1964 Nice Airport KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra

[Proplinerman]

Good choice of evocative 1960s music to go with this nice 1960s mini-movie. I flew on a KLM Electra from Milan to Amsterdam in June 1968. I was 10 at the time and remember it quite well. Quite a thing nowadays to have flown on an Electra in Europe, as they only served for about 8 years with KLM-1968 was the last year of operation I believe, when they were replaced by DC9s. The Caravelle was the aircraft, I understand, that sealed the fate of the Electra and Vanguard-passengers preferred pure jet

[mistersmith6000]

The Electra!! What an elusive aircraft. And Lockheed, what an mysterious company ala civilian passenger planes. The Electra and the Tristar, both great planes, both bittersweet histories. I noticed a Caravelle there in the pic towards the beginning. I guess it was a decent rival to the Electra. Why did the US stick with piston-props so long? They by-passed the turbo-prop era, except of course, for the Electra, which had structural problems at the very time it needed to be solid.

[MerleOberon]

The sound of those Allison 501s

[plesmanhpp]

Hello Analogdriver,

great video !!!!!

Yes these were the good old days !!!!

The Electras did their job !! as good as the Viscounts.

Regards,

Hans P. Plesman

[lucianojr]

This is magnificent.

Rare video + great music of 60's = a perfect result.

Thank you!

[craviola880]

WONDERFUL! Thank you.

Chris

[tvfats]

My Dad worked for KLM in Beverly Hills...As a kid I was able to travel all over the globe on KLM, back when taking a plane ride was a big thing! Connies, DC-3's, Electras and so many more kewl planes...Luved the Capital Viscounts...They were mega noisy, but had the big round bubble like windows where you could see the whole world passing by...

[Pradahappy]

Super 8!! Cool!!