wow!!, was that lobster!!!!!, coke 5 bucks, peanuts 5 bucks, baggage fee 25 bucks, carry on 15 bucks, ticket from NY to LA around 500 bucks plis hidden fees, so you end up payin almost 1000 bucks for what in those years the fee was 500 with everytihn included, ohh and who can forget the 9-11 fee, hilarious...
@NikolaiMTA No Lie I was in the tower at Detroit Metro 40 some years ago and I heard a controler say to a lazy 707 "Are you going to show me some smoke or what" the pilot mumbled something shoved the gas in and that thing smoked for as far as the eye could see! Funny as heck everytime I see one and the smokes belching out the back.
I enjoyed this 1958 PAN AM video. Long before the days of politically correct nonsense when Stewardess, or Steward was the accepted term. To all those P.C. punks who want to rename everything, I say stick it in your ear!
If only air travel today bore any resemblance to this. Today's passengers are not nearly as well-bred as in years past. Neither are the airline staff, mostly.
@bg11215 excuse me! but i am a steward with over 26 years under my wings. i find it insulting that i am not well bred. first that is for used for animals. which behave better than most passengers. you get what you give. the flying public wants to be treated with respect, and as if they were posh. however, they want to pay wal-mart prices. i miss the old days of classy travelers!
yes. look at those meals! it cost more to fly back then, that's why there were all the amenities. today people want nordstrom quality/service at wal-mart prices! as a flight attendant i wish it was the way it was. i enjoy having passengers who dress well, and have respect for me, as opposed to the flip-flop, cut-offs, wife beater, nail clipping, nose picking trash that flys today!
Lol, hardly any sound, in those days maybe, but those crates are noisy by todays standards. It was also practically impossible to hear the captain in the cabin.
They all look so happy and well fed. I want that. It is so dreary back in coach on South-West Air, shackled to the floor, having to row to the beat of the stewardess's drum, fed meagre peanuts and beaten when I complain.
@tony711978 You apparently never flew in First Class on Pan American on the 707, when flying was actually fun, and the food was great. That was a long time ago.
Well, not exactly microwave ovens... if you can't use a cell phone imagine what a microwave would do :-) They use convection ovens. Great clip - I vaguely recall when flying was pleasant :-)
It's funny how the early ads for jetliners implied that there was no turbulence at jet cruising altitudes. You see it over and over again in ads from the late fifties.
@Jeteaime65 that's because people actually paid to fly back then. crude oil , which is what jet fuelcosts are based on, was about $10.00 a barrel. today it's about $85.00. you want nordstrom quality and service for a walmart price! back then people were civilized and had manners. not like today flying public of flipflop, wife beater, tubetop wearing, farting, nose picking, nail clipping, white trash who insists on bringing everything from their trailor park as carry-on!
Oh my God!, this video was like reviving my youth years. I gew up in Pan Am's boeings 707, due to the fact that my father worked with a hotel company and we have to travel a lot. Pan Am 707 were an important part of my childhood years... Thank you for this video.
And how about the attire of everyone? No ripped jeans and flip flops here! Semi-formal wear for everyone, and decent food and spirits rather than a pint size bag of nuts and no drinks! Sigh....
With all of our electronic/technical advancements the quality of life has gone significantly down hill. And do I perceive a cabin filled with human beings, instead of grovelling insane maniacs?
IS that a first class lounge?? The planes of the early jet age days, smoking on a flight, a plane not cramed full of seats, and top the tanks full of fuel and take off with no regards to fuel economy!
Flying back then was CLASS!!!!! Unlike today... people dress like crap... miss those times
riDDDiculous 1 month ago
Flight in 1950's have amazing meals, not like today we're served by shitty food.... ~_~
declaration963 2 months ago
and now the complete shit, people are treat worse than sardines.
