@@michaelcap9550 Yes, I know enough to know it's stupid but I still feel like with 4 engines and that huge wingspan if everything went to hell there'd be more time to either fix the problem(s) or find a place to set the plane down.
I never go to see either on a runway.. Did the 707 and DC-8 sound somewhat different at taxi and takeoff with the same JT3D engines? RUclips seems to depict that.
@@Vee6watchman From what I recall they were very similar, but the 707 had some overtones when in idle (which made it sound that much more beautiful) that the DC-8 didn't seem to have.
The JT3 turbofan at full throttle will always be the ultimate sound in commercial aviation. That, and the 747-100/200 JTD9. The famed buzz-saw sound on the original JT9D was a full octave lower than the JT3. The first time I heard it back in 1970 out of JFK-New York it stunned me as much as the size of the 747 did. Ahh, the glory days of commercial aviation. Thanks for this wonderful video. Four gold stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
I've been a passenger in 707s and the similar 720Bs, but I don't recall if I ever got to ride in the DC-8. I do remember the rivalry between the two types. Those were the glory days when jet travel was new. People wore their best clothes on flights, the food was excellent, and the airlines were still thinking more about speed than efficiency. I'm glad I got to experience those days. Wouldn't care to set foot in a plane these days, the way things are.
Planes have been replaced with flying buses. Tiny seats, no leg room, lots of noise, food replaced with pretzels and peanuts. It is horrible, but my wife forces me to go overseas with her.
Me too, the old ways were so great, even in the 90s Midwest express with MD-9 rear twins, 4 across leather, wine, good food. Haven't set foot in a plane since shoe bomber debacle.
I don't blame the planes these days. They are high-tech, safer and quieter. It's people's values these days that suck. Nowadays, evi is considered good, which is why anything ugly and unacceptable in the past is acceptable these days. Reptilian looks for example was never even heard of in the past, but now, we have lots of people with this sort of appeal.
I'm pretty sure I got a ride (Military Stand-by) on a Convair 880 in 1966. Florida - O'Hare.
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In the 80s when I was an airport worker, I'd go out of the ramp whenever a 707 was arriving or departing, just for that sound. Last time I saw a true 707 with original engines was JFK in April 2004.
The JT3D engines made power the old fashioned way, with noise, smoke, and fuel flow! I have 10,000 hours flying with the JT8D and it made power the same way.
First time on a DC-8 for me was June 1970, when I was assigned to Vietnam as a young sailor in the U.S. Navy. Flew on an American Airlines charter from Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, CA, to Travis AFB new Sacramento, then to Hickam AFB (Honolulu), then Guam, finally arriving in Da Nang -- alone (no unit members with me, that is). Finally found my way to my Seabee unit near Saigon a week later. Second flight on a DC-8 was December 1971, when I departed Saigon for Seattle (with stops in Yokota and Anchorage). Went from Saigon tropical heat in late morning to snowy Seattle evening on same day (crossed International Dateline and gained that day back). Loved both flights!
Thank you for your service and sacrifice my friend and fellow Veteran (USMC 0352, TOW missile gunner). Glad you made it home and helped pave the way for others. Semper Fidelis!
The first jet airliner I flew on was a Canadian Forces Boeing 707 flying out of Uplands Air Force Base in Ottawa, flying to CFB Shearwater in Nova Scotia on my way to CFB Cornwallis for CF Basic Training way back in 1973. It was such an exciting flight. We flew over Montreal at night, what a sight! As we flew over I swear I could look down and see my parents' house!
I remember my great aunt Mary travelling on the DC 8 and super DC 8 with air Canada from Winnipeg to prestwick in the 70’s it was fantastic and the pan-am 707’s too wonderful memories till we meet again Greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Gorgeous aircraft ❤ I remember nothing about it apart from looking down and seeing a little black VW Beetle below but my first flight was in a converted DC6 ATL-Carvair in 1965 from Southend Airport to Ostend. I would have loved to have flown in a DC8.
My father had a regular route from Miami to Rio for Braniff. He absolutely HATED that DC-8 aircraft. That's when I KNEW Pops was el nutso! What a beautiful bird! 😃👍🇺🇸
My first flight was onboard a United Airlines DC-8 in "Friend-Ship" livery. The second the crew opened the throttles on those 4 JT3D's I was forever fascinated with jet aircraft in general and DC-8's in particular.
The magic is still there !!! Brought me good memories !!! Proud and privileged to have flown an 707 as first officer for three years, in the nineties . Thanks for posting.
