Hmmm,Those was Boeing 707's. Not DC-8's. The DC-8 was a twin engine aircraft with the engines on the rear portion of the body like the MD-80 for example.
I think that in its heyday in the 60s and 70s aviation was in its golden age. The colors inside the aircraft, engine sound, attention to passengers. That was because they were times of innocence, love for the truly novel. Today's planes are not as romantic, the board perosnal attention is very low in quality and emotions are not shared. People became very cold.
@AirlineHobbycomDVDs they were the days when planes were noisy but sounded great do you remeber the old bac111,s they were so noisy, i remeberd them from when i was a kid in ireland, aer lingus had a few of them and they had to put silencers on their engines at a cost of a million pounds per engine back in the 1980s, i still remeber them screaming into the sky when they took off at dublin.
Thank you Herb! Cheer, Henry
AirlineHobbycomDVDs 9 months ago
Looks like a nice compilation Henry! Those days seem magical compared to the sterility of today's airline travel,
Best,
Herb
PS: Will visit your site soon!
hotelgulf 9 months ago
Hmmm,Those was Boeing 707's. Not DC-8's. The DC-8 was a twin engine aircraft with the engines on the rear portion of the body like the MD-80 for example.
ConwayTruckload 9 months ago
@ConwayTruckload no, actually the DC-8 does have the same configuration a 707. The plane you are thinking of is a DC-9
sonamara997 9 months ago
I think that in its heyday in the 60s and 70s aviation was in its golden age. The colors inside the aircraft, engine sound, attention to passengers. That was because they were times of innocence, love for the truly novel. Today's planes are not as romantic, the board perosnal attention is very low in quality and emotions are not shared. People became very cold.
jrpies 10 months ago
I know .. the sounds of those engines lighting up and blowing off steam is superb! Too bad they don't make engines like that anymore!
AirlineHobbycomDVDs 1 year ago
@AirlineHobbycomDVDs they were the days when planes were noisy but sounded great do you remeber the old bac111,s they were so noisy, i remeberd them from when i was a kid in ireland, aer lingus had a few of them and they had to put silencers on their engines at a cost of a million pounds per engine back in the 1980s, i still remeber them screaming into the sky when they took off at dublin.
hargohargo2 11 months ago
I love the sound of those P & W's lighting off!
Great clip thanks for sharing.
bagelboi66 1 year ago