exactly , unlike today , fat fellows and no style

4 engines rule , indeed !!

And impressive wingspan.

​@@michaelcap9550 Yes, I know enough to know it's stupid but I still feel like with 4 engines and that huge wingspan if everything went to hell there'd be more time to either fix the problem(s) or find a place to set the plane down.

And rotating beacons!

You're right...4 engines equals safety in numbers..don't dig these new jets with just 2 engines. ..👍

WOW, interesting!

Good observation

Thanks, i wondered what that was

What caused, the smoke?? Suddenly, stopping rotation, and dirt flying off??

@@rogerrendzak8055 Brake dust.

...and the 707 tail Pitot...

My father had a regular route from Miami to Rio for Braniff. He absolutely HATED that DC-8 aircraft. That's when I KNEW Pops was el nutso! What a beautiful bird! 😃👍🇺🇸

Never even seen a DC-8 or DC-10. Just 707s

And the ghost-like howl during engine start. A great plane all around. I loved it.

@@samuelwalker400 Why ??

is kind of model had been once an airforceone service

I never go to see either on a runway.. Did the 707 and DC-8 sound somewhat different at taxi and takeoff with the same JT3D engines? KZfaq seems to depict that.

The JT9D sounds very similar to the TF39 just at a lower volume.

@@MariahWong Actually. the TF39 was loud as hell...and I loved it, too.

@@joshs4594 I meant the JT9D when I said "at a lower volume." The JT9D sounds like a Quieter TF39

@@MariahWong Gotcha. And you're right. 👍

I also love the sound of the JT8D engines from the DC9's and MD80 series.

Congrats to you. Lived the life. And now a Biker too? Retired ?

Don't forget the JT8Ds too.

As we used to say in SAC, the Air Force paid for all 13,000 feet of this runway, so by god we're gonna use it!

Это было золотое время , когда самолёты проектировали с нормальными запасом прочности,без глупой оптимизации и "конпок" и "стиков" в кабине.

That's awesome!!!

I had liked the P&Ws on the 707s.

@@christianbenn316 they were great on anything. The C-141 Starlifter had them too, and B-52s have a whopping EIGHT of them!

Dates and story were almost identical to mine. Welcome home brother.

Planes have been replaced with flying buses. Tiny seats, no leg room, lots of noise, food replaced with pretzels and peanuts. It is horrible, but my wife forces me to go overseas with her.

Me too, the old ways were so great, even in the 90s Midwest express with MD-9 rear twins, 4 across leather, wine, good food. Haven't set foot in a plane since shoe bomber debacle.

I don't blame the planes these days. They are high-tech, safer and quieter. It's people's values these days that suck. Nowadays, evi is considered good, which is why anything ugly and unacceptable in the past is acceptable these days. Reptilian looks for example was never even heard of in the past, but now, we have lots of people with this sort of appeal.

@@fireice6190 Tattoos, big beards, raggety jeans, devil signs. And those are the girls now. The men and boys look worst.

I'm pretty sure I got a ride (Military Stand-by) on a Convair 880 in 1966. Florida - O'Hare.

Yes to each of those, but the 757-200 is prettiest of them all. For older planes before jet power, I gotta go with the Connie.

My first flight was when I was 10. Was a United DC-8 from PHL to SFO. Had same reaction you did

time machine would be nice 🙃 , most welcome , glorious times , superb engineering , brilliant minds , is different today and disappointing !

And then noise abatement regulations came along and put a Kabash on those beautiful noisy engines, hush kits didn't fix anything.

RUSH 'Red Barchetta' lyrics?

But with the sheer number of flights in and out of our airports such noisy smokers would be a disaster. An A321NEO can do the same job and has just two clean low-noise engines.

​@PeterNGloor Nothing compared to the smoke and noise of a VC10!

Or, as my old skipper used to say, “Back in the days when men were men and women were double-breasted.”

