Boeing 707-138B VH-XBA

[tbirdhomer]

Those turbo fans make an awesome sound!

[frankmat]

very nice... running a bit rich though :D

[Ryanyarb24]

Are these turbojet engines? Are they really primitive compared to turbofan engines? I am just curious about turbojet engines. I work in Airport administration so I am just really curious about the turbojets. We got an older American MD-80 that's real loud and rumbles the airport when it takes off,but would this aircraft aircraft be louder?

[Stevopedia]

@Ryanyarb24 They're low-bypass turbofans--almost exactly a mix between turbojets and the modern high-bypass types on most big commercial jets today. The MD-80 has very similar engines to the ones carried by this model of 707 (P&W JT8Ds for the Dash-80, JT3Ds for the 707).

[hoss73ford1]

I can't imagine spending millions of dollars and all the manpower to restore an airplane only not never fly it again. Such a waste!!!

[spamdude060]

Why do older aircraft engines have smoke coming out? (BTW does B707's use P&W?)

[xXShadowLugiaXx]

Probably the best 707 livery IMO. ;D

[Vee6watchman]

Looks good, smokes good & sounds even better!

They don't make 'em like they used to - the 777 twin burns 18x2 gallons fuel/min on take off vs the 707-320s at 40x4 gallons. Less fuel burn = less smoke!

[bnhamad64]

its my first flight on 707 from kuwait city to damascas in 1977

[MrNSheikh]

I wish they still flew these. I love it! I love the noise! The look of the aircraft with the 4 engines and the tail! and the black smoke!

[Polecatz]

great sound and lovely plane

[airconguy1]

You can see at the end that the no 2 engine got stuck in reverse thrust!

[wdwron08]

I do miss the Old 707's I flew on one from CMH to Chicago O'Hare in 1979 on a TWA. It was a fun flight

[EWS60008]

Nice sound from the engines on this plane. Are they GE or Rolls Royce?

[wdwron08]

@EWS60008 I think they are Pratt and Whitney JT38's

[bamaslamma1003]

@EWS60008 Pratt & Whitney JT3D turbofans.

[TheTravis82]

definitively a great airplane!

[MrLenovo44]

THey should rebuild them

[AmericanAirlinesRule]

Thanks for the upload. That sound and sight just puts a big grin on my face.

[TOPOFFMAN]

Is this Travolta's plane?

[hovertaxi]

No, this is not John Travolta's 707. This aircraft is now on permanent static display at the Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach, Australia. It will almost certainly never fly again.

[miked860]

Why did they do all the work to get it flying again just to retire it some 3 years later?

[ad356]

@hovertaxi

too bad, what a waste. airplanes were meant to be flown. static displays suck. i can see 1 of a kind aircraft like the wright flyer, spirit of st. louis or bell x1 but otherwise its a waste of an aircraft

[MrFelt1000]

but this air craft has the same number a the travolta 707

[Pvjinflight]

@MrFelt1000 what you mean

[MrFelt1000]

the tail number is the same

[Flyglobespan93]

Love that yell at 0:23 0:35 and also 1:02 to 1:17

[LIGHTSVALE]

Fantastic video; thanks for posting.

I can't remember ever seeing a 707 land in such a short distance...must have been one heck of a headwind.

Glorious old birds from a time a lot of us hated to see end; how often progress, although necessary, deprives us of romance. The new machines are mind-boggling in a technical sense, but compared to their predecessors, more than a little sterile.

*sigh*

Whatchoogonna do?

Thanks again!

[aluovercast]

1959 or 1957? Anyway, what a feat,

more smokers please

[iheart707]

It's too bad the -700 version never came out, it was the 757 that took the market of this bird. Otherwise we would see today alot of the KC-135 type pasenger versions on the tarmac today. The fuel efficency alone on the new CFM engines compared to the JT3D's and the JT8D (With the Stage 3 modifications) was close to 20% improvement! Boeing did not want to create compitition inside of it's own company and it repeted this act with the MD-95 and the 717. :(

[Rocket4Barrel]

What a beautiful bird, I love 707's. Love the sound of those Pratt & Whitney JT-3's, music to an aviation enthusiasts ears. Hats off to Qantas for restoring that classic bird. My first flight was on a United DC-8 in 1975 when I was 5. Love these old smokies.

[fafafofofooey]

I couldn't help but notice that it took "tobysf2004" FIVE MONTHS to come up with his great response to my post.

Good dog!

[wallexus]

QANTAS...ultimate in class. This is a great video and story...the 707 was a great aircraft.  Can't beat those engines singin'!

[Pullisto]

A real aeroplane! Top marks to the Aussies realising how significant this is to their aviation and social heritage. I wish we NZ'ers were same calibre, as our equivlent, a DC-8, now 43 years old languishes at an airport in Brazil, threat of scrap, but seems no-one is intersted but a few, maybe we are too dollar driven, shameful.

[Azamat1337]

so much polution!!!

[tylermannison]

Fuck you, stupid enviro. Shes a great aircraft.

[tobyfs2004]

fuck off mate. dicks lyk u ruin the world

[gdwriter]

So not the point.

[fafafofofooey]

That's one of the best takeoffs I've seen (and heard) on a video. Breathtaking!

When I was a kid (in the '60s - Gasp!) I used to call the 707 and DC-8 "Scream Jets" because that's what the engines sound like.

Thanks for posting.

[Gchoob]

That sounded wonderful, They don't sound like that now!!

[stevebobzh]

Hope to see her still flying in 2059!

[simngurry]

Stunning. I had the pleasure of meeting some of the pilots and engineers that restored XBA at Southend. A brilliant bunch of guys and gals, I only wished I didn't have work the next day so we could have stayed in the pub a bit longer!!!

[vargas37]

WOW!!! Those P&W's are music to my ears!

[nneptune]

5/5 AWSOME!!!

[bmused55]

Wonderfuly to see such a majestic bird return where it should be, the sky.

[comradeboris]

so beautiful.......i love old smokers......

[3DDodger]

Great to see a smoker again

[ibook133]

Great job, keep her flying!

[mott8900]

Thanks so much!

[esmith512]

They did a spectacular restoration job! The 707's one of my favorite jets! (It was also the first jet I travelled on--American Airlines in the mid-1970s).

[michaelzenteno]

muy buen videooooo

[JovialBob]

Still one of the most beautiful birds ever!

[bluehachiroku]

My Dad was flt eng on it's delivery from the factory.

I so wish he was still with us to have seen this.

I wish it wasnt just going to be parked. it's airworthy.. why not fly it for fundraising or something... it's a beautiful plane.

btw, the barrel roll? it really did impress...

[TrapShooter123]

Ahh, rather sad...

[corranda]

that was sweet I would love to fly in one of those

[632838]

Thank You Very Much For Showing!! The Particular Aircraftin the picture is one of the world' Oldest Jet Aircraft Which is the 29th B-707 ever rolled of the line and is built in 1959

This Should been Reported to the Guinness World of Records

[BoeingRules]

Long live the black smokers!!

[loaferguy73]

Nice video, awal7607 your dad was braking pretty hard so he could rest before he passed that taxiway. I heard some skidding sound and see smoke from the passenger side gear.

[awal7607]

thats my dad!

[hovertaxi]

Thats interesting. Which member of the crew was your Dad?

[mistersmith6000]

@hovertaxi john Travolta is your Dad? Cool!

[bboystijnemans]

SSSSSSSSSSSupeb

tks jan koppen

[saintsrule]

fantastic aircraft great sound I was lucky enough to see her arrive in Sydney thankx for posting this video