@rainscratch ~ Cudos to you, mcdonnell220 and the rest of the flight crew who do such a terrific job posting these VIDS, especially those of the old girls like the B707, B720, B727, DC10 and L1011 aircraft. There are many of us who love the memories of these wonderful airplanes from civil aviation's past. As long as we use our "synergy" we will keep the interest of these aircraft alive & well in future years. My most sincere appreciation for all your efforts. :)
I went to work for JAL in April 1971 (LAX) and with interline agreements I logged many miles in B707 and B720 aicraft, mostly with Trans World, America and Western. The Boeing 707 has has now exited, stage-left, from commercial aviation in the western world but this airplane will always have a special place in the hearts of those of us who love the history of civil aviation in the post 1958 period. I know it will always be my favorite.
Historic architectural structures and important sites often get the respect they deserve in regards to preservation. Not always, but often... Where equally historic mechanical like objects, such as commercial aircraft seem to be left by the wayside. These planes, which represent the dawn of the jet age as we know it deserve protection... Just as the SS United States hasn't deserved it's fate to hang in limbo all these years.
The plane after B747 is a Mercure Dassault which was conceived to be a direct competitor to the B737 with a little bit more pax accomodation. This one showed is from Air Inter.
@arsbel03 Thanks so much for pointing this out - on a closer look, the empennage looks remarkably like an A320, which as it develops is no surprise - the Spanish company CASA (Construcciones Aeronauticas SA), which had been around for a long time and became an early sign-on to the Airbus consortium, was a contributor to the Mercure project. Learn something new all the time!
@arsbel03 I saw that too! I was so excited to see that. At first it sticks out like an A-320, but you know the era, then you look at the engine pods and WOW, it's a Mercure. I've only seen photos and drawings. BTW this 707 is only a few weeks older than me. :) ... and I live in Tucson.
I just noticed there is a 737-100 in the foreground just before the BA L-1011. You can tell by the long engines. The rudder seems to be deflected. I can't think of anything else it might be. Only Lufthansa bought them, about 25 or so.
I lilked the 747 near the beginning with the "lampblack" below the cockpit windows :) Looked sort of like a duck. I never saw that anywhere else. Sometimes the radome on the tip of the plane would be blackened.
why do beautiful machines have to be scrapped like that? cant they just leave the aircraft intact and turn scrapyards into aviation museums so people could see these beautiful beasts?
I've never seen a 707 up close. Fascinating look at the aft edge of the wing. Fore-flap and mid-flap but no aft-flap like on the 737s. Interesting. And it has an inboard aileron like the 727 and the B-52s. Lots of vortex generators on the wing. Typical Boeing.....typical airplane, compromises everywhere. Wow!...not much for speed brakes. That explains the need for the inboard aileron. OMG....747-100s, L-1011s, Concordes, "steam gauges" LOL Thanks!
Just remember there are many alloys of aluminum. The metal from these scrapped aircraft is not used to make beercans. Oops!!! Beercan scrap IS used to make A380s, A330s, ECT. hahahahaha
So much in agreement with yahweh18 and it is strange how only SOME aircraft are revered in this way.....Vulcan, Convair XXX, DC-8, Valkyrie, Comet, but possibly not Viking, 727, 737 (duck, here comes the flak.....but it is JUST another SLF handling device)
I regularly did LHR to KL back in the 60's and loved every long, and to some, boring hour on Quantas, Air India, BOAC 707s. Wonderful stuff
Love this video, really loved the music...had to go to itunes and buy it (and to think how many musicians fight to have their music not used on youtube).
As a former Flight Service manager for TWA, I was very lucky to work on the 707 several times in the 70's before they were officially retired. What memories I have working on them......then I worked on the L-1011's, 767, 757, MD-83, and 727. I worked the 747 one time but most of my trips then were on the 757's after the L-10's disappeared. Thank you for showing this memory....
@antimatterXXXIII NOt at all.... I usually worked first class, but it was not that bad. The C-880 was the noisest! But our 707's were nice......sometimes, it was a wee bit loud in the back, but that was only on take off and landing...
They flew all 3 types into ORD at the time. Remember that CDG as considered their European hub and had quite a few daily departures not only to the US but cities in Europe and the Middle East that were served by TWA through CDG. So it made sense to have "smaller" planes as well. It's like for instance United serving FRA nowadays from IAD with 747's, 777's and 767's. They want 3 daily flights on the route but can't fill 3 daily 747's, so they use all three longhaul a/c they have.
@nycflyer Yes, I was thinking if I'd ever sat on one of those round benches facing outward - probably yes, and I'm sure I didn't like it because you have nowhere for your arms :) Some of those mod airport appointments shows up even in something like the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey!
its funny how an object can have such a history and then just be sitting in a scrap yard or dismantled completely. here are these objets that have contributed so much to our lifes and they just get forgotten so easily. its sad how this happens.
The Boeing 707 was a fabulous jet airliner I flew in for so many years from 1960 through 1981. Now unheralded and forgotton by not all of us but most. Good to hear your very emotional comment about this great airliner!
