"Los Angeles International Airport"-1970-Part ll/ll

[MrRonnieG]

I went to work at LAX, for JAL, in April 1971 and called it my home for a decade. I remember that the two southern runways (25L and 25R) could not handle B747 aircraft because of the structural limitations of the Sepulveda overpass.

[woodfern909]

Mmmm legs 7:56. Those were the days when pilots CARRIED their own bags and didn't roll their stuff around like old ladies. Or carry their gear in leather backpacks lol!

[Andybucker]

@woodfern909 I still carry my bag. I don't have the roller anymore:-)

[woodfern909]

@Andybucker Right on brother!

[izne]

1:46 !!! :D:D:D:D:D

[InternetKev]

LAX has changed a lot since 1970. 

[harley55100]

I wonder how the residents who lived close to LAX at that time managed to put up with all the noise generated by the 727s, the BAC 1-11s, the DC-9s,....?? These planes are some of the loudest planes ever to grace th skies.

The BAC 1-11, in particular, was extremely loud upon takeoff. How did the residents living along LAX at that time managed to put up with the noise generated by that little, twin-engine bugger of a plane??

The A330s, MD-80s, A340s,.... were unknown at that time..

[madnavigator]

@harley55100 Aircraft take off over the Pacific Ocean, so no one is bothered.

[Daniel2131990]

@harley55100 They just left they did not like the noise. The residents were not as picky as we are today. We are very picky and complainful generation.  Also they Just Put Up with the Noise.

[SFConifer]

Pre-paparazzi days

[djlegman]

I'm still trying to figure out how LAX handled the international traffic prior to the building on the TBIT. And what took so long to build terminal one? I miss the one level LAX used to be. Great, if you loved airplane watching(not too bad now either).

[madnavigator]

@djlegman T2 was originally the International Terminal. It had the same corridor and satellite layout as the other terminals, but was renovated from the ground up in the 1980s to it's current form. It used to also be the Northwest terminal, until the NWA/DAL merger moved all operations to Delta's Oasis at Terminal 5. Now it's a secondary international terminal; customs facilities are present and it currently serves Air Canada and Air New Zealand among others.

[buybygb]

Palmdale to have a capacity of 100 million by 1980? lol I don't even know what is Palmdale today unless someone say Skunkworks.

[scootermannn]

Incredible!!!....The lady bought a shopping cart full of groceries for $37.90!

[jjm31usa]

I don't think the poor guy just trying to get his bag at 0:57 was exactly on board with this whole new expanded LAX airport concept. 

[iuseapowermacg4]

LAX still looks like it does in this video... Stuck in 1970.

[dutchy1176]

Those were the days when you would've been laughed out of town,if you said Pan Am and TWA would be gone three decades from now.....

[manitogata]

How things have changed

Splendid video

[liberalinajd]

@manitogata yeah ,,,, how things have changed ...

loved ur comment.

thanx for the video

[lueecam]

Great stuff!