Saha Air Boeing 707 Landing in Mashad, Iran

[Slowflight4Eva]

Is it the camera angle, or why does it look like its landing at 250 kts? Hot day + weight? any1?

[hotelgulf718]

I hope the enthusiasts coming up get to see these images of the 707. It along with the DC-8 and DeHavilland Comet literally changed the way the trajectory of the traveling public. Seeing this footage is the same view thousands saw when travel was safe, friendly; a special affair. Today it's world of loud self important braggadocios on phones in flip flops resting their bare feet on the bulkheads. No respect for the crew, aircraft, or an understanding of what a joy flying should be. Not all pax

[rct096]

WOW!

[rafizadeh123]

Did it land yet?

[pacificbound67]

Wow what a catch. I haven't flown on one of those since I was a child. A great piece of aviation history you filmed and posted and I thankyou so very much.

[Tetrapack100]

The Revers! Omg.. Amazing!

[sonamara997]

@BucketOfFudge I dont think thats what seaboo meant, he was just saying it doesn't matter if it's an American airline or not.

[jetBlueCrAzY]

The engine that failed to disengage its reverse thrusters was an error with the system. Planes like this has had an extensive history of errors.

[jetBlueCrAzY]

Because of the older modeled engines, they have less power which means they need mor power (speed) to land safely otherwise the plane will most likely drop or stall. Nice landing by the way. :)

[flyingxk]

as a 707 ex crew ,...great vid,....no2 reverser stuck open by the way.....

[fsxtheworld]

oh the landing looks very fast O:

[Mat54hondekop]

@BucketOfFudge no....

[lxyvr]

wow ...the best of it´s kind...good work !



[XosrovTheGreat]

why reverse thrust on engine number 2 didn't disengage?

[ThePilotBuddy]

I LOVE THIS PLANE!!!

[HKS134]

Wow smooth landing no camera shake hahah

[cbbonus]

Absolutely awsome!!! definitly my favorite boeing

[seaboo143]

@BucketOfFudge who cares about america?

[ladythalia]

To me, that wing and those engines just look scary and unsafe:-/

[flymajj]

@seaboo143

Then you have about 1 month left. Best do it quickly!

[seaboo143]

damn i want to ride this plane before they are getting out of service!

[Thabo2225]

i took really long untill the thrust reverser started

[IceManTBG1]

wow listen the sound when the pilot retard's the engines before touch down :) :)

sorry for my bad english

[N277WA]

Wow. Not just an awesome landing but also a fantastic sound and video. Thanks for sharing!

[RichyJam2011]

That appraoch and landing seemed very fast

[oldfart387]

In Iran? Too bad it didn't go down five or 6 miles BEFORE the runway.

[AZERYSOUND]

very fast landing!!

[Byron10301]

LOL you can tell how old this plane is just by looking at the wing ... good video. I love the 707, too bad in a few years, there will be none left flying (Except maybe in Iran haha)

[br76892]

Can airlines still get parts for these old birds? I hope so for their sake.

[samborlon]

That was a pretty soft landing.

[kristis917]

the sound starting at 1:10 always gives me an orgasm on every jet :P

[samborlon]

@kristis917 That sound usually happens at 1:15 on other jets! lol

[davidLw15]

Hard for me to believe I flew aboard so many 707s in the sixties, seventies and early eighties so many years ago. I loved this jet! This was a "REAL" old-fashioned airliner and it took quite a bit of skill to fly it, not like today's automated jets.

[Juliansworld]

wow, mashad is a big city

[samborlon]

@Juliansworld You should see Tehran!

[MyPilot747]

the pilot left reverse thruster on longer than spoilers

[randomstuff5464]

Yeah, so awesome, a 50 year old plane going into a country at war. What fun!

[samborlon]

@randomstuff5464 What country at war?

[randomstuff5464]

@samborlon IRAN!

[samborlon]

@randomstuff5464 Iran is not at war.

[techkid100]

WOW! I thought the reverse thrusters were broken, then I heard them kick in and slow the plane down.

[dargay]

nice plane and nice city.

[airconguy1]

Are people allowed to film in these aircraft?

[samborlon]

@airconguy1 No, cause filmin inside the cabin could cause explsion!! What a stupid question?

[airconguy1]

@samborlon thats a silly response. I've heard that you aren't supposed to film in Iran...

[samborlon]

@airconguy1 Actually you have a point, but it was like 20 years ago, I remember when I was a kid you couldn't even take a photo of an airplane or even close to an airport. But I guess the stupid government figured that does no harm, so it is ok now.

[airportfreak747]

They still fly that plane? But it has to be one of the best planes of the 50's.

[airconguy1]

@airportfreak747 It is the old fashioned version of the newer model 737's!

[samborlon]

@airconguy1 No, it's the old-fashioned version of A380!

[stoti8]

yah the 707 was not made to land SLOW....great and fast landing!

[mrkhoros]

excellent landing

[longlive737]

Holy Cow!!! That's insanely fast!!! For anyone know what the VREF on a 707 is?!?

[ricka006]

landing was abit fast wasnt it, runway must be a big one then

[cedarjet707]

Note the number 2 engine doesn't come out of reverse after landing. This is a classic 707 trait, after landing the engineer would have to go around the aircraft and push the bracket closed on one or two of the engines. The actuators had plenty of oomph in one direction (engage) but one in the other (disengage). Boeing invented a special lubricant for this (WD40, no less) but it didn't help at all - at least with 707 reverse thrust mechanisms (it fixes everything else though).

[airconguy1]

@cedarjet707 HAHA! That sounds more like Pratt and Witney's fault! Maybe Rolls Royce, if it uses Conway engines

[CobraMarty]

Who'd imagine these old birds stiill take to the skies...

[Coaljet]

Thank you very much for this one, it was very interesting. Especially the high-speed landing and high-power reverse. It would be great if you fly Saha again, to maybe film from a few rows behind the wing - to show the flaps and also to hear the booming engine noise from there. Thanks!

[InternetKev]

Nice video. Please continue making more.

[rosshallam]

nice to see the 707 is still in service somewhere! fantastic aircraft

[momo3319]

now that is what I call....AWESOME

[flymajj]

@momo3319

Details now updated

[lisadiar]

what airport?? what plane?/ airline?/..nice video

[HachikoDog]

WOW! B707... these are very rare videos...

[davejaffa]

love that Majj, never knew those old engines went into reverse like that.... must still be more thrust out the rear tail pipe!

[fernousdu972]

what a dirty airplane! but nice video and landing!