Sam, what you've done for aviation enthusiasts with your photos and videos is nothing short of amazing. Many thanks for your downright legendary contributions -- most of us can only dream of the things you are able to do, and I appreciate that you've documented them so well for the rest of us.
Great video Sam Chui, I flew about 3000 hours as Pilot In Command on B707 and E3a-AWACS. In the cockpit is was just as much fun flying this airplane as seening your video. I will be looking forward seeing more of your interesting films. Happy landings, Arend.
Last time I flow on Boing 707 was in 1978 on PIA flight from London Heathrow to Dubai via Holland, Turkey & Syria. These where the best aircraft of those days 1960s to late 1970s.
The thing that wows me the most is that the overhead luggage compartments are not sealed containers, they are simple racks! Wouldn't they be worried about luggage falling off during turbulence?
You could use the 707's tail number and look up the age of the place, and its history. It could easily be 50-55 years old. Really amazing. Wonderful video, and the music, too! I flew 707s when I was a kid.
...I love the classic 1960s cabin interior with the original oxygen mask housings below the overhead racks. Reminds me of the days when I flew on 707s. ...and those lovely Pratt & Whitney JT-3D turbofan engines.with the intake cowl flaps.
For old geysers like me it's strange to see you make a big deal about going on a 707 as I flew on so many. It was a fantastic plane. My first Boeing 720B flight was on an EL AL flight from London to New York in 1962. I took other 707 EL AL flights from Amsterdam to New York and many TWA flights, American, Olympic, Pan Am 707s. Thanks for a wonderful video.
Being born a million (haha) years ago , I've been lucky to fly on many "vintage" airliners . DC-8 :DC-9 DC-10 ; MD-11 ;B-707 ; B727 ; B737-200 ;B-747-100 ; L-1011 ;BAE-146 and my personal favourites the Vickers Viscount : Lockheed Electra and DHC-Twin Otter . Great videos.....Cheers .
BEAUTIFUL! when I first got hired by TWA, after training, my first flight was a 707 from LAX to MCI then ORD. It was a RED EYE Flight... I liked your video. That 707 looked kind of old but it sure brought back memories!!! WELL DONE SAM!! Loved it!
this video made my night and made my day......this is the mother of commercial jet liner travel....it sent me right back to my child hood first time international travel and it was on a Boeing 707.. ..its the aircraft that shaped my passion for commercial jet liners....that unique sound of those choir girl engines as they sing treble at takeoff thrust then the mid range as she gets up to speed followed by the bass from behind.....on landing the down scale cut just before the thud on the runway the few second pause and loud scream of reverse thrust....goose pimples from beginning to end oh i almost cried after a shout of passion....there aint no other aircraft for me that generates the excitement of air travel for me like the boeing 707....to the memory of the good ole girls of those good ole days......
Looks like Iran must be home to one of the biggest remaining collections of classic 747s. What an interesting view @ 5:02: 707s, 747s, C-130s, Tu-154s and MD-80s.
You are my hero Sam, I have known your work for more than 20 years and I think you are one of the best, congratulations continues to do what we like !!!!!
I must admit you are an aircraft junkies who are willing to fly to unimaginable places like Iran and north Korea just to make this beautiful video. Keep up the work man.
You never been to Iran sir first you can search then plz do not compare my Iran to north korea you went really far from Iran to north korea! Western media doesn't want to show you the real Iran because they dont like Iran is far ahead of some European country Iran is long standing for thousand years before many western country was born! so the Asia people knows what is Iran like !
@@kev1nsky actually some western countrys leaders are wako sample just like trump crazy puppy not Iran's leader! Bush was wako did you forget! Saddam was wako cant you remember Taliban was wako! Tony blair was wako!
Wow...awesome plane spotting! The Iran Air A300 brings back memories...pretty much identical to the one we (the US) accidently shot down. I wish I was old enough to have flown on a 707. Unfortunately the DC-9 is the oldest aircraft I can brag about having flown on (and no not the ones Delta just retired...I'm talking old Continental back in the 90's. Man do we miss you CO....United blows.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane on this early Boeing 707, complete with the wonderfully noisy Pratt & Whitney JT3D (J-57) jet engines! I have been flying on jets since 1961 and likely flew some of the earliest 707s like this one and a few with Rolls Royce engines. The appearance of the engines and the scream they make reminds me of dozens and dozens of times my family used to go on vacation all over the world when I was younger. As a kid, I never took it for granted. I always got a window seat and had my face pressed to the window for the entire flight. Just the kerosene smell of those old "coal-burner" engines got my adrenaline flowing as we drove to the airport. The interior of the Saha 707 is exactly as I remember it, with the huge consoles above the seats and the chintzy florescent lights behind the metal runner shades with holes punched in them. The flying was always exciting with the engines churning up the sky...and roaring like hell when we landed. I remember the door to the cockpit and the doors in the galley used to open all the time from the vibration. Keep up the good work!
