The owner of the Santa Paula Airport was a friend of my father and I. We had numerous friends on the airport. If you love old airplanes, Santa Paula is THE PLACE TO GO. I was clued in earlier that I was not to ask for photos or autographs, but he was very kind and would sit and speak with anyone that wanted to visit. The "Yellow" airplane you refer is a Boeing PT-17. He had another extremely rare Pitcarin PA-5 which had won Grand Champion ata very popular West Coast. Steve also had a huge collection of antique métal toys that he was quite proud of. I was at his hangar for about a half hour, and a short visit. Very nice gentleman. He lived life to the fullest. RIP.
I was a mechanic 1970 in the Gulf Porsche team whem Lemans was being filmed. First time meeting him was at the workshop in Slough UK Steve was hobbling around on a broken foot. A nice humble guy what a memory this video brought back thanks
I was a young lineman in 1972, in Palm Springs, driving down Sunrise Blvd in a line truck. Well here comes Steve McQueen on a Triumph TT 650 Bonneville, racing through the desert and crossed the road in front of us! No helmet, of course! He was an awesome guy! RIP , Steve
Jordan ( You nailed it!!!!) .....I am a pilot , Huge fan of Steve McQueen............that little clip.....you did was Such a special gift to us all.............life is about living it .......we all have to pass over one day but you just added to my memory......" Thanks for taking the TIME", to remba Mr Mc McQueen .......❤
I’m a refrigeration and HVAC mechanic and I have a few clients that live on tiny airstrips in really nice hangar homes. I’ve always found the homes and the clients to be pretty exceptional individuals . Steve McQueen living in one sounds about right .
Myself and some friends landed in Santa Paula in 1978; were invited to his hangar and visited with Steve. His request was no pics no autographs; he was a real gentleman. The hangar had a Stearman and another plane, probably 40 motorcycles, and a big collection of old gas pumps. His wife Barb was there and we all visited; good memories
So cool! You were so lucky to have met Steve. What exactly did you guys talk about ? No cars were in his hangers ? I thought he had places to store his car collection. Did he say if he planned to move into his new place when renovated and then to still keep this hanger or future plans ?
@@jasonknight5863 No cars in hangar; he had a red Ferrari parked outside. Maybe 50 Harley’s and a few Indians in the hangar; he mostly wanted to talk about the motorcycles but did mention they were building at a ranch out of town for privacy. Was just like an everyday person you would run into--
I understand he left Sharron takes home 10 minutes before the Manson family showed up. If he was their I'm quite sure the outcome would have been different.
@@Pilotc180 wow you had such an amazing story. Do you know which red Ferrari he had. I’ve got one too. Sounds like he was more a Bike guy having 50 of them inside the hanger. A red Ferrari Parked outside but talked about the bikes instead. 🤷🏼♂️ 🤣 Sharon Tate had a Red Ferrari 275 GTB. Did he talk about her at all being her friend. Just a regular guy nice. Did he mention Political Affiliation at all. I always wondered what he was. Sounds like he was a cool guy. My mom doesn’t like him at all because of his womanizing bad ass ways he had. But he sounds great. So more laid back then and friendly ?
Wow. I didnt know he lived at the Santa Paula airport. If I knew, I would have gone out there to visit. I lived in Santa Paula, CA, 73-80. While living n S.P., I met James Garner & gave him the best safe direction to get out of S.P. to his home. He use to film Rockford Files often around S.P. & Fillmore, CA.
I remember standing in line outside wrapped around the theatre to get tickets to see The Towering Inferno. Great memories you’ve brought back Jordan!! Thank you!! ❤❤
I loved him in The Magnificent Seven. He gave back to the boys camp he was sent to when he was a kid. My late uncle was sent there as a troubled teen and met him during a visit and pep talk. Afterwards, my uncle was a lifelong fan.
Great vlog! Thank you Jordan! Years ago his daughter and son were guests on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. They were sharing what a good father Steve McQueen was. I was so impressed with how they were such nice people.
Jordan, back in the early '90s I used to fly to Santa Paula (SZP) from Hawthorne in my Cessna 150 a couple times. Oddly enough a year or so after I told it, the new buyer had it located in Santa Paula for several years. I remember having to make a "slam dunk" approach into the airport, as there is a 1,500-2,000 foot peak that we had to fly over to get into the pattern. Once over the peak, power to idle, add flaps and steep decent to get down to pattern altitude! Only 2,600 foot runway, so you had to make sure you had a stable approach on final and zone in on the approach speed. I know how Steve felt living (or just hanging out for hours on end) at the airport, it is the most relaxing thing one can experience as a pilot, other than flying.
