North Central Airlines Part One

[TomsFriendKake]

I love the opening music, it's so Mary Tyler Moore show sounding!!!!

[dennis9295]

i really love this Part 1 and 2!! Brings back alot of memories. Use to fly North Central all the time. I am know a flight attendant for American Airlines. the Convair 580 is my all time favorite aircraft. Thanks.

[HelplessMammal]

Wow, is this back when like people had jobs?

[scott4152]

Cool video, my dad started with North Central, Republic, and retired with Northwest. He was a line maintenance manager out of O'Hare.

[MAinsworth0375]

This is back at a time when the CEOs knew how to run the Airline Industry .Decades before the idea of sell out was on the table.

[oldtilter]

My Dad used to work for them when they had DC-3s..Great Airline

[Dc9fan]

Love it

[maverick967]

Very cool my dad used to fly dc-9s for them then Northwest airlines now Delta!!!!

[tonyf734atl]

Herman definately is missed...

I've flown on Republic several times...after the merger with Southern Airways...

This is a "great" piece of nostalgia...

[maplemanz]

I lived in eagan in the 70's when I was a kid and could see the northcentral logo lit up at night!! on the hanger.

[maverick967]

To Bad its gone some great airlines have gone through that hanger now Delta

[doug9driver]

Very nice. Herman will live in our hearts forever.

[mcdonnell220]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! :-)

[rockyPants4000]

Har. The Convairs were the "Big" aircraft when I was growing up in Grand Rapids, MI. The first NC aircraft I experienced was a DC-3 no less, taxing around the ramp with my Uncle who was a mechanic for them at the time.

Walking up that tilted center aisle to the cockpit was bizarre to be sure!

The DC-9's didn't come all that often until later.

[atlhotguy7]

NC - North Central

SO - Southern

RW - Hughes Airwest

RC - Republic

"Good People Make Our Airline Great"

[br76892]

What was the callsign for North Central? Just "north central" or something else like "herman"?

Have a good day.

[br76892]

I've never been on North Central but admired them since I was a kid. I remember watching North Central planes come and go at O'Hare from a TWA lounge (waiting to catch our next flight )overlooking the North Central and Delta gates. Those CV580s looked pretty cool.

[upperumm]

I see Capt Jerry Ferrel and I believe Capt Evans in the video. Also see Ted Larsen and Jan Peterson in Flight Control...and yes, lots of North Central people will be working for Delta.

[fcatf6]

Herman the duck rules! I lived near Mitchell Field in Milwaukee as a young boy in the early 70's & I had a JC Penny's radio with an aircraft band on it. I would spend warm summer evenings in the backyard with binoculars & my radio tuned to the Mitchell Field frequencies & watch for arriving & departing aircraft. I remember the Convair 580's very well. North Central was always my favorite airline (loved the duck) & I still remembered the words to the North Central jingle!

[avguy2006]

I'm so addicted to this video and part two. It must be something about the song. This is the way flying and service should be.

[coasterboy70]

OMG, should have watched the whole thing first. $8 million for a high-tech punch card computer system (LOL). My PC probably has as much computing power...thanks for posting. Used to love the duck!

[convaircrazy]

Glad you like it! This film was quite a find a few years back. :)

[TomsFriendKake]

@coasterboy70 I think your cell-phone has more.

[coasterboy70]

Do any orignal North Central employees now work at Delta?

[convaircrazy]

Yes, I am in contact and friends with ONE that I know of. I'm sure there's more though. She's started in the GO at MSP.