This was post-bankruptcy in the brief period when Eastern took to the air again. That was massively ill-conceived. The bankruptcy judge believed that it was his job to protect consumers by returning Eastern to the skies. Judge Burton Lifland. But Nov 1990 was in the midst of the Gulf War - fuel prices were sky high and airline demand was abysmal. Eastern bled like a stuck pig. So it went out of business anyway, uselessly frittering away that money. All it did was make the rest of the industry lose even more money. It was a terrible, terrible idea to return it to the skies. At that time, with all the reputational damage it had, and the state of the industry and the world, Eastern was worth more dead than alive. And they proved the hard way.
The VHS transfer is great. Nice to (virtually) fly EAL again. Oddly, in the 10 years I worked for Eastern, it never occurred to me to take videos. Man do I regret it today!
In a sense, we can still remember past videos of events in our heads, but our brains can't really visually record things as accurately or clearly as a video can. Particularly, if they're visual memories we try to picture from longer ago, so an actual video is still the best bet.
Thank you very much. I'm overwhelmed. I had no idea at the time I took the video that it would have any importance to anyone and simply posted it hoping a few people would enjoy some memories.
@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife And I'm one of them, thsnks for posting. I grew up here in Kansas City in the 1980s and I remember quite well the abundance of Eastern, Delta, and TWA 727s everywhere when flying (727s were the kings of domestic aircrafts in the 1980s). I also remember the United, Northwest, American, Continental, and USAir 727s in KCI and many other US airports then as well. There were more US airlines back then than today. I remember St. Louis was TWA's hub, Atlanta was Delta's, Denver was United's, Detroit was Northwest's, Chicago was American, Houston was Continental, and Pittsburgh was USAir. We flew somewhere a couple times a year throughout my childhood and had one time or another flown throughout or to each of those city's airports. And I took alot of notice because I was fascinated with flying and airplanes back then. We also went to London, UK several times (my grandparents were from there). I remember that twice it was TWA with one of the times through St. Louis and the other out of NY JFK (after visiting NYC before visiting UK). Once to London was on American through Chicago, once Continental through Houston, and once Delta through Atlanta. To my recollection, the TWA and Continental ones were 747s and the Delta was an L1011, and the American was a DC10. Almost every one the flights from KCI to the stopover city was a 727
Wow, what an amazing video! Absolutely spectacular! Brings back some great memories. Also made me realize just how much customer service has so severely declined in the airline industry. This was a joy to watch and i will definitely watch again and again. Thank you for posting this!
This brings back so many memories. I have probably had more flights on the 727 than any other airliner. The sound of the engines, the width of the seats, the overall roominess of the cabin. It loud as hell, especially if you sat in the rear of the cabin, but it was glorious. I loved the 727. This video reminds of a happier time in air travel, of inflight meals, wide seats, flight attendants that seemed to actually enjoy their jobs, when flying was actually enjoyable. Today I fly as a last option. Thank you for reminding us of how it once was.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50
Thank you very very much for this video. Your narration was perfect and the footage was perfect. My father like 35,000 other families got the surprise in shock when he was told that the airline was finished. Nostalgia goes along way and probably will for the rest of our lives that we remember what a family Eastern was to all of us. Thank you for sharing this footage.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
Nice point,... I didn't realize how much has changed...I remember hearing those swells of power that aren't present today. I also miss the smell of burning jet fuel when arrive, the loudness and smoke trails.... the louder the better!
Yes those power adjustments were part of the 727 experience. I think most 727 captains truly loved their airplane and had fun flying it every chance they got.
Great memories. I last flew on Eastern way back in 1978, on a 727 as a matter of fact...PIT-MIA and MIA-PIT. I last flew on a 727, deadheading on US Air Shuttle sometime in the late 90s. As a crewmember, I loved MCI airport! Unlike most other terminals and the long hikes to get the hotel van, in KC if you tripped coming off the jetway you'd land outside! Yep, power-backs are basically I thing of the past with wing mounted engines. Additionally they could wreak havoc with loose items around the gate area. You had to be careful to stay off the brakes or you could sit the plane on its tail! Haha. Again, at the risk of sounding like Bob Hope, thanks for the memories!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Brings back so many great memories of the 727-200. I only flew the Eastern 727 once in 1980 from MIA to STL. Most of my 727 flights were on Western & United ( PDX-LAX ) and Delta ( PDX - SLC ) ( PDX -DFW ). Took a NWA 727-200 from MSP to TPA back in the 90's through a horrific thunderstorm. That ol girl shook like crazy but the crew mastered the approach! Later I would use Alaska Airlines 727 service from ONT to PDX with a stop in OAK. One last route that I truly enjoyed was the Delta 727-200 service from SLC to FCA. When that tri-jet landed or departed at that uncontrolled field, everyone in that valley knew it!
This is an excellent video. I'm an avid airline lover, especially of the old 80s and 90s now defunt carriers. The narration of this is much appreciated especially with the taxi portion while in ATL. It was great. I miss 5he old days of aviation and things today are so different and so much hustle. I'm glad I stumbled on this as it felt good to just sit still and watch this and take me back to my childhood passion of aviation. Thank you for your time and effort that you took to do this. It's very appreciated!!!!
Wow. What a great video! Reminds me of when I was a kid. We always flew Delta, but so many memories on this video. This was when air travel was civilized. The pilot’s lengthy and informative announcement to the passengers…you would never get that anymore. The fact that there was a meal on a flight from Kansas City to Atlanta. Just great memories. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)🙂
That’s a DC-9-51 beyond the B757-225 in ATL. Most of the DC-9-51s had registrations N401EA to N422EA and most of the DC-9-31s N8916E to N8990E. Great video! I was working in Eastern’s ATL Reservations center at the time of this video.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)The strokes have put me way behind in posting new videos. 😭
Great video, thanks for sharing! I really appreciate your narration! I don't think I've seen a video of a 727 pushing itself back from the gate. Your channel appears to be a hidden treasure of plane-spotting and car racing videos so I think I'll be bingeing your content for a bit. Thanks for being the weird dude with the handy cam 30 years ago. Who would have thought us random people would be discussing it on the internet decades later!
