Eastern Air Lines DC-9-51 Arriving at Mojave
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- N403EA (cn 47685/794) Built 1975
Here you see an Eastern DC-9-51 arriving at the boneyard after serving EAL until they ceased operations in January 1991. She went on to fly for AVENSA as YV-87C.
History:
Allegheny Airlines (N922VJ) ff 9/15/75, dd 11/21/75 922
Eastern Air Lines (N403EA) dd 6/78 403
Avensa (YV-87C)
dd 7/91 - wfu 3/98 SVMI
Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©)
Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©
Heartbreaking. I was a flight attendant for Eastern. I've since flown for 2 others, the latest being United, resigning in '05. Oh, how I miss these babies...I still smell their " airplane smell" in my memory😄 (never dreamed I'd say that) but it "gets in your blood" and never leaves!❤
One of the most handsome liveries to ever grace an American airline.
It's too bad that seemingly beautiful flyable aircraft have go to their grave. Everything has a life & death.
Yes, those silver aircrafts with the long blue stripe down the planes and up the tails were common sights at airports throughout the 1980s, both them and the good ol' white and red striped TWA aircrafts and their red tails with the big TWA written on them. Two very popular airlines in the 1980s which for some reason both discontinued, while the other 4 popular 1980s airlines continued til today, American, United, Continental, and Delta (well United and Continental merged into one, and there was and still is USAir, so technically there still are 4 different airlines from the 80s that are still with us today)
Eastern, hands down, had the most stylish, mod, gorgeous livery!
🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Too bad EAL ceased 😢 & really that was the result of Frank Lorenzo's corporate greed ...
I retired as a captain for Eastern Airlines, this was right after flying for Piedmont airlines for seven years prior, and what a difference between the two! I enjoyed the DC-9 very much, but I absolutely loved the B-727!
My father was an Eastern DC-9 captain out of Hartsfield in Atlanta for many years. Loved flying in the DC-9.
His last couple of years before retirement, he was selected to
train in Toulouse France as one of the First of Easterns A300 captains.
He felt like a pilot in the DC-9, the A300 removed a lot of the skill required to fly, takeoff and land the damn thing.
Miss Dad.
65strad Who as your father? My dad was a DC-9 Captain as well based out of Atlanta. He was one of the most senior pilots. He is now retired from American.
The DC-9, some have said, was the sports car of airliners.
@@young768 just stumbled on my old post. He was Captain Joseph D'Antoni
He’s flying high now ❤❤🙏🏼✝️
Most beautiful aircraft ever especially in EAL paint combo.
Pure vintage plane.
Back in the day the silver polished dc9 shines and sparkles in the sunlight at great 🇺🇸american airports.
🗽🇺🇲Memories and memories❤️
As a former employee of EA (right up to the bitter end), I will forever wonder what might have been were it not of Frank Lorenzo.
Yeah kind of sad yet nostalgic looking at that.
Is there a definitive book that tells the full tale? (other than just blaming Lorenzo)
There is indeed a book: "GROUNDED - Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines" by Aaron Bernstein.
I'm NOT saying that the IAM didn't play a part in the demise of Eastern, and truth be told I am NOT a big fan of Labor Unions. HOWEVER, it is quite telling how after Eastern's shut-down, Congress banned Frank Lorenzo from holding any interests in a US Carrier. The man was pure evil.
Biscayne Boeing Yeah he messed up Continental too
Flying in them since I was young. You never thought they would go away. Best era in commercial aviation.
i worked for Eastern Airlines, breaks my heart every time i watch this. Lorenzo sold us off like a swap meet.
We flew on wonderful Eastern Airlines many times.... how tragic that majestic DC-9 was relegated to the "bone-yard" on it's final flight!
Eastern Airline's DC-9's brings back a lot of memories. They were a mainstay at Friendship Airport (now BWI) when I was a kid. Thanks Ryan, I'll be coming back to this video from time to time for sure.
I always had mixed feelings when visiting Mojave in the 90s. I remember I could walk right up to an ex-Midway jet, parked right at the ramp. The chance to get a close up look at an airliner was a real treat. Sad though, when you knew, the airline was gone and the aircraft might end up scrapped.
Just retired finally from Delta a few months ago.
1:00 Oh how I miss the good old days! DC-9's and Chevy Caprices!
Love a good ole B Body caprice
Great plane, fuel guzzlers, prolly had quite a bit to do with their retirements.
It's sad to see this, having that it's last flight!! My dad worked for eastern and I absolutely love EAL!! RIP DC-9
I flew for Eastern from 1976 thru 1989 F/A although the DC-9 was my least favorite a/c I managed to fly quite a few trips on them, just so I could fly out of FLL instead of my main base MIA. My favorite a/c was the L-1011 which I flew on quite a bit out of SJU until that base was closed down. Lorenzo was the crook who took EAL down I hope he chokes on all his millions he managed to steal.
Chapter 11 as a means of busting unions, that was another catastrophe. What's wrong with labor unions? Eastern had a few worthwhile assets, the value of which was stripped by a few corporate raiders. The workers got fired and the bondholders were literally left with nothing. I know. I was one of those people and I can even tell you the date.
