Plane spotting is just not the same today. I remember seeing so many incredible planes as a child in the 90’s. I had a relative who lived near SFO and whenever I’d go visit, I loved sitting outside and watching all the wide bodies take off and pass over. The classic 747’s (100’s and 200’s) were my favorite. After awhile, I could distinguish an aircraft sound alone.
I'm Italian..I remember my first vacation in L.A. back in 1991..I was 11 y.o...we stayed at the Hilton the first night,I couldn't sleep because of the jet lag..I've spent the whole night watching planes landing at Lax ..it was incredible..
@@auerstadt06so unfortunate, they had to dump before getting a final to Halifax, and they ran out of time, they flew to the very end-crew fought all the way
I’m from Houston and we always used to connect in LAX when flying to Asia back in the 90s. Sure IAH was big and had international flights but the feeling of seeing all these wide bodies with their own livery paired with hearing different languages really made it feel like you were going out into the world.
Awesome footage. 30 years ago, incredible. What a great catch as well the brand new American A300-600R in the background when they were painted grey and flew to LAX, ORD and DFW. Had a lot of composites so they couldn't figure out how to put the classic AA chrome finish on them until a couple years after this was recorded. So much variety back in the day. Trijets, Boeing, Douglas' and a handful of Airbuses and other European makes like BAe, Saab etc. The 50s and 60s were more glamorous but the 80s and 90s for me was the peak of interesting jets and variety.
At 16:07, this same United B757, N502UA is departing SFO to BOS... today (August 10, 2019) at 13:10. As of today - this aircraft has been used by United for 29 years and 10+ months. Her first flight was on August 30th, 1989. It was delivered to United on September 14th, 1989. Hat’s off to all of the engineers, mechanics... and pilots that made this possible.
I was a United Airlines Service Director in the 90’s and spent a lot of time training at LAX and virtually lived at the Sheraton La Reina. I would spend most of my free time plane spotting on Sandpiper Rd. It’s a bummer they shut it down.
Amazing! It must've taken real dedication to be a planespotter back then pre-internet. And, I agree with other commenters, the planes looked so much more majestic back then. Unfortunately, so was the smog.
How I wish I could have had a camera in these days. I may have been a teen but they thats fine. I love your old spotting videos. And that you mentioned avgeek stuff like tail numbers and liveries. Nice.
Michael W I miss those days. My grandpa worked for Boeing so he’d always take me to the airport and teach me about planes. I feel bad for the kids now who can’t do that.
There are a couple of spots arround El Dorado where you can plane spot quite well. it's outside of the airport ad the police does patrols, so it's relatively safe
Great video man! I visited California in 1994 and flew in/out of LAX. Never seen much airside action. So it's nice to see what was happening back then. It's great seeing all the heavies and then a small prop in amongst them :D
All of those DC10 and MD-11 passenger jetliners were a lot more common back then. Now, sadly, they are pretty much about extinct, unfortunately, along with the L-1011. I flew on one North West Airlines DC10 from San Fran to Detroit, and a few times each on a Delta L-1011 (ATL-TPA) and on an MD-11 (R/T ATL-LGW and R/T ATL-NRT). I'm so glad I got the chance to fly on those classic historic jets. I even flew on a Continental Airbus A300 one time from TPA to EWR. I flew on a part of history. It's a shame I missed out and blew my chance on the Boeing 707 and DC 8 though. I dilly dallied around and missed the opportunity.
Fun fact: The Swissair MD-11 at 9:40 has the callsign "HB-IWF" (9:49); Which is the same MD-11 involved in the Swissair 111 incident. It crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 229 passengers onboard.
Moy Boone - stayed at my Uncle’s house W90th st (north of LAX), I could lie in bed with the (soundproof) window cracked, and clearly hear the spin up and thrust of most heavies departing towards the ocean from the SOUTH runways! Yes, they got more quiet, but they are still not quiet. I do not care, however, as this is my favorite noise in the world!!!
wooooooow what a wonderful movie ! today y can only see 787, 380, T73/ER and A350 and other mordern stuff at LAX but that is classic aviation to it`s best !
Usually I would be against talking during the spotting video, but man the commentary and regs was pretty cool! Really enjoyed this video thanks for posting!
Yeah some years ago someone was like 'just shut up already' in a comment. It's not like in the 90s I knew I'd be uploading videos for public consumption twenty years hence.
That area from 11:50 to 15:00 Sandpiper St. Really miss that spot. Still mad they blocked it off after 9/11. It was amazing for catching arrivals to 6L on those rare days when it happened.
desde colombia que hermoso video simplemente espectacular grasias por desempovar los clasicos que lindo que es recodar porque es vivir dios los vendiga.
