They always blame the pilots. If the plane was reported faulty and still flying its Pan ams fault for not taking it out of service for repair. The pilots on this flight did an amazing job by balancing the plane and landing safely. Thank you for posting.
More often that not pilot error is to blame, however in this instance I agree with you. I think the pilots did well to recover, after all there was something wrong with the autopilot and that isn't the pilots fault. At the end of the day they landed the plane safely
While they did a great job of recovering the plane. one pilot should always be monitoring the flight, whether on autopilot or not. The first rule of piloting is to fly the plane, regardless of other duties.
What the captain did here is commonly called a 'critical attitude recovery'. Back in the 70s and 80s when I got my instrument rating and ATP, I practiced a LOT of these. The most common way it to wear a 'hood'. This is a sort of hat that has a very long bill so you can see only the instrument panel even in good weather. The instructor will have you look down so you can't see anything then he will make a bunch of odd turns and changes in attitude resulting in the wings being turned sharply and the nose way up or down. Then he'll tell you to recover. It takes a while to get good at it and you'll get 'rusty' quickly but this captain did exactly as he should have. Obviously, he practiced regularly. Further, he did it without using the artificial horizon (now called the attitude indicator) because the gyro had tumbled. This is much more difficult. The time and effort he put into maintaining his skills paid off.........
If your horizon isn't working, couldn't you drop a small object to the floor? If, instead of what you think is straight down, it goes to the Left or Right walls (or God forbid the ceiling) you've got a very bad problem.
In a coordinated turn, at the force is downward, not to the side. In a plane, during a very steep turn, a glass of water on the floor will not spill at all, it'll stay just as it was during level flight. In a car, it's completely different. Cars cannot do coordinated turns. Critical attitude recovery without the use of the artificial horizon (attitude indicator) is accomplished by using the needle-and-ball (now called a turn coordinator) and airspeed. This instrument has a needle that points straight up and will deflect right of left based on the rate of turn regardless of the position of the wings. it also has a ball in a glass tube (very much like a carpenters level) that is in the center during a coordinated turn and will deflect right or left during a non-coordinated turn. The more modern version of this, called a turn coordinator, has the same ball but the needle part is horizontal and looks like miniature plane wings. The two instruments do the same thing, they just look a bit different.
I love these videos because they give a lay person like me some expert insight into what's gone on, and then in the comments there are other people with expertise such as yourself to give us further insight. Only just discovered this channel and I'm watching 3 or 4 videos a day and reading through the comments too.
RR KNL wow, thanks for the input. I was impressed by the captains skills after watching this, (horrified ) and I'm even more impressed now after reading your statement on it. :)
Nice to see a video where the pilots recovered from a near disaster and everyone survived. I'd be interested in seeing more videos of close calls when pilots, ATC or others averted disaster with just seconds remaining -- and any information on what poor passengers felt and experienced (frequent but still bare knuckled flier here).
@@Indoman_71 Well 🤔...That works too 😂 Although, I really like my interpretation better! I guess it really boils down to did ya have the beef, or fish for dinner! 💩
I'm sure that you, like most people, are more resilient than you give credit for. We're adaptable, sometimes too much for our own good (e.g., when we settle for the status quo).
don cahooti / The town of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, is the easternmost airport on the American side of the North Atlantic tracks, it was originally used as a refueling stop for transatlantic flights, but is now used as a radar station to guide planes out as far as possible.
"Captain set the throttles to idle" followed shortly by "the plane entered a steep climb" had me absolutely sure this was going to end in a stall & crash. Glad they made it. Sucks the pilot got blamed for "not monitoring the progress of the flight" despite that literally being what he was doing when this happened. WTF? This was clearly a maintenance error all the way around in terms of the auto-pilot malfunctioning twice and not being replaced. Then the autopilot light dimming sounds like a design flaw. I get that it's important for lights to dim in the cockpit in certain conditions, but having any light (let alone on a critical system) capable of being dimmed to the point it no longer visibly illuminates is insane.
During a dive, idling the engines is vital, I just assume that he restored power once they had leveled off and lost excess speed. However, what you said would have been true if the pilot had panicked and not taken everything into account. These days, all crew members feel free to advise the captain if they feel that he has overlooked something. This is far safer than the days when no one would have helped or advised once he was in control.