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.) My strokes have also delayed my ability to post new videos. But I'll upload more as soon as I can. And thank you for the smile you gave me - yes, I am the 'weird dude" 🤣If you only knew the half of it.🤣
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, from Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
You are welcome! I watch it all the time. It’s a “ go to “ when I feel I miss the good times. My passion for aviation has been with me since I saw my first jet. I’m grateful you followed your instincts and posted. You heard our calls! Peace and good health to you, Sir.
The good old days. I really do miss the 727. The engine and flap sounds are so familiar and comforting; I always felt safest on the 727. I primarily flew on AA 727's. I think we really had it good back in those days. There is absolutely nothing in commercial aviation today that compares with the experience of 727's reverse thrusting back from gates, configuring for take-off while taxiing, or a flap-and-slat system that increases a wing's surface area by 25%. And remember how the 727 cabin would vibrate when the spoilers were deployed to lose altitude? And if you were sitting over the back of the wing, on landing, it almost looked as though the pilot had taken the wing apart; with the spoilers up and flaps down you could see everything inside the wing.
I flew on numerous TWA and Eastern 727s in the 1980s. There were slightly different sounds to the aircrafts back then, I agree. And serving meals on 1 1/2 to 2 hour domestic US flights, those were the days
@@glenrosarian2352 Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's compliments like yours that make the time and effort of making the old tape video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
Eastern going out of business was life changing for the worst. My dad was a mechanic at MIA, and we lived in South Florida. Eastern going down made my parents sell our house and move to NC 😢. What Lorenzo did to Eastern is UNFORGIVABLE.
What old good memories with Eastern Airlines Aircraft. Unfortunately, I never ride with the Eastern. I was the age of 24 and a young college student in Rochester, NY. I traveled with Amtrak connecting the LaGaurda Airport through USAir Airways for Miami and Key West during the Christmas Break 1990. I saw a part of the video showing the Steward and Stewardess carrying the meal trays to the passengers during old good daytime. Before the September 11, 2001, American Airlines aircraft hit the WTC Twin Towers. All Major Airlines no longer allow domestic meal trays to passengers. I always missed the domestic meal trays. I think some major international airlines allow meal trays to passengers out of the United States. Thank you for sharing an old thoughtful good memories video. Eastern Airlines, TWA, and USAir Airways have gone far.
@@josephpacelli3691Pratt & Whitney JT8D is what powered the 727-200 as well as 727-100, 737-100, 737-200, DC-9. MD-80 series did have JT8Ds but they were 2nd gen versions that sounded a tad bit quieter than the 1st gens your hearing in this aircraft.
Flew this magnificent bird back in the 80s and early 90s. You had to stay in constant power on final or she would fall like a sack of bricks out of the sky. But that was the fun part hand flying and riding that throttle til the very end when we slammed them shut just in time for touchdown. And they always bounced. How I miss these beautiful birds. And notice. The flaps aren't shaking and vibrating all over the place after landing. A solid workhorse of a plane. The lead sled they called her
Thank you very much. When I posted it, I never expected the nice reception it has received from so many people. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
In 1991 was 33 years old ! And stll love the planes ! I was flyattendant of AEROMÉXICO air lines ,1982 -1988. Tnen was fly in a executive aviation ! Thank's a lot for this memorys ! Regards from Querétaro México 🇲🇽🙏👏👍✌️😅
The 727 is the best looking aircraft in my opinion, the back engines and the T tail configuration makes it look cool and futuristic. Honestly all aircraft with that tail configuration looks cool, that’s probably why I love CRJs and the ERJ 145 variants so much. It’s a shame that there aren’t that many large aircraft that have this tail configuration anymore, as pretty much all 727s and all the McDonnell Douglas planes with that configuration have either been scrapped or converted into cargo planes. I suppose that Delta and Hawaiian still has some 717s, but who knows how much longer those will last for.
Flying prior to the 2000's was quite enjoyable, service was excellent, meals were included, etc. Late 1990's did see the start of the decline of services offered. My frequent flights where from Greensboro to Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Bermuda, Knoxville, with the flight from Atlanta to Bermuda being our favorite on the Delta L-1011!
I remember flying an Eastern L1011 from Miami to San Juan. And the flight before that an Eastern 727 from St. Louis to Miami. This was around 1985. We were going on a tropical Christmas vacation to get away from the winter cold
Absolutely! Delicious hot meals, with dessert! A slice of cheesecake, with a chocolate covered strawberry next to it. The most delicious cheese cake I have ever tasted.
I will turn 39 this year, have been flying since I was 8, and have never received a hot meal on domestic economy in my life, even on transcontinental flights
Just stumbled across this 727 video. Was privileged and fortunate to check out as a Captain on this aircraft before it was phased out. What a sweet flying aircraft. Not much on range but it would do whatever was demanded of it. Best time of my 35 years of flying. They don't make'em like it anymore.
I'm very please that you happened upon my video and watched it. I hope it brought back many good memories. I had no idea at the time I took the video how historic it would become. I was even hesitant to post it on YT. I didn't have confidence it would have a lot of interest, boy was I wrong. I've received many wonderful comments (including yours) that make me very glad I took the video and posted it on YT. Thank you for watching, and for your very nice comment. MrFreshbreeze50 P.S. My nephew is now a Delta pilot flying internationally. I was a helicopter pilot in the Army, but my flying career was cut short due to loss of sight in my right eye.
Charter airlines used to feed you, and hold luggage was included in the ticket, as was cabin luggage. Refunds were available. Low cost carriers ended all that
In the late 70's to early 90's, it was an exciting experience. The airports were beautifully created with very high end, sometimes leather seating at the gates, Eastern had these beautiful poster displays of their destinations throughout the concourse. The airline staff were very professional, always impeccably dressed with uniforms that were very beautiful. The female flight attendants would al have their hair style professionally styled into updo's, prior to the flights. Passengers were generally well dressed a d well behaved. There weren't a bunch of dysfunctional scary people on planes. The Eastern flight attendants we're super friendly. The employees were all very well compensated, and it a big family. Just excellent service. All around. I'm sure the other big airlines were the same. Full meal service for flights of 1+ hours. I remember once, having a hot breakfast served on a 50 minute flight from Miami to Atlanta! It was as if, you're flying up in a ane, you're entitled to a beverag before take off and a fully serviced hot meal plus your choice of an additional beverage.
