Lockheed Constellation Belly Landings

[wcolby1]

I dig the dubbed tire screech.

[avionicswirenut]

Wonder how many fat people now days could get through those old small emergency exits....

[RollingMarkets]

My dad was one of the passangers of that flight. Up to today he has told many times the experience he went through. All of his sons wanted to see some sort of hard evidence since our mother, according to our dad, threw away the paper clippings. Just a week ago, my older brother found out of this clip, and finally I can understand the whole ordeal. Who amongst you could email the paper clippings you mentioned before hand ?. My dad is still alive and well.

[RollingMarkets]

My dad was one of the passangers of that flight. Up to today he has told many times the experience he went through. All of his sons wanted to see some sort of hard evidence since our mother, according to our dad, threw away the paper clippings. Just a week ago, my older brother found out of this clip, and finally I can understand the whole ordeal. Who amongst you could email the paper clippings you mentioned before hand ?. My dad is still live and well.

[YIYOMARIA]

Esto es lo que se llama, aterrizar de barriga, ok?

[YIYOMARIA]

Que belleza de video. No tenía ni idea que un avión Costellation de Avianca aterrizara de emergencia en Eldorado sin el tren de aterrizaje. Gracias por el dato, que eso ocurrió el 29 de marzo de 1962, osea, que yo no había nacido.

[Truimphful]

Ah! when coons wops and assorted sweaty rude natives were denied air travel. When all passengers were the same colour as fire fighting foam. Now the natives even do the flying- disgusting thats what I say. Time foe a ginger beer me thinks.

[Chris51]

Quick Manuel get the drugs out first. they are packed in suitcases

[JetRanger0007]

I Own 9 of these Constellation Aircraft and I Fly them all the time, their well maintained and in my personel Hanger here in Kansas City. Problem is, their NOT real, their in my Flight Simulator X version, I got them from the web site, Just Flight Dot Com

[Lockbar]

The Columbian pilot was rewarded with three kilos of cocaine for his great landing.

[jjohnston94]

@Lockbar See all that white stuff on the runway? That's not fire foam!

[larrybueno]

@Lockbar but what cocaine if you has smelled everything? Fucking idiot!!!

[bompiberlot]

Well, is that these aircraft suffered undercarriage ? And pity the fool that fainted on the landing ! It's noted that never flew combat missions at the time. A whole lady ! Aaahhh !  And our grandmothers saw well in these clothes, yes sir !

[2129261184]

Did i hear well? Is she called June Fuck ????



[MrCriticOfAll]

@2129261184 LMFAO.JUNE FUGG.Say that really pissed.

[2129261184]

@MrCriticOfAll Ah, ok, damn, i heard June Fuck lol xD

[MrCriticOfAll]

@2129261184 .Thats ok she would be a bit past that now to go barring up over her name lol.

[TK42138]

I'm guessing the fashion clip was when UK still had rationing - up to 1954? There was a mention of coupons.

Text book landings when planes were flown by humans - not computers.

[GoranWC51]

Avianca is one of the oldest airlines in the world, It is actually the oldest continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere. They are also known to have a good safety record. I flew with Avianca on numerous occasions when I grew up living in South America. Me and my brother used to joke and call it "Avianunca" ("Doesn't fly/never flies")

[routan1]

Well, the Connie was such a clean design, they look better with the gear up anyway.

[patgage]

Have a look at "Ethiopian airlines constellation". The aircraft had been the Columbine and was President Truman's aircraft. The aircraft force landed in the desert ouside of Khartoum in 1957, and burned completely. No loss of life or injury. The cause of the crash was an overheated wheel which when retracted after takeoff blew the tire inside the wheel well. I knew the pilot.

[145Slap789]

Funny, how you can hear the sound of brakes when the aircraft touched the ground. lol

[zetetic0void]

@145Slap789 "Funny, how you can hear the sound of brakes when the aircraft touched the ground. lol" - I agree ... hearing that sound effect made me laugh. Was that skidding braking car sound clip actually added to this old footage when it was made - sounds so obviously like a cartton-like job at sound adding to me. I was expecting to hear the sound effect of Fred Flintson's feet running when the humans approached the landed aircraft haha

[MrCriticOfAll]

@zetetic0void Sounded like rendering metal to me.

[MrMg0918]

I stand corrected on my earlier post. I didn't think about the fact that pilots would have to fly around perhaps for hours on end until they had emptied enough fuel to prevent a dangerous explosion. From what others have told me, people do gather around with lawn chairs, etc to watch when the plane is actually going to do a belly landing.

[irish89055]

typical brits... adding sound effects or audio where there was none..