DC-9 my all time favorite, a real pilots plane!
I talked to pilots who were ex-military and they stated the original DC9 handled like a big fighter
The Wings of Man.
I was a FA when this was Eastern's commercial. During a delay, a guy got on and said with a smile "So.... the Wings of Man are running a little late today." It's funny what a person remembers.
I’ve flown on eastern dc9’s several times back in the day. Beautiful planes.
The first Airline I worked for ! I was so proud of it. I was working the gate in PHL when it was ended. I then went onto USAir to be a Flight Attendant. Those were the end days of what flying in America was all about. We had First Class and it was REAL First Class even on a short flt from CLT to PHL. We even served a hot lunch in the back. Now it’s a living hell to fly. I only fly First but it’s no better nor then it was fly8ng in the back way back in those days but still better then the hell they put pax through in the back
I just can't freak'in believe this! I last saw a Eastern Chrome "Hockey stick" DC-9 back in 87 or 88 and I just had another flashback! Ryan your a saint! thankyou!
I flew for TWA (TW) from 1976 to 1988, left after the Carl Icahn Flight Attendant strike of 1986 for Trans*Brasil Airlines(TR) and ended my career on Delta.(DL) I was based in JFK, raised in MIA and the bulk of my family residing there, Eastern, PanAm & National were my commuting carriers home in those days. TW had only one flight a day, the international feeder in and out of JFK, Flight # 4 southbound and Flight # 5 northbound. Great memories from EA, PA and NA!
The DC-9, MD-80, B717 remains one of the true workhorses of the industry!
MD-80, B717, don't care, I still call them DC-9, series 82, or 83, love all Douglas products. At Trans Brasil did you fly the 767 or 727 ?
TR (Trans*Brasil) in the 1980's they had both, B727-100 & B727-200, in the 1990's the fleet was B737-3, B737-4, B767-2 & B767-3 and they still had one B720- Cargo:-)
Did you know Joe Deblassio ?
I love the 717 -200 it's like a rocket ship flies smooth and handles turbulence well
THere a few of the ex-Eastern DC-9-50 now flying for DELTA!!! I saw N408EA at ATL in DL Paint in July 2012. 30 years ago, who would have ever thought...
Ahhhh!!!!!! DC-9 beautiful 😉 Airliners,but alas all that money and that beautiful airplane defeated by más greed, the lust for more.
My DNA is on the door handles
The -50 was the first DC9 model to get the stall stake on both sides of the lower nose and carried over to the MD80. Most 50s went to South American airlines. I helped convert many for the transition. The best of both worlds. Love DC9!
Why so much hate to the A320? They are beautiful planes ahhhh but "they're not American". I think every plane deserves a good treatment, including these DC9's
Frank Lorenzo took Eastern down in the 80's .
One of the two great and popular airlines of the 1980s, Eastern and TWA, now both long discontinued. Both airlines were from the age when meals were still served on domestic US flights also. Today, aside from international trans-Atlantic flights, you'll never see anything past a drinks service and sometimes a bag of peanuts, pretzels, or potato chips. And on the longer flights that do serve meals, they are not as good as I remember them being in the 1980s. It's just another of the several signs (such as less friendly, more impersonal flight attendant service) that shows how people don't care anymore about the things that they once at least somewhat cared about.
Deregulation was the beginning of the end. I'd rather drive than fly today.
Mostly trashy service!
I remember when Allegheny got these in 1975. Allegheny and Eastern did a DC-9 swap. Allegheny needed Series 30s and Eastern needed Series 50s. Several EAL DC-9-31s went to Allegheny in 1978 and all Series 50s went to Eastern. This is a sad video - the end of an airline. I remember traveling through ATL when it happened. Eastern had equipment parked all over ATL.
Still to to beautiful to retire..... Ughhh But we know... To many hrs on the frame....
Most airlines are up to their necks in debt. As is just about everything else. Eastern, like Braniff and Pan Am, and others, not only ran on fumes, but when deregulation came and nobody on the payroll would accept cuts enough to make up for the lower fares, and pay interest on the debt, well, game over.
The new carriers had a huge advantage in having no legacy retirements to cover either.
Btw, unions cuts to make it all work would have left everybody making minimum wage. No way.
I remember working the ramp at Hartsfield in the 80s while I was in college. (Summers and Christmas vacation relief) It was ALWAYS thrilling to powerback/reverse these babies out of the gate. It was SO LOUD with the hot gust of jet exhaust blasting against me and my uniform. Sounded like a rocket taking off!!! Such a privilege and a thrill to work there. (Except if you had to work the Denver or San Juan bag spurs during the winter. LOL. The bags were always heavy and HUGE!!!!)
I don't recognize the number 403.I remember the DC-9s were 900 numbers. Just saying
I still miss EAL
Ive never been a big DC-9 but the livery on this one is beautiful! And blowing some coal out the tail end, just like any classic should, love it!