Love the 707. Man my last 707 flight was way back in June 1982 from Cleveland to JFK on a TWA bird. My first was in 1969 on Pan Am to Belgrade Yugoslavia.
As a kid, I flew a lot on B-707s and DC-8s and it's great to see that some of these planes are still flying. I was mesmerized by the look of the 707s engines back then and they still fascinate me today in the same way. Thanks for another unique video !
With Iran now having a good relationship with the US and EU, we sadly have to say goodbye to this historic fleet. I am happy for Iran that they are now getting A320's B737's and A380's, but as a flight geek it saddens me to think that in a few years, it will be the same types of aircrafts you see no matter where you go.
Pearl 'Boba Tea' Crystal Gem More than likely they'll cancel and switch to 787 or A350s. Doesnt make sense for Iran Air to get A380s especially with low traffic volume in Iran in general.
A flying antique, it takes me back to my childhood flying on these lovely planes. I vividly remember the decor of this relics. This video is a ride down memory lane.
Awesome vid! I remember flying on Olympic Airways 707's nonstop NYC to Athens way back when I was kid in the early 70's! The 707 revolutionized air travel.
I love these videos. The choice of music is always very apt. That was a very long take-off roll, given it's a turbofan 320 on a short flight. I flew across the Atlantic twice on Donaldson's ex-Pan Am 707's still powered by turbojets. Incredibly long take-off roll on those underpowered birds. A year later I flew non-stop for 11 hours from Gatwick to Vancouver on a British Caledonian -320, one of the nicest flights I've ever had. Lovely plane.
It's not that I don't trust the 707. I was a great plane. It's just that as an engineer, I know about a certain thing called structural fatigue that's brought on with age.....the passengers are probably right to thank God after the safe landing...
They probably had less cycles when they retired then most of Delta´s fleet. They where old, but built as tankers for the Iranian Air Forces, and seen very little use until the 1990s, and even after that the have seen much less use then what a american or european airline would have used them. So the cycles isn´t the big problem her, but lack of parts an maintainance probably.
Woody Ridenour - The 707 is a beast. IIRC, it was used as the “Vomit Comet” (look it up) for years because its sturdy construction could handle so much abuse. An Airbus would’ve fallen apart at the first attempt, although Airbuses tend to fall apart anyways.
Don't be silly and make comments you don't know anything about. Airbus used one of their first built planes, an A300B2, for the European "vomit comet" for decades. They finally made it into a museum piece and replaced it with yet another great aircraft, the A310.
Can't believe there are still any of these old workhorses still up in the air! I remember riding the B707 a few times when I was a kid (I was born in 1967). I would be worried flying these old planes in a country like Iran where there had been an international embargo placed for a couple of decades. Would worry they'd lack the parts to properly service the planes. Interesting to see no overhead compartment bins, just a shelf. Would think that would be none too safe in the advent of turbulence. On another note, I wonder how Iraqis are treated in Iran. I know they share the Islamic religion but I believe one is primarily Shiite while the other is primarily Suni and they fought an 8 year war from which there is still bad blood between them. Finally, just want to commend you on your editing. Love the fact that you include a little about the culture and scenery along the way. Being a mountain person I loved seeing Mt. Damavand from on high. Really beautiful. Also enjoy the music you used which is very autochthonous to the region.
I remember Iran, lived their back in 72-73, this video brings back a lot of memories especially flying on the 707. Also use to fly Iran Air down to Lavan Island frequently.
Beautiful video my friend and nice coverage. I bet it was nice to fly on such an ancient plane. I'd be scared to do it myself, but I can understand your enthusiasm. I cannot understand though why people have to come here and express their religious intolerance. If you don't believe in their prayer just ignore it but keep the religious hate crap to yourself. Stop ramming your atheism down people's throats. Get over yourselves people you're not the first or the last to not believe in God. It's nothing spectacular. We all have different beliefs. A nice bit of tolerance wouldn't go amiss.
+james rippingale wait what ? what are you talking about .. first that is 100% irrelevant second of all saudi arabia holds about 1 milion none muslim foreigners in their lands and they are living freely no tax nothing..here let me ask you this.. have you been tl saudi arabia? if yes prove it.
Loving that there are no overhead lockers. Excellent for turbulence. Storage thingys don't even tilt upwards or anything. Straight and level. You can tell a genius engineer was planning this plane! Makes you feel good when you fly it.
Sadly too late. Saha Air retired their last 707 last year. AFAIK there are no 707s in commercial passenger service anymore. Much like the IL-86, historically significant aircraft don't get much of a look in these days.
Geminijets NewMexico - The IL-86 is historically significant, being the first Soviet wide-body, just as the 707 was the first American trans-continental, and saw a lot of new technologies introduced into their respective nations civil airliners that would shape future their future developments.