It was certainly a much more civilized experience compared to today. Airline staff were very professional and well groomed. Airports felt more spacious because the airlines didn't cram as many people onboard their planes; and there were more airline hubs, so airlines connected passengers in more cities. At one time, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Dayton, Columbus, Pittsburg, Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Nashville, and Milwaukee were hubs for connecting passengers. This meant that even the biggest hub - such as Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas - only operated maybe 600 flights because hubs like Memphis and Raleigh-Durham operated roughly 250 to 350 flights. Today, most of those hubs are gone, and cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas operate over 1000 flights a day. There was also many more airlines serving the United States, airlines like Eastern, Western, Pan Am, TWA, Ozark, Republic, and others were still flying. And the on-board service was much better. The seats weren't as close together, and meals were normal - even in coach - on flights longer than 60 minutes over regular meal times. A lot started to change though in the late 1980's as competition heated up. There were a lot of airline mergers and bankruptcies, and airlines entered into alliances with international and regional airlines. That's why today, regional flights on smaller planes operate under the banner of the major airline - even though it's a separate company like PSA or SkyWest; and you may purchase your ticket on a US airline to travel from a city in the United States to Europe, but end up on a foreign airline like Air France or KLM. Then 9/11 happened, and that brought in a huge wave of change. Security was beefed up, non-passengers were no longer allowed to go past security, airlines began adding more seats to their planes and eliminated meals on most domestic flights, you're charged extra for things that used to be included in the ticket, and airports that survived as hubs expanded and were turned into malls while smaller hubs were shut down. While flying wasn't a magical experience by the 1980s - those days were over in the 1970s when the industry was deregulated, it certainly wasn't the exhausting, uncomfortable, unprofessional, and uncivilized experience that it is now. Today, I dread having to fly anywhere.
I definitely would have loved to fuel one of those! Grew up flying Eastern for vacation with family . Always loved Aviation and I miss EA so much.. This was when airlines HAD CLASS...
Thank you very much for watching and for your comment. I'm happy you enjoyed the video. Comments like yours make creating the video and posting it worth the time and effort. Appreciated.
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife oh I loved it thank you so much for creating it. So many of us aviation enthusiasts really appreciate real moments like these captured in history of the industry. It's really cool 🙏🏽🌈🌠
@@BabyWho143 You are MOST welcome. I am VERY happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your special compliment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a "completely" new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 10 months ago, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but I assure you that my sentiments are completely sincere.)
I never flew Eastern, I'd always see their planes in Miami as a kid. This is such great nostalgia, those sounds bring back so many memories of flights between Kingston, Jamaica and Miami. My first ever trip to ATL was the very next year in August of course on an AA 727 to see the Braves beat the Mets...met Henry Aaron that day too!
Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. I wish the pilots would talk more like they used to, I'm a a window person. And I appreciated it when the pilots would point out things on the ground.
Great video, absolutely fantastic quality considering it was a analog magnetic media VHS compact VHS? Even by today's standards, it's pretty good. But I think you had to live in that era to truly understand what I mean 😅. No crappy vhs related issues either lol.. Thank you, I was only 10 in January 91 and although have traveled on a B727 do not really remember much of the interior other then a picture of a cockpit (miss those days young children could request to visit the flight deck).
Terrific item of nostalgia. It was a pity the meal tray wasn’t captured, it would have been interesting to see what EA served on a sector like that. It would also have been more enjoyable without the unnecessary narration, in most cases what was being observed spoke for itself mitigating the need for stating the obvious. However, it’s this individual's production and they are naturally free to do what they wish with it. Having said that, the narrator made an excellent point about the lengthy journeys those paddle steamers made way back when, the almost overlapping zig zagging as a consequence of those frequent "S" turns certainly would have added on a significant degree of travelling time and mileage plying that mighty river. Thank you for sharing this wonderful gem, its great you got to fly with EA prior to their collapse - I wonder what they would be like today had they survived. I’d much rather see EA, PA, and NW still in operation than the likes of hideous DL along with all those deplorable low cost carriers that are a genuine cancer on the airline industry. It’s the legacy airlines trying to cut costs wherever possible to compete with their entirely different cost base and business model that has transformed the remaining airlines into unremarkable dreary transport/logistics companies than great airlines!
Beautiful engine sounds during takeoff and liftoff! Great video! I don't blame the flight attendant for not looking happy. I wouldn't be happy either if I thought I was going to lose my job! That was a very sad situation. At least TWA was acquired by American Airlines, and everyone was still employed from what I know.
Looking again at the brief shot of the full length of the plane, I agree. The DC-9 looked the same but was much shorter and only held 65 passengers whereas the MD-88 held 142 passengers (14 First Class, 128 Coach). I've corrected it in the description block, but am unable to edit the comment in the video. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video.
I really really enjoyed that little piece of nostalgia just beautiful. Please correct me if I'm wrong but the Boeing Aircraft Company became United Airlines
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife OK. The answer is Frank Borman - commander of the amazing Apollo 8 mission of Xmas 1968 . He went on to become chairman of the board at Eastern Airlines . Quite a character ! I can see how the question may been confusing ;-)
I remember the multi-colored Braniff aircrafts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Kansas City was their hub. Wasn't each color for a separate region of the US, like the blue Braniff planes flew to cities in the East Coast, the green planes the southern US, the red planes the southwest US, the brown ones the north central and Great Lakes, and the orange ones the Rockies and Pacific northwest? I may have the particular color with what region mixed up, but wasn't each color aircraft for each separate region in that sense?