@@SailorGerry just found Timisora. in Romania; the Germans there were called "Donauschwaben" or "Banater Schwaben" which left Germany long ago, we had a lot of refugees after the war over here in Frankfurt area who integrated well, they still spoke the "old dialect" ; our local pastor came from there just 20 years ago, still a few there
@@tritop Thanks your response - my maternal grandparents' last name was Brauer (of course 2 'dots' over the 'u', from the (formerly-named) town of Betchgret (sp?) (now changed to a Romanian name). All the women lived to an old age in the area - my great-grandmother lived to 103 years old and my grandmother lived to 97. Regretfully, the men-folk tended not to live as long as the somen. Many Swabs from that area immigrated after WWI to the Montreal (Quebec, Canada) area. My grandmother took my two siblings and myself to visit her home town back in 1971 - she wanted her grandchildren to see where she and my grandfather were raised. Flew Montreal to Frankfurt via Lufthansa on a B-707 and then on B727 Frankfurt to Munich, thence train to Vienna and onto Timisora. The railroad journey through parts of the foothills of the Alps was magnificent! Again, thanks for getting back - best of luck & health to you and your wife..., Gerry (Gerhart)
My first job after college gave me close-up views of the beautiful DC8s flown by Flying Tigers. Working 2nd shift at WTC Air Freight in Cleveland, our neighbors were Flying Tigers, and their DC8 to LAX arrived from Detroit nightly after midnight. After loading, she was ready to unleash a storm that would clear the ramp of anything not properly stowed. Always had to make sure the ramp- side doors were shut.
I lived in Lusaka, Zambia in early 70s and once a week an Alitalia DC 8 flew in from Europe. It had the old livery of the Italian colours, running vertically up the tail. BOAC had a once weekly Super VC10 flight from London in the old blue and silver livery. They are both magical aircraft from another age. I was on the BOAC VC10 and also an East African Airways one. Back then so far from home in Belfast N.I. it was hard to believe they travelled 10,000 miles on a 10 and a half hour flight to taxi up next to Zambia Airlines DC3s and their 2 DH Beavers.
Eye-popping and heart-pounding!! It is a privilege and a gift to have the opportunity to see these legendary aviation icons up close!! I love these friendly, strong and fearless old men!! An unparalleled passion!
I was 7 when i flew on a Capitol Airlines DC-8-63 from JFK to Brussels in april 1982. Visiting my dad in California we started on a Capitol DC-10 and continued the journey on a Eastern Airlines DC-10. Knowing that i flew these birds and airlines because of my dad....thanks dad!
Miss those days! Thanks for the memories and the sound of those magnificent Pratts crackling with thunder and kerosine smoke! Mike Kelly, Old School Aviator and retired kerosine driver. San Angelo, TX
I was an engineer on the 43, 53 and 63 series DC8s for CP Air ( Canadian Pacific) for many years.....what happy memories your video rekindles...thank you.🙂
The 707 / 720 made me fall in love with avaiation taking my first flight in an Air Malta variant from Gatwick to Luqa back in 1977, I was lucky enough to have a further 12 flights on these beasts between '77 & '84. Back then in the 70s and 80s, the flying experience was far better back then than it is today. What a great video, made hairs stand up.
Aeroplanes are rather beautiful! I suppose, if there are alien planets out there, the development of their crafts would depend on the force of their gravity. I still don't understand how the Comet would still look futuristic today and it was first seen in 1948! Astonishing! Yes, a sad history, but it paved the way for the 707.
I truly miss flying on Olympic Airways Boeing 707's nonstop from NYC (JFK) to Athens, Greece, when I was a kid/teen, almost every summer! That's when I became an aviation buff. Thanks, dad... I love and miss you!
My first long international flight was 1976 with BA from London-Gatwick to Antigua/Caribbean in a fully booked B707. The weather at takeoff was foggy, gusty, rainy and we did a long run until finally with a slow lift and still shaky struggles we were airborne. Later the Captain came through the cabin and one passenger asked him something about it and his answer I could understand ‚Yes, we had a heavy takeoff but we managed‘… The atmosphere on board was so relaxed and easy going throughout the flight what I miss today. Perhaps flying at that time was a privilege and not effordable for everyone. I was on a business flight, my company paid the ticket. To the Caribbean, still paradise of the world.
That is such a nice contrast, compared to to Dyson vacuum cleaner engine sounds of modern aircraft. Hear, the 707's engine spooling up on take-off!!! Awesome moment!!!
But with the sheer number of flights in and out of our airports such noisy smokers would be a disaster. An A321NEO can do the same job and has just two clean low-noise engines.
I remember in the mid 90’s, practicing my navigational skills solo in a C152, coming to Ostend from the see, unusually, (RWY 08 now, might have been different at the time) and seeing one of these 707 taxying to the holding point. I was clear to land, and, at the exact moment I touched down, I heard the tower angrily shouting at me, really shouting, « expedite vacating! ». I was almost airborne again rushing to the 1st exit, and I was barely out of the runway when that gigantic 707 (compared to my horse) came rushing and screaming all hell just behind me, shaking my poor C152. These things were so loud! And smoky! But what a sight it was! Ostend Airport, for some reasons, was about the last European airport to allow these noisy smelly thirsty yet beautiful airplanes well into the 2000’s.
i bet you floated a lot and took a longer time to touch down, then stayed on runway too long. Seen that on my airline pilot days. Wait for that guy to stop floating and land.. LOL..
