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1970 Eastern Airlines commercial - flights to Mexico

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Here's a 1970 ad for the now defunct Eastern Airlines. As a kid, Eastern was always my favorite... they always handed out the little plastic pin-back wings to the kids... I still have several pair of them around here somewhere.

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  • aeroflot was the largest carrier in the world during the cold war. Pan Am was second overall and first in the west (free world)... from a marketing standpoint 2nd sounds a lot better than 3rd

  • It's Orson (needing the money, as usual, lending his distinctive voice to a number of services and products during the '70s and '80s to sustain his extravagant lifestyle- he was usually "in the red"). Paul Frees was one of the few people who could deliver an accurate impression of him, but Eastern settled for the "genuine article".

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  • I remember flying EASTERN airlines, BOS-MIA..Going right from the ticket counter to the plane..No security, nothing..Now, look at the Horrible planet this has become..All the freedoms we had in the 60's are a memory..Eastern Airlines was a great airline, as was TWA

  • SOMEONE REALLIZES THAT THE VOICE OF THIS COMMERCIAL IS OF ORSON WEELS

  • They have a ride in our theme park here in my state, NC That used to be called The Eastern Airlines Needle Ride. It takes you so many feet into the air and it goes around in circles and shows the park and the nearby city, Charlotte, they just call it the Needle Ride now.

  • @warminator Whisperjet, if you were inside :)

  • That was when Eastern, like many other airines, used the incomparable Boeing 747.

  • That was when Eastern, like many other airines, used the incomparabale Boeing 747.

  • Ahhh - only in the free world can you go from rooster to featherduster in a decade or in other worlds - only in the west can you go from 2nd biggest to bankrupt and take all your customers and employees with you overnight...

  • I lost my little Eastern wings pin years ago. :( 20 years ago today, this great airline ended operations. RIP...

  • Did`nt they used to write "Whisperjet" on the tails of their noisy 727s? Hehehehe. My mum used to work for Eastern back in the 70ties, and they were all so proud of their "whisperjets" . :)

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