You captured a spectacular view at 8:45. Thank you for sharing this video. It is nice to see and hear the vintage sight/sounds of jet travel from the years in which I was too young to appreciate the equipment I was flying on.
Thanks for posting this. Really took me back to early 1976 when I flew a TWA 707 from PHL to LHR. I was a kid & didn't snap any photos, but I have pretty vivid memories of it despite only being 7. The closest I've come to flying such a vintage plane was 2 years ago when we flew a circa 1980 737 across Peru on Peruvian Airways, just days before it was shut down by the gov't. Man those old engines make a racket but they also get your blood pumping!
Chris John Micheal, no offense but trying to be racist does not help on anything. Do you actually have sexual intercourse with a region???? LOL!!!!!!!! u dont even know what fuck even means??????????>>>>>>>>ooooooo cya later ok I talked a little kiddish there but really.
No I agree with you Iran is a beautiful country. Enghelab square looks pretty cool as well. Typical western ignorance and racism kicking in above -_-. reminds me of Istanbul and there people are friendly and nice..
Mohammad Mojalal Been there several times in the 70s and 80s, it’s an extremely beautiful country with so many nice people. I was constantly offered food and accommodation by families who were complete strangers to me!
Wow, nice vid. It's been about 25 years since I worked on one of these. I think this is an original 707 because only has one turbo compressor on #3 engine (the other on #2), but the engines appear to be JT3D. I remember those old PSU, and the overhead shelf. That's 60's technology there! no WiFi, no tv, no cell phone chatter, one aisle from front to back..Good old days, indeed. Good job filming.
!Your video is just a Masterpiece! Its so wonderful!! Im just crying! =D One of the last 707 in the world. And, by the way, your Teheran photos are so good, I hope some day to visit this great country. =D Greeting from Mexico
dear Sam, you made my night by this video, hank you, this video really touched my heart, flying from Dubai, Iranian food, mehrabad airport, flying by B707, toward Mash'had, great nostalgic music, mmmmmmmm night view of Tehran, thank you than you ^_^
My first 707 flight was in a Varig's -320C in the early 70's. Before that I had flown in Caravelles, DC8s, CV-990's and even in a Connie. Airport ramps don't look half as interesting now!
Dear Sam, this video is amazing. Many thanks. I particularly like the roar of those P&Ws on take off, and the classy, quintessentially 1960s interior... lovely! It reminds me of more "genteel" days of flying... when flying was certainly not cheap, but more civilised! Oh , how I wish I could go back in time!!! Also, lovely Iranian people.. very nice and welcoming.
I know the nostalgic, even can feel it...also flew lot of times in DC 8 and Caravelle planes, but is a big BUT and shadow site of course: these airplanes are claustrophobicly small, produces enormous noise and spoil extreme amounts of fuel! Let's never forget this in a world which is already noisy and polluted enough with limited oil resources.
True enough, but once an airliner generation was replaced by a more efficient one, it just resulted in even more demand and even more overall consumption and pollution...
Thank you for making the video and sharing. The 707 is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made. I didn't know until I saw your video that any were still flying with an airline.
This is a wonderful documentary of an amazing aircraft! definitely looks like a whole other era inside. Thanks so much for sharing! Loved every moment! Wish I had a chance to fly one myself, but unfortunately the oldest I can ever claim to have been on is a 727, back in 1981 on Pan-Am Warsaw to Frankfurt
Excellent video. good work. Thank you so much for sharing, you are one of the best, I hope you continue to make many videos it is a great pleasure to see them.
Anton Chigurh It means you felt the need to jump into a conservation to give us some random factoid that didn't answer the question I previously made: "How do you even find parts to service a B707?"
I dunno why my post didn't make it but, what I was saying before was there's boneyards all over the world, particularly in south america and africa where planes, cars, trains, ships go to die lol
Thank you for this video :) Would have been an honor to ride in such a historical aircraft :) And yes, This airline did retire this aircraft March of 2013 =/
A big THANK YOU to you for sharing your experience with us . I too , feel very elated watching this video ! I wish I can go to Iran too , to enjoy similar experience like you !
Hello! Thank you very much for this video... I should say short film :) Enjoyed your story :) I`ve never seen B707 and maybe I will never see it in real life, but what can I say, this is one of greatest planes on the planet :)
Well presented. Subscribed. I was fortunate to have a father who worked for United when I was a kid in the early 60s. We flew everywhere. Unfortunately I was just too young to really appreciate it. You on the other hand are in a truly enviable position. :) Regards
Wow fantastic video.....the inside looks exactly the same as I remember them....used to do the turn around service on the PAN AMs at Heathrow in mid 60's whilst they were in transit...quick clean of the interior....empty the bogs and change the modules in the bog cabinet...loved the prayers on take off and landing great touch to the video...👍👍👍
+firenze 87 Better and stronger build materials were used then, now with the extensive use of plastics and "advanced" crappy polymers/lightweight materials and complex flight management systems aircraft are safer yes, but their life expectancy is shorter than these true classic airliners, more than 40 years have passed since the production of 707's ceased and the one shown in the video still flies sound and good.
my first commercial and international flight was in one of these machines. I remember thinking wow what acceleration, but seeing this video what a long takeoff.
fernando13e not really modern AC stil have a useful life of around 30 years in commercial services with up to 80k flight hours. And I don't doubt that 3rd world countries will be using them well beyond that.