+Al Grayson. Any pilot would get his ass kicked out (probably permanently) if he ignored an ATC order not to take off. The advice varies considerably. Due to state of the art ground radar, airports such as Heathrow can operate in poor visibility, but it is still the responsibility of the pilot to feel happy that his navigation equipment can cope and he feels confident to take off.
I felt so panicked when the instrument lights went black and the artificial horizon was spinning uselessly. No idea how that pilot had the presence of mind to get his bearings and keep flying. I’d be trying not to faint.
As soon as the words ' the plane entered a steep climb ' appear on screen I always stop and say a silent prayer. Then , filled with dread , carry on watching.
@@Bob31415 No, "steep climb" is often followed by an unrecoverable stall and death spiral. But these pilots did not make the mistake of keeping the yoke pulled back too long.
Nice video as always Alex. Well documented and very clear animations. I like the way the pilots used the stars (the old-fashioned way) to determine which way the plane was rolling.
Wow this would've been intense. Glad they were able to recover the plane. Seeing incidents like this going as far back as the 50s shows us the kinds of problems aircrafts were having at that time, and makes me realize where we are now :) Thanks for uploading.
@@CableReadyTechnoSIut All the time in the 60s, certainly not these days. Some companies like Qantas never experienced any deadly crash depite a very long history.
This was a very tense video for me. When I saw the altimeter hit 8,500 feet (and still dropping quite quickly), my stomach felt like it had started to crawl up towards my throat. When it hit 6,000 feet I thought, "No, that's the end of it, it's over, they can't possibly recover now". But skilled airmanship resulted in an amazing recovery. Great work Allec, this one really got me going!
"Despite this, the CAB could not determine the actual cause of why the auropilot disengaged." Uhhh. maybe because the Bendix autopilot was a piece of junk? Stop blaming the flight crew every time!
I flew this particular A/C in the 80's for a cargo outfit out of MIA. I do remember reading in the Tech Log NOT to couple the AP with the OMEGA nav system due to a very similar problem. Apparently they never got it worked out.
I just realized that this happened on the same day (February 3, 1959), when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash. That occurred earlier in the day, after midnight. I'm glad everyone on this flight made it safe.
Yes, and TV actress Susan Oliver was on this flight. She developed a severe fear of flying after this incident - who could blame her? But after being treated by hypnosis to overcome it, she actually became a pilot herself.
If one pilot leaves, .... and one pilot is left, you better believe the pilot that is left should not be doing paperwork and leave the instruments unattended.
Sadly, this wouldn't be the end of a serious problem regarding a Boeing 707 and the automatic pilot system. In brief, on March 1, 1962 an American Airlines 707 took off from Idlewild (now JFK) airport in New York bound for Los Angeles (it was their then famous flight # 1). The American Airlines 707 lifted off and a "faulty command" (to the rudder) from the auto-pilot system caused the plane to sharply bank and crash into a swamp just two minutes after take-off - killing all 95 souls aboard. This 1962 accident was the fifth deadly accident involving a 707 and at the time the most deadly. There were several notable people on that flight - including the mother of Linda Eastman, who some years later would marry (Beatle) Paul McCartney. Linda (who passed on in 1998) would later say that she never enjoyed flying given what had happened to her mother (and who could blame her?) Anyway, thanks for the fascinating post and it's great to see some of these stories turn out so well. The pilot of PA #115 luckily had several thousands of feet under his craft and thus had "the space" in which to regain control.
Al Grayson there was an AWACS (B707) leaving gander I believe , but on climbout a flock of CANADA GEESE plumbed all its engines, sadly there were several civilian contractors aboard , along with the crew don’t recall what year. from Maplewood NJ
With a title like this, I thought for sureski this plane was doomed!! You tricked me Allec, but in a good way 😃 Great production as always and thank God everyone onboard survived 🙏🏻💜
WOW! Great job by the Captain to remain calm and put the plane back to the wings level position. It's always good to see a successful recovery and everyone survives. Thanks for posting.
@@ernestkovach3305 It must have been fucking expensive to fly as far back as 1959. Only senior managers and high rank military, politicians and salesmen could afford to fly in a jet (the highest technology ever and a novelty back then) at least until the late sixties.
Thank you for the video. At least no one was injured and all survived. I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. Very well done, I hardily applaud you!
