Flying in the 1960s: West Coast Airlines

Excerpt from a 1960s movie about West Coast Airlines.... this portion highlights a DC-9-10 flight.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• West
• Coast
• Airlines
• Northwest
• Republic
• Hughes
• flying
• travel
• airlines
• DC-9

[MaarkW]

Smoking, boozing, and being served by a sexy broad with a vortex hairdoo.....those were the days!!!

[scorpdan]

At least people didn't dress like they were going to the beach when they flew.

[declaration963]

if i can get back to the past (1950's to 1980's) when the flight still full of joyfulness, nice meal, dressed, and ON TIME schedule.

not like nowadays flight, airline company just throw their shit on us, and treat us like a sardines.

[brkitdwn]

"this morning i started in seattle" now i'm going to walk home

[shawntimothyli]

Do anyone knows what are the background music used in the footage? Feel very like the futuristic 60s music

[voyeurcurioso]

Loved this vid. It's not often that archival footage of West Coast airlines comes along. Yes, this is a DC-9-10, which surely went on to Air West, ending up as a yellow Hughes Top Banana. This DC-9 may have made it to Republic and Northwest as well. They were robust and reliable!

[xr6lad]

Flying when it was all class.......now its all ass.......

[thebjm1967]

@jettboy771 ohh me too! i would love to go back in time!

[jettboy771]

I luv this video!

[mercedes560sel]

@Flankitto04 well said sir . . .

[mercedes560sel]

@GeorgeVreelandHill . .you couldn't be more right Sir . . . we have slipped a long way down hill.

[mercedes560sel]

@MerryVee  you have the wrong perspective . . its clear your a feminist . . now you better get back to your full time job while strangers raise your kids . . . times are def not better now. In the 1960's the USA was the most highly regarded nation in the world from every angle . . . now we have women like you who do nothing but spew garbage just because you can . . yep that progress alright.