Back in late 70's I was lucky to get to ride in the jump seat on take off from Papeete with UTA dc-8. The sound of those engines when the pilot applied full throttle just blew me away. Never forget that sound was so cool🤟🤟.
I also worked for ATI back in the 90s as a flight mechanic and remember the JT-3D giving very few problems. Just service them with oil. Very reliable engines.
I worked for ATI back in the 90's as well. Did plenty of B-checks all around the US, maintained the -63's at first and then the United -71 with CFM56. Glad ATI is still going strong.
When Boeing built great aircraft. Unfortunately, the bean-counters (who seem to think they know best;) have made the engineer's job's redundant... hence the piss-poor quality being churned out just to satisfy the share-holders. I'll stick to Airbus.
That's how I remember pretty much all of the airliners. Noisy and smokey but what great airliners. Flew on the Super 63 a few times with TIA, and the B-707 once on Condor. Wide bodies after that.
Flew on DL DC8-61 TPA - ATL & TW B707 TPA - MIA . Worked as ramper, B707's, DC8's, CV 880's & CV 990's. Caravelle's. Numerous turboprops , all in the 80's & 90's. Crappy pay, hard work &, hearing loss , BUT WORTH IT, EVERY MOMENT!!!
Well taken care of jets, that 707 was actually shiny! Didn't smoke too bad either. Had the privilege to fly in them all including the stretch version Super DC8. Good to see em flying again.
It's fantastic.....they look like they just rise straight vertically into the air....from a tail view and the smokin....love that and jet fuel smell..... Thanks for the post of good times.
Love the sound of those NON HUSHKITTED ENGINES! True jet engine sound! Tell Rolls Royce and & GE they can their "quieter" engines! Love the exhaust too!
I had the pleasure of flying on several 707's with Air Zimbabwe from Harare to Victoria falls whilst cabin crew for British Airways. We'd do a 15 day trip with 5 days off in Harare then a night stop to Cape Town or Durban ( on sea 😁) and back to Harare for another 5 days off then home. Magnificent aircraft, almost always empty and you could see the vapour from Victoria falls on the way up. Good times in the 80's and 90's
I remember the last time a flew with the 707-123 G-BHOX. It was 1984 Amsterdam - Malta with Air Malta! Unforgettable! The flight attendant asked me to come to sit in the firstclass area as there was plenty of room!
707 and DC-8, people had strong favoritism for either. I worked with both at Seaboard World at JFK and I found both really great aircrafts. Then we got the 747 freighter , you couldn,t top that.
The DC8s were a bit smokey, but they were grandgirls. Bouncing along in a tropical storm to Papeete was always a hoot, knowing the Maeva Beach pool and a good croissant were there in the morning.
My first ever flight was on a Scanair DC-8 Super 63, Oslo-Lanzarote in the summer of 1985. The return flight was on the last DC-8 ever built, SE-DBL Bodil Viking. Fantastic memory and aircraft.
Great planes!!! Thank goodness That I had a chance to see some of the later 'stretch' type DC-8's come into the UAL MOC at SFO after I arrived there in late '86... Those planes were re-engined with the CFM56 Snecma's... Some of the most reliable planes for passenger transport service ever, were these early jets... They did have some problems, but those issues were identified & repaired, not long after they were discovered... Great planes....
The 707 is still the most glamorous of jets . That tail! So iconic. But it MUST have the early engines. Bigger engines spoil the proportions. DC 8 came close but Coronado next nicest. But the Super VC 10 is the most graceful. Ever.
I never got to fly on a 707 but I did get to fly on Delta’s last stretch DC-8. Those were the days when you could fly a 3-4 engine plane on a two hour domestic flight. There are many times I flew on an L-1011 from Atlanta to Orlando or Miami. In hindsight, it really didn’t make sense to fly those behemoths on such short legs, but it sure was nice.
I flew on L-1011s LGA-MIA when Eastern was still operating, 1987-early 1988. It had a particular, specific onboard hum at takeoff unlike any other aircraft. Doubt there is a single one flying.
I Love it I Love it and yes this was my Era and I just love that loud engine noise back in the days !! The DC 8 was the people hauler from the 60/70,s !! Great video clip thanks a lot !!
The “Golden Age” of jet air travel! I remember watching them fly into and out of Toledo Express Airport, when I was young. That was when you could go outside on the terminal roof and watch! It’s been a few years ago.😉😄
I flew on both ..BWIA 707 and Air Canada DC8..days of no fighting on board .when people dressed properly and behaved civilly to each other in the air and on the ground...Bye bye to the good old days
Regrettably I never been on the DC-8 but I flew the 707 the last time flying from Rome to Nairobi in late 1979. It has always been a cool airplane for me...
O my, those wonderful "BG" years ,(Before Greta). I know how selfish I am, loved the Caravelle, Comet, DC-8 and the Convair Coronado. A bit later the VC-10 and all the noise makers from the USSR. It was music in my little selfish Dutch ears, it still is. However my ears are much bigger, I guess god did that to make us old guys be able to hear Teslas sneaking up on us. Bedankt Patrick, een geweldige Video.