I hope these pilots got a recognition award for the tireless hardworking excellent job they did regaining steady control of the plane that saved their lives and the passengers and flight crew that easily could’ve had them all perish. Magnificent job by the pilots
Magnificent job indeed! Those pilots of yesteryear were true men of courage and capable of manual flight ✈️ mainly truly trained WW2 professionals not totally reliant on today's "fly by wire" technology,as today's pilots increasingly have become. 707s,727s,MD80s,DC10s...this is where REAL flying took place! Today's aviators rely on their laptops and instrument panel screens..touch-pad flying. Valiant men such as those in command of this Pan Am flight that day,will never be replaced!
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Watching 2020...Once at the end of May we took a ferry from Bar Harbor Maine to Nova Scotia. Our car was below deck. For about 6 hours the ferry was rolling from starboard to port. My hubs and I were lying on a bench and could see the water each time when the ferry rolled. I refused to return on the ferry. We drove thru Nova Scotia and then back down into Maine. Only saying since I could see how crazy it was on the water. I just cant imagine in a plane. "Everyone survived" gave me the chills as it could have ended terribly.
Well done to the pilots and crew for recovering that scary situation with no loss of life. I felt pretty sickened watching the altitude dropping so quickly
This incident is a new one to me. This is where pilots show why they’re considered so highly. Pulling that jet out of a death-dive must have seemed miraculous! Awesome video Allec...as always. The
Can you do the one where a wife and husband were in a plane and the husband (pilot) died and his wife (80 y/o) had to land the plane with no experience
Captain Lynch was selected to fly Pan Am's inaugural non-stop New York to Paris flight just four months before this flight, and later became a top vice president at Pan Am. He was obviously an accomplished -- and highly regarded -- pilot, and he certainly lived up to that on this flight.
I do recall this incident, after landing and inspection THIS AIRCRAFT now had A FEW DEGREES DIHEDRAL, ON ITS WINGS, which presented no problem, , things can happen really happen quite fast Cheers 🇨🇦🇺🇸
whyistomatoafruit , actually, the 707 was tougher than nails. When the plane was first being introduced a test pilot did a full 360 roll in one. When he got the plane back on the ground he was being questioned for the stunt. His remark went something like, "I was selling airplanes!". I don't know of any modern commercial aircraft today that could do that and not loose it's wings. www.avgeekery.com/fbf-day-tex-johnson-rolled-boeing-707-jetliner/
My Aunt was a stewardess for PanAm for about a decade in the early 1960s to early 1970s. That took her all over the world. I lost my dear Aunt in early 2012 at age 79. She truly loved flying (despite the stresses of the job).
Quite interesting to look at a re-creation of an old-school transoceanic flight, with minimal black boxes, and simple RDF and Loran for navigation. I'm lucky to be old enough to remember these beautiful Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s in service, and the screaming of those Pratt & Whitney turbojets on takeoff, that would shake the terminal area.
Damn! This was almost 60 years ago! That was a pretty close call! Must've been real scary for the passengers on that plane. I'm glad they all made it had it not been for the pilots.
This is the first time I have heard about this and I am sure the Captain has passed away by now. I truly hope that someone at Pan Am and Boeing has erected a huge recognition monument of the captain for saving everyone on the planes life. It is hard to grasp what he was able to do in such a short length of time in the dark. Awesome Job Captain
The B-707 is my favorite aircraft to fly in my flight sim. I have a really good rendering of it and every switch works. Very complex. I like to do the old Tex Johnson barrel roll over Seattle.
I was certain passengers and crew were doomed. The calm, poise, and skill the captain displayed in the face of near-certain death and calamity is truly astounding. In my book, Captain Lynch is an aviation legend.
The beautiful and most talented Susan Oliver was on this flight.She most rembered as Vina from the pilot of Star Trek. As as result of this flight as ultimately became a pilot and flew a same single engine plane from New York to Scotland trying to make her way to Russia in 1967. God be with always Susan!
Captain to navigator, 'hold my beer', 'i mean my seat'. The Boeing 707/ 121, was a beautiful aircraft. Great job all round. Anything 'Auto', scares the pants off me.
Very nice job, Allec. Good to see an incident where everyone survives. If those dwebes in the cockpit (5 of them!) had been watching their artificial horizon, they'd have never gotten into that whole mess. Indeed, always keep an eye on your instruments. They were too busy screwing around w the weather and charts to just -fly the plane-. Loss of spatial orientation just about got them, too...