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When I was a kid I thought Korean air was Pepsi plane and Swiss Air was medical Red Cross...lol
Same 🤣🤣
and I thought Alaska Airlines had Abraham Lincoln on vertical stabilizers... and I never understood what connected him with Alaska, particularly :))
a tip: you can watch series at flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Jeremias Miguel Definitely, I've been using Flixzone for since november myself =)
@Jeremias Miguel Yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself :D
My gosh, such a golden memory of how full of 747 LAX was once. Beautiful
Plane spotting is just not the same today. I remember seeing so many incredible planes as a child in the 90’s. I had a relative who lived near SFO and whenever I’d go visit, I loved sitting outside and watching all the wide bodies take off and pass over. The classic 747’s (100’s and 200’s) were my favorite. After awhile, I could distinguish an aircraft sound alone.
Look how many 747's existed back then. I wish they were back as passenger service planes again and not just cargo
Planespotting was better back then with variety and this guy gives information on flights!
Before Flight Radar 24, AWESOME job!!
Glad you enjoyed it
@@aeromoe yeah I subd.
Good for a VHS transfer.
Such variety with liveries and airliner types.
65 to late 70s was epic.
It sucks now
I'm Italian..I remember my first vacation in L.A. back in 1991..I was 11 y.o...we stayed at the Hilton the first night,I couldn't sleep because of the jet lag..I've spent the whole night watching planes landing at Lax ..it was incredible..
This is just amazing. To see so many airliners back then compared to today. It is almost as if the 1990s were the best times for all those companies.
A lot of them merged.
proud to see Singapore Airlines never changed their Livery and still look good at nowadays
27 years ago, damn depressing how fast time flies. Honolulu and LAX my two fav airports.
Wow that was the MD-11 flight 111 that crashed in 1998, incredible video priceless thanks for sharing.
yes it is. :-(
Just noticed that myself.
@@auerstadt06so unfortunate, they had to dump before getting a final to Halifax, and they ran out of time, they flew to the very end-crew fought all the way
I'm 14 and i wish i could see some of these livery's they are so much better than the ones now.
I was 10 when this was filmed... dude it was awesome.
@@keithmora3708 I was 5 months old.
It's all about saving $$$.
The glorious days when 747s were everywhere on long-haul. And MD-11s; how nice the Korean Air one looks. And a gorgeous Delta TriStar.
Couldn't agree more!
@@aeromoe And when there were still Boeing classics like the 737-200s, 727-200s (and 727-100s) still flying.
ETOPS 180 hadn't come in yet and when it did, airlines didn't need the tris and quads anymore
NZ needs to bring back a retro livery, that teal and navy blue looked so nice!
UA needs to bring back the battleship.
I know, they’re all so beautiful. Wish they were still around. A retro livery would be nice to see.
I’m from Houston and we always used to connect in LAX when flying to Asia back in the 90s. Sure IAH was big and had international flights but the feeling of seeing all these wide bodies with their own livery paired with hearing different languages really made it feel like you were going out into the world.
Ahhh, what nostalgia. Back in the good ole days of Trijets.
Ahhh... the good old days. A sky full of 747s.
8:14 Avianca 752 in the thumbnail
9:51 HB-IWF... the aircraft involved in Swissair 111 😭
:-(
Holy shit, it actually is exactly that plane. Eerie to watch
That's creepy
Aviation Spirit damn
Is it that one which crashed near Halifax
These planes are so graceful
Awesome footage. 30 years ago, incredible. What a great catch as well the brand new American A300-600R in the background when they were painted grey and flew to LAX, ORD and DFW. Had a lot of composites so they couldn't figure out how to put the classic AA chrome finish on them until a couple years after this was recorded. So much variety back in the day. Trijets, Boeing, Douglas' and a handful of Airbuses and other European makes like BAe, Saab etc. The 50s and 60s were more glamorous but the 80s and 90s for me was the peak of interesting jets and variety.
9:45 this Swissair MD-11 crash on the atlantic ocean in 1998 with 229 kills :'(
Back then you go in the terminals and plane watch all day for free. No boarding passes, TSA, and no chicken hawking.
Yep, right up until 911.
Yes and if you were flying they let you say good bye at the gate or Walk in tarmac
When I was a kid I would go to the gates and plane watch. They let me board a delta DC-9 and the pilots showed me the cockpit. I miss those days.
all that's out the window now
Chicken hawking?
At 16:07, this same United B757, N502UA is departing SFO to BOS... today (August 10, 2019) at 13:10. As of today - this aircraft has been used by United for 29 years and 10+ months. Her first flight was on August 30th, 1989. It was delivered to United on September 14th, 1989. Hat’s off to all of the engineers, mechanics... and pilots that made this possible.