@MrGamesOfficial Everything has it's time....there is a time to let go. Even we humans are eventually buried in the dirt, and what remains of us are the memories and hopefully some recorded history of our time on earth. In the end, as nostalgic as the past makes me, the planes were metal.which can be recycled and reused.
Gosh i miss TWA :(
astar334 3 months ago in playlist TWA World's greatest airline.
When you have a cola tin in your hand, treat the tin with respect, remember it could be a a former part of a scrapped plane
Texasstyle67 4 months ago
@rainscratch ~ Cudos to you, mcdonnell220 and the rest of the flight crew who do such a terrific job posting these VIDS, especially those of the old girls like the B707, B720, B727, DC10 and L1011 aircraft. There are many of us who love the memories of these wonderful airplanes from civil aviation's past. As long as we use our "synergy" we will keep the interest of these aircraft alive & well in future years. My most sincere appreciation for all your efforts. :)
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
I went to work for JAL in April 1971 (LAX) and with interline agreements I logged many miles in B707 and B720 aicraft, mostly with Trans World, America and Western. The Boeing 707 has has now exited, stage-left, from commercial aviation in the western world but this airplane will always have a special place in the hearts of those of us who love the history of civil aviation in the post 1958 period. I know it will always be my favorite.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
Historic architectural structures and important sites often get the respect they deserve in regards to preservation. Not always, but often... Where equally historic mechanical like objects, such as commercial aircraft seem to be left by the wayside. These planes, which represent the dawn of the jet age as we know it deserve protection... Just as the SS United States hasn't deserved it's fate to hang in limbo all these years.
LateNightCable 5 months ago
thanx for this spectacular show :)
alufthansa 5 months ago
might have been a good video but you screwed it up by adding music.
mickithebush 5 months ago
@mickithebush I don't think he screwed it up by adding music it goes well with this video.
Clipper1094 2 hours ago
from JFK?
P8NTBALL60 5 months ago
Oh Maverlous video ! From wich city was this 707 flying to Paris?
kharabovsk 6 months ago
The 707 was my favorite plane and Paris one of my favorite layovers. Brings back wonderful memories. Oh, where does the time go!
TowandaVT 9 months ago
The plane after B747 is a Mercure Dassault which was conceived to be a direct competitor to the B737 with a little bit more pax accomodation. This one showed is from Air Inter.
msantosmxmx 10 months ago
Fuck Airbus
5IrFaN5 10 months ago
and after the Dassault is a Caravelle I believe. Ghosts of the ramp in this video.
alienhuman 11 months ago
the plane before the BA L 1011 is not a737 but aMERCURE DASSAULT
arsbel03 11 months ago
@arsbel03 Thanks so much for pointing this out - on a closer look, the empennage looks remarkably like an A320, which as it develops is no surprise - the Spanish company CASA (Construcciones Aeronauticas SA), which had been around for a long time and became an early sign-on to the Airbus consortium, was a contributor to the Mercure project. Learn something new all the time!
antimatterXXXIII 11 months ago
@arsbel03 I saw that too! I was so excited to see that. At first it sticks out like an A-320, but you know the era, then you look at the engine pods and WOW, it's a Mercure. I've only seen photos and drawings. BTW this 707 is only a few weeks older than me. :) ... and I live in Tucson.
TalksWithDirt 10 months ago
I just noticed there is a 737-100 in the foreground just before the BA L-1011. You can tell by the long engines. The rudder seems to be deflected. I can't think of anything else it might be. Only Lufthansa bought them, about 25 or so.
antimatterXXXIII 1 year ago
@antimatterXXXIII it is not a boeing 737 itis a Mercure french airplane by Dassault
arsbel03 11 months ago
@arsbel03 Interesting! never heard of that one.
antimatterXXXIII 11 months ago
I lilked the 747 near the beginning with the "lampblack" below the cockpit windows :) Looked sort of like a duck. I never saw that anywhere else. Sometimes the radome on the tip of the plane would be blackened.
antimatterXXXIII 1 year ago
why do beautiful machines have to be scrapped like that? cant they just leave the aircraft intact and turn scrapyards into aviation museums so people could see these beautiful beasts?
FLPanthersandMarlins 1 year ago
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antimatterXXXIII 1 year ago
Thanks for posting, I'm guessing this was filmed some time shortly after 1976 if the Concorde is present here.
dadsoldtapes 1 year ago
I've never seen a 707 up close. Fascinating look at the aft edge of the wing. Fore-flap and mid-flap but no aft-flap like on the 737s. Interesting. And it has an inboard aileron like the 727 and the B-52s. Lots of vortex generators on the wing. Typical Boeing.....typical airplane, compromises everywhere. Wow!...not much for speed brakes. That explains the need for the inboard aileron. OMG....747-100s, L-1011s, Concordes, "steam gauges" LOL Thanks!