Sam, what you've done for aviation enthusiasts with your photos and videos is nothing short of amazing. Many thanks for your downright legendary contributions -- most of us can only dream of the things you are able to do, and I appreciate that you've documented them so well for the rest of us.
Great video Sam Chui, I flew about 3000 hours as Pilot In Command on B707 and E3a-AWACS. In the cockpit is was just as much fun flying this airplane as seening your video. I will be looking forward seeing more of your interesting films. Happy landings, Arend.
Last time I flow on Boing 707 was in 1978 on PIA flight from London Heathrow to Dubai via Holland, Turkey & Syria. These where the best aircraft of those days 1960s to late 1970s.
What's your age now I don't know I think you 70 60 50
@@RadarLocked hey he is of 19s ok he old that's why she don't some spelling
M M my last one was JFK to ATH via Shannon Ireland on a 707-100 in 1981
Ok, but Boing it's Boeing.
Blue seats, green walls and orange ceiling...groovy baby.
being born in 1980, thecolor scheme is completely normal to me :)
70's dudes
60's and I lived in Iran in the early 70's...flew on 707's many times.
I dig the headroom too.
The thing that wows me the most is that the overhead luggage compartments are not sealed containers, they are simple racks! Wouldn't they be worried about luggage falling off during turbulence?
You could use the 707's tail number and look up the age of the place, and its history. It could easily be 50-55 years old. Really amazing. Wonderful video, and the music, too! I flew 707s when I was a kid.
Thank you Sam, seeing your B707 video brought back lot of happy memories from my childhood flying as passenger on B707 and B720 in the 1960s.
my first and only flight on 707 was from St Louis to Honolulu, and that included a stopover in Los Angeles to refuel. . it was American airlines. .
...I love the classic 1960s cabin interior with the original oxygen mask housings below the overhead racks. Reminds me of the days when I flew on 707s.
...and those lovely Pratt & Whitney JT-3D turbofan engines.with the intake cowl flaps.
And the Smoking/No Smoking signs
For old geysers like me it's strange to see you make a big deal about going on a 707 as I flew on so many.
It was a fantastic plane. My first Boeing 720B flight was on an EL AL flight from London to New York in 1962. I took other 707 EL AL flights from Amsterdam to New York and many TWA flights, American, Olympic, Pan Am 707s.
Thanks for a wonderful video.
Being born a million (haha) years ago , I've been lucky to fly on many "vintage" airliners . DC-8 :DC-9 DC-10 ; MD-11 ;B-707 ; B727 ; B737-200 ;B-747-100 ; L-1011 ;BAE-146 and my personal favourites the Vickers Viscount : Lockheed Electra and DHC-Twin Otter .
Great videos.....Cheers .
lucky dog MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Varig airlines . Brazil-Argentina route. Too bad they went out of business .
The BAE 146 is still in service
ellis dee have yo flyed with TWA ?
ellis dee Boeing still makes 727s, they're not exactly "vintage." But wow, you really have been lucky to fly on such amazing aeroplanes!!😀
BEAUTIFUL! when I first got hired by TWA, after training, my first flight was a 707 from LAX to MCI then ORD. It was a RED EYE Flight... I liked your video. That 707 looked kind of old but it sure brought back memories!!! WELL DONE SAM!! Loved it!
this video made my night and made my day......this is the mother of commercial jet liner travel....it sent me right back to my child hood first time international travel and it was on a Boeing 707.. ..its the aircraft that shaped my passion for commercial jet liners....that unique sound of those choir girl engines as they sing treble at takeoff thrust then the mid range as she gets up to speed followed by the bass from behind.....on landing the down scale cut just before the thud on the runway the few second pause and loud scream of reverse thrust....goose pimples from beginning to end oh i almost cried after a shout of passion....there aint no other aircraft for me that generates the excitement of air travel for me like the boeing 707....to the memory of the good ole girls of those good ole days......
Looks like Iran must be home to one of the biggest remaining collections of classic 747s. What an interesting view @ 5:02: 707s, 747s, C-130s, Tu-154s and MD-80s.
Yep.
They have to use these because they are under sanctions.
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You are my hero Sam, I have known your work for more than 20 years and I think you are one of the best, congratulations continues to do what we like !!!!!
I must admit you are an aircraft junkies who are willing to fly to unimaginable places like Iran and north Korea just to make this beautiful video. Keep up the work man.
