I love watching Captain Merril's reactions. I can just think what"s going through his head. "Can't believe I've got to put up with this chowderhead pretending to be something he isn't." Godfry's willingess to play dress-up with a uniform he never earned shows how little he understands the ethos of a professional airman. Godfry was a talented entertainer, but as an experienced aviator in his own right he should have had at least a little bit of shame.
I really enjoyed that. I could listen Arthur Godfrey ramble on about stuff for hours. He's got that low-key New Yorker style that somehow grabs your attention and holds it. The planes in the film are magnficient snapshots of an era so long since gone, it's hard to believe it existed. Thanks for posting.
@HauptmannMike Service ceiling of a SPAD is 21815 feet. Rule of thumb is 5 degrees per 1000 feet elevation. That's 100 degress below ambient. Hence the term "freezing your ass off"
One rainy day in the 1980s I walked out of the Tallahassee Airport to board my flight to Miami with a brief stop in Tampa and whoa! Our pilot was helping load luggage into our EAL plane. He was being handed the bags by a handler and kind of tossing them into a net just behind the cockpit. Hot damn, I was flying in Eastern's last DC-3. With one stewardess and a sterofoam cooler of ice for the drinks we took off into thunderstorms. What an experience, one that I will never forget, RIP EAL.
Woah.....two engines out on the same side??? Testament to the Connie's outrageous vertical stabilizer and yaw control...wait a MINUTE!! Only ONE OUTBOARD engine left running?? Not sure I believe this. No way they could have maintained altitude doing that....
My Father was a member of the Connie crew that had the record breaking flight from Burbank to Washington, D.C. April 17, 1944 that Howard Hughes piloted with Jack Frye in the Co-pilots seat.( 6hrs. 57 min.-chalk to chalk) My Father had just turned 27 yrs. old the day before the flight and as far as I know was the last to pass from that crew. He went on to be a Captain for TWA for thirty yrs. As for Chesterfield, my Dad smoked cigars in the cockpit. Great times! The Greatest Generation for sure!
Arthur Godfrey went from the most popular television personality in the early 1950's to the biggest pile of dogshit on television earth because he got to the point where he felt he was bigger than the media itself.......not! But the Connie was a sweetheart and anyone who loves commercial aviation and its' history ~ has to smile watching this video. I am retired now but spent more than a quarter century in the commercial airline business, beginning in 1970. Thank God for film.
My dad was a WWII pilot-he didn't talk about it. After the war my dad flew for Eastern piloting this aircraft. Later I flew and I remember my first solo-as close to God as one to get while still on earth. Johnny Cash was one of my dad's passengers but he didn't recognize him. One thing my mom told me was dad helped invent the maneuver of the inverted roll to get behind the enemy aircraft. He never talked about it so I'm not sure. He was a stunt pilot before the war.
This documentary depicts how advanced the U.S. airline industry was shortly after WW II and how hi-tech it was for its day. Just imagine, when this was filmed the prototype of the B-707 was already under construction, and a short 5 years later people were being whisked across the oceans at nearly 600 MPH.
OMG! Tony LaVier in 1953! I met the man at Lockheed Palmdale in 1997, still as much of a character as back in the P-38s days. Lockheed was Kelly Johnson and Tony LaVier...once they were gone, Lockheed was never the same.
"Howahya, howahya, howahya..." I still remember Godfrey's show in the morning on CBS, watching in on a Hoffman EZ Vision green screen TV. Helluva good pilot, too. EAL went down the dumper once Borman took over
What a wonderful flick which brings back a flood of memories when life was simple and everyone pulled together for common causes..no ten second sound bites..people listened and learned...took the time to savor life...like a fine wine...
I flew with Eastern Airlines in 1959 as a Flight Attendant. This was my favorite plane of the fleet of Eastern. It just felt so safe and and I loved the roar of the engines on ground during warm-up and in the air. This brought so many memories back for me as now I am 72 years old and I am sitting here wondering what they did with all these "Connies"...It was truly a wonderful experience then and today again.
@mamiefil You flew back when flying was an experience, a part of the vacation. Now people can't wait to get it over with to begin their vacation. Times have changed I guess. It must have been a real adventure though.
