Sweet! My old airline. I worked for Eastern in Kentucky and Georgia from 1979 to 1986. Wonderful airline to work for. My heart vwey when it closed its doors in the early 90's.
Wow! Thank you for preserving the history of aviation. Those were great days to fly. Did anyone notice how decent the passengers dressed while flying. As a kid and as a teenager, my mother made sure I was properly dressed. No shorts, no flip flops, no loose tops as you see now. It’s more like riding on a greyhound bus these days.
Wish there were more historical aviation videos like this on RUclips. Not sure why two people gave a thumbs down to this. Thanks for digitizing and posting.
This was recorded by my father with a VHS VCR/Camera combo. He carried a portable VCR on one arm, and a camera on the other. The camera was separate and attached to the VCR with a cable.
Ironic story I had an uncle that had the camcorder VCR combo. He would wear it at family functions, he also happened to work at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach where they made this plane!
This video has almost every catalyst that got me into aviation... DC-9's ,727's, Eastern Airlines(hockey sticks everywhere!), Delta Airlines, friendly and professional crew(ground and flight)! This was when it was a pleasure to fly in contrast to todays 'flying city buses!'
Rare recording of the P&W JT8D's original and unique harmonics. The engines have a sound effect of smoothly inhaling the air, rather than the updated JT8D's sound of grinding the air. There's that and other subtle differences as the engines spool up and down. For me, this video captures the way a jet engine is supposed to sound. By the mid-80's this sound was mostly gone, but it's preserved here. Good show.
@@candacepost2137 yes, I remember. I flew with my family in the 80s when I was growing up. We flew on Eastern a couple of times, but we flew TWA most often. That's another great airline that's missed. And yes, the good ol' days when we got meals on flights, almost every US domestic flight we went on served them except Kansas city to St. Louis, and that's just because that's just a 30 minute flight
I noticed the man and woman looking with interest at the video camera, it wasn't as common a thing back then to record home videos as it is today, with everyone able to do it on their phones and then post it to the now billions of RUclips videos.
ccwalker050 My father always kept his VHS tapes in their sleeve, in a closed door cabinet, away from extreme heat and cold. Once recorded, the tapes were labeled and put away. They were hardly ever viewed until now.
Year 1983,year that I was born,this was really golden times of vintage airplanes as B727,DC9,DC10, earliest B737,B747,A300....... and for this time the most modern and advanced B757 and B767,the old colours of Eastern,Delta,USAir, Continental,United, American,TWA,PANAM...... were so beautiful.Sadly many of them does not exist today,TWA(bought by American in 2001),PANAM(Bankrupted and bought by Delta in 1991),Northwest(merged with Delta in 2008/2009) Continental(merged with United in 2010),US Airways (merged with American in 2013)and new Eastern is not the same.
A300 are no comparison to the others. Because that plane is a European colaboration. The others are pure American! But your information is correct. And the European planes have since flooded the market. Probably and presently surpassing the American models these days. Very sad indeed. For me anyways. Seems like almost everything in the USA is imported nowadays. Even the auto industry was down-sized. America makes hardly nothing of its own anymore. Why? Because politically we let the world thrive on our wealth. All the manufacturing industry goes to everywhere but America. But thankfully, Trump is trying really, really hard to fix that unfair crap. Don't mean to get political; but that's why he will be President for 5 more years. Because he understands more than any other President in history that we are being ripped! Period.
Little did we know that flying in those days was a treat for sure. Seeing all those Republic Airlines planes taking off brought back some great memories! And flying on an Eastern DC-9, what I would give to do that just one more time!
yeah when i was a kid an eastern pilot let me sit on his lap during taxi making it look like i was driving the plane with the cockpit door open then the flight attendant brought me back to my parents before takeoff man have the times have changed in a bad way
Very good quality for 1983. Your camera must have been HUGE. I remember as a kid riding on ContinentaL and Delta and they would leave the cockpit door open until right before takeoff.
@@robertlashier6272 Yes, before or after the flight, the pilots would welcome a mother bringing her little kid in there, since I was one of them, I remember being shown the cockpit, back in the days when it was 3 men, before they didn't need the navigator anymore
This brings back a lot of memories for me. Mom,dad and I would always fly Eastern and sometimes Delta out of Columbus to Orlando often back in the day ( 1968 thru 1983 ) loved the DC-9's Thanks for sharing this great video.
