Quad jets rule! I flew on a DC-8 from London to Los Angeles in 1979. I used to love going to airports as a kid to watch the planes. So much variety then compared to the indistinguishable Boeing and Airbus twin jets of today.
@Ben-xe8ps3 жыл бұрын
Which airline was using DC8's on the London - Los Angeles route in 1979?
@MrAlwaysBlue3 жыл бұрын
@@Ben-xe8ps It was World Airways. I think it was charter. The flight was via Maine.
@frostyfrost40942 жыл бұрын
Capitol/Saturn / Pan Am/ TIA / Overseas National have been seen at LHR/LGW but no idea where they were going to hope this helps
@chrisnizer18855 жыл бұрын
Wow, classics galore! Caravelle's (with a parachute!), Comet's (enormous flaps), a CV-990 Coronado, and numerous DC-8's and 707's. Love all those turbojet engines with daisy petal exhaust stacks and ejector rings too. This is a homerun for classic jetliner fans, thanks!
@alix18723 жыл бұрын
Incredible invaluable golden piece of a bygone era of commercial aviation, thumbs up.
@alexpaar27083 жыл бұрын
Best ever jets moments , that feeling will never be replace again, golden age 👍
@cobra69532 жыл бұрын
Wow I’m in aircraft heaven! All these classics look and so much better than modern aircraft! I now have the perfect soundtrack to go to sleep! Thank you very much!
@TheFlanker4882 жыл бұрын
That air India Boeing 707 😍😍😍😍 My grandpa was in tears watching this
@tommyd52384 жыл бұрын
What a change to see aircraft that don`t all look the same, especially in good quality film
@cryoman946 жыл бұрын
De Havilland Comet is an absolute beauty!
@TOXOTIS633 жыл бұрын
And a sure killer! 😉
@mijalakis33 жыл бұрын
Indeed and also the square windows ones are also an absolute hazard
@orvilleh.larson75812 жыл бұрын
The improved Comet 4 was a fine airplane. Unfortunately, it never got the wide commercial acceptance of the American-built Boeing and Douglas jetliners. . . .
@Paul-Nicer584 ай бұрын
@@TOXOTIS63 *UPDATE* *_It's interesting that some of the aircraft on the list should really have been noticeably safer than the Comet due to being a similar type but of much later design & manufacture._* *_Fryed Ryce Muncherz krappenz kharzeestan DikterBummer etc shud note deferentially with huge gr8 awe much respect please too._* How things were back then - *_Accident losses - % of aircraft built._* DeHavilland Comet 4 UK 14% DeHavilland Comet all mks 17% Vickers VC10 UK 5% *_The DH Comet had better safety than or similar safety to many other commercial passenger aircraft of a similar era_* Douglas DC-1 99% Douglas DC-2 47% Douglas DC-3 30% Douglas DC-4 26% Boeing s300 72% Boeing 307 70% Boeing 247 48% Boeing 707 20% Lockheed Electra Turboprop 29% Fairchild FH-227 30% McDonnell Douglas DC-8 14% Sud Aviation Caravelle 15% All Comets, including some Comet 1s, had full civilian use certification at some point after 1954, civilian use certification only being withdrawn after commercial flying stopped. Examples were flying until 1997 - one example did a signals research global circumnavigation flight series in 1993 via Australia virtually without a rest travelling 28000 miles, only had an ice warning indicator issue during the flights. *The DH Comet - World Firsts.* 1st gas turbine jet powered airliner. 1st high altitude 8psi pressurised full fuselage length passenger cabin airliner, not a trivial feature as structure strength required for pressurisation considerably exceeded strength required for normal flying stress. Nobody else had done anything similar before the Comet. The b-47 used 2 relatively small, heavily built pressurised modules (the aircraft where 6 had their wings fold up in 2 months while flying & some had their wings fall off while parked). The 1937 Boeing piston engined airliner pressurised passenger cabin was pressurised to 2 psi only - in fact that could easily be done as the normal unpressurized fuselage cabin structure strength for flying stresses only was all that was needed to be adequate so no significant weight increase issues needed addressing. 1st all hydraulically powered flying surface controls & actuators airliner with under carriage wheel disk brakes + ABS. 1st jet airliner to cross the Atlantic. 1st jet aircraft to do a world circumnavigation flights series. *Of course De Havilland had prior experience building many all metal construction airframe aircraft including thousands of jet powered fighter aircraft that were primarily of metal construction with pressurised cockpits & jet engines built by De-Havilland & we know the world's first all metal construction airframe airliner was built in England in the 1920s by Handley Page.* *_De Havilland did indeed always work to better than industry standards at the time, no evidence of negligence ever being produced in relation to the DH Comet._*
@kinclair1939 Жыл бұрын
What wonderful footage of these classic jet airliners. So sad that those days are now long gone. Thank goodness for archive film like this to keep the memories alive - thank you for posting.