@TroyOi: I was also wondering who the audience of this film was. Considering the amount of time Arthur Godfrey spends talking about how safe the plane was and that flying even in bad weather was basically routine, I suspect that the general public was the intended recipient. Obviously way too long for a commercial. Considering the mix of Air Force, Navy Air Station, and Eastern Airlines, it's not likely a short for Eastern. I suspect a TV Special. Arthur Godfrey was popular in those days.
Another comment about Aeroflot in the 70s: No safety instructions of any kind on the flight I took. I stand approximately 6 feet tall and could not stand up inside the airplane (had to bend over). Also, there were no exits by the wings. The only exits were at the front and back of the plane, where passengers boarded and disembarked. I did not feel safe in that plane.
This was a wonderful film. Far more interesting than most infomercials.
I also flew on an Aeroflot plane in the 1970s. The scariest part of it was the aborted landing. Plane came down as normal until all of a sudden engines roared, plane titled almost straight up and shot away from airport. Don't know if it was a near-miss or a do-over, but the plane circled around again and finally landed.
Timeless Clsassic. You could buy a brand new Cessna 172 Skyhawk with 160hp for under $5,000 and carry 4 passengers at 120 + mph @9gal/hr. A new one costs $255,000. It may come with avionics rivaling jetliners but it's still all about the romance and freedom of stick and rudder.
A program like this nowadays would technical speaking get "ZERO" vieuwers, to get the attention of modern audience the documentary must be plagued with few technical explanation as possible, a narrator asking silly question with ZERO knowledge of the subject and last but not least some rap music in the background! that to the anoyance of the true aviation lovers.
@matatan69 That brings up the question, who was this film intended for, and where was it shown? It was too long for prime time or daytime TV, though I suppose it might've been offered to local stations as "filler" for some off-hour programming. And I remember in the 60's, cinemas would often show shorts before the main feature - and those "shorts" could be quite long! Or perhaps industry trade shows (eg, travel industry), and the like. Any idea?
@matatan69 Well, you could certainly call this a precursor to the infomercial, but the difference in content is like night and day (as you've already noted). This film was both educational and interesting. As for today's infomercials, I'm at a total loss as to who the audience would be. It boggles the mind that anyone can sit through more than 5 minutes of one of those things!
Arthur gets a little confused while using the VOR. He indicates FROM indications while drawing TO bearings, He used to just working everything like an ADF fix. I'll bet Capt. Dick Merrill loved taking orders from Godfrey!
Arthur gets a little confused while using the VOR. He indicates FROM indications while drawing TO bearings, He used to just working everything like an ADF fix.
HOW fun!! I was 10 years old when this was filmed. Good thing I didn't see it then, as I would have been crazier about flying than I naturally was!
I liked Arthur Godfrey a lot and even more when I found out he was a pilot back then. The ONLY thing I DON'T miss about the "golden age of flying" is "Time for a Chesterfield".
My very first flight was in a TWA Super Connie. The captain even let me come 'up front' to see how things worked. Totally dazzled.
I flew Eastern a lot in the late 60's and 70's. It was the best airline around.! It was the golden ship in the sky with all the amneities! I'll never forget eastern!
Great video, featuring not only an amazing aircraft, but some outstanding aviators. The Connie may be but a relic now, but it's beauty and grace are without equal.
Eastern Air Lines was always a good friend of the media right up until the end. Their PR people knew how to work with the media rather than antagonize them like so many airlines like to do today as they tell the world to GTH.
his black DC-3 was at Teterboro airport N.J.> There he buzzed the tower , while FUI,DRUNK, and got grounded!! Brings back childhood memories. Not sure if he lost his licence over it,should have. 1959?
What a find! This was fantastic. My father was a flight engineer for Eastern operating out of Idlewild (JFK) and flew the connie. I just spoke with my uncle who also was an engineer and worked on this promo and flew with both Dick Merril and Eddie Richenbacher. Is there any way to purchase a copy?
@lsnows Reminds me of the time my parents were on a domestic Aeroflot flight in Russia back in the 80's. They also had silverware... and the flight attendants counted the silverware... and they came up short! When the flight landed, no one was allowed to disembark until the final spoon was accounted for.