Great video! My mother worked for Eastern for many years, so I was lucky enough to pass ride a lot. Eastern was very generous with employee and family flight privileges. This particular aircraft is a DC-9 series 30…or D9S per the employee schedule. The DC-9 series 30’s had the ship numbers between 916 and 998. The series 50 aircraft carried the 400 numbers. The short bodied series -14 aircraft were numbered 901-915. They were gone from the fleet by 1980.
Look at that on taxi..the flight deck door is open...also a North Central DC-9 went before him and an Ozark airlines DC-9 taxiing behind him...somebody check me on the Ozark...brings back memories...DC-9s everywhere...
This whole trip (plus the trip down from Chicago) is great... I lived in MCO around this time and this all looks familiar. This took some effort to produce. Thank you.
Wow..talk about visionary. Family was ahead of the game. Who would have thought of filming back in those days!! And the open flight deck...priceless!!!
Absolutely love it. My favorite aircraft the D9S or 30. So many happy memories on AC and this workhorse! Wish there was a meal shown. Those were the days when you got the full meal deal for free in Economy.
I believe this is a DC9 instead of a 727 like mentioned earlier. I worked for EAL from 79-89 and enjoyed it very much. I liked the older seats compared to today's as they were bigger and more comfortable. I also think the flight attendants were better looking. Thanks for this video!!
+John Kibbe My father also attained the rank of Captain, but he was not a captain for 35 years, Communicating correct information is critical in air transport. It was a sad day for all of us when EAL shut down.
Then he might have known mine, a captain for Eastern also 35 yrs, flew the L-1011 to S America out of Miami before retirement. They really rode a wave of opportunity.
This video brings back memories! This same week in 1983 I was on my way to the Canary Islands from Sweden in a brand spanking new B-757. First flight for me in a "glass" cockpit aeroplane. Was privelged to fly jump-seat in the cockpit both ways. Thanks for the lovely video.
You don’t see the cockpit door open anymore... those were the days! Seeing all the old airline skins... some names not around anymore. Great video. Thanks for the post!
Great video! I loved to fly on the Diesel-9. The sound of a JT8-D going full blast is like music to me. Miss those great airplanes. Thanks for the video!
The good old days when the cockpit door was open during taxi and closed before takeoff. The sound of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D was music to my ears. Flying is way different now. Quiet airplanes and TSA abusing their power
Those were the good ol' days when you didn't have to wait hours to go through security and people got dressed up to go on a plane. NOTHING like it is today when people dress like they are going to go jogging when they get on. GREAT video. Happy to give it a "like". As Bob Hope said " Thanks for the memories"
What a great video. just went back to my childhood.my 1st Flight to miami from cali colombia was on eastern in '88 Service was top notch, along with PAN AM, Best times in aviation...
Sherpaful Probably looked similar to this: i.guim.co.uk/img/static/Guardian/technology/gallery/2008/sep/03/1/Betamovie-1963.jpg?w=700&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=15fdac2be30865cb12e20e99f49e7073
My very first flight was on an EA 727 in 1977. I was the only pax on board and was given the royal treatment. I fell in love with the airline industry because of that flight.
john maselli I totally agree with you. Flying was actually part of the “adventure” for my best friend and I. People had a sense of formality and being civil to one another. I am so glad I had the opportunity to experience the TRUE “Friendly Skies”. The last flight I took was I was sitting next to a couple of black men who tried to give the impression of wealth by wearing cheap looking gold chains, rings and watches.During the entire flight, every other word was “fucking” this or that followed by “hey nigga”. I was taught to treat everyone with respect, but when black people call each other “nigga” it clearly is a reflection of their ignorance and lack of any type of social skills. No, I am not a racist, but after a 3 hour flight sitting next to these guys did sway my views somewhat. I am afraid to say that even when flying, this is more of the rule rather than the exception.
The 1980's to 1990's may have been the greatest time for America! One common theme I read in the comments is how well dressed everyone is and the behavior was in line with a great country!
I was a flight attendant with Eastern for almost 13 years. I went on to work for other air carriers, and ended my career as a corporate flight attendant. My years at Eastern were the best, even though we were serving meals and snacks almost every time the wheels lifted off the runway! This video brings back such sweet memories!