Iran and NK aren’t really comparable though. You can visit Iran quite easily and without any hassle and it’s safe. Just their leaders are a bit wacko
You never been to Iran sir first you can search then plz do not compare my Iran to north korea you went really far from Iran to north korea! Western media doesn't want to show you the real Iran because they dont like Iran is far ahead of some European country Iran is long standing for thousand years before many western country was born! so the Asia people knows what is Iran like !
@@kev1nsky actually some western countrys leaders are wako sample just like trump crazy puppy not Iran's leader! Bush was wako did you forget! Saddam was wako cant you remember Taliban was wako! Tony blair was wako!
Wow...awesome plane spotting! The Iran Air A300 brings back memories...pretty much identical to the one we (the US) accidently shot down.
I wish I was old enough to have flown on a 707. Unfortunately the DC-9 is the oldest aircraft I can brag about having flown on (and no not the ones Delta just retired...I'm talking old Continental back in the 90's. Man do we miss you CO....United blows.
What a BEAUTIFUL plane! WOULD LOVE TO RIDE ON THIS!
DieselDucy, I really agree! I am sad that this plane is retired.
I watch your videos.
DieselDucy you'd love flying on a b17 then I got to fly on one
After all, the plane did have a large history of crashes and fatalities.
DieselDucy I have a 1:150 astrojet 707
Thanks for the walk down memory lane on this early Boeing 707, complete with the wonderfully noisy Pratt & Whitney JT3D (J-57) jet engines! I have been flying on jets since 1961 and likely flew some of the earliest 707s like this one and a few with Rolls Royce engines. The appearance of the engines and the scream they make reminds me of dozens and dozens of times my family used to go on vacation all over the world when I was younger. As a kid, I never took it for granted. I always got a window seat and had my face pressed to the window for the entire flight. Just the kerosene smell of those old "coal-burner" engines got my adrenaline flowing as we drove to the airport. The interior of the Saha 707 is exactly as I remember it, with the huge consoles above the seats and the chintzy florescent lights behind the metal runner shades with holes punched in them. The flying was always exciting with the engines churning up the sky...and roaring like hell when we landed. I remember the door to the cockpit and the doors in the galley used to open all the time from the vibration. Keep up the good work!
Wow you are a brave man to fly that old plane.
Its safe man
That plane has 10000000034232340 flight hours why would it crash now :)
Over engineered to last forever.
Boeing ......... Boeing ....................
IF IT ISN'T BOEING I AM NO'T GOING !
I was privileged to have flown on many 707's during the 60's. This video brings back a lot of memories.
Love the 707. Man my last 707 flight was way back in June 1982 from Cleveland to JFK on a TWA bird. My first was in 1969 on Pan Am to Belgrade Yugoslavia.
This old plane gives a calming feeling.
it crash landed a couple of weeks ago near Tehran :(
no no no that airplan did 7O7EP_SHV
Rest In Peace B707.
@@adityasanthanam1945 7O7 in my heart all of time
7O7 was and is very powerfull &safe
thanks for you Aditya
Saha air stopped service a few years ago.
@@notused6779 no
As a kid, I flew a lot on B-707s and DC-8s and it's great to see that some of these planes are still flying. I was mesmerized by the look of the 707s engines back then and they still fascinate me today in the same way. Thanks for another unique video !
With Iran now having a good relationship with the US and EU, we sadly have to say goodbye to this historic fleet. I am happy for Iran that they are now getting A320's B737's and A380's, but as a flight geek it saddens me to think that in a few years, it will be the same types of aircrafts you see no matter where you go.
Pearl 'Boba Tea' Crystal Gem not anymore.
Pearl 'Boba Tea' Crystal Gem More than likely they'll cancel and switch to 787 or A350s. Doesnt make sense for Iran Air to get A380s especially with low traffic volume in Iran in general.
Marc Liljeqvist
Airbus. Yuck.
Are you sure they still have a good relationship?
@@justinpersaud863 Trump has entered the chat
A flying antique, it takes me back to my childhood flying on these lovely planes. I vividly remember the decor of this relics. This video is a ride down memory lane.
Awesome vid! I remember flying on Olympic Airways 707's nonstop NYC to Athens way back when I was kid in the early 70's! The 707 revolutionized air travel.
I love these videos. The choice of music is always very apt. That was a very long take-off roll, given it's a turbofan 320 on a short flight. I flew across the Atlantic twice on Donaldson's ex-Pan Am 707's still powered by turbojets. Incredibly long take-off roll on those underpowered birds. A year later I flew non-stop for 11 hours from Gatwick to Vancouver on a British Caledonian -320, one of the nicest flights I've ever had. Lovely plane.
It's not that I don't trust the 707. I was a great plane. It's just that as an engineer, I know about a certain thing called structural fatigue that's brought on with age.....the passengers are probably right to thank God after the safe landing...