I met Steve McQueen shortly before he passed. He was out on the East Coast and visited the Motorcycle Shop where I was working part time in Norfolk, Va.. The shop was called "Big Sids", owned by Sid Biberman , and it's mentioned in the book "Big Sids Vincati" written by Sids son, Matt Biberman.
@@markwilliamson2795 Yes, Sid was on his show. Jay Leno stopped in our shop when he was on his way up in life. I talked to him for a few minutes, and I thought I recognized him, but I wasn't sure. Later that evening While at home, I saw him on one of his early Frito commercials. My Uncle, who knew Steve McQueen, tipped him off to the existence of our shop. He stopped by and wanted to see what we had, I'm sure he was looking for a deal. My uncle said that was how he worked. "I was just going by and saw your sign. 🙂Sid has passed on. I was in the Navy at the time as an aircraft mechanic, and I just retired last Dec. as a Civil Service Aircraft Mechanic working for the Coast Guard. I still ride, and I have a Sportster that I run errands on and what not.
Love your videos! For the record, Steve’s stunt double was Bud Ekins. He had a shop in North Hollywood on Varna St, down the block from my shop. Glad to see you back in California!
Yes Yes, beautiful airport location in a beautiful farming community/valley. It was a perfect motorcycle ride in early AM on weekends for me since the 70s. I would stop in at the airport for breakfast at the great cafe to watch the cool vintage aircraft fly around. Nope, I never saw Steve McQ nor knew he hung out there. The locals would never rat on a guy like him anyway. I recall seeing a yellow bi-plane doing touch & go's - little did I know.
Thanks for this video, I've always wanted to know more about Steve McQueen. He was born in Beech Grove, IN but I don't think there's any markers and most people are unaware. You connected a lot of dots, thanks!
Shortly before Steve McQueen died, a couple of years approximately, he drove near my place in Wisconsin to pick up his Duesenberg. That was a huge really big deal, I remember everyone talking about that for months. Times were simpler back then and he was a favorite for everyone, a true big star, a man's man.
I am a big Steve McQueen fan , he made one film in my country called the War Lover , he dominates from start to finish , one of my favourite films !!!!!☺️🇬🇧
I toured one of the bombers just before they set off for England or wherever the movie was shot. It had a personal meaning to me as my dad flew those bombers out of bases in England until the Germans decided he'd make a nice addition to one of their POW camps.
Great video, I have been to the Santa Paula airport during open hangar days and it is a good experience. I didn't realize that Harvey Mushman, aka Steve McQueen lived at the airport. Thanks for sharing.
In 1978, I took a few flying lessons when I turned 18, and one morning, my flight instructor said, "Hey Bob, let's have coffee with my friend a"Steve!" So I said sounds like a plan. Well, it wasn't until about 2 hours later while on a flying lesson that the instructor asked me if I knew who "Steve" was? I said, ya, that's Steve?? Hahaha 😁 I had absolutely no idea who he actually was! The instructor told me everything, and after we landed, I wanted to talk with Steve again, but unfortunately, he had already left for the day. That was my one and only times meeting Steve McQueen!! After all these years, I remember the moment like it was the other day! Rest in peace, Steve!!
@@tomking1890 I've got a quick story about not knowing who someone was at the time that was famous. In 1972 I was stationed at Dyess AFB outside of Abilene Texas. Me and a couple of other guys used to ride dirt bikes out in the boonies on the weekend when we could find a place. One of the guys said he scouted a place and got permission for us to go out for the weekend as long as we didn't bring guns to shoot because they had cattle out there grazing. We showed up Friday night set up a tent rode a bit and spent Saturday riding. Sunday we got more riding in and were getting ready to pack up our stuff and head back out. An old red Ford pickup truck drove out to our campsite and I figured it was someone to make sure we picked up our site. It was an old man in coveralls and a straw hat. He asked us where we were from and we started talking. He said you boys want to share a watermelon with me? It's hot today and you might like it. He lowered the tailgate and we ate watermelon and he started to talk about Texas history and was an interesting guy. He said call him T and he owned the ranch. Prior my buddy got permission from the ranch manager thinking it was his place. We wrapped up the visit and he said goodbye and drove off. On the way out we stopped at the ranch house to thank the manager for letting us camp out over the weekend and assured him we didn't leave anything behind. He goes you boys had a visitor? Yes we said. Do you know who he is? He said call him T. The manager said you boys were talking to T Boone Pickens one of the wealthiest men in America! He owns many oil wells in Texas. We had no idea at all,we thought he was just a rancher/ farmer. The guy laughs and said T enjoyed talking to people who don't know who he is because people don't act normal if they knew who he was. That's my story I hope you liked it!