@@georgiapines7906 That's great that you were a flight attendant in the 80s, and that you have many fond memories of it. I remember all the times my family and I flew when I was a kid in the 1980s. We had family everywhere, and took vacations to different places. Which airline we traveled on depended on where we went, and we lived in Kansas city. We flew Eastern when going to Philadelphia (where my grandparents lived), it was a direct flight from K.C. One time though, we flew to Philly Delta via Atlanta. When we went to England (where my other grandparents lived), we flew TWA, to London via Chicago, and then later via St. Louis (when TWA made their hub there). Then we once flew United to Reno via Denver. And once USAir to Pittsburgh. We travelled on many of the different airlines, except I never flew American in the 80s as a kid, or Pan Am
Love this video! Reminds me of my many flights on the same route. My family moved from Northern Illinois to Orlando back in 1972. My first commercial flight was in 1979 on Eastern Airlines on an L1011. Most of the time that I flew, it was back to Chicago to see family. I would have been on a similar flight end of January in 1983 headed to a family wedding.
Nice, all those old airplanes! The planes now days are so boring...when they cycle out the 747's there will be only boring 2-engine, anitseptic look-alikes. Check out the United DC-10 at 9:18.
Oh how we loved Eastern Airlines!!! The only US airline that had real jet service to Ottawa and a busy ticket office in downtown Ottawa too reliable Eastern MIA - BWI - YOW and that aircraft back the next day connecting 2 North American Capital areas
I hardly recognize MCO. The airport has many more gates and the new control tower is much higher. It’s cool seeing Eastern Airlines again. They were the first airline I flew from New York(Don’t remember if it was JFK or LGA), to visit my grandmother in Ft. Lauderdale.
Oh the good old days before the A320, 737, and regional jets messed everything up. Back then u had DC9's, MD80's, and 727 ' s in all their glory, not to mention all of the Tristar L1011-500's, and DC10's. We used to fly in comfort, now we get crammed into these 737 's and A320 's like sardines to go from Orlando to Los Angeles!!! New York ' s Laguardia was full of 727 ' s and Tristars, now you're lucky if you see a 757 there, all they have are regional jets and a320's, good God I hate that plane, it's destroyed all that is good in flying. Now unless you're flying to Asia or deep into Europe, you can't even get on a 767, 777, or any other heavies, for crying out loud they're starting to use the 737 for transcontinental red-eyes and to go to HAWAII!!!! Even though I was only like 5 back then, I sure do miss the 80's
First time in Orlando was 1973,landed at Elgin Airforce Base,now Orlando International,only hotel in Orlando was Hyatt Regency,surrounded by miles and miles of orange and grapefruit groves, no homes,Disney in the background..Now look at it,Orlando is a jungle..Times were better back then,Florida was beautiful..
Thanks for the old video..Now,that was "Old Florida",that I remember. The Orlando that once was, when they had Cypress Gardens,you could find orange groves and buy bags of fruit for cheap money. Disney was cheap to get into back then. Florida has changed so much in the last 60 yrs. She went from Beauty to a Concrete,greedy jungle. It's a shame.
I thought that Disney raised the admission price to almost $129.00pp, maybe less according to JMMT7022801? I'd love to go back,but that's too much for me to be with a million screaming kids. People complain about Disney Prices, but I see a lot of people in the summer,paying $100-300 for a good seat at a Red Sox Game. Sporting Events people will pay just about any price, yet bitch about prices at the pump,grocery store,and just about everything under the sun. But I agree with you JMMT Disney does SUCK.
+bocaitalian When I first went to Disneyland in California with family back in the late eighties, ticket prices were only like $38. It's a total ripoff now. Universal Studios isn't much cheaper either.
I've always been a bit skeptical when people talk about the "good old days" and this confirms it. The planes seating configuration looks just as packed as they are today. The lines are still long and the flight attendants don't seem any more bubbly than they are today. Maybe I'm missing something? Possibly a meal during the flight? Still looks like a cattle drive to me.
The 727 took forever to get airborne and once off the ground they were extremely slow to get up to altitude. Before Eastern went under, I would park on the top deck of Sky Harbor's terminal parking and if I had time before my flight or a pickup, I stood on the edge of the terrace watching aircraft take off. The 757's, the most beautiful bird in the sky by its graceful, elongated shape would grab sky as if it was pulled upward by a puppet string. The Delta and Eastern jets were the opposite, they would mosey upward and given your experience watching the 737-300/400 as well as the 757, you had the thought crossing your mind, that that sucker is going to plow into downtown Tempe, it just isn't gaining altitude. I know all about loads, my buddy and fellow accountancy student at Arizona State, now working for America West would sometimes look at a takeoff and say: "We're losing money on that flight, or that baby is paying the bills" based on the angle of the climbout. I do the same thing now, too steep, the carrier is losing their shirts, a little shallower and We're In The Money, baby.
ah yes, back when they used to put logos on the jetways, the cockpit door was open, and you could smoke. Memories are nice, but I'm glad air travel is MUCH safer today (both security wise and technology wise).