@mrpeel32395 жыл бұрын
THE best vintage aviation montage EVER! Amazing productions values: feels and sounds like we are airside in 2018.
@lyub4o695 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ibnrawandi27133 жыл бұрын
I was thrilled to see Cairo Airport, exactly how I remember it. I flew on the comet 4c several times. Thank you for sharing this piece of brilliant history
@royalanania33064 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊💞 this was very enjoyable. I went back with my father to planes spot. In the 60s
@royalanania33064 жыл бұрын
Tg Caring Coronado,as the Caravelle are both very elegant and Beautiful 😉 airplanes
@Doogydoog2 жыл бұрын
Great footage. I could watch these old birds for hours. Thanks!
@TresmiradasAr-media2 жыл бұрын
Amazing sound and footage!! Was lovely to see the Comet and the Caravelle! Thank you!
@alonsolemos71134 жыл бұрын
Panair Brasil with a DC8!!!! Amazing!
@megatop4125 жыл бұрын
OMG that MEA Comet landing.....delicious
@faezadawood2 жыл бұрын
*4:29**---**4:32** PIA Boeing 720B!* On January 2, 1962, Pakistan International Airlines′ first Boeing 720B - a Boeing 720-040B (registration AP-AMG) _piloted by _*_Captain Abdullah Baig_*_ and _*_copilot_*_ Captain Taimur Baig_ - set a *"WORLD RECORD"* during the *_London-to-Karachi leg_* of its delivery flight to Pakistan for speed over a commercial air route, making the flight in 6 hours 43 minutes 55 seconds at an average speed of 938.78 km/h (583.33 mph). Beautiful clip dear *Lyubomir Ganchev!* Far-reaching effects of GOLDEN memories even after 62-years! *_Golden era of PIA's world-class repo...from 60s thru early 90s!_* Keep it up DEAR! [RUH, KHI PAK]
@jimfowler59305 жыл бұрын
Nice.....the opening landing of the United DC-8...anyone notice the USAF MATS C-124 Globemaster taxing in the background?! What memories...thank you.
@elainefrantz91395 жыл бұрын
Jim Fowler UAL DC8 the best...well Pam Am came in at a close 2nd!
@lonefather6 жыл бұрын
The sight of the Philippine Airline landing at Kai Tak was spectacularand breathtaking.
@gramirez724 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I was trying to figure out what airport that was. So hard to recognize from this era. And, yes, it was spectacular! I wonder what movie it was taken from.
@robm30743 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this clip
@supersabrejet5 жыл бұрын
When flying was MANMADE, great noisy early warriors of the sky, not like the computers with wings we have today!!
@oscarl-b88705 жыл бұрын
Those are some very fast & loud landings!
@aq67375 жыл бұрын
I love those Pan American DC 8's!
@robyoungquist58035 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this posting. I’m old enough to remember each and every aircraft type filmed from the Vickers Viscount to the DC-8-62. The only one I haven’t flown on was the Comet. My favorite/s will always be the B-707 and the DC-8. That said, I can still remember the sensation of the CV-990 on takeoff. It was like being in a rocket!
@davidharris25195 жыл бұрын
none of the 8s were a 62 series 1 clue is the engines
@robyoungquist58035 жыл бұрын
David Harris ... were they 61s? All I remember is flying on Delta DC-8s ORD/FLL and ORD/TPA. And of course ORD/ARN to see my Swedish Marmor & Farfar (Grandparents). It really doesn’t matter to this 65 year old. This video brought back happy memories for me. 👍
@davidharris25195 жыл бұрын
look like below 50 series early 8s but still great the 61-62-63 were newer and the 61 and 63s were stretched
@carlhaluss3 жыл бұрын
How did I miss this before!? Absolutely riveting footage. I especially love the Comet footage! Well Done! and Thank You!