He was great in the movie The Sand Pebbles... surprised that movie doesn't get more attention... academy award performance. We share a birthday March 24th...RIP king of cool
Very interesting, back in the 80's I used to associate with friends in Santa Paula and visited them quite often there, we never not talked about Steve McQueen, thanks for sharing
One of Steve's old airplanes tail number 3188 was completely restored a few years ago and it is kept in a hanger at Gillespie Field in El cajon California. Silverish grey color now. 3188 was his reform school number.
I grew up in Norwalk it's about 18 miles out of Los Angeles and around 1977 I pulled up next to a fire engine red Harley-Davidson Bagger. I looked up and Steve McQueen was on it. He had shoulder length hair and was heavy set at the time. I was shy and didn't say anything to him and he looked deep in thought. When the light turned green I went straight and he went right. A year ago I figured he was about 80 miles away from his home.
Jordan, you fill in gaps that I didn't know were there. No matter who you are reporting on, you always surprise me with new perspectives. This video is an example of that.
My dad back in the day was a motorcycle rider so he and my mom went to a motorcycle race that Steve Mqueen was in and he previously broke his leg (in the 70’s I believe) and he still raced his motorcycle and had fell during the race so my uncle and dad helped get him up and back on the motorcycle 🏍️ he won in second place and found out later it was Steve Mqueen that my dad and my uncle helped him pretty cool 😎
Thanks for showing and telling, never knew about Steve Mc G his life and all. Sure did not know he was in to flying a plane, nice that he loved it and was in to it. Well thanks again for showing and telling see ya hope next time on UA-cam see ya bye.
Thanks Jordan, very interesting vlog. Steve Mcqueen is one of my favorite actors. Towering Inferno, Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape are favorites. I remember hearing his voice on the radio shortly before he died in 1980 where he thanked all his fans, it was very sincere. The documentary 'King of Cool' narrated by James Coburn pretty much covers his whole life. Sad to see him go at the young age of 50, but as you say, his movies live on forever.
I learned to fly at Burbank. Santa Paula just north was about the coolest airport in So Cal. Had the mandatory small airport cafe. Classic airport bum hangout. Took aerobatic/tailwheel training at CP Aviation there. Very scenic area to fly. Bullitt and M 7 my fav McQueen flicks but Sand Pebbles his best performance.
Jordan, excellent Vlog about such an iconic actor, and man. Santa Paula looks pretty much the same as I remember it from the mid 1970's. Highway 126 is a nice drive.
What a terrific vlog! He was one of the true greats and his death was a such a loss. But, as you said - in the movies, the King of Cool never dies. What was quite magical was how that yellow plane just happened to be taking off at the exact moment you were filming. Many thanks Jordan.
McQueen was a semi-regular at the bike shop I worked at in West L.A. Came in the back to talk story with us when we worked on his CZ dirt bike, took one of the other mechanics off-road riding with him, nice guy, no airs. Came by with Allie McGraw (sic?). Bronson also came by when Husqvarna gave him a couple of bikes after he made the movie 'The Mechanic' in which Huskies were featured. Bronson, however, didn't come in the back to chat with us mechanics.....
Great actor. I still watch his Wanted Dead or Alive every Saturday on METV. A friend of mine for many years got to know Steve McQueen at the hotel where he worked in Los Angeles in the last year or two of McQueen's life. He said he was a great guy and used to come down to the front desk late at night to talk to my friend. My friend said Steve McQueen and Loretta Lynn were the nicest people he ever met and talked to there, and that Gloria Swanson was the worst lol. Loved this Jordan! 👍👍
I was lucky enough to spend almost an entire weekend chatting with Neile at a celebrity show. She told me some really juicy gossip about Steve. I told her I loved the movie "The Blob" which Steve had said he despised. But Neile told me the only movie poster that hung in their house was for "The Blob". She also said they had double dated with Suzanne Pleshette and her boyfriend to a drive-in to see "The Blob". Steve went on to have an affair with Pleshette.
So blessed to share a birthday with him even tho I’m 29 I loved this guy since I was a kid he’s just so cool and handsome. What an actor and gone way too soon and it’s so sad.