@@alvexok5523 Thank you for watching my video and for your comment on Braniff. I flew partway to basic training in the Army, from Milwaukee to Dallas, TX, and then on a DC-3 Trans-Texas Airways to Ft. Polk, LA. I confess I didn't know about the reason for Braniff's different colors. Thanks! Appreciated. I'll have to look into that when I can. You've got me curious.🙂
If your comment is just to make the point that the KC airport is in Missouri, you are correct. Kansas City Int'l Airport (MCI) is located in Platte County, Missouri. I looked through my description of the video and couldn't find a place where I said the airport was located in Kansas. If I made that error someplace, please let me know where the error is and I will correct it. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video!
You don't see too many ramp videos of the 727s during these old days of how they were serviced. Interesting airliner for a more 2 year recent ramp rat.
An upgrade to the more powerful engines & a pair of winglets would have seen a lot of these three holers flying into the 2000s. Only a few ever got the upgrades. Seems airlines preferred to spend a fortune on new planes rather than a pittance keeping old ones fresh.
I'm sorry I don't have the web link, but there is a very good explanation on the internet about why these planes were retired. Try searching "What happened to the Trijets?" and I think you'll find it. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Eastern at this point was a SCAB airline a very unsafe airline at that time.There where many accidents and incidents that happened durning the strike.All the pilots where scabs as well as many other employees.Frank Lorenzo destroyed Eastern and upstreamed all of Eastern's good assets to Continental.
WRONG!! You wrote: "It was 10 months before the 9-11 aircraft crashes into the World Trade Center, so no TSA screening of passengers." 9/11 was in 2001 not 1991!! Maybe no "TSA" but there was still security with carry-on bag xray and magnetometer each passenger walked through. LOLOLOL. But thanks for the video.
Thank you. It should have said 10 years (and 10 months), not 10 months. I now have it corrected in the video description block! True, if there was airport screening present at Kansas City at that time it was minimal and done by private security that was either hired by the airline or the airport and not TSA, as you stated. My point was simply that flying was less of a hassle. I fly internationally and some airports, like Narita in Tokyo, require passengers to go through screening again even though they just got off a plane, are still in the security zone, and are transferring to another flight. I hope, other than my errors, you enjoyed a scruffy old video. Thank you for watching.
Looking at the FA she seems fine to me. She actually is acting way above the average woman today. Again, this is a old video and times where different where we now have expectations.
MISSOURI not Kansas Kansas City International Airport, like most everything KC is known for is in Kansas City, Missouri not Kansas City, Kansas Otherwise nice video - thanks!
Sure miss the grand ol' airlines like Eastern.😔 Corporate raider Frank Lorenzo destroyed them !!😡😒😔 I loved the 727, it was always a comfortable jet and it's sucessor, the 757, was even more lovely !!🥰🥰
Thank you for capturing some of the last months of EASTERN.
Miss EA every day
This was post-bankruptcy in the brief period when Eastern took to the air again. That was massively ill-conceived. The bankruptcy judge believed that it was his job to protect consumers by returning Eastern to the skies. Judge Burton Lifland. But Nov 1990 was in the midst of the Gulf War - fuel prices were sky high and airline demand was abysmal. Eastern bled like a stuck pig. So it went out of business anyway, uselessly frittering away that money. All it did was make the rest of the industry lose even more money. It was a terrible, terrible idea to return it to the skies. At that time, with all the reputational damage it had, and the state of the industry and the world, Eastern was worth more dead than alive. And they proved the hard way.
Great point! I miss them too!
The VHS transfer is great. Nice to (virtually) fly EAL again. Oddly, in the 10 years I worked for Eastern, it never occurred to me to take videos. Man do I regret it today!
In a sense, we can still remember past videos of events in our heads, but our brains can't really visually record things as accurately or clearly as a video can. Particularly, if they're visual memories we try to picture from longer ago, so an actual video is still the best bet.
Easily the best retro 727 onboard/inflight vid I’ve seen on UA-cam so far.
Thank you very much. I'm overwhelmed. I had no idea at the time I took the video that it would have any importance to anyone and simply posted it hoping a few people would enjoy some memories.
@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife And I'm one of them, thsnks for posting. I grew up here in Kansas City in the 1980s and I remember quite well the abundance of Eastern, Delta, and TWA 727s everywhere when flying (727s were the kings of domestic aircrafts in the 1980s). I also remember the United, Northwest, American, Continental, and USAir 727s in KCI and many other US airports then as well. There were more US airlines back then than today.
I remember St. Louis was TWA's hub, Atlanta was Delta's, Denver was United's, Detroit was Northwest's, Chicago was American, Houston was Continental, and Pittsburgh was USAir. We flew somewhere a couple times a year throughout my childhood and had one time or another flown throughout or to each of those city's airports. And I took alot of notice because I was fascinated with flying and airplanes back then.
We also went to London, UK several times (my grandparents were from there). I remember that twice it was TWA with one of the times through St. Louis and the other out of NY JFK (after visiting NYC before visiting UK). Once to London was on American through Chicago, once Continental through Houston, and once Delta through Atlanta. To my recollection, the TWA and Continental ones were 747s and the Delta was an L1011, and the American was a DC10. Almost every one the flights from KCI to the stopover city was a 727
Wow, what an amazing video! Absolutely spectacular! Brings back some great memories. Also made me realize just how much customer service has so severely declined in the airline industry. This was a joy to watch and i will definitely watch again and again. Thank you for posting this!
Thank you for watching, and for your very nice comment.
Very nice. Thanks for the upload. Flew many 727s. My father worked for Eastern for almost 20 years. My uncle before him. I grew up in Miami.
Thank you for watching and for your nice comment. Much appreciated. Sincerely, MrFreshbreeze50
This brings back so many memories. I have probably had more flights on the 727 than any other airliner. The sound of the engines, the width of the seats, the overall roominess of the cabin. It loud as hell, especially if you sat in the rear of the cabin, but it was glorious. I loved the 727. This video reminds of a happier time in air travel, of inflight meals, wide seats, flight attendants that seemed to actually enjoy their jobs, when flying was actually enjoyable. Today I fly as a last option. Thank you for reminding us of how it once was.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife Thank you for posting it!