Anyone else's heartrate here start to steadily increase when the plane was getting ready to invert along with the quickly decreasing altitude? lol Holy crap! I really liked the videos that DO that to me AND this was even better because everyone survived!👍🏻 Although I'm curious as to whether anyone was injured.🤔 Awesome video, great job!!
Captain Lynch is a Rock Star...returning to the cockpit and stabilizing the plane to land safely, brilliant 👏🏽
They always blame the pilots. If the plane was reported faulty and still flying its Pan ams fault for not taking it out of service for repair. The pilots on this flight did an amazing job by balancing the plane and landing safely. Thank you for posting.
More often that not pilot error is to blame, however in this instance I agree with you. I think the pilots did well to recover, after all there was something wrong with the autopilot and that isn't the pilots fault. At the end of the day they landed the plane safely
While they did a great job of recovering the plane. one pilot should always be monitoring the flight, whether on autopilot or not. The first rule of piloting is to fly the plane, regardless of other duties.
John Didsbury Yes that is correct but surely it is a rule of maintenance to not send out planes that have something wrong with them
great job by the pilots!
I concur 100%
What the captain did here is commonly called a 'critical attitude recovery'.
Back in the 70s and 80s when I got my instrument rating and ATP, I practiced a LOT of these.
The most common way it to wear a 'hood'. This is a sort of hat that has a very long bill so you can see only the instrument panel even in good weather. The instructor will have you look down so you can't see anything then he will make a bunch of odd turns and changes in attitude resulting in the wings being turned sharply and the nose way up or down.
Then he'll tell you to recover.
It takes a while to get good at it and you'll get 'rusty' quickly but this captain did exactly as he should have. Obviously, he practiced regularly.
Further, he did it without using the artificial horizon (now called the attitude indicator) because the gyro had tumbled. This is much more difficult.
The time and effort he put into maintaining his skills paid off.........
If your horizon isn't working, couldn't you drop a small object to the floor? If, instead of what you think is straight down, it goes to the Left or Right walls (or God forbid the ceiling) you've got a very bad problem.
In a coordinated turn, at the force is downward, not to the side.
In a plane, during a very steep turn, a glass of water on the floor will not spill at all, it'll stay just as it was during level flight. In a car, it's completely different. Cars cannot do coordinated turns.
Critical attitude recovery without the use of the artificial horizon (attitude indicator) is accomplished by using the needle-and-ball (now called a turn coordinator) and airspeed.
This instrument has a needle that points straight up and will deflect right of left based on the rate of turn regardless of the position of the wings. it also has a ball in a glass tube (very much like a carpenters level) that is in the center during a coordinated turn and will deflect right or left during a non-coordinated turn.
The more modern version of this, called a turn coordinator, has the same ball but the needle part is horizontal and looks like miniature plane wings. The two instruments do the same thing, they just look a bit different.
I love these videos because they give a lay person like me some expert insight into what's gone on, and then in the comments there are other people with expertise such as yourself to give us further insight. Only just discovered this channel and I'm watching 3 or 4 videos a day and reading through the comments too.
RR KNL wow, thanks for the input. I was impressed by the captains skills after watching this, (horrified ) and I'm even more impressed now after reading your statement on it. :)
Given the date of the incident, probably a good guess that Capt. Lynch had been a WWII or Korean War pilot and had training for such recoveries.
Nice to see a video where the pilots recovered from a near disaster and everyone survived.
I'd be interested in seeing more videos of close calls when pilots, ATC or others averted disaster with just seconds remaining -- and any information on what poor passengers felt and experienced (frequent but still bare knuckled flier here).
Frederick Kiel hmmm ok Wes whip
Frederick Kiel Don't you mean white-knuckled? Bare-knuckled implies you fly without boxing gloves on! 😆
Yeah, "white knuckled." Thanks/
Where’s Waldo?
By the way, “Atlantic Plunge” was the least popular cocktail offered in the 707’s lounge.
really
I wonder why
'Atlantic Plunge" 🤔...Hmm, sounds like something on the to-do list for the members of The Mile-High Club 😉
@@Slinger43 Or maybe that trip to the bathroom after dinner.
@@Indoman_71 Well 🤔...That works too 😂
Although, I really like my interpretation better! I guess it really boils down to did ya have the beef, or fish for dinner! 💩
The passengers must have been screaming their heads off. Imagine all those Gs as the plane was rolling down. Holly crap.