At 77 & not too many hero's in my life. Never owned a TV and stopped watching movies about 1980. Steve McQueen was my fave, and Jim Clark was right up there with him.
Wow Jordan you find the greatest places to vlog, loved Steve McQueen, the Thomas Crown affair as well as Buller were two of my favs, Ty for this my friend🤗🥰🐾😎🏍️🏎️✈️
Had a pilot friend who came back from WW2 instead of buying a house he built a small airport and a hangar with a second story apartment, he lived there his entire life
WOW, YES Steve Mc Queen still is my favourite actor of all time that's 4sure !! The Getaway Ali macgraw !! Thanks 4 sharing this and it makes me feel kinda Sad !! RIP Steve !! 😢😢❤❤
Barbie lives just down the street from me. She’s a very nice lady. She wrote a book about her life with Steve. It chocked full of all those pictures she took. Funny as I am a medium I have never figured out why when I walk by her house I hear. From Al Jolson song mammy. I’d walk a million miles for one of you smiles. Just that line. I think that he must have loved her smile so much. Someday I will have ask her. But I never push myself on people. No matter what I might pickup. There is a right moment and time for such things.
We lost him too soon. I had finished missile training at Fort Bliss, TX near El Paso across from Juarez, Mexico. I was in Europe when I heard of his death in Juarez. I think he was looking for a cure. Sad he didn't get one. I liked him in Bullet and Great Escape but wouldn't lend him my car or motorcycle. No one but him could have played Papion just like no one but Anthony Quin could play Barabbas.
The owner of the Santa Paula Airport was a friend of my father and I. We had numerous friends on the airport. If you love old airplanes, Santa Paula is THE PLACE TO GO. I was clued in earlier that I was not to ask for photos or autographs, but he was very kind and would sit and speak with anyone that wanted to visit. The "Yellow" airplane you refer is a Boeing PT-17. He had another extremely rare Pitcarin PA-5 which had won Grand Champion ata very popular West Coast. Steve also had a huge collection of antique métal toys that he was quite proud of. I was at his hangar for about a half hour, and a short visit. Very nice gentleman. He lived life to the fullest. RIP.
So, he also had a fabulous rural property near Hayden, Idaho that was a big Real Estate item about 7 (give or take) years ago.
I was a mechanic 1970 in the Gulf Porsche team whem Lemans was being filmed. First time meeting him was at the workshop in Slough UK Steve was hobbling around on a broken foot. A nice humble guy what a memory this video brought back thanks
Hi Ken, with inside knowledge why did steve sell the 917 ? thank you !
Thank you Jordan! Steven McQueen rest in peace and light. Thank you for your films!
I was a young lineman in 1972, in Palm Springs, driving down Sunrise Blvd in a line truck. Well here comes Steve McQueen on a Triumph TT 650 Bonneville, racing through the desert and crossed the road in front of us! No helmet, of course! He was an awesome guy! RIP , Steve
Jordan ( You nailed it!!!!) .....I am a pilot , Huge fan of Steve McQueen............that little clip.....you did was Such a special gift to us all.............life is about living it .......we all have to pass over one day but you just added to my memory......" Thanks for taking the TIME", to remba Mr Mc McQueen .......❤
I’m a refrigeration and HVAC mechanic and I have a few clients that live on tiny airstrips in really nice hangar homes. I’ve always found the homes and the clients to be pretty exceptional individuals . Steve McQueen living in one sounds about right .
Myself and some friends landed in Santa Paula in 1978; were invited to his hangar and visited with Steve. His request was no pics no autographs; he was a real gentleman. The hangar had a Stearman and another plane, probably 40 motorcycles, and a big collection of old gas pumps. His wife Barb was there and we all visited; good memories
Nice little airport, not so small though. I had to drop in but only by MFS2020 sim
So cool! You were so lucky to have met Steve. What exactly did you guys talk about ?
No cars were in his hangers ? I thought he had places to store his car collection. Did he say if he planned to move into his new place when renovated and then to still keep this hanger or future plans ?
@@jasonknight5863 No cars in hangar; he had a red Ferrari parked outside. Maybe 50 Harley’s and a few Indians in the hangar; he mostly wanted to talk about the motorcycles but did mention they were building at a ranch out of town for privacy. Was just like an everyday person you would run into--
I understand he left Sharron takes home 10 minutes before the Manson family showed up. If he was their I'm quite sure the outcome would have been different.
@@Pilotc180 wow you had such an amazing story. Do you know which red Ferrari he had. I’ve got one too.