And from the way my mom described them, you did NOT want to mess with those Russian stewardesses!
I had the pleasure to meet Capt. Merrill and Godfrey as young man. Both were true ambassadors of aviation and Merrill was legendary in his abilities and exploits. My first flight was in a Chicago and Southern Connie and as a 12 yr old I got to ride in the cockpit for almost an hour. The door to the cockpit was kept open in flight -- those were the days!!
Dick Merrill was the real legend here. Wonder how he felt about Godfrey wearing an Eastern captain's uniform? Merrill was too old for combat in WWII, so flew the Hump in C-46's/47's. In '48, he saved a Constellation from going down when a prop tore through the fuselage. Merrill was Eastern's 2nd most senior pilot at retirement in '61 w. over 36k hours in the air. In '66, he & Godfrey flew around the world together. Merrill also qualified in jets, including the DC-8 & L-1011, & flew the Concorde!
How did you find out such info about Dick Merril? Both my father Joe Whiting (deceased) and uncle, JohnPerrault worked with him. In fact when the shot is made of the connie feathering back to one engine, my uncle was the F/E on that actual flight footage. He is still sharp when he discusses aviation.
In 1971, Mr. Godfrey spoke at a Navy League dinner hosted at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ. He flew in from Arthur Godfrey Field (KAGF) on his farm. After dinner, around 2230, He flew home. I was the Forecast Duty Officer that night and delivered his briefing downstairs as he had problems climbing stairs due to his bad leg. It was a real pleasure meeting him.
guys the reason he can upload more than 10 min, is because he is a partner, a youtube partner, has to be accepted into the program, and once in you have several special features limited to only parteners, one of them, is extened durration
At 27:30: That was a close one! Our good friend mr. Godfrey really looks as if he had been thirsty on the scotch
flemmong 1 month ago
Smoking in the cockpit. LOL
kk7x 1 month ago
Thanks for sharing this videos... I am an Argentine private pilot and wish I could enjoy the old aviation.
imexbar 2 months ago
a beautiful beautiful plane....
robbopaloobop 3 months ago
I love watching Captain Merril's reactions. I can just think what"s going through his head. "Can't believe I've got to put up with this chowderhead pretending to be something he isn't." Godfry's willingess to play dress-up with a uniform he never earned shows how little he understands the ethos of a professional airman. Godfry was a talented entertainer, but as an experienced aviator in his own right he should have had at least a little bit of shame.
LJDRVR 3 months ago
I really enjoyed that. I could listen Arthur Godfrey ramble on about stuff for hours. He's got that low-key New Yorker style that somehow grabs your attention and holds it. The planes in the film are magnficient snapshots of an era so long since gone, it's hard to believe it existed. Thanks for posting.
MisterEvasion 4 months ago
Flying a Spad to 20,000 feet? Hahaha, I think Eddie's memory was going.
HauptmannMike 6 months ago
@HauptmannMike Service ceiling of a SPAD is 21815 feet. Rule of thumb is 5 degrees per 1000 feet elevation. That's 100 degress below ambient. Hence the term "freezing your ass off"
zoomzoom315 5 months ago
@HauptmannMike
hahahaha there was no hypoxia back in those days
Odracir115 3 days ago
Thank You!
PitmasterKH 6 months ago
Excellent sound! All around good job, thanks.
tubefluid 6 months ago
WOW ! ....I never knew this about Arthur Godfrey. I would have given my right arm to see these films during my childhood in the '60s.
JetMechMA 6 months ago
One rainy day in the 1980s I walked out of the Tallahassee Airport to board my flight to Miami with a brief stop in Tampa and whoa! Our pilot was helping load luggage into our EAL plane. He was being handed the bags by a handler and kind of tossing them into a net just behind the cockpit. Hot damn, I was flying in Eastern's last DC-3. With one stewardess and a sterofoam cooler of ice for the drinks we took off into thunderstorms. What an experience, one that I will never forget, RIP EAL.
joesphx19 7 months ago 2
Woah.....two engines out on the same side??? Testament to the Connie's outrageous vertical stabilizer and yaw control...wait a MINUTE!! Only ONE OUTBOARD engine left running?? Not sure I believe this. No way they could have maintained altitude doing that....