Now that's how a jet airliner is supposed to sound! I'm so lucky to have flown on a 707 at least once. Saw them and and the DC-8 many times, but never got to fly on them.
We still get the occasional JStars shooting touch and goes at the Air Reserve base a couple of miles from my house. JStars are basically late model 707's fitted with all sorts of electronics including side looking radar. And the standard TF33 screamers. We're close to the final approach path and the JStars coming over at 800' make the dogs howl. Funny stuff unless it is 1:00 in the morning. ;-)
![MUST HEAR!!! Boeing 707 Takeoff: Four JT3D turbofan engines giving their best & loudest! [AirClips]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EI3owgIj6zs/mqdefault.jpg)
Note the smoke from the landing gear just before he retracts the gear. That's from tapping the brakes to stop tire rotation before they fully retract.
WOW, interesting!
Good observation
Thanks, i wondered what that was
What caused, the smoke?? Suddenly, stopping rotation, and dirt flying off??
@@rogerrendzak8055 Brake dust.
Always nice to see aeroplanes with the correct number of engines.
4 engines rule , indeed !!
And impressive wingspan.
@@michaelcap9550 Yes, I know enough to know it's stupid but I still feel like with 4 engines and that huge wingspan if everything went to hell there'd be more time to either fix the problem(s) or find a place to set the plane down.
And rotating beacons!
You're right...4 engines equals safety in numbers..don't dig these new jets with just 2 engines. ..👍
As a Pilot that has flown both models I am incredibly lucky to have come through the ranks when I did!
is kind of model had been once an airforceone service
I never go to see either on a runway.. Did the 707 and DC-8 sound somewhat different at taxi and takeoff with the same JT3D engines?
RUclips seems to depict that.
@@Vee6watchman From what I recall they were very similar, but the 707 had some overtones when in idle (which made it sound that much more beautiful) that the DC-8 didn't seem to have.
The JT3 turbofan at full throttle will always be the ultimate sound in commercial aviation. That, and the 747-100/200 JTD9. The famed buzz-saw sound on the original JT9D was a full octave lower than the JT3. The first time I heard it back in 1970 out of JFK-New York it stunned me as much as the size of the 747 did. Ahh, the glory days of commercial aviation.
Thanks for this wonderful video. Four gold stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
The JT9D sounds very similar to the TF39 just at a lower volume.
@@MariahWong Actually. the TF39 was loud as hell...and I loved it, too.
@@joshs4594 I meant the JT9D when I said "at a lower volume." The JT9D sounds like a Quieter TF39
@@MariahWong Gotcha. And you're right. 👍
I also love the sound of the JT8D engines from the DC9's and MD80 series.
My first airliner trip was a Boeing 707 in September of 1976 after graduating from boot camp USN flying from Chicago to Newark NJ.
I've been a passenger in 707s and the similar 720Bs, but I don't recall if I ever got to ride in the DC-8. I do remember the rivalry between the two types. Those were the glory days when jet travel was new. People wore their best clothes on flights, the food was excellent, and the airlines were still thinking more about speed than efficiency. I'm glad I got to experience those days. Wouldn't care to set foot in a plane these days, the way things are.
Planes have been replaced with flying buses. Tiny seats, no leg room, lots of noise, food replaced with pretzels and peanuts. It is horrible, but my wife forces me to go overseas with her.
Me too, the old ways were so great, even in the 90s Midwest express with MD-9 rear twins, 4 across leather, wine, good food. Haven't set foot in a plane since shoe bomber debacle.
I don't blame the planes these days. They are high-tech, safer and quieter. It's people's values these days that suck. Nowadays, evi is considered good, which is why anything ugly and unacceptable in the past is acceptable these days. Reptilian looks for example was never even heard of in the past, but now, we have lots of people with this sort of appeal.
@@fireice6190 Tattoos, big beards, raggety jeans, devil signs. And those are the girls now. The men and boys look worst.
I'm pretty sure I got a ride (Military Stand-by) on a Convair 880 in 1966. Florida - O'Hare.
In the 80s when I was an airport worker, I'd go out of the ramp whenever a 707 was arriving or departing, just for that sound. Last time I saw a true 707 with original engines was JFK in April 2004.
That's awesome!!!
I had liked the P&Ws on the 707s.
@@christianbenn316 they were great on anything. The C-141 Starlifter had them too, and B-52s have a whopping EIGHT of them!
The JT3D engines made power the old fashioned way, with noise, smoke, and fuel flow! I have 10,000 hours flying with the JT8D and it made power the same way.
Congrats to you. Lived the life. And now a Biker too? Retired ?
Don't forget the JT8Ds too.
As we used to say in SAC, the Air Force paid for all 13,000 feet of this runway, so by god we're gonna use it!