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Eastern had such a nice color scheme and logo!
Sweet! My old airline. I worked for Eastern in Kentucky and Georgia from 1979 to 1986. Wonderful airline to work for. My heart vwey when it closed its doors in the early 90's.
Wow! Thank you for preserving the history of aviation. Those were great days to fly. Did anyone notice how decent the passengers dressed while flying. As a kid and as a teenager, my mother made sure I was properly dressed. No shorts, no flip flops, no loose tops as you see now. It’s more like riding on a greyhound bus these days.
Wish there were more historical aviation videos like this on RUclips. Not sure why two people gave a thumbs down to this. Thanks for digitizing and posting.
Amen brother. Couldn't have said it better.
2021: Thumbs down no longer shown.
@@alexm566 Finally one good reason for it!
This was recorded by my father with a VHS VCR/Camera combo. He carried a portable VCR on one arm, and a camera on the other. The camera was separate and attached to the VCR with a cable.
Oh wow!
I bet that setup cost around $4K back then especially if he had a Sony.
Wow...
Ironic story I had an uncle that had the camcorder VCR combo. He would wear it at family functions, he also happened to work at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach where they made this plane!
OMG...........brought back flying on Eastern Air Lines. my favorite airline of the time.
Those were the days! I miss you, Eastern!
Oh wow, flightdeck door open during taxi. Man how time has changed!
The pilot on my Delta's MD -88 still left door open untill he started to taxi...
We lived in a better then.
Yep you right!
This video has almost every catalyst that got me into aviation... DC-9's ,727's, Eastern Airlines(hockey sticks everywhere!), Delta Airlines, friendly and professional crew(ground and flight)! This was when it was a pleasure to fly in contrast to todays 'flying city buses!'
Rare recording of the P&W JT8D's original and unique harmonics. The engines have a sound effect of smoothly inhaling the air, rather than the updated JT8D's sound of grinding the air. There's that and other subtle differences as the engines spool up and down. For me, this video captures the way a jet engine is supposed to sound. By the mid-80's this sound was mostly gone, but it's preserved here. Good show.
The beloved JT8D-7 turbofan. Not hushkitted at the time of this video. Incredible....
@@nothingbutjets941 you guys definitely appreciate it. JT8D-7s spooling up were exciting to listen to.
Eastern Airlines one of the best Airlines . I like this video, wonderful remember....
And you also got free meals on these planes.
@@candacepost2137 yes, I remember. I flew with my family in the 80s when I was growing up. We flew on Eastern a couple of times, but we flew TWA most often. That's another great airline that's missed. And yes, the good ol' days when we got meals on flights, almost every US domestic flight we went on served them except Kansas city to St. Louis, and that's just because that's just a 30 minute flight
Weird to see everyone at the airport not buried nose-deep into their phones as they are these days... This is a great video
Yep so true. Good old days.
@@doug9066, you noticed the guy right before boarding with the thick curly hair? I remember that back then, guys were getting perms
I noticed the man and woman looking with interest at the video camera, it wasn't as common a thing back then to record home videos as it is today, with everyone able to do it on their phones and then post it to the now billions of RUclips videos.
im not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOW memories... Good old Eastern Airlines.... Man how in the world did you keep this in such good condition. Thanks for sharing.
ccwalker050 My father always kept his VHS tapes in their sleeve, in a closed door cabinet, away from extreme heat and cold. Once recorded, the tapes were labeled and put away. They were hardly ever viewed until now.
Year 1983,year that I was born,this was really golden times of vintage airplanes as B727,DC9,DC10, earliest B737,B747,A300....... and for this time the most modern and advanced B757 and B767,the old colours of Eastern,Delta,USAir, Continental,United, American,TWA,PANAM...... were so beautiful.Sadly many of them does not exist today,TWA(bought by American in 2001),PANAM(Bankrupted and bought by Delta in 1991),Northwest(merged with Delta in 2008/2009) Continental(merged with United in 2010),US Airways (merged with American in 2013)and new Eastern is not the same.
A300 are no comparison to the others. Because that plane is a European colaboration. The others are pure American!