@bobsmith83685 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of those old turbojets.
@elainefrantz91395 жыл бұрын
Bob Smith Yay, TWA!
@shaunwakefield97935 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage, takes me back to my teens at Heathrow. The M.E.A Comet what a sound when Britain made her own aircraft.
@PeterNGloor4 жыл бұрын
I think some of the sounds were taken off Viscount planes.
@alvexok55233 жыл бұрын
@@PeterNGloor 707s were louder than the aircrafts that followed a while later such as 727s, MD80s, DC9s, 737s, etc. I remember noticing that back in the early 1980s that the 707s had louder engines, and so did the VC10 with the double engines on both sides of rear of aircraft. I guess they were louder because their engines were older models. Less fuel efficient too? Was that part of reason why airports had such strong smells of jet fuel in the late 1970s? (which I remember also)
@binaway5 жыл бұрын
A time when a small bus still took the passengers to the aircraft. In1965 and 9yo we flew in 707 London->Zurich->Damascus->New Delhi>-Singapore->Darwin->Sydney and then a Viscount to Melbourne. 36hours London->Sydney and vomited all the way followed by a broken seat on the fully loaded viscount with no empty seats available.
@melvyncox33615 жыл бұрын
Great film!DC-8 for me,and of course,the VC10!❤😎👍
@eliasjlima3 жыл бұрын
Que preciosidade esse vídeo, em pleno 01/02/21 a gente contemplando essas máquinas do passado que fizeram história, e ainda por cima duas cias brasileiras Varig e Panair e cair o queixo parabéns pela postagem uma relíquia dessa tem ser compartilhada.
@frostyfrost40942 жыл бұрын
Varig Convair 990 ?
@eliasjlima8 ай бұрын
Sim, Convair 990
@AndreiTupolev7 ай бұрын
Very interesting, United DC-8 landing at the beginning with a C-124 Globe master in the background
@royalanania33063 жыл бұрын
They were beautiful ❤️,and noisy as hell. Strait jet ,and the Caravelle nothing short of a French model.
@royalanania33062 жыл бұрын
The De Havilland was a elegant , majestic jet.
@Honest300Al5 жыл бұрын
Very cool stuff. Just popped up on my suggested viewing list. I used to fly on the 880s and 990s from SFO to DAL in the 60's. Great airplanes and they went faster than todays jets.
@PeterNGloor4 жыл бұрын
flight speed is secondary nowadays what with the hours of standing in line for security control and check-in.
@radio-su6lh2 жыл бұрын
Wow the flaps on that Comet landing were enormous!
@royalanania33063 жыл бұрын
The Convairs were very elegant,and still the fastest.
@bigglesflysagain17496 жыл бұрын
At the very beginning, lumbering in from the left, a Douglas Globemaster...cool !
@bigglesflysagain17496 жыл бұрын
Caravel used the nose design of the COMET for their great "little" aircraft. Flew on one in France in 1967 !
@ianstewartorr84555 жыл бұрын
I allways thought it looked like a comet from the front
@dansotelo2283 жыл бұрын
I think 1962 my mom booked a flight from El Paso Texas to LA. As we were going thru terminal to our gate/ plane I was hoping it was a jet. I did not know at that time but there were a lot of Connies and one jet on the tarmack. I was shocked to board the one jet, which I now regret. Sure I was on cloud 9 at the time, but later regretted not flying on the constilation.
@orvilleh.larson75812 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Lockheed Constellation. One of the most beautiful planes ever built, with its triple tail and sharklike fuselage. An iconic airliner.
@matthewrkeiser3 жыл бұрын
United flew a handful of the Caravelles which I traveled on once from DCA to Chicago (probably). It puzzled me at first expecting a DC-9 but with the verticals on the wing.
@haraldgeiger7769 Жыл бұрын
thank you very much, so fascinating. 🙇
@gramirez724 жыл бұрын
Wonderful compilation! Philippine Air Lines @ 0:32-0:41 at Hong Kong. Wow! I wonder what movie that was from.
@alexeybezobrazov450811 ай бұрын
What a video! Thank you!!++
@mtvjackass745 жыл бұрын
Rough landings back then......
