Do you remember the time when you could actually get this close watching planes? Families made a day of it.

Beautiful years 70's, 80's & 90's.

Loved TWA, I worked for Lockeed when the L1011 was being built .I flew Twa L1011 several times. It was one of the most advanced airplanes of its Era .

TWA was one of the world's finest airlines!!!

747 of TWA is beautiful!

God how I miss TWA

Back in the day, TWA & Pan Am were the airlines of choice. Great seeing this video, I've watched it 3X so far. Thanks for sharing!

Nothing more beautiful than a white and red TWA 747!!

Damn that Tristar Landing was smooooth!!!

the L-1011 landing was very good

Those L-1011 TriStars are truly Beautiful Aircraft, My Absolute Favorite, always was, always will be.

I miss this airline so much!

I really miss seeing these birds

That were great times when TWA and Pan Am were still alive. Beside of Lufthansa these were my favourite airlines. It is so sad they´re gone...

I flew TWA L-1011 from Stockholm(ESSA) to NY (KJFK) via Bangor(KBGR) in oct 1989,great👍

being an emplyee. I miss TWA so much

"That Was Awesome" - not a very British word, but it seemed fitting! A really great collection of TWA movements at LAX, a pleasure to watch and hear. Really good uninterupted views as well. Thanks for sharing your work.

it dont get any better than the l-1011 miss that old girl

I flew on TWA HNL-STL-MCO and MCO-STL-HNL in 1997, 747 between STL and HNL and L-1011 between STL and MCO. thanks for the video :)

Great work, my friend. I love the L1011 like no other (DC9 second) and I grew up on TW. And an Alpha Air B1900! Wow!

The 747 and the L1011 were both phenomenal airplanes I'm lucky enough to say my dad flew for TWA 23 years and flew both those aircrafts and he loved them. I'm just wondering if in one of those clips my dad actually could have been flying one of those.

I used to love TWA tea!

I miss the growl of L-1011s and some 747s.

Thank you Ryan: it made my heart leap!

Te extraño TWA !!!

Love it👍

What a great period in aviation history.

Oh, yeah! Have the wooden model of the tristar! Beautiful! And I forgoten how the 747 TWA looks like!

Priceless...love the L1011......one mighty fine plane. It should still be flying today as a passenger jet! I HATE government!

Not a single dislike, thank you Mr. Bomar!

This is very nice Ryan...........but we need more !

I believe that the Tristar captured here was the first one delivered to TWA.

My only TWA 747 flight was way back in August '76 from FRA-JFK.

80 knots....V1...rotate... :) divine videos

2 engines will always be cheaper than 3. The L1011 was not designed as a transatlantic aeroplane, the 500 series came close albeit with a reduced passenger load. Once twin engined ETOPS started the L1011 was doomed, not getting the US Air Force tanker contact didn't help. No mistake it's a magnificent aircraft built like a Mercedes-Benz there's still in action in Europe with the Royal Air Force, Flying Hospital and up until about 10 months with Thai Sky and few small operators. Quite a tribute.

RyanBomar, I keep wondering what kind of great video you'll post next.And I'll tell you,I'm never disappointed! I'm a 747 fan, and a very intrigued one as far as TWA and Pan Am are concerned, although I've only actually flown KLM 747s.Keep dusting off those old tapes,is all I can say!!

the seat g pushed me back

Hey those pilots may still be flying today (if they were a FO for the L10/747 or a pilot in the 1900c).

As I said, it was not "designed" to be a transatlantic aircraft and whilst they did fly across the Atlantic it was with a reduced payload. Both the L1011 & DC were designed for transcontinental services, the DC-10 ended up with a greater range via the -30 series. Both magnificent aircraft, love to be at JFK when the Fedex DC-10 start rolling in, heaven ! It doesn't get much better than thundering down the runway at ZJK in a MD-11 :-))))

good ol' days :')

I used to spot from this same area in the early 90's. By the Lufthansa Cargo building.

That's not entirely true. The L-1011-100 had transatlantic range, and many Tristars that were -1s were converted to -50s and -100s. TWA and Delta both flew the L-1011 transatlantically for many years.

friend of mine flew for them for years...larry Cosgrove.

That was N93119 that broke up, not N93117. N93117 was retired from the fleet several years prior to Flight 800.

interesting how the first two inboard slats don't retract when thrust reverse is activated. i thought all the series of 747 had that feature.

the reason wide bodies had three engines was not because of old engine tech but rather the old version of ETOPS requirements. In fact thr RR RB211 were still being used on 757's until production recently ended. The l 10 11 was doomed simply because of bad luck. RR went broke trying to develope the engines and it delayed the program giving the dc10 head start on the market. Later the rule mentioned above was modified to allow only two engines. Also modern planes require 1 less man in the cockpit

I wonder what Dassault thinks about your opinion after they're the only ones who still produce trijets.

TWA and PAN AM could come back...it's a matter of money and projected potential for the amount of service they can provide. How about their return under the new SST being developed?

Man they just don't mak'em or paint'em like that anymore!

THe L1011 is fuel inefficient. Today, aircraft like the 777, 787 and new A350's only require 2 engines and produce much lest emissions than older aircraft. I agree the L1011 is a classic airliner, but old, outdated and 3 engines in today's aviation technology is inefficient.

TWA was crap