But your information is correct. And the European planes have since flooded the market. Probably and presently surpassing the American models these days. Very sad indeed. For me anyways. Seems like almost everything in the USA is imported nowadays. Even the auto industry was down-sized. America makes hardly nothing of its own anymore. Why? Because politically we let the world thrive on our wealth. All the manufacturing industry goes to everywhere but America. But thankfully, Trump is trying really, really hard to fix that unfair crap. Don't mean to get political; but that's why he will be President for 5 more years. Because he understands more than any other President in history that we are being ripped! Period.
i love these older home videos !
Little did we know that flying in those days was a treat for sure. Seeing all those Republic Airlines planes taking off brought back some great memories! And flying on an Eastern DC-9, what I would give to do that just one more time!
Thank you for sharing this piece of history in US commercial air travel. Awesome quality also.
A glimpse into the past. Well done. Excellent video and post. Thank you.
Wow I really miss those days :)
So do we.
So great to see another Eastern video on my I pad!! Memories of my Stewardess days!! What a great career!!
Very unique. Very cool. You just can't see this anywhere. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for posting this video. I used to work for Eastern back then, brought back great memories of a great job.
What a nice piece of history. Very well done.
yeah when i was a kid an eastern pilot let me sit on his lap during taxi making it look like i was driving the plane with the cockpit door open then the flight attendant brought me back to my parents before takeoff man have the times have changed in a bad way
Did the pilot also ask you if you've ever seen a grown man naked and if you like gladiator movies and going to the gymnasium?
1983 might as well be 1883 at this point; so much has changed, and not all for the better. Awesome time capsule video, thank you for sharing.
Very good quality for 1983. Your camera must have been HUGE. I remember as a kid riding on ContinentaL and Delta and they would leave the cockpit door open until right before takeoff.
Same here. I remember when they gave tours to small children in the cockpit.
It wasn't even a door. It was a cloth curtain! On some planes. Not all. But I specifically remember it was a curtain back then on many flights I took.
@@robertlashier6272 Yes, before or after the flight, the pilots would welcome a mother bringing her little kid in there, since I was one of them, I remember being shown the cockpit, back in the days when it was 3 men, before they didn't need the navigator anymore
@@alvexok5523 Not Navigator but flight engineer is the third man. Navigators is really the 1940s-50s stuff.
My dad had a video camera in 1983, you had to hold it on your shoulder
This brings back a lot of memories for me. Mom,dad and I would always fly Eastern and sometimes Delta out of Columbus to Orlando often back in the day ( 1968 thru 1983 ) loved the DC-9's Thanks for sharing this great video.
Great video! My mother worked for Eastern for many years, so I was lucky enough to pass ride a lot. Eastern was very generous with employee and family flight privileges. This particular aircraft is a DC-9 series 30…or D9S per the employee schedule. The DC-9 series 30’s had the ship numbers between 916 and 998. The series 50 aircraft carried the 400 numbers. The short bodied series -14 aircraft were numbered 901-915. They were gone from the fleet by 1980.
Look at that on taxi..the flight deck door is open...also a North Central DC-9 went before him and an Ozark airlines DC-9 taxiing behind him...somebody check me on the Ozark...brings back memories...DC-9s everywhere...
This is really cool to see a takeoff in 1983!
This whole trip (plus the trip down from Chicago) is great... I lived in MCO around this time and this all looks familiar.
This took some effort to produce. Thank you.
I love these time machine vids!
Everything seemed so much more innocent back then. I miss those days.
Innocent, but also so very hopeful. It felt like the future was going to be bright. Pre-911, pre cutbacks, and so on.
It just seems that way,it wasn't
Wow..talk about visionary. Family was ahead of the game. Who would have thought of filming back in those days!! And the open flight deck...priceless!!!
Thanks for posting this classic.
Absolutely love it. My favorite aircraft the D9S or 30. So many happy memories on AC and this workhorse! Wish there was a meal shown. Those were the days when you got the full meal deal for free in Economy.
I believe this is a DC9 instead of a 727 like mentioned earlier. I worked for EAL from 79-89 and enjoyed it very much. I liked the older seats compared to today's as they were bigger and more comfortable. I also think the flight attendants were better looking. Thanks for this video!!
You're spot-on, Wayne. A/C #938 was a DC9-31.
@@georgiapines7906 : So many versions of the DC9.
My dad was an Eastern Airlines Captain for 35 years. Thank you so much for sharing this.
+John Kibbe You are welcome!