ROCKSTARCRANE 7 months ago
Woah.....two engines out on the same side??? Testament to the Connie's outrageous vertical stabilizer and yaw control...
ROCKSTARCRANE 7 months ago
My Dad worked for Bendix 1950's through Early 72', And Flew Arthur G around, He always said he was a good Guy.
johncirri 7 months ago
I'm sure when Eddie said "enemy Fokkers" he was thinking of a different 'F' word. Too bad for 1950's censorship!
juantrippe82 7 months ago
My Father was a member of the Connie crew that had the record breaking flight from Burbank to Washington, D.C. April 17, 1944 that Howard Hughes piloted with Jack Frye in the Co-pilots seat.( 6hrs. 57 min.-chalk to chalk) My Father had just turned 27 yrs. old the day before the flight and as far as I know was the last to pass from that crew. He went on to be a Captain for TWA for thirty yrs. As for Chesterfield, my Dad smoked cigars in the cockpit. Great times! The Greatest Generation for sure!
ddolson7 8 months ago
I remember seeing this on TV when I was 7! I never forgot the part where 3 of the 4 Connie engines were feathered in flight. Thanks for the memories.
steppye 9 months ago
Arthur Godfrey went from the most popular television personality in the early 1950's to the biggest pile of dogshit on television earth because he got to the point where he felt he was bigger than the media itself.......not! But the Connie was a sweetheart and anyone who loves commercial aviation and its' history ~ has to smile watching this video. I am retired now but spent more than a quarter century in the commercial airline business, beginning in 1970. Thank God for film.
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2129261184 9 months ago
My dad was a WWII pilot-he didn't talk about it. After the war my dad flew for Eastern piloting this aircraft. Later I flew and I remember my first solo-as close to God as one to get while still on earth. Johnny Cash was one of my dad's passengers but he didn't recognize him. One thing my mom told me was dad helped invent the maneuver of the inverted roll to get behind the enemy aircraft. He never talked about it so I'm not sure. He was a stunt pilot before the war.
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sloopy312 10 months ago
captains voice is out of sync during some parts of this
airplanebuilderman 11 months ago
captains voice is out of sync
airplanebuilderman 11 months ago
Ah yes!! The good old days when you actually got a full meal!!!! ROFL
DoctorE45 11 months ago
my dad arthur a. allen was a mechanic for eastern at washington national airport
GARYROBERTALLEN1 11 months ago
This documentary depicts how advanced the U.S. airline industry was shortly after WW II and how hi-tech it was for its day. Just imagine, when this was filmed the prototype of the B-707 was already under construction, and a short 5 years later people were being whisked across the oceans at nearly 600 MPH.
mbazell 11 months ago
OMG! Tony LaVier in 1953! I met the man at Lockheed Palmdale in 1997, still as much of a character as back in the P-38s days. Lockheed was Kelly Johnson and Tony LaVier...once they were gone, Lockheed was never the same.
DeserTBoB93535 1 year ago
"Howahya, howahya, howahya..." I still remember Godfrey's show in the morning on CBS, watching in on a Hoffman EZ Vision green screen TV. Helluva good pilot, too. EAL went down the dumper once Borman took over
DeserTBoB93535 1 year ago
Wow... he had a huge nose !!!!
VictoriaRu29 1 year ago
Wonderful video - wonderful Connie - thank you so much!
Sunstarair 1 year ago
What a wonderful flick which brings back a flood of memories when life was simple and everyone pulled together for common causes..no ten second sound bites..people listened and learned...took the time to savor life...like a fine wine...
twcates 1 year ago
I can see why that generation loved godfrey. he was smart and charming. I couldn't stop watching this as dated as it is. ty
WintersWar 1 year ago
wow flying come a long way my Dad work for panAm
clipper1145 1 year ago
I flew with Eastern Airlines in 1959 as a Flight Attendant. This was my favorite plane of the fleet of Eastern. It just felt so safe and and I loved the roar of the engines on ground during warm-up and in the air. This brought so many memories back for me as now I am 72 years old and I am sitting here wondering what they did with all these "Connies"...It was truly a wonderful experience then and today again.
mamiefil 1 year ago 13
@mamiefil You flew back when flying was an experience, a part of the vacation. Now people can't wait to get it over with to begin their vacation. Times have changed I guess. It must have been a real adventure though.
