Flying With Arthur Godfrey (1953)

This is the full length movie and I did my best to fix the sound sync. An Eastern Air Lines promo piece with the Lockheed Super Constellation.

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[mamiefil]

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.

[comlien]

When I see this old video I feel at home. I am born in the wrong year for sure. It is interesting how all the analog and mechanical equipment somehow makes sense to me on a very basic level. I feel lost in this "modern" age of digital technology, and I am 32 years old. Love this video, it is beautiful. "TIME FOR A CHESTERFIELD"

[flemmong]

At 27:30: That was a close one! Our good friend mr. Godfrey really looks as if he had been thirsty on the scotch

[TomsFriendKake]

@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.

[kk7x]

Smoking in the cockpit. LOL

[imexbar]

Thanks for sharing this videos... I am an Argentine private pilot and wish I could enjoy the old aviation.

[robbopaloobop]

a beautiful beautiful plane....

[LJDRVR]

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.

[MisterEvasion]

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.

[zoomzoom315]

@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"

[HauptmannMike]

Flying a Spad to 20,000 feet? Hahaha, I think Eddie's memory was going.

[PitmasterKH]

Thank You!