If it had been me, I'd probably be scarred for life.
Some people like roller coasters and are willing to do it again.
Fly Pan Am, Bro! 😂
I'm sure that you, like most people, are more resilient than you give credit for. We're adaptable, sometimes too much for our own good (e.g., when we settle for the status quo).
@@duartesimoes508 Pan Am is not around no more and hasn't been aroun in Decades
I would like to see more close calls or near disasters. These are more uplifting.
apparently you haven't looked at many other of Alec's videos. There are PLENTY of close calls and near disasters. AND disasters.
Yes very "Uplifting" someone thinks their dying.
Why do u need plane crash videos to be uplifting
Where the heck is Gander ?
don cahooti / The town of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, is the easternmost airport on the American side of the North Atlantic tracks, it was originally used as a refueling stop for transatlantic flights, but is now used as a radar station to guide planes out as far as possible.
"Captain set the throttles to idle" followed shortly by "the plane entered a steep climb" had me absolutely sure this was going to end in a stall & crash. Glad they made it.
Sucks the pilot got blamed for "not monitoring the progress of the flight" despite that literally being what he was doing when this happened. WTF? This was clearly a maintenance error all the way around in terms of the auto-pilot malfunctioning twice and not being replaced. Then the autopilot light dimming sounds like a design flaw. I get that it's important for lights to dim in the cockpit in certain conditions, but having any light (let alone on a critical system) capable of being dimmed to the point it no longer visibly illuminates is insane.
Hahah me too, those were my thoughts exactly.
Me too, there was no "power back up"....so I was waiting for an unrecoverable stall at 10k. whew!
During a dive, idling the engines is vital, I just assume that he restored power once they had leveled off and lost excess speed.
However, what you said would have been true if the pilot had panicked and not taken everything into account.
These days, all crew members feel free to advise the captain if they feel that he has overlooked something. This is far safer than the days when no one would have helped or advised once he was in control.
The pilot wasn't monitoring the aircraft's attitude and speed. Job one.
+Al Grayson. Any pilot would get his ass kicked out (probably permanently) if he ignored an ATC order not to take off. The advice varies considerably. Due to state of the art ground radar, airports such as Heathrow can operate in poor visibility, but it is still the responsibility of the pilot to feel happy that his navigation equipment can cope and he feels confident to take off.
I’m always so relieved when there’s no crash or injuries at the end. I let out a little cheer each time. These videos are exhausting!
They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let em crash
@@chewyismycopilot788 This must be sarcasm right
I felt so panicked when the instrument lights went black and the artificial horizon was spinning uselessly. No idea how that pilot had the presence of mind to get his bearings and keep flying. I’d be trying not to faint.
As soon as the words ' the plane
entered a steep climb ' appear on
screen I always stop and say a silent prayer. Then , filled with dread , carry on watching.
@@2msvalkyrie529 You mean "steep dive"?
@@Bob31415 No, "steep climb" is often followed by an unrecoverable stall and death spiral. But these pilots did not make the mistake of keeping the yoke pulled back too long.
Nice video as always Alex. Well documented and very clear animations. I like the way the pilots used the stars (the old-fashioned way) to determine which way the plane was rolling.
Haha! Pilots using stars to navigate?!! Good one!
downallyourstreets That’s not what he said. Review the video once more and then re-read Martyn’s comment.
@@downallyourstreets They weren't navigating by the stars. They used the stars to tell which way the plane was rolling.
Wow this would've been intense. Glad they were able to recover the plane. Seeing incidents like this going as far back as the 50s shows us the kinds of problems aircrafts were having at that time, and makes me realize where we are now :) Thanks for uploading.
Shiva R Iyer planes still crash and kill people all the time just look at a list of crashes on Wikipedia, it breaks it down by the decade.
@@CableReadyTechnoSIut a lot of travel ...the shit will happen at some point....
@@CableReadyTechnoSIut All the time in the 60s, certainly not these days. Some companies like Qantas never experienced any deadly crash depite a very long history.
Did you just say aircrafts you normy
still in the same mess the 737 max is still grounded
This was a very tense video for me. When I saw the altimeter hit 8,500 feet (and still dropping quite quickly), my stomach felt like it had started to crawl up towards my throat. When it hit 6,000 feet I thought, "No, that's the end of it, it's over, they can't possibly recover now". But skilled airmanship resulted in an amazing recovery. Great work Allec, this one really got me going!