@cherifbar5 жыл бұрын
PURE GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@user-tn4en6xf9e Жыл бұрын
Golden era of a Civil aviation....
@Sam26LE5 жыл бұрын
Excellent nostalgia !
@royalanania33062 жыл бұрын
The Caravelle as well,but PanAm were very handsome lookers
@nishanisha-uf8rd5 жыл бұрын
What a great video in 1960's ..thanks
@lyub4o695 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you like it!
@nishanisha-uf8rd5 жыл бұрын
@@lyub4o69 thanks
@lrg38343 жыл бұрын
Another gem. Great Stuff! Thanks for sharing!!
@JoeyLovesTrains4 жыл бұрын
Imagine you’ve never seen a jet airplane irl before and the first plane you see is a Comet. Just think how crazy that would look to someone used to a DC-3
@floriansteinmann45593 жыл бұрын
👍👍das wahren noch zeiten
@shirazbangash22153 жыл бұрын
Luvly
@StevieWonder7375 жыл бұрын
Ridden on nearly all of those ... Caravelle, Vickers Viscount and Vanguard (turboprops) and VC10, Trident, Electra (okay another turboprop), DC8, 707, 720, Comet 2B and 3C, BAC 111, Convair 880 and 990 as well as the early DC9-10s and Boeing 737-100s. Favorite? Vickers VC-10. So awesomely quiet in the cabin. Oddballs? Carvair DC-4, Britain Norman TriLander (okay, NOT jets)
@frostyfrost40942 жыл бұрын
Those VC10s were built a Brooklands now a museum blooooody short runway for a VC10
@stevebennet65395 жыл бұрын
Those Convair 880/990's meant business: Fast, Loud & Thirsty.
@chegeny5 жыл бұрын
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II sleazing around in the background at the beginning of this video. MATS livery too.
@daveth1218646 жыл бұрын
Those Caravelles are so cool.
@michaelveis8937 Жыл бұрын
The airplanes were, 707, 720, DC-8, Aerospatiale Caravelle, DeHavilland Comet 4, Convair 880 and the Convair 990 Coronado.
@markalbrecht2625 жыл бұрын
Great work, Lyubomir. Let's have some more!
@Fastbikkel7 ай бұрын
At least i'm happy i lived to see many of these planes during their active duty. Nowadays the variety is much less.
@1worlds1003 жыл бұрын
These are real pilots ,nice upload
@SalisburyPlainAviation6 жыл бұрын
First gen jetliners were so interesting, unlike the computer-designed modern twins we see these days.
@robertpolnicky32622 жыл бұрын
I think the designers had more of an eye for looks back then. And it wasnt all about profit margins. Life was actually exciting back then.
@orvilleh.larson75812 жыл бұрын
@@robertpolnicky3262 Yeah, and you can say the same thing about cars, too! Remember the early '60s Lincoln Continentals? The early '60s Ford Thunderbirds? The nostalgia is killing me! . . .
@xenon93445 жыл бұрын
Wow a Philippines airline...i miss this plane....what a gold memory
@luisfernandochristofoletti70774 жыл бұрын
0:10...C-124 Globemaster on taxi!!!
@peterpv5923 жыл бұрын
woohoo love those
@waya23784 жыл бұрын
Panair do Brasil 💚💛
@andrewunjo1586 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video 1000x thank you!
@scottstingshark98852 жыл бұрын
Epic!
@arthurasm12574 жыл бұрын
Varig and Panair do Brasil!!
@rwy32r5 жыл бұрын
Panair do Brasil DC-8 is from french movie "L'homme de Rio" with Jean Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorleac (elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, died at 25 in 1967).
@mcdonnell2206 жыл бұрын
Amazing Lyubomir, thanks!
@lyub4o696 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! :)
@nagano85187 жыл бұрын
The Varig's Coronado was taken from a movie? It´s very rare to see Varig's Convair 990 films.
@andrewwilkey61954 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure these are all movie clips
@benzjiman69313 жыл бұрын
Remember that most of these planes are from the 40/50’s, but they look like something from the 2000’s. Just amazing how aviation has changed in this range of time
@Ben-xe8ps3 жыл бұрын
Incorrect. These pictures are from the 1960's
@benzjiman69313 жыл бұрын
@@Ben-xe8ps i mean the airplanes, not the year it was taken! :)
@captbrakeset76303 жыл бұрын
Brilliant footage. More views of the Comet here than I've seen, but must remark that its landing attitude was unexpected. Actually, a number of bouncy landings - probably by first officers.