They probably had less cycles when they retired then most of Delta´s fleet. They where old, but built as tankers for the Iranian Air Forces, and seen very little use until the 1990s, and even after that the have seen much less use then what a american or european airline would have used them.
So the cycles isn´t the big problem her, but lack of parts an maintainance probably.
Woody Ridenour - The 707 is a beast. IIRC, it was used as the “Vomit Comet” (look it up) for years because its sturdy construction could handle so much abuse. An Airbus would’ve fallen apart at the first attempt, although Airbuses tend to fall apart anyways.
Don't be silly and make comments you don't know anything about. Airbus used one of their first built planes, an A300B2, for the European "vomit comet" for decades. They finally made it into a museum piece and replaced it with yet another great aircraft, the A310.
WillScaryForCandy - Found the Airbus employee! Hey..at least it’s not Embraer. I have no idea why Boeing bought that steaming pile of crap.
Not an Airbus employee. I am a pilot and called out your false statement.
Fascinating! My first flight was in a BEA Vickers Vanguard and the second was a BOAC 707 - must have been around 1964. Wonderful memories - thank you.
Amazing vid sir. Iran must have some great engineers to keep these old birds airborne. Thanks.
Can't believe there are still any of these old workhorses still up in the air! I remember riding the B707 a few times when I was a kid (I was born in 1967). I would be worried flying these old planes in a country like Iran where there had been an international embargo placed for a couple of decades. Would worry they'd lack the parts to properly service the planes. Interesting to see no overhead compartment bins, just a shelf. Would think that would be none too safe in the advent of turbulence. On another note, I wonder how Iraqis are treated in Iran. I know they share the Islamic religion but I believe one is primarily Shiite while the other is primarily Suni and they fought an 8 year war from which there is still bad blood between them. Finally, just want to commend you on your editing. Love the fact that you include a little about the culture and scenery along the way. Being a mountain person I loved seeing Mt. Damavand from on high. Really beautiful. Also enjoy the music you used which is very autochthonous to the region.
I remember Iran, lived their back in 72-73, this video brings back a lot of memories especially flying on the 707. Also use to fly Iran Air down to Lavan Island frequently.
@@burtmurphy6261 Cool...👍
Flying in and out of Iran and North Korea, your a brave man.
normal people living normal lives. don't buy into the western media exaggerations.
Iran isnt bad at all its just the rulers that are a little wacko
Well we are not zombies . Iran has hospitable people just ask the tourists who had the experience .
Feel safer in Iran anyday than any Gulf state!
I love this! Thank you for shooting it.
Beautiful video my friend and nice coverage. I bet it was nice to fly on such an ancient plane. I'd be scared to do it myself, but I can understand your enthusiasm.
I cannot understand though why people have to come here and express their religious intolerance. If you don't believe in their prayer just ignore it but keep the religious hate crap to yourself. Stop ramming your atheism down people's throats. Get over yourselves people you're not the first or the last to not believe in God. It's nothing spectacular. We all have different beliefs. A nice bit of tolerance wouldn't go amiss.
Just lilke Saudi really tolerant to no Muslims?
+Strose Amen! Let people believe how they wish. if you do not like it do not pay any attention. God is great!
+james rippingale wait what ? what are you talking about .. first that is 100% irrelevant second of all saudi arabia holds about 1 milion none muslim foreigners in their lands and they are living freely no tax nothing..here let me ask you this..
have you been tl saudi arabia? if yes prove it.
Not sure but I think most of the non Muslims are oil workers. At least it was that way in the early 90's when I was there. That may have changed.
Ok
Proud of Saha Air for operating a beautiful airliner like the Boeing 707. Keep it up.
Jackson, Mississippi.
Loving that there are no overhead lockers. Excellent for turbulence.
Storage thingys don't even tilt upwards or anything. Straight and level. You can tell a genius engineer was planning this plane!
Makes you feel good when you fly it.
The fact that you are still alive after all your flights with these old airplanes is just a miracle
Beautiful aircraft! Please don't let this revolutionary aircraft go!
Sadly too late. Saha Air retired their last 707 last year. AFAIK there are no 707s in commercial passenger service anymore. Much like the IL-86, historically significant aircraft don't get much of a look in these days.
LMLMD Thanks for the information. It's always very sad to see great airliners go
AGREE WITH YOU !!!
LMLMD how historically significant is the IL-86. not nearly any ware as much as the 707.
Geminijets NewMexico - The IL-86 is historically significant, being the first Soviet wide-body, just as the 707 was the first American trans-continental, and saw a lot of new technologies introduced into their respective nations civil airliners that would shape future their future developments.
That is one extremely rare treat, glad you got to enjoy this
longest take off roll i have ever seen
ss yeah old plane
Probably also hot conditions reducing the power of the engines and effective lift of the wing
They pay for the whole runway , so they use the whole runway😂😂😂
The pilots are persian, so they must be praying in takeoff.