Thank you very very much for this video. Your narration was perfect and the footage was perfect. My father like 35,000 other families got the surprise in shock when he was told that the airline was finished. Nostalgia goes along way and probably will for the rest of our lives that we remember what a family Eastern was to all of us. Thank you for sharing this footage.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
Love hearing all the power adjustments on final.. you can definitely tell they were hand flying that baby in
Nice point,... I didn't realize how much has changed...I remember hearing those swells of power that aren't present today. I also miss the smell of burning jet fuel when arrive, the loudness and smoke trails.... the louder the better!
@@Rexag That makes two of us. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Birds of a feather. 😄
Yes those power adjustments were part of the 727 experience. I think most 727 captains truly loved their airplane and had fun flying it every chance they got.
That Delta DC9 next to the Delta 727 is actually a MD80
Thank you for watching and for your comment. I stand corrected, but can't change my error without a complete re-do.
Wow!!! Eastern Airlines!!!! I remember that color interior of seats!!! AA did this in DFW as well with their 727’s!
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The engine sound and whine is so distinctive. I remember it well. One of my favorite planes of yesterday. SW 737-800 is my favorite now.
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I miss the sound of that engine
Great memories. I last flew on Eastern way back in 1978, on a 727 as a matter of fact...PIT-MIA and MIA-PIT. I last flew on a 727, deadheading on US Air Shuttle sometime in the late 90s. As a crewmember, I loved MCI airport! Unlike most other terminals and the long hikes to get the hotel van, in KC if you tripped coming off the jetway you'd land outside!
Yep, power-backs are basically I thing of the past with wing mounted engines. Additionally they could wreak havoc with loose items around the gate area. You had to be careful to stay off the brakes or you could sit the plane on its tail! Haha.
Again, at the risk of sounding like Bob Hope, thanks for the memories!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Brings back so many great memories of the 727-200. I only flew the Eastern 727 once in 1980 from MIA to STL. Most of my 727 flights were on Western & United ( PDX-LAX ) and Delta ( PDX - SLC ) ( PDX -DFW ). Took a NWA 727-200 from MSP to TPA back in the 90's through a horrific thunderstorm. That ol girl shook like crazy but the crew mastered the approach! Later I would use Alaska Airlines 727 service from ONT to PDX with a stop in OAK. One last route that I truly enjoyed was the Delta 727-200 service from SLC to FCA. When that tri-jet landed or departed at that uncontrolled field, everyone in that valley knew it!
Great video. Amazing visibility. The throttling on landing was epic.
Thank you for your very nice compliment and thank you for watching. I'm happy you enjoyed it.
This is an excellent video. I'm an avid airline lover, especially of the old 80s and 90s now defunt carriers. The narration of this is much appreciated especially with the taxi portion while in ATL. It was great. I miss 5he old days of aviation and things today are so different and so much hustle. I'm glad I stumbled on this as it felt good to just sit still and watch this and take me back to my childhood passion of aviation. Thank you for your time and effort that you took to do this. It's very appreciated!!!!
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Wow. What a great video! Reminds me of when I was a kid. We always flew Delta, but so many memories on this video. This was when air travel was civilized. The pilot’s lengthy and informative announcement to the passengers…you would never get that anymore. The fact that there was a meal on a flight from Kansas City to Atlanta. Just great memories. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)🙂
That’s a DC-9-51 beyond the B757-225 in ATL. Most of the DC-9-51s had registrations N401EA to N422EA and most of the DC-9-31s N8916E to N8990E. Great video! I was working in Eastern’s ATL Reservations center at the time of this video.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)The strokes have put me way behind in posting new videos. 😭
Excellent trip report on Eastern Airlines 727-200 MCI-ATL. This is an awesome snapshot of aviation history. Thanks for posting.
Awesome. I love that the 727 backed out of the gate using its reverse thrusters ( 2:02). I haven't seen that in decades.
Great video, thanks for sharing! I really appreciate your narration! I don't think I've seen a video of a 727 pushing itself back from the gate. Your channel appears to be a hidden treasure of plane-spotting and car racing videos so I think I'll be bingeing your content for a bit. Thanks for being the weird dude with the handy cam 30 years ago. Who would have thought us random people would be discussing it on the internet decades later!
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your detailed comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the old tape video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.) My strokes have also delayed my ability to post new videos. But I'll upload more as soon as I can. And thank you for the smile you gave me - yes, I am the 'weird dude" 🤣If you only knew the half of it.🤣
So great to see a video of a good old fashioned powerback off the gate!
Loved Eastern.....flew it several times Houston - Atlanta to visit grandparents.... thanks for the memories.
Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, from Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can., but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
You are welcome! I watch it all the time. It’s a “ go to “ when I feel I miss the good times. My passion for aviation has been with me since I saw my first jet. I’m grateful you followed your instincts and posted. You heard our calls! Peace and good health to you, Sir.
Thank you again for this nostalgic video!
The good old days. I really do miss the 727. The engine and flap sounds are so familiar and comforting; I always felt safest on the 727. I primarily flew on AA 727's.
I think we really had it good back in those days. There is absolutely nothing in commercial aviation today that compares with the experience of 727's reverse thrusting back from gates, configuring for take-off while taxiing, or a flap-and-slat system that increases a wing's surface area by 25%. And remember how the 727 cabin would vibrate when the spoilers were deployed to lose altitude? And if you were sitting over the back of the wing, on landing, it almost looked as though the pilot had taken the wing apart; with the spoilers up and flaps down you could see everything inside the wing.
I flew on numerous TWA and Eastern 727s in the 1980s. There were slightly different sounds to the aircrafts back then, I agree. And serving meals on 1 1/2 to 2 hour domestic US flights, those were the days
Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences with the 727s.
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLifethank you for sharing this great video! I get very sentimental over stuff like this.
@@glenrosarian2352 Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your comment. It's compliments like yours that make the time and effort of making the old tape video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (Sorry that I didn't write a completely new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 2023, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but my sentiments are completely sincere.)