Dc8 got to mach 1 in a dive....pretty impressive for a commercial airliner back in the day. What a sound from those jt3's,never get sick of this
Это было золотое время , когда самолёты проектировали с нормальными запасом прочности,без глупой оптимизации и "конпок" и "стиков" в кабине.
First time on a DC-8 for me was June 1970, when I was assigned to Vietnam as a young sailor in the U.S. Navy. Flew on an American Airlines charter from Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, CA, to Travis AFB new Sacramento, then to Hickam AFB (Honolulu), then Guam, finally arriving in Da Nang -- alone (no unit members with me, that is). Finally found my way to my Seabee unit near Saigon a week later. Second flight on a DC-8 was December 1971, when I departed Saigon for Seattle (with stops in Yokota and Anchorage). Went from Saigon tropical heat in late morning to snowy Seattle evening on same day (crossed International Dateline and gained that day back). Loved both flights!
Dates and story were almost identical to mine. Welcome home brother.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice my friend and fellow Veteran (USMC 0352, TOW missile gunner). Glad you made it home and helped pave the way for others. Semper Fidelis!
The first jet airliner I flew on was a Canadian Forces Boeing 707 flying out of Uplands Air Force Base in Ottawa, flying to CFB Shearwater in Nova Scotia on my way to CFB Cornwallis for CF Basic Training way back in 1973. It was such an exciting flight. We flew over Montreal at night, what a sight! As we flew over I swear I could look down and see my parents' house!
I remember my great aunt Mary travelling on the DC 8 and super DC 8 with air Canada from Winnipeg to prestwick in the 70’s it was fantastic and the pan-am 707’s too wonderful memories till we meet again Greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Gorgeous aircraft ❤ I remember nothing about it apart from looking down and seeing a little black VW Beetle below but my first flight was in a converted DC6 ATL-Carvair in 1965 from Southend Airport to Ostend. I would have loved to have flown in a DC8.
Aah! The true fuel to noise converters. But what a sound that was! This brings back very happy childhood memories.
Who doesn't love the DC-8's nostrils! ❤
...and the 707 tail Pitot...
My father had a regular route from Miami to Rio for Braniff. He absolutely HATED that DC-8 aircraft. That's when I KNEW Pops was el nutso! What a beautiful bird! 😃👍🇺🇸
Never even seen a DC-8 or DC-10. Just 707s
And the ghost-like howl during engine start. A great plane all around. I loved it.
@@samuelwalker400 Why ??
My first flight was onboard a United Airlines DC-8 in "Friend-Ship" livery. The second the crew opened the throttles on those 4 JT3D's I was forever fascinated with jet aircraft in general and DC-8's in particular.
My first flight was when I was 10. Was a United DC-8 from PHL to SFO. Had same reaction you did
As a kid I used to watch the 707s in Trenton do touch n goes for hours. Absolutely beautiful
breathtaking memories and time , i would not mind going back in time , beauty and sound , variety as well , today mostly boring stuff
I worked on them there from 83- 93.
The magic is still there !!! Brought me good memories !!! Proud and privileged to have flown an 707 as first officer for three years, in the nineties . Thanks for posting.
Gustav Heberle, typical swabian Name :)
@@tritop Are you a Swab? If yes, my maternal grandparents were Swabs from s little village outside Timisora. Let me know...
@@SailorGerry i am hessian, my wife swabian, when a german Lastname ends with "le" its typical swabian
@@SailorGerry just found Timisora. in Romania; the Germans there were called "Donauschwaben" or "Banater Schwaben" which left Germany long ago, we had a lot of refugees after the war over here in Frankfurt area who integrated well, they still spoke the "old dialect" ; our local pastor came from there just 20 years ago, still a few there
@@tritop Thanks your response - my maternal grandparents' last name was Brauer (of course 2 'dots' over the 'u', from the (formerly-named) town of Betchgret (sp?) (now changed to a Romanian name). All the women lived to an old age in the area - my great-grandmother lived to 103 years old and my grandmother lived to 97. Regretfully, the men-folk tended not to live as long as the somen. Many Swabs from that area immigrated after WWI to the Montreal (Quebec, Canada) area. My grandmother took my two siblings and myself to visit her home town back in 1971 - she wanted her grandchildren to see where she and my grandfather were raised.
Flew Montreal to Frankfurt via Lufthansa on a B-707 and then on B727 Frankfurt to Munich, thence train to Vienna and onto Timisora. The railroad journey through parts of the foothills of the Alps was magnificent! Again, thanks for getting back - best of luck & health to you and your wife..., Gerry (Gerhart)
My first job after college gave me close-up views of the beautiful DC8s flown by Flying Tigers. Working 2nd shift at WTC Air Freight in Cleveland, our neighbors were Flying Tigers, and their DC8 to LAX arrived from Detroit nightly after midnight. After loading, she was ready to unleash a storm that would clear the ramp of anything not properly stowed. Always had to make sure the ramp- side doors were shut.