+John Kibbe My father also attained the rank of Captain, but he was not a captain for 35 years, Communicating correct information is critical in air transport. It was a sad day for all of us when EAL shut down.
Couldnt agree more sir
really you three. IT WAS RELAUNCHED
Then he might have known mine, a captain for Eastern also 35 yrs, flew the L-1011 to S America out of Miami before retirement. They really rode a wave of opportunity.
Lots of great EA memories here,thanks for this great posting.
This video brings back memories! This same week in 1983 I was on my way to the Canary Islands from Sweden in a brand spanking new B-757. First flight for me in a "glass" cockpit aeroplane. Was privelged to fly jump-seat in the cockpit both ways. Thanks for the lovely video.
Wow... interesting
That's a great video! Appreciate you sharing it!
You don’t see the cockpit door open anymore... those were the days! Seeing all the old airline skins... some names not around anymore. Great video. Thanks for the post!
Great video! I loved to fly on the Diesel-9. The sound of a JT8-D going full blast is like music to me. Miss those great airplanes. Thanks for the video!
The good old days when the cockpit door was open during taxi and closed before takeoff. The sound of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D was music to my ears. Flying is way different now. Quiet airplanes and TSA abusing their power
The last time I experienced an opened cockpit door while taxing as a passenger, was in 2002, on an AeroMéxico MD-87 departing from DFW.
Those were the good ol' days when you didn't have to wait hours to go through security and people got dressed up to go on a plane. NOTHING like it is today when people dress like they are going to go jogging when they get on. GREAT video. Happy to give it a "like". As Bob Hope said " Thanks for the memories"
G_d forbid people be happy for a flight. I hated flying in these days.
I remember the cockpit door being OPEN for entire flights back in the 80s. No one cared. You also got a meal. And the stewardesses were hot as hell.
What a great video. just went back to my childhood.my 1st Flight to miami from cali colombia was on eastern in '88 Service was top notch, along with PAN AM, Best times in aviation...
Flew an Eastern DC-9 from Baltimore to Montreal in '77. What memories.
Since this was 1983 I can only imagine the size of the video camera you were using.
Sherpaful Probably looked similar to this: i.guim.co.uk/img/static/Guardian/technology/gallery/2008/sep/03/1/Betamovie-1963.jpg?w=700&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=15fdac2be30865cb12e20e99f49e7073
Wow!!!! Great upload. Miss those DC-9-30s and the glimpse of the USAir 727-100.
My very first flight was on an EA 727 in 1977. I was the only pax on board and was given the royal treatment. I fell in love with the airline industry because of that flight.
everyone so nicely dressed and the cockpit door wide open times have sure changed
+Richard Sundown Yup - flying used to be an occasion that people dressed up for, now it's as if it is a chore and why should they bother.
What is the big deal about dressing up for a flight?
john maselli I totally agree with you. Flying was actually part of the “adventure” for my best friend and I. People had a sense of formality and being civil to one another. I am so glad I had the opportunity to experience the TRUE “Friendly Skies”. The last flight I took was I was sitting next to a couple of black men who tried to give the impression of wealth by wearing cheap looking gold chains, rings and watches.During the entire flight, every other word was “fucking” this or that followed by “hey nigga”. I was taught to treat everyone with respect, but when black people call each other “nigga” it clearly is a reflection of their ignorance and lack of any type of social skills. No, I am not a racist, but after a 3 hour flight sitting next to these guys did sway my views somewhat. I am afraid to say that even when flying, this is more of the rule rather than the exception.
Nice video I really enjoyed it. Brings back old memories.
The 1980's to 1990's may have been the greatest time for America! One common theme I read in the comments is how well dressed everyone is and the behavior was in line with a great country!
I can remember my aunt and uncle would visit us every year from Houston Texas to Logan and they always flew Eastern. Memories.. Great video thanks
This is nice. Makes you wonder where and what all these people are doing 30 years later.
I was a flight attendant with Eastern for almost 13 years. I went on to work for other air carriers, and ended my career as a corporate flight attendant. My years at Eastern were the best, even though we were serving meals and snacks almost every time the wheels lifted off the runway! This video brings back such sweet memories!