Sounds like he was more a Bike guy having 50 of them inside the hanger. A red Ferrari Parked outside but talked about the bikes instead. 🤷🏼♂️ 🤣
Sharon Tate had a Red Ferrari 275 GTB. Did he talk about her at all being her friend.
Just a regular guy nice. Did he mention Political Affiliation at all. I always wondered what he was.
Sounds like he was a cool guy. My mom doesn’t like him at all because of his womanizing bad ass ways he had. But he sounds great. So more laid back then and friendly ?
Thanks for sharing . What an amazing guy Steve was. Did not know he loved flying planes. RIP 🙏
Wow. I didnt know he lived at the Santa Paula airport. If I knew, I would have gone out there to visit. I lived in Santa Paula, CA, 73-80. While living n S.P., I met James Garner & gave him the best safe direction to get out of S.P. to his home. He use to film Rockford Files often around S.P. & Fillmore, CA.
I remember standing in line outside wrapped around the theatre to get tickets to see The Towering Inferno. Great memories you’ve brought back Jordan!! Thank you!! ❤❤
I loved him in The Magnificent Seven. He gave back to the boys camp he was sent to when he was a kid. My late uncle was sent there as a troubled teen and met him during a visit and pep talk. Afterwards, my uncle was a lifelong fan.
Amazing the amount of fencing, tall gates, razor wire and security around that run down airport.
Great vlog! Thank you Jordan!
Years ago his daughter and son were guests on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. They were sharing what a good father Steve McQueen was. I was so impressed with how they were such nice people.
Jordan, back in the early '90s I used to fly to Santa Paula (SZP) from Hawthorne in my Cessna 150 a couple times. Oddly enough a year or so after I told it, the new buyer had it located in Santa Paula for several years. I remember having to make a "slam dunk" approach into the airport, as there is a 1,500-2,000 foot peak that we had to fly over to get into the pattern. Once over the peak, power to idle, add flaps and steep decent to get down to pattern altitude! Only 2,600 foot runway, so you had to make sure you had a stable approach on final and zone in on the approach speed.
I know how Steve felt living (or just hanging out for hours on end) at the airport, it is the most relaxing thing one can experience as a pilot, other than flying.
I met Steve McQueen shortly before he passed. He was out on the East Coast and visited the Motorcycle Shop where I was working part time in Norfolk, Va.. The shop was called "Big Sids", owned by Sid Biberman , and it's mentioned in the book "Big Sids Vincati" written by Sids son, Matt Biberman.
Jay Leno talks about Big Sid and I think he was also on an episode of Jay Leno's garage....
@@markwilliamson2795 Yes, Sid was on his show. Jay Leno stopped in our shop when he was on his way up in life. I talked to him for a few minutes, and I thought I recognized him, but I wasn't sure. Later that evening While at home, I saw him on one of his early Frito commercials. My Uncle, who knew Steve McQueen, tipped him off to the existence of our shop. He stopped by and wanted to see what we had, I'm sure he was looking for a deal. My uncle said that was how he worked. "I was just going by and saw your sign. 🙂Sid has passed on. I was in the Navy at the time as an aircraft mechanic, and I just retired last Dec. as a Civil Service Aircraft Mechanic working for the Coast Guard. I still ride, and I have a Sportster that I run errands on and what not.
Steve Mc Queen was The Man, back in the day...💯👍✨
"Bullet " and "Le Mans" are timeless classics for performance enthusiasts..👍🎸🔥
I spent several days exploring santa paula oil and gas wells,i remember visiting the oil museum, nice area!
This was awesome. There are a lot of people that love Steve. Thanks for sharing this with us. Rest in peace Steve. Take care, Jordan.
Love him as Josh Randall in the tv western Wanted Dead Or Alive.
Love your videos!
For the record, Steve’s stunt double was Bud Ekins. He had a shop in North Hollywood on Varna St, down the block from my shop.
Glad to see you back in California!
Loved Steve McQueen ; a man that grew from nothing and became some one very special to all of us. One of my heroes. 🙏🏻
Yes Yes, beautiful airport location in a beautiful farming community/valley. It was a perfect motorcycle ride in early AM on weekends for me since the 70s. I would stop in at the airport for breakfast at the great cafe to watch the cool vintage aircraft fly around. Nope, I never saw Steve McQ nor knew he hung out there. The locals would never rat on a guy like him anyway. I recall seeing a yellow bi-plane doing touch & go's - little did I know.
