the gate area. You had to be careful to stay off the brakes or you could sit the plane on its tail! Haha. Again, at the risk of sounding like Bob Hope, thanks for the memories!

@hoosiercoasterfan2655 4 ай бұрын

The 727 is the best looking aircraft in my opinion, the back engines and the T tail configuration makes it look cool and futuristic. Honestly all aircraft with that tail configuration looks cool, that’s probably why I love CRJs and the ERJ 145 variants so much. It’s a shame that there aren’t that many large aircraft that have this tail configuration anymore, as pretty much all 727s and all the McDonnell Douglas planes with that configuration have either been scrapped or converted into cargo planes. I suppose that Delta and Hawaiian still has some 717s, but who knows how much longer those will last for.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your insightful comments. Much appreciated. Sincerely, MrFreshbreeze50

@dewayneblue1834 7 ай бұрын

Awesome. I love that the 727 backed out of the gate using its reverse thrusters ( 2:02). I haven't seen that in decades.

@Anyone553 3 ай бұрын

Wow!!! Eastern Airlines!!!! I remember that color interior of seats!!! AA did this in DFW as well with their 727’s!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your comment. Much appreciated. Sincerely, MrFreshbreeze50

@robertovillanueva1926 9 ай бұрын

In 1991 was 33 years old ! And stll love the planes ! I was flyattendant of AEROMÉXICO air lines ,1982 -1988. Tnen was fly in a executive aviation ! Thank's a lot for this memorys ! Regards from Querétaro México 🇲🇽🙏👏👍✌️😅

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences. Blue Skies!

@crjetpilot 24 күн бұрын

@robertovillanueva1926 👍🏼 I wonder if I was ever on one of your flights? I miss the old days! I love Queretaro! What are you doing nowadays?

@droo714 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Brings back so many great memories of the 727-200. I only flew the Eastern 727 once in 1980 from MIA to STL. Most of my 727 flights were on Western & United ( PDX-LAX ) and Delta ( PDX - SLC ) ( PDX -DFW ). Took a NWA 727-200 from MSP to TPA back in the 90's through a horrific thunderstorm. That ol girl shook like crazy but the crew mastered the approach! Later I would use Alaska Airlines 727 service from ONT to PDX with a stop in OAK. One last route that I truly enjoyed was the Delta 727-200 service from SLC to FCA. When that tri-jet landed or departed at that uncontrolled field, everyone in that valley knew it!

@jetjhd 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a DC-9-51 beyond the B757-225 in ATL. Most of the DC-9-51s had registrations N401EA to N422EA and most of the DC-9-31s N8916E to N8990E. Great video! I was working in Eastern’s ATL Reservations center at the time of this video.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)The strokes have put me way behind in posting new videos. 😭

@mendesnelson Жыл бұрын

What a great video!!!!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. When I posted it, I never expected the nice reception it has received from so many people. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

@Rexag 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Eastern.....flew it several times Houston - Atlanta to visit grandparents.... thanks for the memories.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, from Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)

@Rexag 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome! I watch it all the time. It’s a “ go to “ when I feel I miss the good times. My passion for aviation has been with me since I saw my first jet. I’m grateful you followed your instincts and posted. You heard our calls! Peace and good health to you, Sir.

@asul3815 5 ай бұрын

Wow. What a great video! Reminds me of when I was a kid. We always flew Delta, but so many memories on this video. This was when air travel was civilized. The pilot’s lengthy and informative announcement to the passengers…you would never get that anymore. The fact that there was a meal on a flight from Kansas City to Atlanta. Just great memories. Thank you for sharing this!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@glenrosarian2352 Жыл бұрын

The good old days. I really do miss the 727. The engine and flap sounds are so familiar and comforting; I always felt safest on the 727. I primarily flew on AA 727's. I think we really had it good back in those days. There is absolutely nothing in commercial aviation today that compares with the experience of 727's reverse thrusting back from gates, configuring for take-off while taxiing, or a flap-and-slat system that increases a wing's surface area by 25%. And remember how the 727 cabin would vibrate when the spoilers were deployed to lose altitude? And if you were sitting over the back of the wing, on landing, it almost looked as though the pilot had taken the wing apart; with the spoilers up and flaps down you could see everything inside the wing.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

I flew on numerous TWA and Eastern 727s in the 1980s. There were slightly different sounds to the aircrafts back then, I agree. And serving meals on 1 1/2 to 2 hour domestic US flights, those were the days

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences with the 727s.