"Despite this, the CAB could not determine the actual cause of why the auropilot disengaged." Uhhh. maybe because the Bendix autopilot was a piece of junk? Stop blaming the flight crew every time!
As the old saying goes, "Shit rolls down-hill."
Everyone on board survives....
The same cannot be said for everyone’s underpants....
That's just what I was thinking!
Good job the seats were brown.
plane was scrapped a month later. no matter how much they scrubbed the walls it still smelled like sh*t.
Once the plane leveled off, everyone on board re-lit their cigs and there was much rejoicing !
Mine would definitely have an appointment with the washing machine!
This video scared the crap out of me. I was relieved when they started climbing. Showing the altitude dropping was the worse.
.99 Mach airspeed looks stressful too.
I flew this particular A/C in the 80's for a cargo outfit out of MIA. I do remember reading in the Tech Log NOT to couple the AP with the OMEGA nav system due to a very similar problem. Apparently they never got it worked out.
Few things are more iconic in aviation, than a 707 in Pan Am livery.
It brings infamous memories though
A 747 in Pan Am livery works too
Yeah. Those were the days…
I just realized that this happened on the same day (February 3, 1959), when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash. That occurred earlier in the day, after midnight. I'm glad everyone on this flight made it safe.
Yes, and TV actress Susan Oliver was on this flight. She developed a severe fear of flying after this incident - who could blame her? But after being treated by hypnosis to overcome it, she actually became a pilot herself.
When all else fails, just blame the pilots, and that should make everything all right!
Well they are in control of the plane.
If one pilot leaves, .... and one pilot is left, you better believe the pilot that is left should not be doing paperwork and leave the instruments unattended.
Even though the pilot saved the day
Sadly, this wouldn't be the end of a serious problem regarding a Boeing 707 and the automatic pilot system. In brief, on March 1, 1962 an American Airlines 707 took off from Idlewild (now JFK) airport in New York bound for Los Angeles (it was their then famous flight # 1). The American Airlines 707 lifted off and a "faulty command" (to the rudder) from the auto-pilot system caused the plane to sharply bank and crash into a swamp just two minutes after take-off - killing all 95 souls aboard. This 1962 accident was the fifth deadly accident involving a 707 and at the time the most deadly. There were several notable people on that flight - including the mother of Linda Eastman, who some years later would marry (Beatle) Paul McCartney. Linda (who passed on in 1998) would later say that she never enjoyed flying given what had happened to her mother (and who could blame her?) Anyway, thanks for the fascinating post and it's great to see some of these stories turn out so well. The pilot of PA #115 luckily had several thousands of feet under his craft and thus had "the space" in which to regain control.
Al Grayson there was an AWACS (B707) leaving gander I believe , but on climbout a flock of CANADA GEESE plumbed all its engines, sadly there were several civilian contractors aboard , along with the crew don’t recall what year. from Maplewood NJ
The pilots save the day! Heroes!
Nice save!! The pilots should all have received medals for their heroism.
Man I just love your videos. I have seen pretty much all of them by now :D
With a title like this, I thought for sureski this plane was doomed!!
You tricked me Allec, but in a good way 😃
Great production as always and thank God everyone onboard survived 🙏🏻💜
WOW! Great job by the Captain to remain calm and put the plane back to the wings level position. It's always good to see a successful recovery and everyone survives. Thanks for posting.
Wow! The graphics/visuals on this video are excellent. Like touring a vintage plane at OshKosh. Good job, Allec!
Another wonderfully done video, Allec.
This video kept me on the edge of my seat.
A new video from Allec. This made my day!
Im a simple man; I see a new upload from Allec, I click on it
Damn lucky he had sufficient altitude to afford this drop and have room and time to recover.....
What a "Crowning" of this video with those Exclusive air to air takes/ scenes Allec Joshua Ibay! Thank You.
Well done crew and the 707
It was reported that toilet paper became scarce in Gander in February of 1959.
I actually felt bad for ghe plane when it was scrapped
It eventually happens to all older planes, plus wouldn't want to fly on a plane that miraculously avoided a crash because it would be haunted
Amazing airmanship skills from captain
He should have been rewarded
I love the 707. I work on them still to this day. You'd be surprised how many are still flying every day. (Not civilian in case you were wondering)
I watch these with an increasing sense of trepidation, and when they make it at the end it's like a tremendous sigh of relief.