I lived in Lusaka, Zambia in early 70s and once a week an Alitalia DC 8 flew in from Europe. It had the old livery of the Italian colours, running vertically up the tail. BOAC had a once weekly Super VC10 flight from London in the old blue and silver livery. They are both magical aircraft from another age. I was on the BOAC VC10 and also an East African Airways one. Back then so far from home in Belfast N.I. it was hard to believe they travelled 10,000 miles on a 10 and a half hour flight to taxi up next to Zambia Airlines DC3s and their 2 DH Beavers.
revolution at the time , glorious times , precious memories indeed !
As a youngster, we lived in the flight path near O'Hare. Those 707s would roar past, especially on foggy days
Eye-popping and heart-pounding!! It is a privilege and a gift to have the opportunity to see these legendary aviation icons up close!! I love these friendly, strong and fearless old men!! An unparalleled passion!
Air Memphis’s 707 is probably the most beautiful ever!
Those DC-8/62 style nacelles are awesome.
So many DC8s re engined with the CFM56, and you find one of the few still with the old engines. Bravo.
The sound of old jets is the sound of Adventure!
Lucky to have flown on DC-8's, 707's, and VC-10's. I have to say my favorite was the VC-10 but all three were a good experience.
I was 7 when i flew on a Capitol Airlines DC-8-63 from JFK to Brussels in april 1982. Visiting my dad in California we started on a Capitol DC-10 and continued the journey on a Eastern Airlines DC-10. Knowing that i flew these birds and airlines because of my dad....thanks dad!
Miss those days! Thanks for the memories and the sound of those magnificent Pratts crackling with thunder and kerosine smoke! Mike Kelly, Old School Aviator and retired kerosine driver. San Angelo, TX
I was an engineer on the 43, 53 and 63 series DC8s for CP Air ( Canadian Pacific) for many years.....what happy memories your video rekindles...thank you.🙂
Oh my god... that first run by the DC-8 gave me absolute goosebumps. Literally every hair on my arms stood straight up. What a badass sound.
Beautiful footage, thank!
My father would take us kids up to SEA in the 70's and watch all these old beauty's in they're prime!
Thanks for the memories!
The 707 / 720 made me fall in love with avaiation taking my first flight in an Air Malta variant from Gatwick to Luqa back in 1977, I was lucky enough to have a further 12 flights on these beasts between '77 & '84. Back then in the 70s and 80s, the flying experience was far better back then than it is today. What a great video, made hairs stand up.
Aeroplanes are rather beautiful! I suppose, if there are alien planets out there, the development of their crafts would depend on the force of their gravity. I still don't understand how the Comet would still look futuristic today and it was first seen in 1948! Astonishing! Yes, a sad history, but it paved the way for the 707.
Love to have another flight in a DC 8.it was my first ever airliner flight oversea.back about 1975. Loved it.
The proportions were absolutely perfect on those two magnificent airplanes!
exactly , unlike today , fat fellows and no style
All that beautiful smoke and those screaming engines.
Thanks for posting this !
And then noise abatement regulations came along and put a Kabash on those beautiful noisy engines, hush kits didn't fix anything.
Love the scream, the smoke, and the smell of jet fuel.
I truly miss flying on Olympic Airways Boeing 707's nonstop from NYC (JFK) to Athens, Greece, when I was a kid/teen, almost every summer! That's when I became an aviation buff. Thanks, dad... I love and miss you!
This was a D-8 not a 707...but they are very similar...2 very sweet machines...love 💘 em
@louisflores2552 you're wrong.
The plane was a 707 replaced by the 747 and last by the A340.
There was no DC8.
@@accobra4272 duh. .don't comment on matters you don't know anything about. Google DC-8...DUMMY
Nice memories
My first long international flight was 1976 with BA from London-Gatwick to Antigua/Caribbean in a fully booked B707. The weather at takeoff was foggy, gusty, rainy and we did a long run until finally with a slow lift and still shaky struggles we were airborne. Later the Captain came through the cabin and one passenger asked him something about it and his answer I could understand ‚Yes, we had a heavy takeoff but we managed‘… The atmosphere on board was so relaxed and easy going throughout the flight what I miss today. Perhaps flying at that time was a privilege and not effordable for everyone. I was on a business flight, my company paid the ticket. To the Caribbean, still paradise of the world.
This is an incredible film. P
Power, beauty, and elegance. Every time I see a 707 I am proud for my country. Thank you, Patrick.
thanks for your appreciation , classics rule my world 😉
2 off the most beautiful airplanes ever made.
Yes to each of those, but the 757-200 is prettiest of them all. For older planes before jet power, I gotta go with the Connie.
That is such a nice contrast, compared to to Dyson vacuum cleaner engine sounds of modern aircraft.
Hear, the 707's engine spooling up on take-off!!! Awesome moment!!!
But with the sheer number of flights in and out of our airports such noisy smokers would be a disaster. An A321NEO can do the same job and has just two clean low-noise engines.
@PeterNGloor Nothing compared to the smoke and noise of a VC10!