[MrMg0918]

The belly landings were obviously staged. Probably films of staged belly landings for emergency preparedness or airline safety. Unlike the film implies, it's hard to believe that it was a regular flight that had a belly landing where a crowd of people just happened to be standing around and there just happened to be a movie camera handy! Staged. The narrarator sounds a lot like Ray Milland to me.

[felipec81]

My grandfather Ramiro Sanin was the pilot in the second landing, the one they show there at the end who they mention is the captain is the co-pilot and you can tell by the three stripes in his sleeves (1:24) the captain ALWAYS has 4. and he is the last one leaving. The reason there was a lot of people ready for the landing is because as soon as my grandfather noticed the gear wasnt working he waited 3 hours flying around until there was enough fuel left to land and not cause an explotion.

[aguilalatina]

@felipec81 I knew a constellation pilot from Avianca his name was Luis Fernando Ruiz (RIP), he was also pilot from the first B-747 from Avianca. He told me the sotories about those incidents.

[felipec81]

@aguilalatina ok, send me your email I will scan and send you the newspaper where EVERYTHING comes out. Fernando Ruiz might've been the co pilot. my grandfather who passed away on Dec 2010 was the last one to come out. the Co-pilot was one of the first ones. I have proof.

[flying2lowAK]

At the airport i work at there has been a couple of flight schools doing belly landings. they spend two hours or more flying around the field trying to fix the problem. by the time they are ready to land we have are lawn chairs out with a cold beer.

[superjezz]

I like the squealing tyre sound effects???? WTH....

[mutterschied]

Same as Marilyn... History will never have so beauty.

[turbocompound]

Klasse Filmmaterial, gibt es das auf DVD, wenn ja, wo?

[LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

Little damage! British understatement. It is just a scratch.

[cavanfan]

eek! did the crazy sound effects

[GRATZIANI2002]

..nice to say at 0:19 , crew left the plane...

[longfade]

Everyone looks fashionable as can be, and then you get to see the baggage handlers' bowl-cuts. Awesome.

[MrDanieldb]

Why do these guys talk that way?

[19elgato46]

I believe Avianca was the worlds' second airline after Lufthansa. First in America. Yes? No?

[CaptainAndrew1991]

First in America? McDonald's.

[19elgato46]

I flew into Bogota in a Connie in the late 50s when I was a kid. The sexiest plane ever designed. No. The only sexy plane ever designed.

[IC2720]

The foam they use to use on runways smelled like piss.

[CaptainAndrew1991]

True. Because it smells better they should have spread napalm on the runways.

[spyderz1303]

@IC2720 Protein foam has all sorts of blood guts and offal from slaughter houses mixed in. Not nice!

[ThaddeusWalters]

@spyderz1303 At least those unwanted byproducts are being used, not thrown away.

[spyderz1303]

@ThaddeusWalters

I bet it made the grass by the runway grow nice and green too!

[ThaddeusWalters]

@spyderz1303 See, all sorts of benefits!

[pierstheoneandonly]

@spyderz1303

Of course, there should be crash landings for veggies or vegans - without the benefit of foam.

[toy2day]

Fantastic job!!!

[DJtaka86]

Great Vid!

[amediastintas]

awesome job landing that sucker

[SDSpike]

I love the add on squealing tire sound the second plane made right after the guy announced the tires weren't able to be lowered. Musta had rubber flaps. lol

[CommentClown]

@SDSpike

It's because the world has become stupid from watching Discovery Channel and the like. If we don't hear the tire squealing sound, we get anxiety attacks.

Oh, there it is. Ok, we're good.

[SDSpike]

These video were made and edited long before the Discovery channel exist. In fact if watch the videos here on Bomberguy's channel and listen to the sound,you'll notice that most of the sound is added in after the film was shot. Its often out of time, to loud and to few sounds. they had to add it in. But then again audiences back then didn't know what a plane sounded like crashing because they had no reference point, but I 'm sure a few got a chuckle out of the squealing tires as we do.

[CaptainAndrew1991]

The first on too.

[aviador1982]

I like the scratching tire sound in the back, hahaha!

[stormthorgerson]

maybe they should've redesigned the gear? maybe?

[sketchyinc]

"Those were the days"!

[megatwingo]

5*****!

[82abnoff]

An old friend flew a Connie from Mex to Spain. His time was not measured in hours, but in months.

[rchbrn05]

Add the Hudson River landing with these.

[pieplicht]

dude,that was a 737, not a constallion

[hosscollar]

The days when air travel was a treat. Now we pack in like sardines and can't even get a pillow.