Your channel has progressed a LOT since then! Congrats!
beautiful engines+beautiful country!!
Thanks for sharing this. It took me back to when I was a boy on BOAC 707's. Great video.
fantastic!! very very nice.. compliments for the great video ;)
greetings from Rome
You captured a spectacular view at 8:45. Thank you for sharing this video. It is nice to see and hear the vintage sight/sounds of jet travel from the years in which I was too young to appreciate the equipment I was flying on.
0:53 Holy shit! That's a legit trafic jam.......
David Herbant No kidding! Even the aerial view doesn't get all of it in! 0.o
+David Herbant That traffic jam is VERY normal in Dubai :P Happens everyday
Arthur Stafford You must visit Jakarta or New Delhi to see big traffic
That route heads into Sharjah so you’ll see lots of people going back to Sharjah from their work in Dubai .
Looks like Phoenix.
Fantastic experience! Glad to see this classic was still flying in 2013.
Dude! slow down the time elapses between the frames. Your slideshow is too fast!
Thanks for posting this. Really took me back to early 1976 when I flew a TWA 707 from PHL to LHR. I was a kid & didn't snap any photos, but I have pretty vivid memories of it despite only being 7. The closest I've come to flying such a vintage plane was 2 years ago when we flew a circa 1980 737 across Peru on Peruvian Airways, just days before it was shut down by the gov't. Man those old engines make a racket but they also get your blood pumping!
Iran is a beauty country with nice and helpful people.
tnx for sharing this videio
Mohammad Mojalal fuck the Middle East
Chris John Micheal, no offense but trying to be racist does not help on anything. Do you actually have sexual intercourse with a region???? LOL!!!!!!!! u dont even know what fuck even means??????????>>>>>>>>ooooooo cya later ok I talked a little kiddish there but really.
NO IRAN IS THE OPPOSITE
U STUPID
No I agree with you Iran is a beautiful country. Enghelab square looks pretty cool as well. Typical western ignorance and racism kicking in above -_-. reminds me of Istanbul and there people are friendly and nice..
Mohammad Mojalal Been there several times in the 70s and 80s, it’s an extremely beautiful country with so many nice people. I was constantly offered food and accommodation by families who were complete strangers to me!
Wow! What a beauty! This video was a real treat!
I dont know Why but i like watching these videos.
What a delightful video. The 707 is my all-time favourite plane, and I flew them many times on PanAm from Hong Kong to the US and back.
I flew a TWA 707 Charter to Spain in the 70's I loved the aircraft
Wow, nice vid. It's been about 25 years since I worked on one of these. I think this is an original 707 because only has one turbo compressor on #3 engine (the other on #2), but the engines appear to be JT3D. I remember those old PSU, and the overhead shelf. That's 60's technology there! no WiFi, no tv, no cell phone chatter, one aisle from front to back..Good old days, indeed. Good job filming.
Thanks for sharing I flew on a QANTAS 707..GREAT EXPERIENCE.
my new favourite video on UA-cam!
Damn! It's at least 30 years since I was on a 707. I'd love the chance to fly on one again. I miss that scream.
!Your video is just a Masterpiece! Its so wonderful!!
Im just crying! =D
One of the last 707 in the world. And, by the way, your Teheran photos are so good, I hope some day to visit this great country. =D Greeting from Mexico
Another fantastic video...
dear Sam, you made my night by this video, hank you, this video really touched my heart, flying from Dubai, Iranian food, mehrabad airport, flying by B707, toward Mash'had, great nostalgic music, mmmmmmmm night view of Tehran, thank you than you ^_^
My first 707 flight was in a Varig's -320C in the early 70's. Before that I had flown in Caravelles, DC8s, CV-990's and even in a Connie. Airport ramps don't look half as interesting now!
Dear Sam, this video is amazing. Many thanks. I particularly like the roar of those P&Ws on take off, and the classy, quintessentially 1960s interior... lovely! It reminds me of more "genteel" days of flying... when flying was certainly not cheap, but more civilised! Oh , how I wish I could go back in time!!!
Also, lovely Iranian people.. very nice and welcoming.
My first 707 was Dec 7 1967 Athens to New York on an Olympic 707 320B (I was 2)
All your videes are excellent. Thank you very much for sharing them.
2:45 , men and women entrance , are u serious?! -_-
sadly yes this what iran has become boxenfun
I know, so hard to believe that religion can do this to an entire nation, shows we have a LONG way to go with evolution.
Barry Obama thats not true by any sense
Barry Obama when was i denying you of faith.
FOAD.
Excellent footage!! Love your videos man. Thanks for sharing!!
I know the nostalgic, even can feel it...also flew lot of times in DC 8 and Caravelle planes, but is a big BUT and shadow site of course: these airplanes are claustrophobicly small, produces enormous noise and spoil extreme amounts of fuel! Let's never forget this in a world which is already noisy and polluted enough with limited oil resources.