@glenrosarian2352 6 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLifethank you for sharing this great video! I get very sentimental over stuff like this.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@@glenrosarian2352 Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's compliments like yours that make the time and effort of making the old tape video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)

@mehmetokay7073 8 ай бұрын

Very nice. Always wanted to fly Eastern.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

@massimilianomoretti1067 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic the JT8 D sound !!! Sadly I never flew the 727 neither the L 1011... Ciao !

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your comment. Sincerely appreciated. Mr. Freshbreeze50

@scottindestin4292 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Amazing visibility. The throttling on landing was epic.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your very nice compliment and thank you for watching. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

@macktravels68 9 ай бұрын

Great video!!! Loved the 727…..

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for your comment. I'm happy you enjoyed the video.

@cathymartin8778 Жыл бұрын

Oh, my! What fun...worked for Eastern in ATL! The engine noises in flight are so familiar!

@josephpacelli3691 4 ай бұрын

I miss that sound of the engines

@ryankenyon5010 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I miss flying like it used to be.

@kraz904 Ай бұрын

Eastern branded the 727 “Whisper Jets”. I always chuckled at that…

@djvycious 9 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing! I really appreciate your narration! I don't think I've seen a video of a 727 pushing itself back from the gate. Your channel appears to be a hidden treasure of plane-spotting and car racing videos so I think I'll be bingeing your content for a bit. Thanks for being the weird dude with the handy cam 30 years ago. Who would have thought us random people would be discussing it on the internet decades later!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.) My strokes have also delayed my ability to post new videos. But I'll upload more as soon as I can. And thank you for the smile you gave me - yes, I am the 'weird dude" 🤣If you only knew the half of it.🤣

@jeffreyconnell Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent video. I'm an avid airline lover, especially of the old 80s and 90s now defunt carriers. The narration of this is much appreciated especially with the taxi portion while in ATL. It was great. I miss 5he old days of aviation and things today are so different and so much hustle. I'm glad I stumbled on this as it felt good to just sit still and watch this and take me back to my childhood passion of aviation. Thank you for your time and effort that you took to do this. It's very appreciated!!!!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for your generous and very nice compliments. Very much appreciated.

@robertbarnier45 8 ай бұрын

Lovely aeroplane. Thanks 😊

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Mr. Freshbreeze50

@CodeBlue_EMT-P Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying the content. Thank you!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for your nice comment.

@hisel777 9 ай бұрын

What old good memories with Eastern Airlines Aircraft. Unfortunately, I never ride with the Eastern. I was the age of 24 and a young college student in Rochester, NY. I traveled with Amtrak connecting the LaGaurda Airport through USAir Airways for Miami and Key West during the Christmas Break 1990. I saw a part of the video showing the Steward and Stewardess carrying the meal trays to the passengers during old good daytime. Before the September 11, 2001, American Airlines aircraft hit the WTC Twin Towers. All Major Airlines no longer allow domestic meal trays to passengers. I always missed the domestic meal trays. I think some major international airlines allow meal trays to passengers out of the United States. Thank you for sharing an old thoughtful good memories video. Eastern Airlines, TWA, and USAir Airways have gone far.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

My sincere appreciation that you watched my video and thank you also for your comment. Mr. FreshBreeze50

@volsonrockytop690 Жыл бұрын

Flying prior to the 2000's was quite enjoyable, service was excellent, meals were included, etc. Late 1990's did see the start of the decline of services offered. My frequent flights where from Greensboro to Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Bermuda, Knoxville, with the flight from Atlanta to Bermuda being our favorite on the Delta L-1011!

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

I remember flying an Eastern L1011 from Miami to San Juan. And the flight before that an Eastern 727 from St. Louis to Miami. This was around 1985. We were going on a tropical Christmas vacation to get away from the winter cold

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences with the 727s.

@hoopsheavenpa Жыл бұрын

Great video! The content and quality are top notch!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you for watching and for your very nice compliment.

@m_christine1070 Жыл бұрын

Love this video!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for you nice compliment.

@drewski1535 Жыл бұрын

2:40 i miss the old Delta Logo

@drakbar5957 10 ай бұрын

If you were seated at the rear, you’d probably wonder why EA called their 727s “Whisper jets”. Great video and narration!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching, and sharing your knowledge of the 727

@gregevans8147 Жыл бұрын

The captain certainly talked a lot on that flight. You might hear from them a couple times nowadays if you're lucky.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. I wish the pilots would talk more like they used to, I'm a a window person. And I appreciated it when the pilots would point out things on the ground.