@rgr53405 жыл бұрын
Olha a Varig e Panair representando o Brasil
@LTMCMedia3 жыл бұрын
Those Comets tho
@vladanr746 жыл бұрын
Fantastic clip.
@lyub4o696 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@user-gp5es3qv2z3 жыл бұрын
WE SAW AN AIR PLANE OF EL AL THE FIRST FLIGHT OF EL AL TO CAIRO WAS ON 1979
@cupcakefairy873 жыл бұрын
That footage of the United Airlines DC-8 at the beginning of this video was used in the 1961 Elvis Presley film 'Blue Hawaii'.
@arthurasm12575 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, Varig and Panair do Brasil!!!!
@luisfernandochristofoletti70774 жыл бұрын
A Varig foi até os dias de hoje, a única empresa no mundo a operar os quadrirreatores das 3 grandes fabricantes ao mesmo tempo! 707, DC-8 e Convair 990 Coronado!
@jaafarzaidi33904 жыл бұрын
So I guess soft landings weren't a thing back then eh? Lol so many bounced once or twice on the runway.....
@mrsimp24104 жыл бұрын
Sir I don’t know who u r but I can tell one thing ur a legend thx I love this much love from japan 🇯🇵
@daviedmond46396 жыл бұрын
Comet shots are a rare find, those flaps extended are a site
@infidel67283 жыл бұрын
Interesting airplanes. These days even I, who has 50 years of spotting experience, has difficulty telling the difference until the airplane is within a few hundred meters.
@dominiqueroudier94016 жыл бұрын
Fantastic 👍✌
@ahuehuete47035 жыл бұрын
Was it me, or did that DC-8 that took off not rotate?
@GopherBaroque614 жыл бұрын
If you're referring to the one at 4:32, then yes, it did (by approximately 6 inches).
@erikbarbosa42354 жыл бұрын
Varig ☺ Panair do Brazil
@LXL-734 жыл бұрын
0:42 That hurts my ears! This clip's Pan Am 707's engines were even louder than the original film.
@robinboucherwonderfulflight Жыл бұрын
I was a kid on the ramp at JFK, listening to Pan Am 707's and of course other aircraft. That's Jet music!
@andrewganley90165 жыл бұрын
Back in the days when World aviation was the Kellogg Variety pack! and when the UK had a aircraft industry the Caravelles were beautiful really miss those classic livery's too,(PanAm,TWA) the first PanAm was a taken from 'DrNo'
@johannesbols574 жыл бұрын
Must've been a badge of honour to bounce the wheels once before final touchdown, eh? I landed at SFO on June 30, 1982 in a Hughes Airwest 727. Now, this once didn't bounce, as much as I think it owed money to the gate agents and was short of funds. It did NOT want to stay on the ground.
@Cl4rendon Жыл бұрын
0:43 Hahahaha did they overdub the sound of the landing Pan Am 707 with a passing Diesel truck?
@jimnaylor6009 Жыл бұрын
Never realised Caravelles used a drogue parachute, not sure if it was all variants?. I did fly on them as a boy, with Iberia and maybe Aviaco too.
@s6xer3 жыл бұрын
MEA ❤
@Fazendafazendao4 жыл бұрын
Panair do Brasil, the best!
@valvlog46654 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Luv it. 0:12 Curious where? Burbank, CA? (Mountains around it.)
@MrEhmedxlambda19042 жыл бұрын
0:24 i know this is kai tak airport what are amazing looking
@user-lw9eq6or9w5 жыл бұрын
I saw the old Hong Kong airport Kai Tak airport.
@raylsistemlerbir67635 жыл бұрын
Süper.
@snojetsst9420 Жыл бұрын
ahh yes.. when men were men, and landings were rough...
@johnhanson92453 жыл бұрын
What were all the airports involved? I saw Kai Tak and I assume Cairo.
@lyub4o693 жыл бұрын
HNL, HKG Kai Tak, SEA, CAI, BEY, Rome FCO, ZRH, CAS, RIO...
@royalanania33062 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos ,do you have any from Caracas Venezuela Simon Bolivar intl.?