...a fair few spilled martinis then
and a lot of soiled seats
Back when airline food was delicious, free, and people dressed up and bathed before getting on board an airplane flight!
@@ernestkovach3305 It must have been fucking expensive to fly as far back as 1959. Only senior managers and high rank military, politicians and salesmen could afford to fly in a jet (the highest technology ever and a novelty back then) at least until the late sixties.
Another great one, Allec. Thanks!
Thank you for the video. At least no one was injured and all survived. I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. Very well done, I hardily applaud you!
I hope these pilots got a recognition award for the tireless hardworking excellent job they did regaining steady control of the plane that saved their lives and the passengers and flight crew that easily could’ve had them all perish.
Magnificent job by the pilots
Magnificent job indeed! Those pilots of yesteryear were true men of courage and capable of manual flight ✈️ mainly truly trained WW2 professionals not totally reliant on today's "fly by wire" technology,as today's pilots increasingly have become. 707s,727s,MD80s,DC10s...this is where REAL flying took place! Today's aviators rely on their laptops and instrument panel screens..touch-pad flying. Valiant men such as those in command of this Pan Am flight that day,will never be replaced!
It's a good thing none of the flight crew chose fish! Otherwise, Ted Stryker would have had to take over.
Once again you’ve posted very fine work. Thank you
Great on Allec!
Pan Am and the 707. Two icons from a bygone era.
Both sorely missed.
They had 707's in 1959?
@@EphemeralProductions First flight: December 20, 1957
That was an amazing recovery!!
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Me, too
Flight. Denzel Washington. Nice!
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Superb Video👌... All captions are very clear to read 👌... Cockpit view awesome👌... Happy to know that all the passengers survived👏👏👏
That's a really nice plane for 1959
The passengers were lucky to have a pilot that could still fly the plane when the autopilot goes haywire. So many seem to have lost that.
That was sure a close one....Good save, in spite of whatever mistakes might have been made...
Watching 2020...Once at the end of May we took a ferry from Bar Harbor Maine to Nova Scotia. Our car was below deck. For about 6 hours the ferry was rolling from starboard to port. My hubs and I were lying on a bench and could see the water each time when the ferry rolled. I refused to return on the ferry. We drove thru Nova Scotia and then back down into Maine. Only saying since I could see how crazy it was on the water. I just cant imagine in a plane. "Everyone survived" gave me the chills as it could have ended terribly.
Great flying and recovery. Good teamwork and ending. Overall, the 707 was a great airplane.
Well done to the pilots and crew for recovering that scary situation with no loss of life. I felt pretty sickened watching the altitude dropping so quickly
Nice to see a happy ending once in a while😅
Your videos are awesome, thank you.
This incident is a new one to me. This is where pilots show why they’re considered so highly. Pulling that jet out of a death-dive must have seemed miraculous! Awesome video Allec...as always. The
Whew! Now I can sleep-this story had a happy ending! Why do I watch before bed and stress myself out? 🤔
Can you do the one where a wife and husband were in a plane and the husband (pilot) died and his wife (80 y/o) had to land the plane with no experience
What flight was that
Captain Lynch was selected to fly Pan Am's inaugural non-stop New York to Paris flight just four months before this flight, and later became a top vice president at Pan Am. He was obviously an accomplished -- and highly regarded -- pilot, and he certainly lived up to that on this flight.
I do recall this incident, after landing and inspection THIS AIRCRAFT now had A FEW DEGREES DIHEDRAL, ON ITS WINGS, which presented no problem, , things can happen really happen quite fast
Cheers 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Another excellent video. relieved to see that the plane made it to the destination safe
These videos are totally addictive!
Allecholic
God bless the crew for keeping their heads together and regaining control....
i like the detail showing the aircrafts difference inside compared to modern planes evolvment
Damn, good plane. Glad it didn’t break apart when it almost rolled on it’s back!
whyistomatoafruit
, actually, the 707 was tougher than nails. When the plane was first being introduced a test pilot did a full 360 roll in one. When he got the plane back on the ground he was being questioned for the stunt. His remark went something like, "I was selling airplanes!". I don't know of any modern commercial aircraft today that could do that and not loose it's wings. www.avgeekery.com/fbf-day-tex-johnson-rolled-boeing-707-jetliner/
My Aunt was a stewardess for PanAm for about a decade in the early 1960s to early 1970s. That took her all over the world. I lost my dear Aunt in early 2012 at age 79. She truly loved flying (despite the stresses of the job).
