Thank you for your service Captain to this legendary airline. Also, thank you TWA!! ❤❤ Also, I loved the DC9, especially during takeoff. It took off like a rocket ship. Great airplane! I flew on that plane as a passenger on USAir and Northwest Airlines. I flew on the MD80 series as a passenger with American. They were certainly originals!! ❤❤ Must be sad to retire after 34 years. That last landing must be a poignant one.
SO GOOD. For guys like me who just barely missed out on this era of flying, it’s so great to have videos like this to watch and follow along. Being a pilot today is the same in some ways, yet so different in others. We really look up to you guys from what we consider the golden era (80’s and 90’s).
It was always a joy and pleasure to fly with Captain Brad. He was always a true gentleman and a professional in the cockpit, I learned a lot from Brad. We were on a DC-9 trip to a KDCA layover and ended up going to the Library of Congress I believe, he had set up an appointment to find old flying magazine article of his Piper. It was a great trip!
That is awesome, Captain Brad. What other general manager would stand out in the rain like that to say "So long"? Times have changed in our industry and not for the better.
What a special treat is was to find this video. It took me a few minuets to recall how our paths had crossed. I think we first met flying in Chicago. After we both transferred to STL, I don't recall being paired up. Perhaps it was because you went the DC-9/MD-80 route and I stayed on the 727. The puns and jokes are certainly fondly remembered by me. I notice that you did not post your retirement video for almost 20 years. I have never posted mine which preceded you by two years. In my case, I brought the STL Cardinals home after a game in SFO. Great memories working for a great pioneer airline ( my videos are mostly my hobby of mechanical music, but I have two about TWA, Bob Taylor)
The RUclips algorithm in its infinite wisdom brought me here. And I wasn't disappointed. A great aviation document from the days before the glas cockpits. Enjoy your retirement! 🙂
Hope you have been enjoying your retirement Capt!lots of Great memeories of TWA outa Oklahomaaa Cityyyy!lol lol Some of tehm old Capsts would call it Oak Cityyy as they greeted The tower on there finals!Long live the Great days!lol Thank you for your service to us alll!
Hand flying, dragging heavy brain bags, no glass, steam’s everywhere: how did you make it then? IFR WX for dptr, low level turbulence and nice crosswind to finish up, but still nailing it on the centerline. Mother Nature didn’t cooperate too well for your last one. Nevertheless, A Belated well deserved Congratulations, Captain!
Many of us hand flew the airplane during climb and descent, and used the A/P for cruise. In the sim. we were required to hand fly a catagory 2 ILS approach down to 100' with an engine out, with only a F/D. Once to a go-around and once to a landing. I remember a B-707 crew that flew JFK to CDG with A/P inop. because they had a full load. It's a full time job to hold alt. at high altitudes for 7hrs! Remember, landing with a cross wind isn't so bad once you get the drift of it.
We sure live in a world where theres too much Automation, less gauges, thats taken lives!!Watched a Capt on Juan Browns your tube Channel,he flies for American and does aircraft accident reportings!He had united Airlines Capt Behnam of United 1175, on who had to hand fly the Boeing 777, 200 miles to Honolulu by hand after and engine went out!He said it was like holding a plate on ball bearings in his hand the whole time til at the gate,and stressed the the importance of not getting addicted to Automation!All i gotta say ins great job Hand flying!Something common of the good ole days!lol
Capt Behnam was an old school, pilot!lol lol lol The back to work old school flying when the pop quiz was Handed down to him!lol Saving over 300 people!
Thank you for your service Captain to this legendary airline. Also, thank you TWA!! ❤❤ Also, I loved the DC9, especially during takeoff. It took off like a rocket ship. Great airplane! I flew on that plane as a passenger on USAir and Northwest Airlines. I flew on the MD80 series as a passenger with American. They were certainly originals!! ❤❤
Must be sad to retire after 34 years. That last landing must be a poignant one.
SO GOOD. For guys like me who just barely missed out on this era of flying, it’s so great to have videos like this to watch and follow along. Being a pilot today is the same in some ways, yet so different in others. We really look up to you guys from what we consider the golden era (80’s and 90’s).
Amen to that!
TWA was a fun airline to fly with. I flew with them on the 747 between JFK and Copenhagen (Denmark) Kastrup International Airport. ❤️❤️
An old DC9! Great I love thoughts old screamers old school. Hope your retirement has been good! The first officers already retired by now!