I remember in the mid 90’s, practicing my navigational skills solo in a C152, coming to Ostend from the see, unusually, (RWY 08 now, might have been different at the time) and seeing one of these 707 taxying to the holding point. I was clear to land, and, at the exact moment I touched down, I heard the tower angrily shouting at me, really shouting, « expedite vacating! ». I was almost airborne again rushing to the 1st exit, and I was barely out of the runway when that gigantic 707 (compared to my horse) came rushing and screaming all hell just behind me, shaking my poor C152. These things were so loud! And smoky! But what a sight it was! Ostend Airport, for some reasons, was about the last European airport to allow these noisy smelly thirsty yet beautiful airplanes well into the 2000’s.
i bet you floated a lot and took a longer time to touch down, then stayed on runway too long. Seen that on my airline pilot days. Wait for that guy to stop floating and land.. LOL..
The DC 8 will always be my favorite type of jet aircraft and I was lucky to have flown on one of them with KLM Airlines from Miami to St Marteen.
Back in late 70's I was lucky to get to ride in the jump seat on take off from Papeete with UTA dc-8.
The sound of those engines when the pilot applied full throttle just blew me away. Never forget that sound was so cool🤟🤟.
My father was a captain over this 707 Victor Zulu for Air Memphis
I have been over this beautiful airplane many times
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Beautiful old days
ATI flew cargo from Baltimore to Greenland using DC-8’s back in the early ‘90’s. Loved the roar and whine from those old smokers.
I also worked for ATI back in the 90s as a flight mechanic and remember the JT-3D giving very few problems.
Just service them with oil. Very reliable engines.
I work with ATI now on their 767-300ER’s. They run the GE CF6 and they smoke like a chimney on start-up. The colder it is the more they smoke.
I worked for ATI back in the 90's as well. Did plenty of B-checks all around the US, maintained the -63's at first and then the United -71 with CFM56.
Glad ATI is still going strong.
Boeing fan for years and remain one even thru they're troubles
LIKEWISE , btw nice Americana classic car ! , CLASSICS RULE !
When Boeing built great aircraft. Unfortunately, the bean-counters (who seem to think they know best;) have made the engineer's job's redundant... hence the piss-poor quality being churned out just to satisfy the share-holders. I'll stick to Airbus.
@@dezzadiggler3693 That can be said about a great many things these days I'm afraid .
That's how I remember pretty much all of the airliners. Noisy and smokey but what great airliners. Flew on the Super 63 a few times with TIA, and the B-707 once on Condor. Wide bodies after that.
Flew on DL DC8-61 TPA - ATL & TW B707 TPA - MIA .
Worked as ramper, B707's, DC8's, CV 880's & CV 990's. Caravelle's. Numerous turboprops , all in the 80's & 90's.
Crappy pay, hard work &, hearing loss , BUT WORTH IT, EVERY MOMENT!!!
Happy i flew on a DC8 back in the day.Just wonderful.
Love these old jets. Great videos.
Well taken care of jets, that 707 was actually shiny! Didn't smoke too bad either. Had the privilege to fly in them all including the stretch version Super DC8. Good to see em flying again.
It's fantastic.....they look like they just rise straight vertically into the air....from a tail view and the smokin....love that and jet fuel smell..... Thanks for the post of good times.
Beautiful piece of machinery.
Love the sound of those NON HUSHKITTED ENGINES! True jet engine sound! Tell Rolls Royce and & GE they can their "quieter" engines! Love the exhaust too!
These are awesome planes, and I love the pilots who learn and love to fly them.
I had the pleasure of flying on several 707's with Air Zimbabwe from Harare to Victoria falls whilst cabin crew for British Airways. We'd do a 15 day trip with 5 days off in Harare then a night stop to Cape Town or Durban ( on sea 😁) and back to Harare for another 5 days off then home. Magnificent aircraft, almost always empty and you could see the vapour from Victoria falls on the way up. Good times in the 80's and 90's
J'ai voyagé au bord de ce magnifique avion au moins une fois par an de 1976 jusqu'a la fin des années 80.
I remember the last time a flew with the 707-123 G-BHOX. It was 1984 Amsterdam - Malta with Air Malta! Unforgettable! The flight attendant asked me to come to sit in the firstclass area as there was plenty of room!
Grandioso ver los 4 motores bajo las alas. Gracias por compartirlo..
Wow! As someone who worked for Flying Tigers back in the hay day of theDC 8 this really makes me happy.
707 and DC-8, people had strong favoritism for either. I worked with both at Seaboard World at JFK and I found both really great aircrafts. Then we got the 747 freighter , you couldn,t top that.
Beautiful ships I was 9 years old when I flew a super DC9
Beautiful and rich sounds to my ears
The DC8s were a bit smokey, but they were grandgirls. Bouncing along in a tropical storm to Papeete was always a hoot, knowing the Maeva Beach pool and a good croissant were there in the morning.
My first ever flight was on a Scanair DC-8 Super 63, Oslo-Lanzarote in the summer of 1985. The return flight was on the last DC-8 ever built, SE-DBL Bodil Viking. Fantastic memory and aircraft.