@LMays-cu2hp 6 ай бұрын

Looking very nice!!😊😊😊

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and appreciating an old tape video converted to digital.

@LMays-cu2hp 4 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife You are welcome. Continue to fly safe in these current days as well.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@@LMays-cu2hp Thank you, and blue skies to you as well. Mr. Freshbreeze50

@davidhildebrand8894 9 күн бұрын

Eastern going out of business was life changing for the worst. My dad was a mechanic at MIA, and we lived in South Florida. Eastern going down made my parents sell our house and move to NC 😢. What Lorenzo did to Eastern is UNFORGIVABLE.

@pashathebaby 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this is cool 🛫🌠

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for your comment. I'm happy you enjoyed the video. Comments like yours make creating the video and posting it worth the time and effort. Appreciated.

@pashathebaby 9 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife oh I loved it thank you so much for creating it. So many of us aviation enthusiasts really appreciate real moments like these captured in history of the industry. It's really cool 🙏🏽🌈🌠

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@@pashathebaby You are MOST welcome. I am VERY happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your special compliment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on KZfaq because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a "completely" new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 10 months ago, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but I assure you that my sentiments are completely sincere.)

@pashathebaby 4 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife it's wonderful to hear from you and that you are doing well. I'm sorry about that I wish you good health 🙂. We love 💗 ✈️

@roloduarte3100 3 ай бұрын

What an awesome video.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your nice compliment. Much appreciated. Sincerely, MrFreshbreeze50

@jackglicktheinternationalvlogg 10 ай бұрын

Marvelous

@josephpacelli3691 4 ай бұрын

I think i remember flying in a Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 From Boston to Newark it was first experience flying

@gregevans8147 Жыл бұрын

I never flew Eastern, I'd always see their planes in Miami as a kid. This is such great nostalgia, those sounds bring back so many memories of flights between Kingston, Jamaica and Miami. My first ever trip to ATL was the very next year in August of course on an AA 727 to see the Braves beat the Mets...met Henry Aaron that day too!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for sharing your story. Appreciated.

@nothingbutjets941 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. I used to live close to Kentucky Lake.

@skyhawk61 7 ай бұрын

Just stumbled across this 727 video. Was privileged and fortunate to check out as a Captain on this aircraft before it was phased out. What a sweet flying aircraft. Not much on range but it would do whatever was demanded of it. Best time of my 35 years of flying. They don't make'em like it anymore.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

I'm very please that you happened upon my video and watched it. I hope it brought back many good memories. I had no idea at the time I took the video how historic it would become. I was even hesitant to post it on YT. I didn't have confidence it would have a lot of interest, boy was I wrong. I've received many wonderful comments (including yours) that make me very glad I took the video and posted it on YT. Thank you for watching, and for your very nice comment. MrFreshbreeze50 P.S. My nephew is now a Delta pilot flying internationally. I was a helicopter pilot in the Army, but my flying career was cut short due to loss of sight in my right eye.

@1245rs3 Жыл бұрын

Great video, absolutely fantastic quality considering it was a analog magnetic media VHS compact VHS? Even by today's standards, it's pretty good. But I think you had to live in that era to truly understand what I mean 😅. No crappy vhs related issues either lol.. Thank you, I was only 10 in January 91 and although have traveled on a B727 do not really remember much of the interior other then a picture of a cockpit (miss those days young children could request to visit the flight deck).

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for your very nice compliments. And thanks for taking the time to share your story.

@Trump145 2 ай бұрын

I really really enjoyed that little piece of nostalgia just beautiful. Please correct me if I'm wrong but the Boeing Aircraft Company became United Airlines

@ClipperMaidOfTheSeas 3 жыл бұрын

That's a Delta MD-88 on the ground in Kansas City

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 3 жыл бұрын

Looking again at the brief shot of the full length of the plane, I agree. The DC-9 looked the same but was much shorter and only held 65 passengers whereas the MD-88 held 142 passengers (14 First Class, 128 Coach). I've corrected it in the description block, but am unable to edit the comment in the video. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video.

@ericjones7769 Жыл бұрын

Yup 💯

@GeneralHawk505 Жыл бұрын

You don't see too many ramp videos of the 727s during these old days of how they were serviced. Interesting airliner for a more 2 year recent ramp rat.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for your comment.