Thanks for this video, I've always wanted to know more about Steve McQueen. He was born in Beech Grove, IN but I don't think there's any markers and most people are unaware. You connected a lot of dots, thanks!
Shortly before Steve McQueen died, a couple of years approximately, he drove near my place in Wisconsin to pick up his Duesenberg. That was a huge really big deal, I remember everyone talking about that for months. Times were simpler back then and he was a favorite for everyone, a true big star, a man's man.
We used to see him at Santa Paula airport. We went to a BBQ at another airport and he flew in, he was the nicest guy, and loved talking airplanes
Thats so great to hear! I bet you have some great memories
“The Getaway” is one of my favorite McQueen movies.
I am a big Steve McQueen fan , he made one film in my country called the War Lover , he dominates from start to finish , one of my favourite films !!!!!☺️🇬🇧
I Have That DVD & Thoroughly Enjoy Movies & Documentaries About Wartime England. Thank You. (Like #15)
I toured one of the bombers just before they set off for England or wherever the movie was shot. It had a personal meaning to me as my dad flew those bombers out of bases in England until the Germans decided he'd make a nice addition to one of their POW camps.
Great video, I have been to the Santa Paula airport during open hangar days and it is a good experience. I didn't realize that Harvey Mushman, aka Steve McQueen lived at the airport. Thanks for sharing.
In 1978, I took a few flying lessons when I turned 18, and one morning, my flight instructor said, "Hey Bob, let's have coffee with my friend a"Steve!" So I said sounds like a plan. Well, it wasn't until about 2 hours later while on a flying lesson that the instructor asked me if I knew who "Steve" was? I said, ya, that's Steve?? Hahaha 😁 I had absolutely no idea who he actually was! The instructor told me everything, and after we landed, I wanted to talk with Steve again, but unfortunately, he had already left for the day. That was my one and only times meeting Steve McQueen!! After all these years, I remember the moment like it was the other day! Rest in peace, Steve!!
Those are some of the best personal stories,!
That's awesome!
They like talking with people that do not know who they are.
@@tomking1890 I've got a quick story about not knowing who someone was at the time that was famous. In 1972 I was stationed at Dyess AFB outside of Abilene Texas. Me and a couple of other guys used to ride dirt bikes out in the boonies on the weekend when we could find a place. One of the guys said he scouted a place and got permission for us to go out for the weekend as long as we didn't bring guns to shoot because they had cattle out there grazing. We showed up Friday night set up a tent rode a bit and spent Saturday riding. Sunday we got more riding in and were getting ready to pack up our stuff and head back out.
An old red Ford pickup truck drove out to our campsite and I figured it was someone to make sure we picked up our site. It was an old man in coveralls and a straw hat. He asked us where we were from and we started talking. He said you boys want to share a watermelon with me? It's hot today and you might like it. He lowered the tailgate and we ate watermelon and he started to talk about Texas history and was an interesting guy. He said call him T and he owned the ranch. Prior my buddy got permission from the ranch manager thinking it was his place. We wrapped up the visit and he said goodbye and drove off. On the way out we stopped at the ranch house to thank the manager for letting us camp out over the weekend and assured him we didn't leave anything behind. He goes you boys had a visitor? Yes we said. Do you know who he is? He said call him T. The manager said you boys were talking to T Boone Pickens one of the wealthiest men in America! He owns many oil wells in Texas.
We had no idea at all,we thought he was just a rancher/ farmer. The guy laughs and said T enjoyed talking to people who don't know who he is because people don't act normal if they knew who he was. That's my story I hope you liked it!
You are so very appreciated!
He was great in the movie The Sand Pebbles... surprised that movie doesn't get more attention... academy award performance. We share a birthday March 24th...RIP king of cool
Very interesting, back in the 80's I used to associate with friends in Santa Paula and visited them quite often there, we never not talked about Steve McQueen, thanks for sharing
One of Steve's old airplanes tail number 3188 was completely restored a few years ago and it is kept in a hanger at Gillespie Field in El cajon California. Silverish grey color now. 3188 was his reform school number.
I grew up in Norwalk it's about 18 miles out of Los Angeles and around 1977 I pulled up next to a fire engine red Harley-Davidson Bagger. I looked up and Steve McQueen was on it. He had shoulder length hair and was heavy set at the time. I was shy and didn't say anything to him and he looked deep in thought. When the light turned green I went straight and he went right. A year ago I figured he was about 80 miles away from his home.
Jordan, you fill in gaps that I didn't know were there. No matter who you are reporting on, you always surprise me with new perspectives. This video is an example of that.