Quite interesting to look at a re-creation of an old-school transoceanic flight, with minimal black boxes, and simple RDF and Loran for navigation.
I'm lucky to be old enough to remember these beautiful Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s in service, and the screaming of those Pratt & Whitney turbojets on takeoff, that would shake the terminal area.
Glad they all survived, these stories are terrifying yet i cant stop watching these
Damn! This was almost 60 years ago! That was a pretty close call! Must've been real scary for the passengers on that plane. I'm glad they all made it had it not been for the pilots.
That's a PHEW right there
When the captain commands you to hold him in his seat, you f'ing hold him in his seat.
Great work by the pilots in the end. Can't imagine what it must have been like for the Passengers...
Brilliant vid mate
Fellow Messi fan, whats up bro
Another great job Allec.
Well done Allec! Trust your instruments!!!
This is the first time I have heard about this and I am sure the Captain has passed away by now. I truly hope that someone at Pan Am and Boeing has erected a huge recognition monument of the captain for saving everyone on the planes life. It is hard to grasp what he was able to do in such a short length of time in the dark. Awesome Job Captain
The B-707 is my favorite aircraft to fly in my flight sim. I have a really good rendering of it and every switch works. Very complex. I like to do the old Tex Johnson barrel roll over Seattle.
I honestly thought this plane was going to be a goner. Glad they all made it safely. Great vid.
These near miss/miraculous recoveries are great. Please do TWA 841.
When you see the size of those engines on the old jets from the 60's and 70's they look so small yet they made so much noise.
I am often more engaged with the outcome of people in these videos, than people in major motion pictures
I was certain passengers and crew were doomed. The calm, poise, and skill the captain displayed in the face of near-certain death and calamity is truly astounding. In my book, Captain Lynch is an aviation legend.
The older the incident i am seeing, the more skill full the pilots were..is like the improvement going backward in time..old school 👌🏼
SIMON PETER
Computers are removing the need for previously required human skill...probably not a good thing.
At that time most pilots were WW2 veterans with combat flying time-where they honed their skills under the most extreme of conditions.
The beautiful and most talented Susan Oliver was on this flight.She most rembered as Vina from the pilot of Star Trek. As as result of this flight as ultimately became a pilot and flew a same single engine plane from New York to Scotland trying to make her way to Russia in 1967. God be with always Susan!
These videos are amazing, thank you
Captain to navigator, 'hold my beer', 'i mean my seat'. The Boeing 707/ 121, was a beautiful aircraft. Great job all round. Anything 'Auto', scares the pants off me.
Massive, beautiful plane. Great shots of it :)
The old refueling stop in Gander, NF. I don’t miss those days. Thank God for fuel efficient aircraft now.
I'm loving the stories were they end up landing & no one dies.
Pilot noticed the stars. Now that’s proper flying.
Loved the video I was hoping to see a actual video detailing what happened with flight 115. The 707 is my favorite airplane.. Nice job
I'm 22 and even my father wasn't born at that time... The thing is it's hard to believe that autopilot still existed in those times too.
Wow!!!! Faaaaaarrrrkin wow!!!! Jeez!! This is my third time watching this video and I still get frightened at the sight of the 707 in a nose dive!!
Very nice job, Allec. Good to see an incident where everyone survives. If those dwebes in the cockpit (5 of them!) had been watching their artificial horizon, they'd have never gotten into that whole mess. Indeed, always keep an eye on your instruments. They were too busy screwing around w the weather and charts to just -fly the plane-. Loss of spatial orientation just about got them, too...
John like it got JFK Jr and his passengers!
Anyone else's heartrate here start to steadily increase when the plane was getting ready to invert along with the quickly decreasing altitude? lol Holy crap! I really liked the videos that DO that to me AND this was even better because everyone survived!👍🏻 Although I'm curious as to whether anyone was injured.🤔 Awesome video, great job!!
That was scary to watch I'm thinking many people on board my never fly again.
Two ways to look at it:
1) A dry run of the terminators trying to kill all humans.
2) A preview of f'd up autopilots on the 737 MAX.
I can imagine the roar of applause from the cabin after touchdown. So terrifying.