National Airlines

A classic :60 spot from 1976 from a great airline that's just a memory.

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[eileenfitz1965]

I was a National fight attendant 1965-until Pan Am.

There was a DC-10 named "Eileen"

That was me.

[conkyjoe]

@eileenfitz1965 Eileen, may I fly you? Post a then and now pic on my PM

[LauraLinger]

Look at that gorgeous DC-10.

[MultiDave45]

Absolutely LOVE the DC-10! I get to see them all the time driving by Fed-Ex at LAX on the way to work. I'm even more of an L-1011 fan though!

[Longbeachliner]

I once flew an ex-National DC10! It was an American Airlines flight from ORD-LAX in 1988. It was registered N145AA, which was formerly N60NA for National.

[TJDOZIER1]

I was a NA ramp Agent/Supervisor 1973-1976 LAX.

Pumped Eileen many times...as a fueler.

Packed her rear cargo bay too...as a ramp agent.

[foxh8er]

Wow..this was back in the day when Widebodies were used domestically..sometimes even short haul!

[financialfit]

@eileenfitz1965 My first flight was in 1976, I was 5. I flew with my mom from New York down to Miami with National, and I still remember the Stewardess. She was so nice and pretty. Hahhaha, I was just a 5 year old kid, but I told her that I thought she was pretty, and she was so nice, she brought me all this cool NA stuff to take with me, playing cards, drink stirrers, a plastic toy plane, etc. One of my best memories on that airline.

[financialfit]

@jimdep333 I'm with you! My first flight was with National when I was a kid, from JFK to Miami, I around 1976, I was 5. This may sound crazy & unbelievable, but I still remember the Stewardess, I was a little kid, I told her she was very pretty and she brought me all this cool NA stuff, playing cards, a little plane, a bunch of stuff. Later the pilot walked through the cabin and gave me my plastic wings. One of the best memories I had being w/ my mom and flying what I called then, "The Sun Plane

[93MANIAC]

I wont call this a great airline if you think about the bombing of flight 967 on 16th november 1959 and the bombing of flight 2511 on 6th January 1960 and let us not forget flight 27 when a pore guy was sucked out of the cabin on a National Airlines DC-10 on November 3th 1973 well it is not the worst airline ever when you compare it to Alaska Airlines but still

[pianomanmaestro]

Back in the day when flying was good.... and the flight attendants were referred to as Stewardess.....

[JAFZX1207]

My very first flight on a plane was back in the early 70s when I was in the 2nd grade and it was on a National Airlines DC-10 from L.A. to Tampa Bay and back. Great memories!

[ivelosthewilltolive]

Wish somebody would post one of those old "I'm Cindy fly me" commercials...