[chrigel1234]

But don't forget that a flight from Europe to USA in 1960's was about $10'000 in todays money. What do you expect from a flight that costs $500 or less today?

[hosscollar]

A pillow and a hot sandwich.

[allpainppd]

@hosscollar

True you are packed in, and you cant get a pillow, but on the other hand they seem to have manage to work out most of the bugs with thoes pesky landing gear. Fair trade I would say.

[petronioaznar]

Now what a difference between how they treated those luggages and how they treat them nowadays...

[felipe7x]

avianca also first known as SCADTA the this airline in america, in colombia

[PuzzlingEvidenceTV]

All sfx were added later. No live sound was recorded at any of these events. One would not hear anything except metal screech, and it would be so far away so as to be useless. This is why no live sound was recorded in those days. Sfx were always added in post to give a "real" feel...fake becomes real - ironic, no? I grew up with Connies (the first event is a regular, not Super version), and flew in them in Viet Nam in the '70s, and they were trouble, beautiful angels

[Andybucker]

Holy shit!!

[ruiforuifo]

Nice! Tks for sharing it!

[Almostmini]

Tire sounds are there because the tires were stowed under the engines, so as the metal is worn away, the tire is exposed and runs on the tarmac, thus the tire screech.

[chrigel1234]

No, really not. First, the metal is not worn away that fast and the tires are not directly on top of the gear well doors.

Second, even if the wheels would touch the tarmac, they would simply start to spin.

Third, even if the tires would screech, you wouldn't hear it because the other noises are louder.

Fifth, I saw the Columbian landing in another clip with different sounds. This here has been edited to make it more dramatic.

It's like in the 70's movies when car tires screech on grass or sand.

[taofledermaus]

I thought the tire screech was odd too. The funniest part was that wussy passenger being taken away on a stretcher. lol

[JayEm86]

Screeching tire sound effects for a belly up landing? lol.

[brahiam13]

It's nice to find something about Avianca in a video like this one!

[dannyplane]

EL COSATALASO

[sergioletras]

COLOMBIA, where the BEST pilots live!!!!!!

[encinitasmel]

Ah glorious days ... has air travel really changed that much? ... ha ha

[andrese017]

2 Avianca

[baldgit646]

Nice to watch, used to see Connies in the early sixties, in and out of Heathrow. Imagine how I felt when I saw one fly over Leeds about 12 years ago.

[KikoSPAIN]

lucky you! i lived in leeds for almost one year, and i just saw 737 and 320s!!!

this is the most beautifull airliner!

[ajazaad]

wat was wrong with their wheels ????

[fordlandau]

great vid..looks like undergear failure was common on the Connies..little damage the narrator sadi?..check the propellors and the engines!!

[HK1505W]

Can any one tell me the date of the Avianca L1049 belly landing at Bogota. Great video.

thanks

[HK1505W]

OK, should have read previous comments, sorry.

March '62, so I presume it was at El Dorado and not Techo airport.

thanks again.

[ALWERS55]

Anyone can tell when the Colombian Avianca belly land ing took place?

[Bomberguy]

Date on the film is March 29, 1962

[felipec81]

My grandfather Ramiro Sanin was the pilot (Colombia).The one they mentioned is the captain there is really not, that is the co-pilot and you can tell by the three stripes on his sleeves (1:24) the captain ALWAYS has 4. and he is the last one leaving He waited 3 hours flying around until there was enough fuel left to land and not cause an explotion. Im very proud of him (RIP Dec,2010). date of the landing (03/20/1962)

[YIYOMARIA]

@felipec81 - Felipe, soy Manuel Guillermo Cortés: Me gustaría saber más de su abuelo, de como fué el accidente y del feliz final. Donde puedo encontrar información. gracias.

[felipec81]

@YIYOMARIA mi abuelo desafortunadamente fallecio el pasado diciembre, pero depronto mi abuela te puede responder preguntas, escribame a felipec81@aol.com y yo le comento

[D200Shutterbug]

@ALWERS55 I heard the narrator say Bogota.

[reidsteam]

My late buddy, Ray Busse, was a Lockheed test pilot, and flew the first prototype Constellation. Ray died one year ago, come Dec. 14th.

He was the last living man who had flown the B-15 superbomber. 

"What was that like, Ray?"

"It was heavy, slow, underpowered and exhausting to fly. There were no servos--everything was hand-cranked".

[DartDakota]

Did the Connie have the longest nose leg of any aircraft?

[omepeet2006]

No, at least the Tupolev Tu-114 had a longer leg.

[johncare]

nice to watch, used to watch them land in ceylon, flying the quantas colours in 1959

[denberg2]

Keep 'em coming, Bomberguy!