Loved Steve McQueen! Thank you Jordan for another great one.❤️❤️🐾🐾
I was born in the same hospital in Beech Grove Indiana that Steve was born in. Tickles me. 😊❤
My dad back in the day was a motorcycle rider so he and my mom went to a motorcycle race that Steve Mqueen was in and he previously broke his leg (in the 70’s I believe) and he still raced his motorcycle and had fell during the race so my uncle and dad helped get him up and back on the motorcycle 🏍️ he won in second place and found out later it was Steve Mqueen that my dad and my uncle helped him pretty cool 😎
Thanks for showing and telling, never knew about Steve Mc G his life and all. Sure did not know he was in to flying a plane, nice that he loved it and was in to it. Well thanks again for showing and telling see ya hope next time on UA-cam see ya bye.
Great job 👍 very interesting.
Thanks Jordan, very interesting vlog. Steve Mcqueen is one of my favorite actors. Towering Inferno, Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape are favorites. I remember hearing his voice on the radio
shortly before he died in 1980 where he thanked all his fans, it was very sincere.
The documentary 'King of Cool' narrated by James Coburn pretty much covers his whole life.
Sad to see him go at the young age of 50, but as you say, his movies live on forever.
Great timing Jordan, just watched Towering Inferno Sunday, like living 9/11 again but he was very good in it. Thanks!
It's because of my Pop that I am a huge Steve McQueen Fan. His amazing body of work still stands the test of time. Thank You Jordan 🦁 ❤👍😎
Great video ! I hadn't thought about Steve McQueen in a while but I liked him in many movies he passed way to soon .❤
When you heard me coming you thought it was James Dean, but when the dust cleared, it was Steve McQueen.😎
I love both.❤️❤️🕊️🕊️
I learned to fly at Burbank. Santa Paula just north was about the coolest airport in So Cal. Had the mandatory small airport cafe. Classic airport bum hangout. Took aerobatic/tailwheel training at CP Aviation there. Very scenic area to fly. Bullitt and M 7 my fav McQueen flicks but Sand Pebbles his best performance.
SAW HIM IN THE CAFE, NEXT TABLE, WE JUST SMILED AND NODDED, LOVE STILL OPERATING SANTA PAULA AP
Wow he was so awesome actor
Jordan, excellent Vlog about such an iconic actor, and man. Santa Paula looks pretty much the same as I remember it from the mid 1970's. Highway 126 is a nice drive.
Steve McQueen was truly the king of cool
He had a short life but he really enjoyed life 😎 Take note people get out there and enjoy it while you can….
"The Sand Pebbles"...... a great movie with a number of great actors.
What a terrific vlog! He was one of the true greats and his death was a such a loss. But, as you said - in the movies, the King of Cool never dies. What was quite magical was how that yellow plane just happened to be taking off at the exact moment you were filming. Many thanks Jordan.
I thought the same thing about the yellow plane.. almost like he was with us in spirit
@@DazewithJordantheLion Absolutely.
Thank you Jordan, I love the way your treat all these stories with complete respect.~
You mentioned Chad McQueen at the end of the video; Chad just passed away on Sep 11, 2024. RIP Chad
these vids are just great, thx Jordan for giving a voice to memories
Fantastic!! Bullit is my fave as well, the "king of cool" is still #1 in my book thank you for that story Jordan & take care.
That was really interesting. Thanks Jordan
" THE KING OK COOL ! " my favorite Steve McQueen movie is the Great Escape . the best movie he ever made ... THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.........
Bullitt
@@michaelcanney7218 all his movies are AWESOME....
War Lover , set in Britain Steve dominates the screen ☺️🇬🇧
@@Mamadukee1 Steve dominates the screen in everything he ever did !!!!!
Cincinnati Kid is an incredible performance. The scene running on the fence is super.
McQueen was a semi-regular at the bike shop I worked at in West L.A. Came in the back to talk story with us when we worked on his CZ dirt bike, took one of the other mechanics off-road riding with him, nice guy, no airs. Came by with Allie McGraw (sic?). Bronson also came by when Husqvarna gave him a couple of bikes after he made the movie 'The Mechanic' in which Huskies were featured. Bronson, however, didn't come in the back to chat with us mechanics.....
Spending time with " famous people" can be refreshing when they are enjoying the conversation about a common interest.
What year and size CZ?
Liked your "Then came Bronson" story!
🤗👍 Super! Thank you, Jordan!