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLifeThanks. I watch your video often. I hope your stroke wasn't too serious-- get well and te benedicat Dominus.
Eastern going out of business was life changing for the worst. My dad was a mechanic at MIA, and we lived in South Florida. Eastern going down made my parents sell our house and move to NC 😢. What Lorenzo did to Eastern is UNFORGIVABLE.
What old good memories with Eastern Airlines Aircraft. Unfortunately, I never ride with the Eastern. I was the age of 24 and a young college student in Rochester, NY. I traveled with Amtrak connecting the LaGaurda Airport through USAir Airways for Miami and Key West during the Christmas Break 1990. I saw a part of the video showing the Steward and Stewardess carrying the meal trays to the passengers during old good daytime. Before the September 11, 2001, American Airlines aircraft hit the WTC Twin Towers. All Major Airlines no longer allow domestic meal trays to passengers. I always missed the domestic meal trays. I think some major international airlines allow meal trays to passengers out of the United States. Thank you for sharing an old thoughtful good memories video. Eastern Airlines, TWA, and USAir Airways have gone far.
My sincere appreciation that you watched my video and thank you also for your comment. Mr. FreshBreeze50
Great video! I miss flying like it used to be.
Oh, my! What fun...worked for Eastern in ATL! The engine noises in flight are so familiar!
I miss that sound of the engines
@@josephpacelli3691Pratt & Whitney JT8D is what powered the 727-200 as well as 727-100, 737-100, 737-200, DC-9. MD-80 series did have JT8Ds but they were 2nd gen versions that sounded a tad bit quieter than the 1st gens your hearing in this aircraft.
Flew this magnificent bird back in the 80s and early 90s. You had to stay in constant power on final or she would fall like a sack of bricks out of the sky. But that was the fun part hand flying and riding that throttle til the very end when we slammed them shut just in time for touchdown. And they always bounced. How I miss these beautiful birds. And notice. The flaps aren't shaking and vibrating all over the place after landing. A solid workhorse of a plane. The lead sled they called her
Very nice. Always wanted to fly Eastern.
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Great video! The content and quality are top notch!
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching and for your very nice compliment.
Really enjoying the content. Thank you!
Thank you for watching, and for your nice comment.
If you were seated at the rear, you’d probably wonder why EA called their 727s “Whisper jets”. Great video and narration!
Thank you very much for watching, and sharing your knowledge of the 727
What a great video!!!!
Thank you very much. When I posted it, I never expected the nice reception it has received from so many people. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Great video!!! Loved the 727…..
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In 1991 was 33 years old !
And stll love the planes !
I was flyattendant of AEROMÉXICO air lines ,1982 -1988.
Tnen was fly in a executive aviation !
Thank's a lot for this memorys !
Regards from Querétaro México 🇲🇽🙏👏👍✌️😅
Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences. Blue Skies!
@robertovillanueva1926 👍🏼 I wonder if I was ever on one of your flights? I miss the old days! I love Queretaro! What are you doing nowadays?
Lovely aeroplane. Thanks 😊
Thank you! Mr. Freshbreeze50
The 727 is the best looking aircraft in my opinion, the back engines and the T tail configuration makes it look cool and futuristic. Honestly all aircraft with that tail configuration looks cool, that’s probably why I love CRJs and the ERJ 145 variants so much.
It’s a shame that there aren’t that many large aircraft that have this tail configuration anymore, as pretty much all 727s and all the McDonnell Douglas planes with that configuration have either been scrapped or converted into cargo planes. I suppose that Delta and Hawaiian still has some 717s, but who knows how much longer those will last for.
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Gosh i miss these times of air travel
Me too. I travel internationally and the experience leaves a lot to be desired from what used to be. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Flying prior to the 2000's was quite enjoyable, service was excellent, meals were included, etc. Late 1990's did see the start of the decline of services offered. My frequent flights where from Greensboro to Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Bermuda, Knoxville, with the flight from Atlanta to Bermuda being our favorite on the Delta L-1011!
I remember flying an Eastern L1011 from Miami to San Juan. And the flight before that an Eastern 727 from St. Louis to Miami. This was around 1985. We were going on a tropical Christmas vacation to get away from the winter cold
Thank you for watching, and for sharing your experiences with the 727s.
I heard that US full service carriers served free meals for coach class passengers back then.. Was this true?
Yes
@@dominicl316 And they were hot meals not cold sandwiches or just peanuts.
Absolutely! Delicious hot meals, with dessert! A slice of cheesecake, with a chocolate covered strawberry next to it. The most delicious cheese cake I have ever tasted.
I will turn 39 this year, have been flying since I was 8, and have never received a hot meal on domestic economy in my life, even on transcontinental flights
@@lukethompson5558 did u fly with full-service carrier when you were much younger?
thank you so much for this footage - merry christmas :)
Is it possible to hear the turbo fan engines in stereo,!!!!!!???
sorry, I don't know.
Just stumbled across this 727 video. Was privileged and fortunate to check out as a Captain on this aircraft before it was phased out. What a sweet flying aircraft. Not much on range but it would do whatever was demanded of it. Best time of my 35 years of flying. They don't make'em like it anymore.
I'm very please that you happened upon my video and watched it. I hope it brought back many good memories. I had no idea at the time I took the video how historic it would become. I was even hesitant to post it on YT. I didn't have confidence it would have a lot of interest, boy was I wrong. I've received many wonderful comments (including yours) that make me very glad I took the video and posted it on YT. Thank you for watching, and for your very nice comment. MrFreshbreeze50 P.S. My nephew is now a Delta pilot flying internationally. I was a helicopter pilot in the Army, but my flying career was cut short due to loss of sight in my right eye.
Incredible content! I wish I could’ve flown during those times. What was flying in 90’s like compared to today?
Charter airlines used to feed you, and hold luggage was included in the ticket, as was cabin luggage. Refunds were available.