I will get the son of another veteran TWA pilot to see this excellent heart warming video as he celebrates his 90th.
Loving this......all class, no glass!
It was always a joy and pleasure to fly with Captain Brad. He was always a true gentleman and a professional in the cockpit, I learned a lot from Brad. We were on a DC-9 trip to a KDCA layover and ended up going to the Library of Congress I believe, he had set up an appointment to find old flying magazine article of his Piper. It was a great trip!
That is awesome, Captain Brad. What other general manager would stand out in the rain like that to say "So long"? Times have changed in our industry and not for the better.
I remember making that video! I just realized I'm two years older now than you are in that video. I only wish I looked so good as you did!
Thank you for uploading this, brings back so many great memories!
What a special treat is was to find this video. It took me a few minuets to recall how our paths had crossed. I think we first met flying in Chicago. After we both transferred to STL, I don't recall being paired up. Perhaps it was because you went the DC-9/MD-80 route and I stayed on the 727. The puns and jokes are certainly fondly remembered by me. I notice that you did not post your retirement video for almost 20 years. I have never posted mine which preceded you by two years. In my case, I brought the STL Cardinals home after a game in SFO. Great memories working for a great pioneer airline ( my videos are mostly my hobby of mechanical music, but I have two about TWA, Bob Taylor)
The RUclips algorithm in its infinite wisdom brought me here. And I wasn't disappointed. A great aviation document from the days before the glas cockpits. Enjoy your retirement! 🙂
Wonderful video, thank you for sharing it. I hope this finds you well.
What year was this I flew with twa back in 1990 went to San Antonio Texas and back loved it was my first time of flying
Show of respect made me tear up
I can't stop crying. So much respect. My dad died before he could retire. Love it, thank you!
Great retirement video!
Hope you have been enjoying your retirement Capt!lots of Great memeories of TWA outa Oklahomaaa Cityyyy!lol lol Some of tehm old Capsts would call it Oak Cityyy as they greeted The tower on there finals!Long live the Great days!lol Thank you for your service to us alll!
This was right after Sept 11. The great days of flying was forever changed!
His remark of 35 years down the drain was hilarious.
What was the origin airport? This video is amazing!
You sure you weren't Ozark trained? That's funny. An Ozark captain and friend of mine once said, Remember, Ozark spelled backwards is Krazo.
Hand flying, dragging heavy brain bags, no glass, steam’s everywhere: how did you make it then? IFR WX for dptr, low level turbulence and nice crosswind to finish up, but still nailing it on the centerline. Mother Nature didn’t cooperate too well for your last one. Nevertheless, A Belated well deserved Congratulations, Captain!
how did they do it? like this ... “can we get a vector?”
That is 20 yrs ago in oct. Time flies! Duh! Did he start at Ozark? What type of aircraft did he fly? I miss TWA! Greetings from Norway!
you ever work with todd muschany?
Amazing I'd love to see how he's doing and just pick his brain about his thoughts on the state of the aviation industry today!
Those are the kind of gauges I remember.
Congrats Captain👍
From one TWA employee to another.
Had a blast while it lasted.
Would have lasted longer if it wasn't for Icahn.🤔
All the best.
Minimal autopilot, no magenta line, how did they survive?
Many of us hand flew the airplane during climb and descent, and used the A/P for cruise. In the sim. we were required to hand fly a catagory 2 ILS approach down to 100' with an engine out, with only a F/D. Once to a go-around and once to a landing. I remember a B-707 crew that flew JFK to CDG with A/P inop. because they had a full load. It's a full time job to hold alt. at high altitudes for 7hrs! Remember, landing with a cross wind isn't so bad once you get the drift of it.
We sure live in a world where theres too much Automation, less gauges, thats taken lives!!Watched a Capt on Juan Browns your tube Channel,he flies for American and does aircraft accident reportings!He had united Airlines Capt Behnam of United 1175, on who had to hand fly the Boeing 777, 200 miles to Honolulu by hand after and engine went out!He said it was like holding a plate on ball bearings in his hand the whole time til at the gate,and stressed the the importance of not getting addicted to Automation!All i gotta say ins great job Hand flying!Something common of the good ole days!lol
Capt Behnam was an old school, pilot!lol lol lol The back to work old school flying when the pop quiz was Handed down to him!lol Saving over 300 people!