Definitely my favourite airport as well... I grew not too far away from JFK and remember a lot of those classic airliners. Thanks for sharing!!!

Really enjoyed this. My father flew 707s for TWA out of JFK and it’s really hard to see footage of them. I’m 68 now and I still love to see those beautiful planes. Thank you.

The observation deck! I had almost completely forgotten about that feature. Used to go out watch the planes with my dad and grandfather before we moved up to Rockland county. After the move we would trek out to Kennedy to pick up relatives or for outbound flights (it took about 90 minutes to go the 40 odd miles). LaGuardia was closer but mostly had shorter distance flights and Newark (pre Liberty Intl) was the craziest laid out terminal I have ever seen, like an insane crossword puzzle. The smell of the jet fuel was everywhere. Pretty heady stuff. Thanks for triggering some old memories. Another great video!

Another AMAZING video!!! :) I have to admit, JFK is my favorite of the three large NYC airports, but I try to avoid NYC as much as possible for many reasons. Did you know, when they renovated the TWA terminal the contractors removed nearly 100 tons of asbestos, and sandblasted all the steel supporting structure which had been sprayed with asbestos based fire retardants which hardened into a brittle drywall type material? What is even more interesting, they also found many items left behind from the original construction, including a set of plans (don't know what kind), several worker's lunch boxes (still containing "food"), and a lost wallet from 1968 (there was money, ID, and several receipts in it from an airport restaurant and a bar) which was returned to the original owner. I thought that was fascinating, especially because I have a special interest in the year 1968.

NOSTALGIA! ! ! My home away from home! Awesome campus in the 60’s -90’s

...it was also great to see the BOAC Bristol Britannia, my first airplane trip, WOW!!!

My family and I would go to Rockaway Blvd. at sunset back in the 1970's and watch the jets land right over our heads on 22L. We loved watching the jumbos jets flying low as they approached the threshold and would roar over us. Those were great times!

Flew from Auckland NZ to London UK return on BOAC Super VC-10s in 1974, best trip ever.

Just great memories, nice shot of that VARIG 707, I used to fly those and also PanAm's between JFK and GIG in those days!

Wonderful video Mike. Really enjoyed the shot featuring the Northeast Yellowbirds. My dad flew those from 1968 until the Delta merger.

Terrific video. I work at JFK 74-84. Wonderful memories and plane watching. Thank you.

Wow I love the air travel history. Wish I been around in the early days.

Awesome! Thanks for capturing my first airline Capitol, at the BA terminal in 1984. 1 A300 and 2 DC-8s. Gave me very happy memories!

This is so nostalgic, I love it.

We moved from NYC to Garden City, LI in 1970. My dad took my to 150th to watch arrivals. A few years later when I was 15 or so I rode my bike all the way to JFK and found myself on the ramp watching operations. That lasted about 15 minutes until security picked me up. I found myself in a big office with some guy telling me we spend $xxxx on security, how the hell did you get out there? I was polite and feigned contrition and told him I followed a fire exit from the IAB observation deck. He had me retrace my steps and sent me home. 35 years later I was walking on that ramp as a Delta captain.

Great photo history, Mike! Many of these photos weren't commonly seen. At 1:05, the control tower shown was not temporary. It was the initial phase of the permanent control tower, as it appeared from 1952 until 1957. The middle sections were completed in 1957, and the building remained until it was closed and demolished in 1995.

Gorgeous video. I landed in, and took of quite a lot of times from JFK during my French banking career. I travelled once in 1994 with TWA (Boeing 747-200 - the same bird that tragically crashed several months after off US coasts). I fondly remember the fantastic Saarinen TWA terminal. So beautiful, so classy, so comfortable... Good that they kept it alive as a hotel. Better that what they did to the also beautiful "umbrella" terminal of Pan Am. My biggest regret : not having flown any Pan Am aircraft in my life.

Delightful stories! Thank you, Mike!

Yesterday’s unmatched enthusiasm and access to the airline industry. A great time. Thanks!

Thanks Mike, great video, I really enjoyed it.

Long before i went to Long Beach to work for McD, i grew up under the approach of 22L and spent many a weekends on the rooftop parking of the Pan Am Terminal taking photos with a variety of 110 and 35 mm cameras.

Started my over 40 year career in commercial aviation at the EWR North Terminal in 1980 with PeoplExpress. Months before their first aircraft even arrived. I definitely got a taste of "the old days." When I arrived at EWR, the wing extending from the terminal that PE used for its gates was awash with old airline paraphernalia. OH! I'd full intentions of grabbing up some of stuff but, one night. One single night. The wing was cleared of everything and the construction of gate areas began. Mike! I'm fairly certain you've been where I describe. Remember the "dip" in the air wing created so vehicles could pass overhead?

Being a Dane we lived in New York state from 1966 to 1974. I can recall we took the SAS Jumbo to Denmark many times during those years (still have the knifes and forks from SAS :-), which my mom took) . I believe we left from JFK but not entirely sure. Thanks for your story and photos.

Awesome pics, thankyou for sharing!

Thank you very much to share that amazing photos with us. I enjoyed the video from the first minute. Regards from Chile.

Your videos are phenomenal! Thank you for doing them.

Hi Mike.... great video.... included in the photo of the Sikorsky S-55 near the beginning of this video, there is a TCA (Trans Canada Airlines) Canadair DC-4M North Star on the ramp.... to differentiate from any regular DC-4s, you can see it was powered by R-R Merlin engines, the loudest engines of the day.... you could hear them long before they appeared.... I used to see them every day flying over my home.... TCA had several so seeing one at New York in this video was a joy.... you have my compliments....