The 757 was ahead of it’s time and Boeing is taking forever on the 797. 757s will probably be in the air for 40 years.
Thanks for share.
Priceless footage!!
Seeing all those American DC-10s brings my childhood back. I would always fly one to Boston every other summer.
Amazing video. Thanks for share!
I was a United Airlines Service Director in the 90’s and spent a lot of time training at LAX and virtually lived at the Sheraton La Reina. I would spend most of my free time plane spotting on Sandpiper Rd. It’s a bummer they shut it down.
Would love to live back in the 1990s again.....No mobiles, Windows ran DOS, things were so much cooler back then.......I was 15 when this was recorded
I was borned on the day
Same I was born October 93 and I feel like the world peaked in the 90s and then it stared to decline slowly then rapidly in the 2010s
Was so spoiled growing up in the 90s with the variety back then...trijets
8:15 - 9:11 Boeing 757-200 Avianca Colombia. Beautiful !!!
Wow, the variety back then! Thank you for posting this. My heart is happy!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing! It must've taken real dedication to be a planespotter back then pre-internet. And, I agree with other commenters, the planes looked so much more majestic back then. Unfortunately, so was the smog.
Those DC 10, MD 11, L 1011, AND B747 they were real good ones .... Airbus they never beat me..
How I wish I could have had a camera in these days. I may have been a teen but they thats fine. I love your old spotting videos. And that you mentioned avgeek stuff like tail numbers and liveries. Nice.
09:31 HB-IWF "Vaud" was the aircraft that crashed five years later on September 1st, 1998 at Peggy's Cove flying SR111.
Air travel was so much better back then. Free meals, no cost for overweight luggage, you felt safe, and heck, the times were better too.
Ahh the classic's...those were the good 'ole days. Great job on the vid, I really enjoyed it ;-)
So sad that most of the 747s have been retired. She was the queen of the skies.
Miss all the Boeing 747’s and MD’s
Oh pre 9/11 before all the foolishness and high security. If you wanted to go hang out at the airport for the day it was a date.. Miss the 90s..
Michael W I miss those days. My grandpa worked for Boeing so he’d always take me to the airport and teach me about planes. I feel bad for the kids now who can’t do that.
You can still do that. I go to LAX for plane watching all the time. In fact, I go right to the same parking lot where this was filmed.
Martin Kuhn LoL
There are a couple of spots arround El Dorado where you can plane spot quite well. it's outside of the airport ad the police does patrols, so it's relatively safe
Theres the In N Out spot which gets you REALLY close to the planes. Even closer than where they shot this.
Great video nice collection of DC-10 l-1011 action really like the Delta
md-11 and the United 747sp!!
Great video man! I visited California in 1994 and flew in/out of LAX. Never seen much airside action. So it's nice to see what was happening back then. It's great seeing all the heavies and then a small prop in amongst them :D
Excellent footage!
Damn, the airport looks cool with all the 747s and MD-80s.
My first child’s birthday!! Awesome!!
Was blessed to be a UAL lead ramper from 2011 to 2016 at LAX. Great days and nights!!!
Missing the Tri-star!!!😢
hey it was my 1st birthday too.
This is amazing! Love seeing the old ladies and gents
Great historic footage ! Thanks 👍
It's eerie to watch that Swissair MD-11. No one there would've had any idea that it would be lost with 229 souls not five years later.
@Derya Baygan-Robinett no thats an md 11. It has winglets. Also look up the registration. That'll always tell what type it is.
Rip
Love this. I was 4 months old at the time, and I lived 30 mins away in Montebello ;).
Hardly a 737 or A32X in sight. And so much variety. What a great time for spotting.
Thank you for posting the video... It brought back good memories...
Ah yes back when United’s battleship grey was the “new colors”
Ahhh yes. The 747s were the dominant plane in the 80a and 90s
Great video sir , lots of information nice commentary , i love olden days thanks for upload. 💖✈
This was recorded on my birthday and I’ve been to lax so many times :)
Not an Airbus in sight. What a beautiful thing.
whats wrong with the Airbus? besides it being a big evil.
Thank you very much for sharing.
The skyline around LAX doesn't look much different than it does today, but planes now vs then are worlds apart.
All of those DC10 and MD-11 passenger jetliners were a lot more common back then. Now, sadly, they are pretty much about extinct, unfortunately, along with the L-1011. I flew on one North West Airlines DC10 from San Fran to Detroit, and a few times each on a Delta L-1011 (ATL-TPA) and on an MD-11 (R/T ATL-LGW and R/T ATL-NRT). I'm so glad I got the chance to fly on those classic historic jets. I even flew on a Continental Airbus A300 one time from TPA to EWR. I flew on a part of history. It's a shame I missed out and blew my chance on the Boeing 707 and DC 8 though. I dilly dallied around and missed the opportunity.