@@georgiapines7906 That's great that you were a flight attendant in the 80s, and that you have many fond memories of it. I remember all the times my family and I flew when I was a kid in the 1980s. We had family everywhere, and took vacations to different places. Which airline we traveled on depended on where we went, and we lived in Kansas city. We flew Eastern when going to Philadelphia (where my grandparents lived), it was a direct flight from K.C. One time though, we flew to Philly Delta via Atlanta. When we went to England (where my other grandparents lived), we flew TWA, to London via Chicago, and then later via St. Louis (when TWA made their hub there). Then we once flew United to Reno via Denver. And once USAir to Pittsburgh. We travelled on many of the different airlines, except I never flew American in the 80s as a kid, or Pan Am
They are probably a lot fatter and greyer.
Love this video! Reminds me of my many flights on the same route. My family moved from Northern Illinois to Orlando back in 1972. My first commercial flight was in 1979 on Eastern Airlines on an L1011. Most of the time that I flew, it was back to Chicago to see family. I would have been on a similar flight end of January in 1983 headed to a family wedding.
All airlines were good then...No charge for food or bags and you did not have to take off your shoes...
Yep now days it's all about money for the big airlines, I remember when we could get a meal inflight.
Flight attendants were young and sexy back then, too.
Thank you!🤟
Nice, all those old airplanes! The planes now days are so boring...when they cycle out the 747's there will be only boring 2-engine, anitseptic look-alikes.
Check out the United DC-10 at 9:18.
My uncle, who worked for Eastern in Orlando, shows up twice!
I was in 4th standard that time🙂 the kids in this aircraft will be more or less my age... thnx for the video
Excellent!! Thank you very much!
I use to love flying on Eastern. What a great airlines.
Another fun filled adventure on a DC-9. I would love to see more DC-9 videos from here in the US from the 70's to 90's! :)
The times when flying was pure excitement.
Enjoyed this a lot. Thank you so much for sharing
AWESOME VIDEO! My favorite airline and aircraft! Thanks for posting!
Great video. Thank you! I never got to fly EA. I got to fly PA,TW, CO, NW, PI, and US. Greetings from Norway!
Those kids walking off are older than me today. Awesome stuff.
Memories...I think that was a Republic DC-9 after the US Air 727.
Yes. Republic DC-9 looks like DC9-10
Interesting how much things have changed...and how much things are still the same.
Flew on these between OMA and MCI in 1985. Cool video.
Best nostalgic report ever.
First airline I EVER flew, in 1979, when I was 6 y.o. -- memories!
Oh how we loved Eastern Airlines!!! The only US airline that had real jet service to Ottawa and a busy ticket office in downtown Ottawa too reliable Eastern MIA - BWI - YOW and that aircraft back the next day connecting 2 North American Capital areas
Miss the old non tsa days..
Food onboard catered by the Marriott. Wow, have the times changed
That was back when you actually got a meal. Now it's a bag of nuts.
With all the dining options in airports these days do you really need a meal for a two and half hour flight?
Back when Marriott did airline catering
Inspadave In those days. A two hour flight you got a hot meal in 1983
@@1triketec You don't even get nuts on most airlines anymore because they might make some snowflake start crying.
My whole family worked at lambert stl, give anything to go fly the friendly skies again
I got to fly through Lambert on a TWA MD-80 back in the late 80s on my way to LaGuardia.
good olr dc-9..my dad retired from eal in 80;s..lucky!1 He was the first airbus captain..he went to Toulouse to train..mom was a stew in the 50's
I hardly recognize MCO. The airport has many more gates and the new control tower is much higher. It’s cool seeing Eastern Airlines again. They were the first airline I flew from New York(Don’t remember if it was JFK or LGA), to visit my grandmother in Ft. Lauderdale.
Oh the good old days before the A320, 737, and regional jets messed everything up.
Back then u had DC9's, MD80's, and 727 ' s in all their glory, not to mention all of the Tristar L1011-500's, and DC10's. We used to fly in comfort, now we get crammed into these 737 's and A320 's like sardines to go from Orlando to Los Angeles!!!
New York ' s Laguardia was full of 727 ' s and Tristars, now you're lucky if you see a 757 there, all they have are regional jets and a320's, good God I hate that plane, it's destroyed all that is good in flying.
Now unless you're flying to Asia or deep into Europe, you can't even get on a 767, 777, or any other heavies, for crying out loud they're starting to use the 737 for transcontinental red-eyes and to go to HAWAII!!!!
Even though I was only like 5 back then, I sure do miss the 80's
There were also many different airlines to choose from.
Oh, boy. I'm gonna be flying on a Delta Boeing 737-900ER from MCO to LAX in December. I'm not looking forward to it.
That's a shame
J Evenden But so many got bust for a reason.