TheMrAlexrj 4 months ago
travel isnt what it used to be
Abeltramello 4 months ago
The overhead passenger controls, look different in this clip, then they looked in later 707s
jjgreek1 4 months ago
The overhead passenger controls, look different in this clip, then they looked in later 707s
jjgreek1 4 months ago
Funny they already had mood lighting back then. Many new commercial aircraft are promoting the 'new' mood lighting while it's actually frickin' old.
bigchristiaan 5 months ago
Luxury liners of the skies!
jeffhusky92 5 months ago
wow!!, was that lobster!!!!!, coke 5 bucks, peanuts 5 bucks, baggage fee 25 bucks, carry on 15 bucks, ticket from NY to LA around 500 bucks plis hidden fees, so you end up payin almost 1000 bucks for what in those years the fee was 500 with everytihn included, ohh and who can forget the 9-11 fee, hilarious...
mz854f 5 months ago
brazil too had a great airline company like pan an , she was VARIG , is sad that varig is failed now
Igor1marcal 10 months ago
I loved the 707, planes have just gone downhill ever since except in first class.
americaisbacktrump 11 months ago
CAPT do not set in the right seat
ALHARETH152 11 months ago
:o
Saw the number one JT3D engine puff a bit of smoke out the back at 2:42
lol
I love the 707 <3
NikolaiMTA 1 year ago 2
@NikolaiMTA No Lie I was in the tower at Detroit Metro 40 some years ago and I heard a controler say to a lazy 707 "Are you going to show me some smoke or what" the pilot mumbled something shoved the gas in and that thing smoked for as far as the eye could see! Funny as heck everytime I see one and the smokes belching out the back.
dwags59 10 months ago
I enjoyed this 1958 PAN AM video. Long before the days of politically correct nonsense when Stewardess, or Steward was the accepted term. To all those P.C. punks who want to rename everything, I say stick it in your ear!
HippyHillbillie 1 year ago
No vibration, noise, or sensation of movement? Why do I doubt that? You don't even get that with modern airliners.
dank1280 1 year ago
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@dank1280 "No vibration, noise, or sensation of movement? Why do I doubt that? You don't even get that with modern airliners."
Compared with previous generation aircraft. Its not that hard to figure out dude.
955472 1 year ago
Everybody looks so happy but it's fake because they persuading to people to come on that plane 707 that's all.
Chrispy854 1 year ago
If only air travel today bore any resemblance to this. Today's passengers are not nearly as well-bred as in years past. Neither are the airline staff, mostly.
bg11215 1 year ago 2
@bg11215 excuse me! but i am a steward with over 26 years under my wings. i find it insulting that i am not well bred. first that is for used for animals. which behave better than most passengers. you get what you give. the flying public wants to be treated with respect, and as if they were posh. however, they want to pay wal-mart prices. i miss the old days of classy travelers!
justjack78 1 year ago 3
Slater was right.
It's all gone.
DAGUY 1 year ago 2
Damn. Back then, they knew how to fly with style. Compaired to now...
anaki101 1 year ago 2
yes. look at those meals! it cost more to fly back then, that's why there were all the amenities. today people want nordstrom quality/service at wal-mart prices! as a flight attendant i wish it was the way it was. i enjoy having passengers who dress well, and have respect for me, as opposed to the flip-flop, cut-offs, wife beater, nail clipping, nose picking trash that flys today!
justjack78 1 year ago 2
Back to civilized world with educated people , nicely dressed ,a touch of class , so far away than today ' s monkeys .
katowsky 1 year ago 3
Lol, hardly any sound, in those days maybe, but those crates are noisy by todays standards. It was also practically impossible to hear the captain in the cabin.
Fastbikkel 1 year ago
THEY ARE ALL WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigavraham 1 year ago
They all look so happy and well fed. I want that. It is so dreary back in coach on South-West Air, shackled to the floor, having to row to the beat of the stewardess's drum, fed meagre peanuts and beaten when I complain.
desertfalcon 1 year ago
Look like old Soviet reclame of Aeroflot)))) LOL)
Ottonturk 2 years ago
everybody is soo happy how fake.
tony711978 2 years ago
@tony711978 You apparently never flew in First Class on Pan American on the 707, when flying was actually fun, and the food was great. That was a long time ago.
Valkyrie91a 2 years ago
Well, not exactly microwave ovens... if you can't use a cell phone imagine what a microwave would do :-) They use convection ovens. Great clip - I vaguely recall when flying was pleasant :-)
4panthers 2 years ago
It's funny how the early ads for jetliners implied that there was no turbulence at jet cruising altitudes. You see it over and over again in ads from the late fifties.
swmdal 2 years ago
"where dishes can be cooked in 5min. ovens." aka microwaves, lol.
palebeachbum 2 years ago
Pan Am was the greatest airline ever.
jvarela965 2 years ago 3
they use to give out little packs of cigarettes too, with about 5 in each...