Fun fact: The Swissair MD-11 at 9:40 has the callsign "HB-IWF" (9:49); Which is the same MD-11 involved in the Swissair 111 incident. It crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 229 passengers onboard.
@@Lxmer_nce how is this a fun fact lol
@@ScumBagInFL why are you replying to a comment I made 3 years ago lmfao
Forgot to mention the last 747 is an SP. Great video. Great planes. Old days were good.
Crazy how the battle of the black sea in Mogadishu occurred only earlier in the month and the world keeps moving like this.
Wish ANZ still had their 747s
Was lucky to fly on one
Looks so weird without Airbuses or 777s.
No Airbus is is like no foreign cars. How I wish....Mostly North American frames...
This day it's mostly 747s and DC10s. I surely do miss the 747 and DC10!
All the classics! No low noise engine. Just pure engine sound.
Moy Boone - stayed at my Uncle’s house W90th st (north of LAX), I could lie in bed with the (soundproof) window cracked, and clearly hear the spin up and thrust of most heavies departing towards the ocean from the SOUTH runways! Yes, they got more quiet, but they are still not quiet. I do not care, however, as this is my favorite noise in the world!!!
Just imagine if ‘FlightAware’ was available then??? Heaven!!!
8:15 Avianca
Thank you for sharing
Great video and great commentary.
This is incredibly amazing.
The year i was born......
I was only 2 months old when this was filmed. Pretty cool
I was 23 years old.
I was -9 😭
i was -11
Me was 2 years, recent bday (october 1)
ghostwave 525 I was non existence
wooooooow what a wonderful movie ! today y can only see 787, 380, T73/ER and A350 and other mordern stuff at LAX but that is classic aviation to it`s best !
I love this. I was 11 spotting in Atlanta . I remember Swiss 747 and KLM 747 daily.
Regarding todays traffic,this was aviationporn back in the 90s...great times
16:11 N502ua is still in service as of 2019! She was delivered in September 1989 which I believe makes her United’s oldest active plane.
Sounds like this guy was in his 20s at the time filming these. Nice catch and I love the 1900Cs!
late 20s at the time...yes.
27 years ago unbelievable
Memorable vedeo 1993 after that day I born 23rd October 1993 wow can't beleive 28 years gone.
Good old times with old liveries and planes
Miss the classic Air New Zealand livery
Love the NCA 747 was my favorite plane to spot in San Francisco
It used to depart from SFOS shortest runway as well
Great work just love the United dc10's.
Wow I work at lax so this is beautiful to watch!!
I was living in LA for college at the time and I flew to Chicago for the weekend just the day before!
I was 3 years. Very cool footage really. The Queen of The Skies was soaring high!!
What's sad is all these fabulous planes are gone forever.
8:16
I don't know who designs liveries for Avianca, but all of them are so cool. Even my least favourite Avianca livery, the current one, looks cool.
instant like!this video is bad-ass!great catch!!
Amazing. Yup WAY back in the day we used to fly from Canada to LA to take the United 747 to Honolulu 🥳
Usually I would be against talking during the spotting video, but man the commentary and regs was pretty cool! Really enjoyed this video thanks for posting!
Yeah some years ago someone was like 'just shut up already' in a comment. It's not like in the 90s I knew I'd be uploading videos for public consumption twenty years hence.
16:51 oh man, planes from what would one day become a single airline.
My uncle was being singapore airlines pilot for B744 megatop on those years :))
3:25 B-162 is now one of the Dreamlifters ferrying 787 parts around the world.
I love those classic aircrafts
That area from 11:50 to 15:00 Sandpiper St. Really miss that spot. Still mad they blocked it off after 9/11. It was amazing for catching arrivals to 6L on those rare days when it happened.
Yeah and unfortunately I never spent a lot of time up there.
Vasp 2:32 minutos representando o Brasil em Los Angeles!
Rhoger Lobo Aquela pintura lindaaa
Emocionante
Para melhorar ele ainda diz que é um dos melhores MD-11s decolando em 2:16
Los Angeles x Nagoya!!!
Vasp 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
The Golden Age of flying before 9/11 and now this horrible COVID.
I really love that a300 with the American airlines Chrome livery ❤
Interesting, the 747-400 at 3:24 is now the Dreamlifter
Wow
desde colombia que hermoso video simplemente espectacular grasias por desempovar los clasicos que lindo que es recodar porque es vivir dios los vendiga.
Love seeing ZK-NZW, later G-VBEE, then TF-ATN, then back to G-VBEE on the MAN-MCO route. Used to fuel it several times a week during my time there.
back when liverys were stunning
Love that old United Livery.....
It looks better than it's current one, in my opinion.