TomsFriendKake 1 month ago
It couldn't be better Mr. McCauley it's really wonderful.
fxckthecoolkids 1 year ago
"Oh, this looks lucious!"
I often say the same thing when the grumpy flight attendant hands me my glass of Diet Coke now...
turk223 1 year ago
@TroyOi: I was also wondering who the audience of this film was. Considering the amount of time Arthur Godfrey spends talking about how safe the plane was and that flying even in bad weather was basically routine, I suspect that the general public was the intended recipient. Obviously way too long for a commercial. Considering the mix of Air Force, Navy Air Station, and Eastern Airlines, it's not likely a short for Eastern. I suspect a TV Special. Arthur Godfrey was popular in those days.
MrMg0918 1 year ago
Another comment about Aeroflot in the 70s: No safety instructions of any kind on the flight I took. I stand approximately 6 feet tall and could not stand up inside the airplane (had to bend over). Also, there were no exits by the wings. The only exits were at the front and back of the plane, where passengers boarded and disembarked. I did not feel safe in that plane.
MrMg0918 1 year ago
This was a wonderful film. Far more interesting than most infomercials.
I also flew on an Aeroflot plane in the 1970s. The scariest part of it was the aborted landing. Plane came down as normal until all of a sudden engines roared, plane titled almost straight up and shot away from airport. Don't know if it was a near-miss or a do-over, but the plane circled around again and finally landed.
MrMg0918 1 year ago
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ksusantha 1 year ago
That F-94...centrifugal compressor with an afterburner. Wow. That's like having a 1951 Ford flathead engine with a supercharger.
DougDaCosta 1 year ago
Hindsight is twenty-twenty. Little did these gentlemen know what lay in store for Eastern Airlines - or the country for that matter.
johntheadams 1 year ago
A little better then SWA!
mpbunch 1 year ago
Awesome vid ... great post!
BadLieut17 1 year ago
Timeless Clsassic. You could buy a brand new Cessna 172 Skyhawk with 160hp for under $5,000 and carry 4 passengers at 120 + mph @9gal/hr. A new one costs $255,000. It may come with avionics rivaling jetliners but it's still all about the romance and freedom of stick and rudder.
apparition2 1 year ago
A program like this nowadays would technical speaking get "ZERO" vieuwers, to get the attention of modern audience the documentary must be plagued with few technical explanation as possible, a narrator asking silly question with ZERO knowledge of the subject and last but not least some rap music in the background! that to the anoyance of the true aviation lovers.
matatan69 1 year ago
@matatan69 That brings up the question, who was this film intended for, and where was it shown? It was too long for prime time or daytime TV, though I suppose it might've been offered to local stations as "filler" for some off-hour programming. And I remember in the 60's, cinemas would often show shorts before the main feature - and those "shorts" could be quite long! Or perhaps industry trade shows (eg, travel industry), and the like. Any idea?
TroyOi 1 year ago
@TroyOi that brings out also the question who are the audiences of all the silly infomercials of nowadays TV.
matatan69 1 year ago
@matatan69 Well, you could certainly call this a precursor to the infomercial, but the difference in content is like night and day (as you've already noted). This film was both educational and interesting. As for today's infomercials, I'm at a total loss as to who the audience would be. It boggles the mind that anyone can sit through more than 5 minutes of one of those things!
TroyOi 1 year ago
I am so proud to have been an Eastern Airlines Pilot...Thanks for posting this!
dgovatos 1 year ago
@dgovatos Eastern Airlines - Done-in by deregulation. Good job, neocons.
johntheadams 1 year ago
Arthur gets a little confused while using the VOR. He indicates FROM indications while drawing TO bearings, He used to just working everything like an ADF fix. I'll bet Capt. Dick Merrill loved taking orders from Godfrey!
Elodea 1 year ago
Arthur gets a little confused while using the VOR. He indicates FROM indications while drawing TO bearings, He used to just working everything like an ADF fix.