Low cost carriers ended all that
In the late 70's to early 90's, it was an exciting experience. The airports were beautifully created with very high end, sometimes leather seating at the gates, Eastern had these beautiful poster displays of their destinations throughout the concourse. The airline staff were very professional, always impeccably dressed with uniforms that were very beautiful. The female flight attendants would al have their hair style professionally styled into updo's, prior to the flights. Passengers were generally well dressed a d well behaved. There weren't a bunch of dysfunctional scary people on planes. The Eastern flight attendants we're super friendly. The employees were all very well compensated, and it a big family. Just excellent service. All around. I'm sure the other big airlines were the same.
Full meal service for flights of 1+ hours. I remember once, having a hot breakfast served on a 50 minute flight from Miami to Atlanta! It was as if, you're flying up in a ane, you're entitled to a beverag before take off and a fully serviced hot meal plus your choice of an additional beverage.
It was certainly a much more civilized experience compared to today. Airline staff were very professional and well groomed. Airports felt more spacious because the airlines didn't cram as many people onboard their planes; and there were more airline hubs, so airlines connected passengers in more cities. At one time, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Dayton, Columbus, Pittsburg, Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Nashville, and Milwaukee were hubs for connecting passengers. This meant that even the biggest hub - such as Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas - only operated maybe 600 flights because hubs like Memphis and Raleigh-Durham operated roughly 250 to 350 flights. Today, most of those hubs are gone, and cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas operate over 1000 flights a day. There was also many more airlines serving the United States, airlines like Eastern, Western, Pan Am, TWA, Ozark, Republic, and others were still flying. And the on-board service was much better. The seats weren't as close together, and meals were normal - even in coach - on flights longer than 60 minutes over regular meal times.
A lot started to change though in the late 1980's as competition heated up. There were a lot of airline mergers and bankruptcies, and airlines entered into alliances with international and regional airlines. That's why today, regional flights on smaller planes operate under the banner of the major airline - even though it's a separate company like PSA or SkyWest; and you may purchase your ticket on a US airline to travel from a city in the United States to Europe, but end up on a foreign airline like Air France or KLM. Then 9/11 happened, and that brought in a huge wave of change. Security was beefed up, non-passengers were no longer allowed to go past security, airlines began adding more seats to their planes and eliminated meals on most domestic flights, you're charged extra for things that used to be included in the ticket, and airports that survived as hubs expanded and were turned into malls while smaller hubs were shut down.
While flying wasn't a magical experience by the 1980s - those days were over in the 1970s when the industry was deregulated, it certainly wasn't the exhausting, uncomfortable, unprofessional, and uncivilized experience that it is now. Today, I dread having to fly anywhere.
So much better in every way
Pratt & Whitney engines?
I definitely would have loved to fuel one of those! Grew up flying Eastern for vacation with family . Always loved Aviation and I miss EA so much.. This was when airlines HAD CLASS...
Fantastic the JT8 D sound !!! Sadly I never flew the 727 neither the L 1011... Ciao !
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Thank you for sharing this is cool 🛫🌠
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@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife oh I loved it thank you so much for creating it. So many of us aviation enthusiasts really appreciate real moments like these captured in history of the industry. It's really cool 🙏🏽🌈🌠
@@BabyWho143 You are MOST welcome. I am VERY happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching, and also so very much for your special compliment. It's comments like yours that make the time and effort of making the video worth it. I almost didn't convert the video to digital or post it on UA-cam because I wasn't confident anyone would care to watch it. I was certainly wrong about that. Thanks again, Mr. Freshbreeze50 (I apologize that I didn't write a "completely" new comment. I had two strokes on Easter morning, 10 months ago, and I can't type well anymore. So I copy and paste when I can, but I assure you that my sentiments are completely sincere.)
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife it's wonderful to hear from you and that you are doing well. I'm sorry about that I wish you good health 🙂. We love 💗 ✈️
Eastern branded the 727 “Whisper Jets”. I always chuckled at that…
I never flew Eastern, I'd always see their planes in Miami as a kid. This is such great nostalgia, those sounds bring back so many memories of flights between Kingston, Jamaica and Miami. My first ever trip to ATL was the very next year in August of course on an AA 727 to see the Braves beat the Mets...met Henry Aaron that day too!
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Love this video!
Thank you very much for watching and for you nice compliment.
The captain certainly talked a lot on that flight. You might hear from them a couple times nowadays if you're lucky.
Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. I wish the pilots would talk more like they used to, I'm a a window person. And I appreciated it when the pilots would point out things on the ground.
2:40 i miss the old Delta Logo
That's funny, I miss American's previous livery.
Wow, nice "Turn 'N Burn" takeoff! Gotta love that!
Great video, absolutely fantastic quality considering it was a analog magnetic media VHS compact VHS? Even by today's standards, it's pretty good. But I think you had to live in that era to truly understand what I mean 😅. No crappy vhs related issues either lol.. Thank you, I was only 10 in January 91 and although have traveled on a B727 do not really remember much of the interior other then a picture of a cockpit (miss those days young children could request to visit the flight deck).
Thank you for watching, and for your very nice compliments. And thanks for taking the time to share your story.
3:15, that is an MD-80
love all the P.A.s from the Capt!
Man, I mis the 727. Those Jt8D’s are the best sounding engines.
Terrific item of nostalgia.
It was a pity the meal tray wasn’t captured, it would have been interesting to see what EA served on a sector like that.
It would also have been more enjoyable without the unnecessary narration, in most cases what was being observed spoke for itself mitigating the need for stating the obvious.
However, it’s this individual's production and they are naturally free to do what they wish with it.
Having said that, the narrator made an excellent point about the lengthy journeys those paddle steamers made way back when, the almost overlapping zig zagging as a consequence of those frequent "S" turns certainly would have added on a significant degree of travelling time and mileage plying that mighty river.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful gem, its great you got to fly with EA prior to their collapse - I wonder what they would be like today had they survived.
I’d much rather see EA, PA, and NW still in operation than the likes of hideous DL along with all those deplorable low cost carriers that are a genuine cancer on the airline industry. It’s the legacy airlines trying to cut costs wherever possible to compete with their entirely different cost base and business model that has transformed the remaining airlines into unremarkable dreary transport/logistics companies than great airlines!