When I was a kid we flew back and forth from Canada to Ireland on both of these aircraft... They seemed so much bigger when I was 6yrs old!!
A part of my soul was on that jet! the louder the smokier ..... THE BETTER!!!!!
ahhh flying in the 60s.rode in both those plains. Plus, the 727, still get a warm fuzzy feeling. When flying was more comfortable.
Four JT3D's going full throttle always brings to mind the game Hungry Hungry Hippos.
DC-8 and Convair 880 are two of the most beautiful four engine airliners ever built by anyone!!
classic jets ruled and still rule my world
Both are just beautiful
First aircraft I ever worked on, 707-320, with JT3D. Still my fav 40 years later.
Great planes!!! Thank goodness That I had a chance to see some of the later 'stretch' type DC-8's come into the UAL MOC at SFO after I arrived there in late '86... Those planes were re-engined with the CFM56 Snecma's... Some of the most reliable planes for passenger transport service ever, were these early jets... They did have some problems, but those issues were identified & repaired, not long after they were discovered...
Great planes....
Hear those mighty engins roar. See the silver bird on high 😊
OH YEAH LOVE LOVE THE SMOKE POWERFUL AND BACK. GO FOR IT
The 707 is still the most glamorous of jets . That tail! So iconic. But it MUST have the early engines. Bigger engines spoil the proportions.
DC 8 came close but Coronado next nicest.
But the Super VC 10 is the most graceful. Ever.
I recall flying as a passenger on both Pan Am and Olympic airways Boeing 707's way back when.Leg room was certainly better.!.
Ahhhh, the romance and effectiveness of the classic rotating beacon. WOW!
I never got to fly on a 707 but I did get to fly on Delta’s last stretch DC-8. Those were the days when you could fly a 3-4 engine plane on a two hour domestic flight. There are many times I flew on an L-1011 from Atlanta to Orlando or Miami. In hindsight, it really didn’t make sense to fly those behemoths on such short legs, but it sure was nice.
I flew on L-1011s LGA-MIA when Eastern was still operating, 1987-early 1988. It had a particular, specific onboard hum at takeoff unlike any other aircraft. Doubt there is a single one flying.
@@donnafromnyc definitely a distinct sound and the overhead compartments rattled a lot during takeoff!
Oh yes they did!
@@donnafromnycLook up Stargazer! It’s the last airworthy L10 used for missile launches. It’s been months since it’s flown though.
I Love it I Love it and yes this was my Era and I just love that loud engine noise back in the days !! The DC 8 was the people hauler from the 60/70,s !! Great video clip thanks a lot !!
The “Golden Age” of jet air travel! I remember watching them fly into and out of Toledo Express Airport, when I was young. That was when you could go outside on the terminal roof and watch! It’s been a few years ago.😉😄
You could do that in Miami too.
I was born in Toledo and Rene Dr that airport…Klinger…go Mudhens!
....what a wonderful sound. Used to remember Northwest 720Bs and 707-320s as well as United DC-8s flying out of MKE.
I flew on both ..BWIA 707 and Air Canada DC8..days of no fighting on board .when people dressed properly and behaved civilly to each other in the air and on the ground...Bye bye to the good old days
That stab was trimmed up to the stops it looks like on that air memphis x)
You're right, they still sound great!
No question, the 707 was a beauty.
I was able fly in 707s a few times, but only once in the DC8.
Love the beacon lights on the 707!. But wow, engines can make you, deft.
Such a beautiful airplane!
just the best looking jet air liner ever....
On the 707...full flaps and bucket reversers...beautiful!
These are the Classics, they don't make them like this anymore!
Regrettably I never been on the DC-8 but I flew the 707 the last time flying from Rome to Nairobi in late 1979. It has always been a cool airplane for me...
O my, those wonderful "BG" years ,(Before Greta). I know how selfish I am, loved the Caravelle, Comet, DC-8
and the Convair Coronado. A bit later the VC-10 and all the noise makers from the USSR.
It was music in my little selfish Dutch ears, it still is. However my ears are much bigger, I guess god did that to
make us old guys be able to hear Teslas sneaking up on us.
Bedankt Patrick, een geweldige Video.
time machine would be nice 🙃 , most welcome , glorious times , superb engineering , brilliant minds , is different today and disappointing !
Now that's how a jet airliner is supposed to sound! I'm so lucky to have flown on a 707 at least once. Saw them and and the DC-8 many times, but never got to fly on them.
We still get the occasional JStars shooting touch and goes at the Air Reserve base a couple of miles from my house. JStars are basically late model 707's fitted with all sorts of electronics including side looking radar. And the standard TF33 screamers. We're close to the final approach path and the JStars coming over at 800' make the dogs howl. Funny stuff unless it is 1:00 in the morning. ;-)
“Leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again” These big old smoky birds was what that song was all about.
The first jet I flew in was a Boeing 707-320B LAX/FRA 1969 with World Airways