Elodea 1 year ago
HOW fun!! I was 10 years old when this was filmed. Good thing I didn't see it then, as I would have been crazier about flying than I naturally was!
I liked Arthur Godfrey a lot and even more when I found out he was a pilot back then. The ONLY thing I DON'T miss about the "golden age of flying" is "Time for a Chesterfield".
My very first flight was in a TWA Super Connie. The captain even let me come 'up front' to see how things worked. Totally dazzled.
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32,000+ hours
Mach2Drew 1 year ago
@Mach2Drew "My very first flight was in a TWA Super Connie. The captain even let me come 'up front' to see how things worked. Totally dazzled."
So cool! Of course, you could come up front today, long as you don't mind getting riddled with holes by the air marshal. he he.
TroyOi 1 year ago
I flew Eastern a lot in the late 60's and 70's. It was the best airline around.! It was the golden ship in the sky with all the amneities! I'll never forget eastern!
450984 1 year ago
I worked for Eastern Airlines from 1969 until it closed and I never knew about Arthur Godfrey.. This was a very intersting video- thank you
kaker982011 1 year ago
Not a bad piece of work from the past.
I had no idea that Aurther Godfrey was an airlines pilot at all.
SuperWildman69 1 year ago
"Oh boy, this is the life, ha ha". Damn sure was.
kolbpilot 1 year ago 2
Wonderful!!! Thanks a million for posting this video. The Connie is still an elegant beautiful timeless piece of ennineering.
metalmoogi 1 year ago
@metalmoogi sorry for the typo folks
metalmoogi 1 year ago
Very interesting video. Thanks for uploading.
despremi 1 year ago
Great video, featuring not only an amazing aircraft, but some outstanding aviators. The Connie may be but a relic now, but it's beauty and grace are without equal.
mr3gtp 1 year ago
Outstanding vid!
Thanks for the upload!
mrzergmrzergmrzerg 1 year ago
Eastern Air Lines was always a good friend of the media right up until the end. Their PR people knew how to work with the media rather than antagonize them like so many airlines like to do today as they tell the world to GTH.
waynedaytonmedia 1 year ago
Very nice and pleasant vintage video.
Thanks a lot for sharing Airboyd :)
Give us more !
Thom518 1 year ago
Arthur Godfrey was no slouch, very intelligent.
WintersWar 1 year ago
Thank you very much!!!!!
XEpikurX 1 year ago
warm up block!
crayz745 1 year ago
warm up block!
crayz745 1 year ago
his black DC-3 was at Teterboro airport N.J.> There he buzzed the tower , while FUI,DRUNK, and got grounded!! Brings back childhood memories. Not sure if he lost his licence over it,should have. 1959?
pepper2840 1 year ago
fucking drunks
harpuha 1 year ago
@harpuha fucking idiot
HereinLasVegas 1 year ago
@harpuha
Sensitive issue for you, huh?
longfade 1 year ago
That "hello" was one of the creepist I have ever seen.
DumblyBrilliant 2 years ago
"How 'bout a Chesterfield?" early product placement
SFConifer 2 years ago
What a find! This was fantastic. My father was a flight engineer for Eastern operating out of Idlewild (JFK) and flew the connie. I just spoke with my uncle who also was an engineer and worked on this promo and flew with both Dick Merril and Eddie Richenbacher. Is there any way to purchase a copy?
MrJoewhiting 2 years ago
the Historic Aviation catalog sells DVDs...
800-225-5575
bearcatowner 2 years ago
Thanks. My uncle would love to see some of this footage.
MrJoewhiting 2 years ago
No problem, I've seen it recently in a catal;og and that's the only one I get. Hope it works out for you and yoour uncle.
bearcatowner 2 years ago
are there green screens back before?
urashimakeitaro22 2 years ago
The real days, wish I had a time machine to go back and do it all over again man
barthoedemaker 2 years ago 2
You and me both. My wish of all wishes.
tommygunn162 2 years ago
that seems to be really "real life" :)
Pyanities 2 years ago
This was awesome, great footage! Thanks for post...
ntxguy 2 years ago
43:20 " We take nothing but calculated risks...calculated risks you know?." lol gotta love dat line...