@FeedBackMain Жыл бұрын

Those times! Eastern was one of my favs airlines, do you remember (Branifff, Western), my beloved years!

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Yes, and I flew on Braniff on my way to basic training in the army.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

I remember the multi-colored Braniff aircrafts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Kansas City was their hub. Wasn't each color for a separate region of the US, like the blue Braniff planes flew to cities in the East Coast, the green planes the southern US, the red planes the southwest US, the brown ones the north central and Great Lakes, and the orange ones the Rockies and Pacific northwest? I may have the particular color with what region mixed up, but wasn't each color aircraft for each separate region in that sense?

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 4 ай бұрын

@@alvexok5523 Thank you for watching my video and for your comment on Braniff. I flew partway to basic training in the Army, from Milwaukee to Dallas, TX, and then on a DC-3 Trans-Texas Airways to Ft. Polk, LA. I confess I didn't know about the reason for Braniff's different colors. Thanks! Appreciated. I'll have to look into that when I can. You've got me curious.🙂

@ardentblue7493 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that US full service carriers served free meals for coach class passengers back then.. Was this true?

@dominicl316 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jamesalexander3530 2 жыл бұрын

@@dominicl316 And they were hot meals not cold sandwiches or just peanuts.

@m_christine1070 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Delicious hot meals, with dessert! A slice of cheesecake, with a chocolate covered strawberry next to it. The most delicious cheese cake I have ever tasted.

@lukethompson5558 Жыл бұрын

I will turn 39 this year, have been flying since I was 8, and have never received a hot meal on domestic economy in my life, even on transcontinental flights

@ardentblue7493 Жыл бұрын

@@lukethompson5558 did u fly with full-service carrier when you were much younger?

@gaguy1967 4 ай бұрын

3:15, that is an MD-80

@AzureWave360 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible content! I wish I could’ve flown during those times. What was flying in 90’s like compared to today?

@visionist7 Жыл бұрын

Charter airlines used to feed you, and hold luggage was included in the ticket, as was cabin luggage. Refunds were available. Low cost carriers ended all that

@m_christine1070 Жыл бұрын

In the late 70's to early 90's, it was an exciting experience. The airports were beautifully created with very high end, sometimes leather seating at the gates, Eastern had these beautiful poster displays of their destinations throughout the concourse. The airline staff were very professional, always impeccably dressed with uniforms that were very beautiful. The female flight attendants would al have their hair style professionally styled into updo's, prior to the flights. Passengers were generally well dressed a d well behaved. There weren't a bunch of dysfunctional scary people on planes. The Eastern flight attendants we're super friendly. The employees were all very well compensated, and it a big family. Just excellent service. All around. I'm sure the other big airlines were the same. Full meal service for flights of 1+ hours. I remember once, having a hot breakfast served on a 50 minute flight from Miami to Atlanta! It was as if, you're flying up in a ane, you're entitled to a beverag before take off and a fully serviced hot meal plus your choice of an additional beverage.

@lightblueseaglass 9 ай бұрын

It was certainly a much more civilized experience compared to today. Airline staff were very professional and well groomed. Airports felt more spacious because the airlines didn't cram as many people onboard their planes; and there were more airline hubs, so airlines connected passengers in more cities. At one time, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Dayton, Columbus, Pittsburg, Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Nashville, and Milwaukee were hubs for connecting passengers. This meant that even the biggest hub - such as Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas - only operated maybe 600 flights because hubs like Memphis and Raleigh-Durham operated roughly 250 to 350 flights. Today, most of those hubs are gone, and cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas operate over 1000 flights a day. There was also many more airlines serving the United States, airlines like Eastern, Western, Pan Am, TWA, Ozark, Republic, and others were still flying. And the on-board service was much better. The seats weren't as close together, and meals were normal - even in coach - on flights longer than 60 minutes over regular meal times. A lot started to change though in the late 1980's as competition heated up. There were a lot of airline mergers and bankruptcies, and airlines entered into alliances with international and regional airlines. That's why today, regional flights on smaller planes operate under the banner of the major airline - even though it's a separate company like PSA or SkyWest; and you may purchase your ticket on a US airline to travel from a city in the United States to Europe, but end up on a foreign airline like Air France or KLM. Then 9/11 happened, and that brought in a huge wave of change. Security was beefed up, non-passengers were no longer allowed to go past security, airlines began adding more seats to their planes and eliminated meals on most domestic flights, you're charged extra for things that used to be included in the ticket, and airports that survived as hubs expanded and were turned into malls while smaller hubs were shut down. While flying wasn't a magical experience by the 1980s - those days were over in the 1970s when the industry was deregulated, it certainly wasn't the exhausting, uncomfortable, unprofessional, and uncivilized experience that it is now. Today, I dread having to fly anywhere.