Great actor. I still watch his Wanted Dead or Alive every Saturday on METV. A friend of mine for many years got to know Steve McQueen at the hotel where he worked in Los Angeles in the last year or two of McQueen's life. He said he was a great guy and used to come down to the front desk late at night to talk to my friend. My friend said Steve McQueen and Loretta Lynn were the nicest people he ever met and talked to there, and that Gloria Swanson was the worst lol. Loved this Jordan! 👍👍
That was cool, thanks
I was waiting for you to call him the king of coo! he was cool! so are you Jordan!👍🏽
Cool video great content on a true HOLLYWOOD ICON!
Thank you! Even though I'm a fan I knew nothing about this part of his life. 👍😎
Steve McQueen is my 5 favorite actor of all times most definitely followed by Charles Bronson Robert Urich Clint Eastwood and D Washington
Thanks again for sharing Jordan and Jah
"The Sand Pebbles" & "The Great Escape"
Coolness!! I loved this, the video was great and very informative and respectful!❤❤❤
I was lucky enough to spend almost an entire weekend chatting with Neile at a celebrity show. She told me some really juicy gossip about Steve. I told her I loved the movie "The Blob" which Steve had said he despised. But Neile told me the only movie poster that hung in their house was for "The Blob". She also said they had double dated with Suzanne Pleshette and her boyfriend to a drive-in to see "The Blob". Steve went on to have an affair with Pleshette.
Steve Mc Queen was a good actor in the movie Bullitt. Good vlog jordan
So blessed to share a birthday with him even tho I’m 29 I loved this guy since I was a kid he’s just so cool and handsome. What an actor and gone way too soon and it’s so sad.
At 77 & not too many hero's in my life. Never owned a TV and stopped watching movies about 1980. Steve McQueen was my fave, and Jim Clark was right up there with him.
Jordan you created a really nice vlog….seriously thanks for sharing
That was great.
Thanks this was neat. Gotta go watch the chase scene in Bullitt now, the greatest.
My favorite chase scene in movie history
Thanks again Jordan, legend steve McQueen loved his movies another one gone too soon, Rip steve.
Wow Jordan you find the greatest places to vlog, loved Steve McQueen, the Thomas Crown affair as well as Buller were two of my favs, Ty for this my friend🤗🥰🐾😎🏍️🏎️✈️
Wow..never knew McQueen was in Santa Paula. It’s a small rural area!! Enjoyed his movies!❤
Thanks, Jordan!!
Safe travels!!
This was a really great adventure!
Great job Jordan. Thank you for this story on Steve.
Had a pilot friend who came back from WW2 instead of buying a house he built a small airport and a hangar with a second story apartment, he lived there his entire life
A very good friend of mine and an excellent pilot Seamus mcaully died with an engine out at Santa Paula airport in 2011.. he showed me this hanger…
I would live in a hangar.
Thank you ❣️
great! thanks ...
Very good narration,....
One of the greats. Got Cool? 💕💕💕. Thanks Jordan.
Lived a pretty cool life! Santa Paula is a really neat airport!
I've got an old motorcycle like the one on The Great Escape. I ride it around town.
WOW, YES Steve Mc Queen still is my favourite actor of all time that's 4sure !! The Getaway Ali macgraw !! Thanks 4 sharing this and it makes me feel kinda Sad !! RIP Steve !! 😢😢❤❤
so cool to see a yellow plane as you were vlogging
Wow now Chad McQueen passed away today
Barbie lives just down the street from me. She’s a very nice lady. She wrote a book about her life with Steve. It chocked full of all those pictures she took. Funny as I am a medium I have never figured out why when I walk by her house I hear. From Al Jolson song mammy. I’d walk a million miles for one of you smiles. Just that line. I think that he must have loved her smile so much. Someday I will have ask her. But I never push myself on people. No matter what I might pickup. There is a right moment and time for such things.
I just watched Towering Inferno last night. Great movie. David Jensen of Fugitive series was born in Santa Paula.
Wow , I didn't know that hat!
I like Steve . He was a good actor.
We lost him too soon. I had finished missile training at Fort Bliss, TX near El Paso across from Juarez, Mexico. I was in Europe when I heard of his death in Juarez. I think he was looking for a cure. Sad he didn't get one. I liked him in Bullet and Great Escape but wouldn't lend him my car or motorcycle. No one but him could have played Papion just like no one but Anthony Quin could play Barabbas.
That was really good! I enjoyed that!
Super Schauspieler 👍 Grüße aus Deutschland 🤗🇩🇪☀️