Cheap Quality for more money they charge for airline ticket only, food on board and luggage handling now cost extra, Good God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got to fly those "Whisperjet"s when I was a kid in the '70's. I liked Eastern and I miss it. The stewardesses were nice, young and pretty.
Great memories
First time in Orlando was 1973,landed at Elgin Airforce Base,now Orlando International,only hotel in Orlando was Hyatt Regency,surrounded by miles and miles of orange and grapefruit groves, no homes,Disney in the background..Now look at it,Orlando is a jungle..Times were better back then,Florida was beautiful..
Thanks for the old video..Now,that was "Old Florida",that I remember. The Orlando that once was, when they had Cypress Gardens,you could find orange groves and buy bags of fruit for cheap money. Disney was cheap to get into back then. Florida has changed so much in the last 60 yrs. She went from Beauty to a Concrete,greedy jungle. It's a shame.
+bocaitalian Fuck Disney. Disneyworld in Orlando is a total fucking ripoff. It's like $100 per par, per day. Fuck that.
I thought that Disney raised the admission price to almost $129.00pp, maybe less according to JMMT7022801? I'd love to go back,but that's too much for me to be with a million screaming kids. People complain about Disney Prices, but I see a lot of people in the summer,paying $100-300 for a good seat at a Red Sox Game. Sporting Events people will pay just about any price, yet bitch about prices at the pump,grocery store,and just about everything under the sun. But I agree with you JMMT Disney does SUCK.
+bocaitalian When I first went to Disneyland in California with family back in the late eighties, ticket prices were only like $38. It's a total ripoff now. Universal Studios isn't much cheaper either.
+bocaitalian Wasn't it McCoy AFB? Eglin was up in my neck of the woods on the panhandle.
I've always been a bit skeptical when people talk about the "good old days" and this confirms it. The planes seating configuration looks just as packed as they are today. The lines are still long and the flight attendants don't seem any more bubbly than they are today. Maybe I'm missing something? Possibly a meal during the flight? Still looks like a cattle drive to me.
+Justin Hopkins No smoking on planes anymore.
Sandro Bassi Lol, that's true. As a smoker myself, long haul flights are torture.
***** Competition and fighting between management and their unions
***** No not management. Fighting between management and the machinists, FA unions.
Exactly people get the "good ol' days" mixed up with the reality of flying back then
wow classic video
The 727 took forever to get airborne and once off the ground they were extremely slow to get up to altitude. Before Eastern went under, I would park on the top deck of Sky Harbor's terminal parking and if I had time before my flight or a pickup, I stood on the edge of the terrace watching aircraft take off. The 757's, the most beautiful bird in the sky by its graceful, elongated shape would grab sky as if it was pulled upward by a puppet string. The Delta and Eastern jets were the opposite, they would mosey upward and given your experience watching the 737-300/400 as well as the 757, you had the thought crossing your mind, that that sucker is going to plow into downtown Tempe, it just isn't gaining altitude. I know all about loads, my buddy and fellow accountancy student at Arizona State, now working for America West would sometimes look at a takeoff and say: "We're losing money on that flight, or that baby is paying the bills" based on the angle of the climbout. I do the same thing now, too steep, the carrier is losing their shirts, a little shallower and We're In The Money, baby.
I was in LA back in December and got to fly a Delta 757-200 from SLC to LAX, and back again.
I was about eight months then. I think this was around the time I went on a plane for the first time (San Francisco-New York, probably on American).
WOW cockpit door wide open...those were the days
Great thanks for posting
Eastern and Braniff in those days had the PRETTIEST STEWS.and with real personality and grace and tact
I liked the all-metal look Eastern used,as did American ,on their planes.
Thanks for the upload.. XD
How did we make it back then without tv's in front of us...my God! LOL
My first flight in 1991 was a three hour flight and i was only 3. I remember i brought along 3 books and a card game. :)
I agree!! If you were lucky, one screen for a cabin showing one movie!!
That was back when the window was the only IFE you needed.
I am almost positive I worked on this frame when I was with NWA. N8938E became nose # 9947.
Pratt & Whitney JT8-D!! Yikes, I miss that sound before they were Re-man'd.✈✈✈
Hard to imagine this was 37 years ago. Wow have times changed.
I didn’t see any pajamas, shorts/sandals or wife beater shirts so could tell this was an old video.
ah yes, back when they used to put logos on the jetways, the cockpit door was open, and you could smoke. Memories are nice, but I'm glad air travel is MUCH safer today (both security wise and technology wise).