JetMechMA 1 year ago
Just remember there are many alloys of aluminum. The metal from these scrapped aircraft is not used to make beercans. Oops!!! Beercan scrap IS used to make A380s, A330s, ECT. hahahahaha
madisonelectronic 1 year ago
So much in agreement with yahweh18 and it is strange how only SOME aircraft are revered in this way.....Vulcan, Convair XXX, DC-8, Valkyrie, Comet, but possibly not Viking, 727, 737 (duck, here comes the flak.....but it is JUST another SLF handling device)
I regularly did LHR to KL back in the 60's and loved every long, and to some, boring hour on Quantas, Air India, BOAC 707s. Wonderful stuff
regusux 1 year ago
Love this video, really loved the music...had to go to itunes and buy it (and to think how many musicians fight to have their music not used on youtube).
tonybklyn 1 year ago
funny story I looked at the Air France 747 and got surprised when it didnt have winglets...
airplanecrazy1989 1 year ago
As a former Flight Service manager for TWA, I was very lucky to work on the 707 several times in the 70's before they were officially retired. What memories I have working on them......then I worked on the L-1011's, 767, 757, MD-83, and 727. I worked the 747 one time but most of my trips then were on the 757's after the L-10's disappeared. Thank you for showing this memory....
tenor175 1 year ago
@tenor175 Wasn't it uncomfortably loud in the passenger cabin?
antimatterXXXIII 1 year ago
@antimatterXXXIII NOt at all.... I usually worked first class, but it was not that bad. The C-880 was the noisest! But our 707's were nice......sometimes, it was a wee bit loud in the back, but that was only on take off and landing...
tenor175 1 year ago
there's a trident as well ;p damn, those were the good times for aviation ;)
spitfiremk9 1 year ago
@spitfiremk9 That was not a HS Tridet, It was a Lockheed L1011 TriStar
Flyglobespan93 1 year ago
So sad to see her scrapped.... So sad, what a beautiful aircraft this is.
yahweh18 1 year ago 11
Wow ! What a nice video !
olinadeau1986 1 year ago
Whoa, the memories!
As an employee of Trans World (KJFK) during early 90s we didn't have 707s but, MD80s, 727s, L1011s, 747 100s & 200s, 757s, and 767s.
Fantastic video!
skyyguyy 1 year ago
PARECE VHS
ARZ9 1 year ago
Magnificent!
marko071988 2 years ago
Man look the Concorde wonderfull SPEED BIRD 4EVER!
natofsx8 2 years ago
Interesting that TW was still flying a 707 into CDG in the mid- to late 70s, and not a 747 or L1011.
swmdal 2 years ago
@swmdal
They flew all 3 types into ORD at the time. Remember that CDG as considered their European hub and had quite a few daily departures not only to the US but cities in Europe and the Middle East that were served by TWA through CDG. So it made sense to have "smaller" planes as well. It's like for instance United serving FRA nowadays from IAD with 747's, 777's and 767's. They want 3 daily flights on the route but can't fill 3 daily 747's, so they use all three longhaul a/c they have.
FlyGuyFRA 2 years ago
More likely than not, the 707 was probably used during the winter months when travel demand to Europe is slow.
This would allow TWA to use the L1011 on routes from 'cold' US cities to 'warmer' destinations within the US.
mrblujet 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting~ Ex TWA F/A I miss CDG and the tubes and those silly red chairs. It all seemed so "mod" at the time...
nycflyer 2 years ago
@nycflyer Yes, I was thinking if I'd ever sat on one of those round benches facing outward - probably yes, and I'm sure I didn't like it because you have nowhere for your arms :) Some of those mod airport appointments shows up even in something like the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey!
antimatterXXXIII 1 year ago
FYI, it's Charles De Gaulle....not De Gaul
nomartini1 2 years ago
Beautiful vid
GinoRc 2 years ago
The moving finger writes
and having writ moves on
Nor all thy piety not wit
shall lure it back to cancel half a line
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
They never come back. But lets remember them ;-)))
b707dc3 2 years ago
MERCI, rainscratch, for this.
Got more of that?
I am moved and I have nothing to add but MrGames!
also the music siuts
A pilot
b707dc3 2 years ago
its funny how an object can have such a history and then just be sitting in a scrap yard or dismantled completely. here are these objets that have contributed so much to our lifes and they just get forgotten so easily. its sad how this happens.
MrGamesOfficial 2 years ago 24
The Boeing 707 was a fabulous jet airliner I flew in for so many years from 1960 through 1981. Now unheralded and forgotton by not all of us but most. Good to hear your very emotional comment about this great airliner!
davidLw15 2 years ago
@MrGamesOfficial Everything has it's time....there is a time to let go. Even we humans are eventually buried in the dirt, and what remains of us are the memories and hopefully some recorded history of our time on earth. In the end, as nostalgic as the past makes me, the planes were metal.which can be recycled and reused.
tonybklyn 1 year ago
SWEET!!! :-)
mcdonnell220 2 years ago
wow...very interesting
fabiobilal 2 years ago
memorable! congratulations.....
vonair2007 3 years ago
amazing footage!
RTCMAHL 3 years ago
amazing - One word
tonightwefly 3 years ago