Eastern Airlines A300 Flight from Charlotte to New York (LGA)

Filmed on November 15, 1980

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Eastern
• A300
• Charlotte
• New
• York
• La
• Guardia

[ITSWIN55]

SDMullis, did you edit the video to give it a sepia-oldy effect or where videos really like that in 1980? also as i wasnt born at the time, could you tell me if you ever spotted a delta a300 since they took over eastern airlines?

[SDMullis]

This was filmed with a Bell&Howell Super 8mm movie camera. It used real rolls of film...you are too young to remember. I did not have to add sepia effects, etc. That is the way the movies looked back then. I do not think Delta took over Eastern. They got a few L-1011s when Eastern shut down but no A300s.

[320k]

Wow, this is really nice. Is it Super-8?

[SDMullis]

Yes. I used a Bell&Howell Super 8 movie camera. Sure wish digital video cameras were available back then !

[vembermember]

cool video I sure miss the good classic airlines like Eastern, Pan-Am, TWA

[MrAirplanepeanut]

awesome video thanks you for sharing!

[gaguy1967]

@ITSWIN55 The EAL A300s went to Continental

[Neno8403]

Wow! Even in 1980 people were dressing up to fly ... widebodies such as the L-1011 and A300 regularly flew into LaGuardia ... oh, and iconic airlines such as TWA and Eastern, still existed. If someone transported a person familiar with LGA into LGA, today, they'd think they were at some small, regional airport. What a shame what U.S. aviation has become. Thanks for the journey back into time! Great vid!

[prglg]

What a video!! Thanks!!

[neweast1]

nice expressway approach to rw 31 at klga.it was always fun to watch those widebodies making a tight left turn over shea stadium then on to 31. now all we get are md 80s a 319s and crappy regional jets. havent seen a 767 come in in years the only one still maybe flying them in is delta......

[hzzlrp10]

@SDMullis

Quite correct. Delta did not take over Eastern, the airline imploded on itself in 1991.

Delta (amongst others) picked over the company's assets after the shut down. They got several L-1011, 727, and I believe some DC-9's.

I believe the A-300 went on to fly with Continental if I'm not mistaken.

[snowballs442]

Delta did not take over Eastern. Eastern went out on strike thanks to the stupid union. We did not get any A300s but a few L1011s

[Springbok295]

I was in 7th grade when you shot this. Brings back memories of my first EA A300 ride in '82.

[mrblujet]

An A300 from CLT to LGA? Man - those were the days !

[fabrizioave]

This is the kind of video I could define: "poetry"! Do you like the blonde woman

at the beginning of the video guys? I'm sure if I was on that aircraft I would fall in love!

[98148AH]

@ITSWIN55 Delta did not take over Eastern but they did get a number of ex-Eastern L1011's and B727-200's after EA went bankrupt and folded in January 1991.