We used to fly Eastern all the time as a child. JAX to ATL to DTW and back. Always on Eastern''s DC9's. I miss them so much. I know it will never happen but we should re-regulate the industry to stop the Frank Lorenzos of the world from doing this again. How many great airlines are actually left? What are we doing?
I never flew Eastern but I've been on more DC-9s over the years than any other aircraft. GORGEOUS! Here's a dumb question though... Why are the flaps still fully extended after parking? I assume it has something to do with storing the aircraft but was wondering the technical reason.
I wonder if Craig shot video of the interior? Seeing the flight deck, galleys, cabin and other stuff would be terrific...
Those were the days. My family used to fly with them all the time
Great footage, but also sad! It's such a beautiful shiny bird!! I'd still love to fly on a DC-9. I know that Delta still has a few in operation.
I recently read a book about Eddie Rickenbacker. Knowing the background of EA's beginnings makes watching this video even harder watching the end.
Previously owned by Allegheny Airline and was part of a one for one swap for approximately 30-31 DC9’s.
Thanks for this posting,How long ago was this. I sure miss EA.
Hey Ryan - I gotta tell you - these videos are awesome...
I feel so sad when I see it! :(
“Aw, shucks” at beginning of clip pretty much summed it up.
I used to fly EA as a UM.....I miss my childhood days...
It's sad seeing a very good looking DC9 arriving in the scrapyard.
Wow AMAZING video. CLASSIC.... very nice video.
I worked that model of aircraft soooo many times until the end.
I spent many hours in that plane.
Can Anyone Tell Me D Aspect Ratio Of d DC 9-51?
Like people there heading for the graveyard sad stuff..
Ryan,Was this in early 1991? I can see some other EA DC-9s parked in the background.
Will NEVER UNDERSTAND the scrapping of such BEAUTIFUL AIRLINERS? Why are not used for STARTUP AIRLINES?
Most of Eastern's planes were snatched up by other airlines.
ryan....this is awesome...thank you.
@schnellguy, January 1991, right after Eastern shut down.
awesome video!!! The Silver Fleet.
Most airlines are up to their necks in debt. As is just about everything else. Eastern, like Braniff and Pan Am, and others, not only ran on fumes, but when deregulation came and nobody on the payroll would accept cuts enough to make up for the lower fares, and pay interest on the debt, well, game over.
The new carriers had a huge advantage in having no legacy retirements to cover either.
Btw, unions cuts to make it all work would have left everybody making minimum wage. No way.
I remember when EA had -51's flying out of my hometown of Tallahassee to Atlanta daily throughout the '80s.
I've only been on one '51 and that was in July '83 from Vienna to Amsterdam on Austrian, all my other DC-9 flights were on the -30s. A pilot for Finnair once told me the -51's had a longer takeoff roll because the wing area was the same as the smaller -30 series. Less lift.
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What a beautiful bird!
Nice camera work !
Classic livery.
Really sad. End of the line.
Thanks Ryan.
Sad indeed
John, hate to see these become relics, especially having worked so many, but we know technology advances.
Great job guys! I like how they put up the flaps SUPER early when they still had the reversers on haha.
Another great video, worked at EA in the 70s-80s and remember when the first DC-9-51 arrived in ATL, new airplane smell and the first time I had seen in-seat trays in F class.
Great plane, flew on most of the EA D95s..but surprisingly not 403!
One beautiful bird with memories etched forever in our hearts
Nice looking plane !
Beautiful planes ........
Loved flying on these out of Mobile to Atlanta miss those days
I'm surprised the pilot left the flaps down, they usually retract them right after landing.
Does anyone know why when they store DC-9s, the slat is retracted and flaps fully extended?
So sad to see good airliners and good airlines ceasing operations. EAL was so popular in Mexico.
Hell of a jet!
I flew 403ea on Delta in December 2012 from Atlanta to Columbus Oh.
So sad.
Year?
Somebody told me it was broken up at Maiquetia some years ago.
@myerspaul1949, Are you sure it wasn't 401ea?
Mannn... Beautiful' 9er... she was only 16yo'' AVENSA??? Whats that lol.... at least she wasent scraped... for parts...YET???
Miss These Classic AirLines
I wonder how many hours this 9 had?
MD-80
After I uploaded the video, UA-cam decided to stretch it, so the plane appears longer. Eastern never had MD-80's.
DO YOU KNOW WHO BOUGHT THE FLEET OF DC9S AND 727S FROM EASTERN
I don’t know if they were bought or leased but we had former EAL DC-9-30’s (probably 30’s) at Midway before our bankruptcy in 1991. They left the unpainted aluminum, slapped our paint trim and logo on them. Kept the old interiors, including FC. 93 pax.
Is it still there if so is it for sale
I'd rather see American Airlines and United Airlines fail with their Airbuses and horrible customer service!
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Well maybe the paint was good but the inside of all the EA fleet was completely filthy and worn out. I remember flying up and down the coast on business flights on these, the seats even smelled, I don't think the head rest covers were ever changed or washed on them. They didn't deserve to survive.