Tchocke 2 years ago
"TIME FOR A CHESTERFIELD" Those were the days. TWA 727 Captain
t28c 2 years ago 19
@t28c love it.
pete5668 1 year ago
@t28c Oh, yeah, and they had actual silverware on board! Imagine that!
lsnows 1 year ago
@lsnows Reminds me of the time my parents were on a domestic Aeroflot flight in Russia back in the 80's. They also had silverware... and the flight attendants counted the silverware... and they came up short! When the flight landed, no one was allowed to disembark until the final spoon was accounted for.
And from the way my mom described them, you did NOT want to mess with those Russian stewardesses!
TroyOi 1 year ago
@t28c Yeah nothing like an open flame in a cockpit!
FlyBoeing777 1 year ago
@t28c Time for a shot of opium. Those were the days.
johntheadams 1 year ago
@t28c Not to mention the full meals...no peanuts on that flight..
twcates 1 year ago
As a former f/a on the DC-10, I enjoyed this video a tremendous lot, thanks for posting!
8jdmlvnv 2 years ago 2
Great military guys but they surely knew how to drive an Airline to the ground! Poor Eastern!
LURQUIZA 2 years ago
I had the pleasure to meet Capt. Merrill and Godfrey as young man. Both were true ambassadors of aviation and Merrill was legendary in his abilities and exploits. My first flight was in a Chicago and Southern Connie and as a 12 yr old I got to ride in the cockpit for almost an hour. The door to the cockpit was kept open in flight -- those were the days!!
SeanFTP1 2 years ago
Dick Merrill was the real legend here. Wonder how he felt about Godfrey wearing an Eastern captain's uniform? Merrill was too old for combat in WWII, so flew the Hump in C-46's/47's. In '48, he saved a Constellation from going down when a prop tore through the fuselage. Merrill was Eastern's 2nd most senior pilot at retirement in '61 w. over 36k hours in the air. In '66, he & Godfrey flew around the world together. Merrill also qualified in jets, including the DC-8 & L-1011, & flew the Concorde!
BravoCo74 2 years ago 2
How did you find out such info about Dick Merril? Both my father Joe Whiting (deceased) and uncle, JohnPerrault worked with him. In fact when the shot is made of the connie feathering back to one engine, my uncle was the F/E on that actual flight footage. He is still sharp when he discusses aviation.
MrJoewhiting 2 years ago
Nice ole time video... not for "Nambie-Pambies"! Ha
mrwolfhound 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it hugely.
mabhekaphansi 2 years ago 11
excellent to practise aeronautical engligh when enjoying this vintage atmosphere of flying in a four engined prop aircraft
an aerea longtime away but the poeple on flight controls (joy stick) now are the same
othningirard 2 years ago
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adamlinks 2 years ago
In 1971, Mr. Godfrey spoke at a Navy League dinner hosted at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ. He flew in from Arthur Godfrey Field (KAGF) on his farm. After dinner, around 2230, He flew home. I was the Forecast Duty Officer that night and delivered his briefing downstairs as he had problems climbing stairs due to his bad leg. It was a real pleasure meeting him.
johnnycab23513 2 years ago
Wish their was a new movie of airplanes, in the year 2008 or 2009 :)
Tank797 2 years ago
Thanks love it!
Tank797 2 years ago 2
I LOL'D at the beginning!
"This is gona be a film about.........flying" LOL
kingjamie721 2 years ago
wow, a 48 min video on youtube? I didn't know that was possible
djrive 2 years ago
Hey thanks this is a very good film but LONGG!!
MrSolid95 2 years ago
This is absolutely wonderful. thanks so much for sharing this.
cattleman6420012000 2 years ago
guys the reason he can upload more than 10 min, is because he is a partner, a youtube partner, has to be accepted into the program, and once in you have several special features limited to only parteners, one of them, is extened durration
XPCompHelp 2 years ago
how did get a 48 min vid on u tube?
fly5mike 2 years ago
I think that he has an old account.
New accounts are limited to 10 minutes
vj7Heaven 2 years ago
Love how the pilots smoke at 21:00
MariuzHomie 2 years ago