MerleOberon 2 years ago 2
Flying is not what it used to be. Miss Pan American!
MAREKGERHARDT 2 years ago 2
REALLY GOOD OLD DAYS !!! . Pan Am was the best american airline then .
Best latin american : Aerolineas Argentinas ( had a awesome service , now is trash )
Best european : Swiss and Alitalia !
Lucccccccccccccc 2 years ago 2
i flu from istanbul to nyc turkish airline back in 1997 w/last smoking section flyt..only 3 seat at back u can smoke..
doncorleoneug100 2 years ago
and the overhead bins!!! nothing strapped in...
derekmimi 2 years ago
Wow! Look at those meal portions! Today we're lucky if we get a bag of pretzels at no charge.
Jeteaime65 2 years ago 15
@Jeteaime65 that's because people actually paid to fly back then. crude oil , which is what jet fuelcosts are based on, was about $10.00 a barrel. today it's about $85.00. you want nordstrom quality and service for a walmart price! back then people were civilized and had manners. not like today flying public of flipflop, wife beater, tubetop wearing, farting, nose picking, nail clipping, white trash who insists on bringing everything from their trailor park as carry-on!
justjack78 1 year ago 5
@justjack78 Sadly, today air travel is nothing more than a 'Greyhound' with wings.
reichardtaj 9 months ago
@Jeteaime65 Yes and only the wealthy had enough money to fly back then now it is so much cheaper to do the flights
dukee155 6 months ago
@Jeteaime65 flying is not as enjoyable today.The airlines feel its their job just to get you from point A to point B
doulasc 5 months ago
THAT is flying. Not only could you smoke, but the flight attendants would light up for you....with wooden matches!!
mlex169 3 years ago 15
"No vibration".."hardly any sound"...hahahahahahahaha
Ha errm..But those were the days flying over the atlantic without flight entertainment etc what we have today.
But it was still sort of romantic flying in a 707
warminator 3 years ago
check out the smokers! and where is london airport?
derekmimi 3 years ago
London airport is known today as Heathrow
dipper64 2 years ago
thanks alot...
derekmimi 2 years ago
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thanks alot...
derekmimi 2 years ago
I wasn't around to fly PAN AM, but why did PAN AM went in to bankruptcy? Please reply.
SkyFox98 3 years ago
Lockerbie, plus the economic recession.
denberg2 2 years ago
Oh my God!, this video was like reviving my youth years. I gew up in Pan Am's boeings 707, due to the fact that my father worked with a hotel company and we have to travel a lot. Pan Am 707 were an important part of my childhood years... Thank you for this video.
genistenia 3 years ago
And how about the attire of everyone? No ripped jeans and flip flops here! Semi-formal wear for everyone, and decent food and spirits rather than a pint size bag of nuts and no drinks! Sigh....
Torchjob 3 years ago 4
With all of our electronic/technical advancements the quality of life has gone significantly down hill. And do I perceive a cabin filled with human beings, instead of grovelling insane maniacs?
anhacus 3 years ago
Magnificent airplane, and it really was fun to fly back then, but...."no feeling of movement" is a bit of an exaggeration.
Fania54 4 years ago 2
WOW!!!!!! I wish somebody invented a TIME MACHINE, I'd rather live all those golden years than "boring today"
Cheers from Brazil!!!
Jaquesoubrasileiro 4 years ago 3
I'm 50, so I caught the tail end of it. People had their problems in those days, but life was better.
anhacus 3 years ago 3
IS that a first class lounge?? The planes of the early jet age days, smoking on a flight, a plane not cramed full of seats, and top the tanks full of fuel and take off with no regards to fuel economy!
RTCMAHL 4 years ago
relaxing with a cigarette on a flight...the good old days...lol
MerleOberon 4 years ago 2
I like the atmosphere of an airliner cabin in those days. People were so civilized...
kissanova 4 years ago
Nice to know people were so civilized... But what do you mean there was no sound? Obviously they would have been loud.
choidj 4 years ago
compared to the piston engined propeller planes the jets were very silent
McLarenMercedes 3 years ago