Thank you sir another great video

Mike you just keep pouring out the amazin' stuff! Thanks for this one.Always loved to plane spot wherever and whenever I could. Remember the mag, "Airliners International"? I have mint copies of the first(and sadly, only) 4 editions of it. LOVED IT! Hated it when the publisher ended it!

Had dinner with my family in the World Port in 2012, on the way to Europe, and didn't know we were in the actual WP until I saw the Delta jets nosed-in under the overhang. Passed through JFK a year or two later and it was being torn down.

Fantastic Mike as all your videos!, keep up the good work. Thanks for the memories.

Wow. Another great video. Thanks. Always loved the old American Scheme of orange and natural metal.

Go further down Rockaway and you will get to an area good for RWY 31R landings for spotting also :) The BK restaurant spot is a good place to eat and watch the planes as it is in line with the runway nearly overhead pathwise :)

Super Great content material ! Thank you for all of your footage excellent work !

That might have been me driving that jetblue airbus. No wait, a reserve captain never flies during the day;) Great video Mike. My best memory of JFK was when I was flying a hawker siddley business Jet back in the 90s and I picked up a passenger from the Concorde. Twice. Parked right next to it, he came out the jetway door, walked down to our airplane and we took him to his final destination from there

I used to spend time at the Peoria IL International Airport observation deck in more open and innocent times. What fun ! Nice shot of the Fab Four ! Great stuff as always Mike, thank you

Great vlog as always! UA made a ton money on the JFK-ORD, and BOS-ORD with the Caravelle. Of the 20 UA had they basicly gave 11 of them to NB, Sterling of Denmark. They became the largest operator except for AF. One of the aircraft became a wo after the wing hit a light post at ARN in 1978. They got a fist full dollars for if. The captain got a bucket of screams on paper. From the CEO he got flowers and a bottle of champagne! Lol! The pic from 1984, on the left upper corner is an Airbus. I can read the logo. Keep up the good work!

I still go there today and park by the border and protection building parking lot that runs by the beginning of runway 22R and runway 13L/ 31R . I remember all those days because my family lived near the airport , and as a kid me and my brother would ride our bikes into the airport and watch the planes land and take off . Fast forward 60 some years later I still go there and still plane watch for hours although most of the iconic airlines are gone , by the way I was there when Eastern flight 66 from New Orleans crashed on landing at runway 22L , That was the first and only major air disaster I actually witnessed .

I am loving all your content that you are posting it brings back so many good memories. I flew for Eastern as an F/A from 1976 to 1989 based in SJU & MIA Col. Frank Borman pinned my wings on at graduation. I am glad your first ride was on a Eastern DC-7. Before Eastern , I managed to do a trip as an observer and F/A on a DC-6 from FLL to Newfoundland for 11 days searching for a balloon that had gone down with 3 people the balloon was named the Free Life that was back in 1970. Thank you again for your service it is appreciated.❤️

Love your content Mike. Super quality 😊

good job!

Another great video from the golden age of flying replete with observation decks, polite airport personnel and of course all the latest incredible aircraft. I flew in and out of IDL/JFK numerous times. My first flight out of there was on a TWA 707-331 bound for SFO when I was ten years old. I loved that airport during that time period. Thanks Mike for the memories and another well put together video.

Great video Mike. Though I live just east across the East River/Flushing Bay from LaGuardia, my father and uncle took me as a little kid to JFK and I too was on the Observation Deck at the airport, and would fly out of it many times. Thanks for the memories!

There were also United Executive flights on the west coast between SFO and LAX on DC6s and later SE210s just like on the east coast. Nice program with great shots!

Great video as always. Any plans to do a video on the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia? I hope so. Thanks for all your work.

I used to take the Belt Parkway to see my mom and would marvel at the Aribus A-380s coming in to land at JFK. So large it seemed you could almost touch them as the approached.

An amazing presentation. You have spent a lifetime in aviation it sounds. That's a dream come true for me. Why are the days of the observation deck gone? We have a great one at my local airport KSRQ and the doors are always locked now? Airliner magazine is my favorite! Do you remember when they put a picture of the "Northeast" L1011 from Die Hard 2 in an issue?

Very nice, Mike! I had no idea that TWA operated an S-61. I hope you can include other airports in future videos since they all have their own unique features and histories.

A nice video and it brings back very good memories of my Mom and I doing this at O'Hare in the 1960s. At that time O'Hare had two different observation decks on the roofs of the main terminals. We would do this several times during the Summer, and some times in the Fall when the weather was good, and it was great to see the combination of the jets and prop liners at the terminals. My favorites were all of the TWA Connies that were there. These days were always fun and memorable days. My Mom was really interested in flying and loved to travel. During WW2 her dream was to become a WASP, although she was too young at the time, and the WASPs and the war ended before she would have been of age to enlist. She always loved and was interested in airplanes. Do you remember the Viewmaster Viewers? I had one of those and my favorite disks was the ones of inside and outside of the Connies. These photos made you feel you were there in person. Thank you for this video, it brought back many good memories of my Mom and I.

Thank you so much for these nostalgic videos. Amazing, very good info. Did Eastern operate 707s in addition to DC-8s (4:05 in the video)? Thank you again for preserving aviation history through your videos.

Great Nostalgia! I only wish more airports would open or reopen observation decks. SFO's SkyTerrace may be the best recent example. How about a video detailing with the New York-San Francisco route through the years? This was the original transcontinental airway route developed for air mail service from 1920.

Did you know that De Havilland gave permission to Aero Spatielle to use, under license the cockpit design they designed for the Comet for use on the Caravelle. Look at both aircraft…..the nose is the same

Do being a good artist and a good photographer tend to go hand in hand?