@robertbarnier45 8 ай бұрын

So much better in every way

@visionist7 Жыл бұрын

An upgrade to the more powerful engines & a pair of winglets would have seen a lot of these three holers flying into the 2000s. Only a few ever got the upgrades. Seems airlines preferred to spend a fortune on new planes rather than a pittance keeping old ones fresh.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I don't have the web link, but there is a very good explanation on the internet about why these planes were retired. Try searching "What happened to the Trijets?" and I think you'll find it. Thank you for watching and for your comment.

@lukethompson5558 Жыл бұрын

They burned fuel like crazy. A 787 is twice size of the 727, and burns just a hair more fuel per hour

@GamingWithMaddog64 11 күн бұрын

There is a Eastern Airlines now but it's different what it was before

@tonywilliams3818 10 ай бұрын

Is it possible to hear the turbo fan engines in stereo,!!!!!!???

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 9 ай бұрын

sorry, I don't know.

@KevinMcGannon 3 жыл бұрын

Kansas City, MO*. Not Kansas.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 3 жыл бұрын

If your comment is just to make the point that the KC airport is in Missouri, you are correct. Kansas City Int'l Airport (MCI) is located in Platte County, Missouri. I looked through my description of the video and couldn't find a place where I said the airport was located in Kansas. If I made that error someplace, please let me know where the error is and I will correct it. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video!

@josephpacelli3691 4 ай бұрын

Pratt & Whitney engines?

@brettpatetto6847 4 ай бұрын

Looking at the FA she seems fine to me. She actually is acting way above the average woman today. Again, this is a old video and times where different where we now have expectations.

@toddhill6421 2 жыл бұрын

Kansas City international airport is in a Missouri, not Kansas

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Жыл бұрын

You are correct. I don't believe I said it is in Kansas. It is also named Mid-Continent International Airport.

@craigrussell1719 Жыл бұрын

Do you remember what flight number??

@DrTWG 5 ай бұрын

Q. How is this connected to Apollo 8 ?

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 2 ай бұрын

Is Apollo 8 mentioned somewhere? Please help me out! I'm confused by your comment. :-)

@DrTWG 2 ай бұрын

@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife OK. The answer is Frank Borman - commander of the amazing Apollo 8 mission of Xmas 1968 . He went on to become chairman of the board at Eastern Airlines . Quite a character ! I can see how the question may been confusing ;-)

@stephendailey8412 8 ай бұрын

Very long v1 v2 rotation

@stuartlee6622 2 жыл бұрын

So sad.

@PalmBeachDog 17 күн бұрын

Eastern collapsed under the weight of those shoulder pads.

@jocelynharris-fx8ho Ай бұрын

Sure miss the grand ol' airlines like Eastern.😔 Corporate raider Frank Lorenzo destroyed them !!😡😒😔 I loved the 727, it was always a comfortable jet and it's sucessor, the 757, was even more lovely !!🥰🥰

@kraz904 Ай бұрын

Does anyone miss that real strong smelling orange cleaner Eastern used on their planes??

@boblivingston4841 2 ай бұрын

Eastern at this point was a SCAB airline a very unsafe airline at that time.There where many accidents and incidents that happened durning the strike.All the pilots where scabs as well as many other employees.Frank Lorenzo destroyed Eastern and upstreamed all of Eastern's good assets to Continental.

@johnvanderford1697 3 жыл бұрын

WRONG!! You wrote: "It was 10 months before the 9-11 aircraft crashes into the World Trade Center, so no TSA screening of passengers." 9/11 was in 2001 not 1991!! Maybe no "TSA" but there was still security with carry-on bag xray and magnetometer each passenger walked through. LOLOLOL. But thanks for the video.

@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It should have said 10 years (and 10 months), not 10 months. I now have it corrected in the video description block! True, if there was airport screening present at Kansas City at that time it was minimal and done by private security that was either hired by the airline or the airport and not TSA, as you stated. My point was simply that flying was less of a hassle. I fly internationally and some airports, like Narita in Tokyo, require passengers to go through screening again even though they just got off a plane, are still in the security zone, and are transferring to another flight. I hope, other than my errors, you enjoyed a scruffy old video. Thank you for watching.