True enough, but once an airliner generation was replaced by a more efficient one, it just resulted in even more demand and even more overall consumption and pollution...
Piece of history in the sky. Good video
This plane must have originally been from JAT airlines, as it has the same livery, just a bit changed ;)
VHS UA-cam cool im serbian
JAT, amazing in their prime but sadly the Yugoslav wars killed the airline.
BC no I believe this plane was an ex tanker from the Air Force.
Thank you for making the video and sharing. The 707 is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made. I didn't know until I saw your video that any were still flying with an airline.
I love Boeing 707.
This is a wonderful documentary of an amazing aircraft! definitely looks like a whole other era inside. Thanks so much for sharing! Loved every moment! Wish I had a chance to fly one myself, but unfortunately the oldest I can ever claim to have been on is a 727, back in 1981 on Pan-Am Warsaw to Frankfurt
You missed the initial engine spool up, the most important part of the video!
Excellent video. good work. Thank you so much for sharing, you are one of the best, I hope you continue to make many videos it is a great pleasure to see them.
I like the dc-8 better but glad to see such an old plane still flying.
Hey Bud....simply Amazing work. I cannot imagine no doors for luggage above seats :-) thank you so much.
How do they even find parts to service a B707?
+Xtragicfever Boneyards that have hundreds of 707's.
MeMad Max I've been to the boneyard in SoCal, and I didn't see one B707. The most recent planes that are in dry storage are the B747-400s and B727s,
Anton Chigurh That means what exactly?
Anton Chigurh It means you felt the need to jump into a conservation to give us some random factoid that didn't answer the question I previously made: "How do you even find parts to service a B707?"
I dunno why my post didn't make it but, what I was saying before was there's boneyards all over the world, particularly in south america and africa where planes, cars, trains, ships go to die lol
Thank you for this video :)
Would have been an honor to ride in such a historical aircraft :)
And yes, This airline did retire this aircraft March of 2013 =/
The 707 must have been taken care of well
A big THANK YOU to you for sharing your experience with us . I too , feel very elated watching this video ! I wish I can go to Iran too , to enjoy similar experience like you !
I hope you don't find my question offensive,but how do you get the time and money to do these things?
Fun People he is some succesful property dude
Fun People I think Sam Chai owns several gambling parlours and gentlemen clubs in Macau and Hong Kong
Hello!
Thank you very much for this video... I should say short film :)
Enjoyed your story :)
I`ve never seen B707 and maybe I will never see it in real life, but what can I say, this is one of greatest planes on the planet :)
I love persian food!!!!
Excellent video. I'm watching from Brazil.
Is it cheap to fly airlines from Iran?
Relatively cheap
Que fuerte!!! Women entrance , ¿para las occidentales tambien?
Its Very very very very very cheap airlines in tehran (Iran)
Of course
Thanks for a wonderful ride on a classic bird. I also enjoyed the brief tour too!
people are so afraid of taking this old flight when the crashed plane all this while was a new plane....
Well presented. Subscribed.
I was fortunate to have a father who worked for United when I was a kid in the early 60s. We flew everywhere. Unfortunately I was just too young to really appreciate it. You on the other hand are in a truly enviable position. :)
Regards
About those Iraqi pilgrims... I'd be praying too if I was travelling on that heap of old junk :D
Clarissa McPigeon
Stupid bitch
EMOTIONAL AND SENSITIVE VIDEO,CONGRATULATIONS SAM!!!
you sir got some balls to fly with this airlines whahahahhaha
Wow fantastic video.....the inside looks exactly the same as I remember them....used to do the turn around service on the PAN AMs at Heathrow in mid 60's whilst they were in transit...quick clean of the interior....empty the bogs and change the modules in the bog cabinet...loved the prayers on take off and landing great touch to the video...👍👍👍
Too bad I'm American and politics gets in the way. Sigh...
WOW!! An 68 years old aeroplane can still fly. Amazing.
An interesting crap old aeroplane!
+Duncan Pitfield I wonder if it would make it to the Mojave Desert plane junk yard!
+firenze 87 Better and stronger build materials were used then, now with the extensive use of plastics and "advanced" crappy polymers/lightweight materials and complex flight management systems aircraft are safer yes, but their life expectancy is shorter than these true classic airliners, more than 40 years have passed since the production of 707's ceased and the one shown in the video still flies sound and good.
my first commercial and international flight was in one of these machines. I remember thinking wow what acceleration, but seeing this video what a long takeoff.
Duncan Pitfield one of the best planes ever produced. It's only crap when compared to DC8.
fernando13e not really modern AC stil have a useful life of around 30 years in commercial services with up to 80k flight hours. And I don't doubt that 3rd world countries will be using them well beyond that.
You can tell how safety has changed by looking at the overhead bins with no doors. ..
Beautiful classic
Nice music and very excellent quality of video editing.
that looks so original, i so love 707s, awesome video......