I miss the 727 flap system. We'll never see such a complicated system again.
Beautiful engine sounds during takeoff and liftoff! Great video! I don't blame the flight attendant for not looking happy. I wouldn't be happy either if I thought I was going to lose my job! That was a very sad situation. At least TWA was acquired by American Airlines, and everyone was still employed from what I know.
Marvelous
That's a Delta MD-88 on the ground in Kansas City
Looking again at the brief shot of the full length of the plane, I agree. The DC-9 looked the same but was much shorter and only held 65 passengers whereas the MD-88 held 142 passengers (14 First Class, 128 Coach). I've corrected it in the description block, but am unable to edit the comment in the video. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video.
Yup 💯
I really enjoyed this video. I used to live close to Kentucky Lake.
Do you remember what flight number??
Looking very nice!!😊😊😊
Thank you very much for watching and appreciating an old tape video converted to digital.
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife You are welcome. Continue to fly safe in these current days as well.
@@LMays-cu2hp Thank you, and blue skies to you as well. Mr. Freshbreeze50
I really really enjoyed that little piece of nostalgia just beautiful. Please correct me if I'm wrong but the Boeing Aircraft Company became United Airlines
What an awesome video.
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Q. How is this connected to Apollo 8 ?
Is Apollo 8 mentioned somewhere? Please help me out! I'm confused by your comment. :-)
@@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife OK. The answer is Frank Borman - commander of the amazing Apollo 8 mission of Xmas 1968 . He went on to become chairman of the board at Eastern Airlines . Quite a character ! I can see how the question may been confusing ;-)
Those times! Eastern was one of my favs airlines, do you remember (Branifff, Western), my beloved years!
Thanks for watching. Yes, and I flew on Braniff on my way to basic training in the army.
I remember the multi-colored Braniff aircrafts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Kansas City was their hub. Wasn't each color for a separate region of the US, like the blue Braniff planes flew to cities in the East Coast, the green planes the southern US, the red planes the southwest US, the brown ones the north central and Great Lakes, and the orange ones the Rockies and Pacific northwest? I may have the particular color with what region mixed up, but wasn't each color aircraft for each separate region in that sense?
@@alvexok5523 Thank you for watching my video and for your comment on Braniff. I flew partway to basic training in the Army, from Milwaukee to Dallas, TX, and then on a DC-3 Trans-Texas Airways to Ft. Polk, LA. I confess I didn't know about the reason for Braniff's different colors. Thanks! Appreciated. I'll have to look into that when I can. You've got me curious.🙂
Kansas City, MO*. Not Kansas.
If your comment is just to make the point that the KC airport is in Missouri, you are correct. Kansas City Int'l Airport (MCI) is located in Platte County, Missouri. I looked through my description of the video and couldn't find a place where I said the airport was located in Kansas. If I made that error someplace, please let me know where the error is and I will correct it. Thank you, and thanks for watching the video!
You don't see too many ramp videos of the 727s during these old days of how they were serviced. Interesting airliner for a more 2 year recent ramp rat.
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I think i remember flying in a Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 From Boston to Newark it was first experience flying
Kansas City international airport is in a Missouri, not Kansas
You are correct. I don't believe I said it is in Kansas. It is also named Mid-Continent International Airport.
An upgrade to the more powerful engines & a pair of winglets would have seen a lot of these three holers flying into the 2000s. Only a few ever got the upgrades. Seems airlines preferred to spend a fortune on new planes rather than a pittance keeping old ones fresh.
I'm sorry I don't have the web link, but there is a very good explanation on the internet about why these planes were retired. Try searching "What happened to the Trijets?" and I think you'll find it. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
They burned fuel like crazy. A 787 is twice size of the 727, and burns just a hair more fuel per hour
Eastern at this point was a SCAB airline a very unsafe airline at that time.There where many accidents and incidents that happened durning the strike.All the pilots where scabs as well as many other employees.Frank Lorenzo destroyed Eastern and upstreamed all of Eastern's good assets to Continental.
Exactly. 🎯
You don't need the audio explanations. We know what's happening.
My apologies if I blabbed too much. I hope you enjoyed the pilot's comments, and my sincere appreciation that you watched this video. MrFreshbreeze50
Very long v1 v2 rotation
WRONG!! You wrote: "It was 10 months before the 9-11 aircraft crashes into the World Trade Center, so no TSA screening of passengers." 9/11 was in 2001 not 1991!! Maybe no "TSA" but there was still security with carry-on bag xray and magnetometer each passenger walked through. LOLOLOL. But thanks for the video.
Thank you. It should have said 10 years (and 10 months), not 10 months. I now have it corrected in the video description block! True, if there was airport screening present at Kansas City at that time it was minimal and done by private security that was either hired by the airline or the airport and not TSA, as you stated. My point was simply that flying was less of a hassle. I fly internationally and some airports, like Narita in Tokyo, require passengers to go through screening again even though they just got off a plane, are still in the security zone, and are transferring to another flight. I hope, other than my errors, you enjoyed a scruffy old video. Thank you for watching.
The 727S aka 727-200 couldn’t hold a candle to the much sleeker, regal looking and more comfortable MD80‼️‼️‼️
Looking at the FA she seems fine to me. She actually is acting way above the average woman today. Again, this is a old video and times where different where we now have expectations.
Damn im only 22 years old but i wish i could fly with this plane
From what I understand is American denied all benefits
So sad.
MISSOURI not Kansas
Kansas City International Airport, like most everything KC is known for is in Kansas City, Missouri not Kansas City, Kansas
Otherwise nice video - thanks!
Eastern collapsed under the weight of those shoulder pads.
Sure miss the grand ol' airlines like Eastern.😔 Corporate raider Frank Lorenzo destroyed them !!😡😒😔 I loved the 727, it was always a comfortable jet and it's sucessor, the 757, was even more lovely !!🥰🥰
Does anyone miss that real strong smelling orange cleaner Eastern used on their planes??
count Dracula narrates
LOL! Thank you for watching.
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