Yes!!!! And how far we've fallen today is very sad!!!

men were men ......and women were glad of it..!!

"When men were men" rest assured that you would still not be one of *those men* , given that you possess such a fragile masculinity.

Used to be planes could fly Can't anymore because woke

breathtaking memories and time , i would not mind going back in time , beauty and sound , variety as well , today mostly boring stuff

I worked on them there from 83- 93.

revolution at the time , glorious times , precious memories indeed !

This was a D-8 not a 707...but they are very similar...2 very sweet machines...love 💘 em

​@louisflores2552 you're wrong. The plane was a 707 replaced by the 747 and last by the A340. There was no DC8.

@@accobra4272 duh. .don't comment on matters you don't know anything about. Google DC-8...DUMMY

Nice memories

classic jets ruled and still rule my world

Thanks for the memories!

Gustav Heberle, typical swabian Name :)

@@tritop Are you a Swab? If yes, my maternal grandparents were Swabs from s little village outside Timisora. Let me know...

@@SailorGerry i am hessian, my wife swabian, when a german Lastname ends with "le" its typical swabian

@@SailorGerry just found Timisora. in Romania; the Germans there were called "Donauschwaben" or "Banater Schwaben" which left Germany long ago, we had a lot of refugees after the war over here in Frankfurt area who integrated well, they still spoke the "old dialect" ; our local pastor came from there just 20 years ago, still a few there

@@tritop Thanks your response - my maternal grandparents' last name was Brauer (of course 2 'dots' over the 'u', from the (formerly-named) town of Betchgret (sp?) (now changed to a Romanian name). All the women lived to an old age in the area - my great-grandmother lived to 103 years old and my grandmother lived to 97. Regretfully, the men-folk tended not to live as long as the somen. Many Swabs from that area immigrated after WWI to the Montreal (Quebec, Canada) area. My grandmother took my two siblings and myself to visit her home town back in 1971 - she wanted her grandchildren to see where she and my grandfather were raised. Flew Montreal to Frankfurt via Lufthansa on a B-707 and then on B727 Frankfurt to Munich, thence train to Vienna and onto Timisora. The railroad journey through parts of the foothills of the Alps was magnificent! Again, thanks for getting back - best of luck & health to you and your wife..., Gerry (Gerhart)

Thank God. Now they are more powerful, fuel efficient and quieter than ever. Living anywhere near an airport used to be hell for a lot of people.

@@StephenBradley2317 I've always wondered why people who don't like noise move close to an airport, and then complain about it. That doesn't hold water with me.

@@michaelbryant7377 First of all, during the time everyone is sitting here reminiscing about, you didn't have to live NEAR the airport to suffer constant noise pollution, you just had to be in one of the flight paths. Second, and it's hard to believe I have to tell a grown adult this, but poor people are a thing too. And poor people don't always get to pick their surroundings.

@@michaelbryant7377 Didja ever think that some folks might have been there before the airport was even built or expanded?

Rubbish

i bet you floated a lot and took a longer time to touch down, then stayed on runway too long. Seen that on my airline pilot days. Wait for that guy to stop floating and land.. LOL..

I also worked for ATI back in the 90s as a flight mechanic and remember the JT-3D giving very few problems. Just service them with oil. Very reliable engines.

I work with ATI now on their 767-300ER’s. They run the GE CF6 and they smoke like a chimney on start-up. The colder it is the more they smoke.

I worked for ATI back in the 90's as well. Did plenty of B-checks all around the US, maintained the -63's at first and then the United -71 with CFM56. Glad ATI is still going strong.

no regrets , best times ever

thanks for your appreciation , classics rule my world 😉

MAGNIFICENT , the REAL STUFF

i concur , as a matter of fact i love older classics , my daily driver is a 33 year old Jaguar , beauty is in the eye of the beholder , finesse , sleek , chrome and big block engine , must be my age :)

But statistically safer too

thanks, I did. The GE engines of the Convairs smoked even more. Ugh.