Big smokey powerful DC-9s and 727s. Branniff Airlines and their multiple colors.My parents travelled a lot when I was a kid and it was always DC-9s or 727s domestically back in the 70's. I remember people were nicer and it was actually a pleasant experience (mostly) Flying nowadays is a packed, inhuman, faceless bland experience that I avoid unless business forces me to travel. Thanks for posting keep 'em coming.
Where to begin? I guess by saying a big thanks for putting this together. I grew up south of final to JFK 1962 - 1972. I am able to name all the aircraft [not the variants] that appeared. The first thing I noticed was the 'swing' the NE DC-9 made and then just began take off roll. I remember being on an Eastern 727 that did that in the 1960s, from JFK to HOU [Houston Hobby]. Even at 10 years old, I remember thinking, "That's dang nifty that the pilot just swung round. Cool." The second thing is that yes, this was the Golden Era of Aviation, but remember, we're many more times safer flying commercially than we were in 1968. And finally, although I'd be considered a dinosaur, I nearly always dress in a shirt and tie when I fly. I stopped flying 'steerage' in 2001 when I saw myself doing GBH to a flight attendant on BA LHR - SEA. He wasn't just rude; there's no way to describe how I felt, being demeaned because I asked for a glass of water after cabin crew didn't answer the call bell. The seat belts signed was on, the cabin crew was hissing like schoolgirls after dark in the galley just forward of the rear most seating section on a 747. Anyway, I just feel awkward if I don't at least wear a shirt and tie. And I am unanimous in that!
Classic, you are a true asset to the UA-cam Universe...Much appreciation again for your time spent bringing us these treasures from a "better vanished time"...
I second that. Makes sure the younger generations will understand the birth of modern aviation. Someone asked me, "why is there so much stuff coming out the exhaust?" lol...
Fourth it. Those were the days when everything smoked; planes, trains, buses, and trucks. Good days, when you could smell an airport almost before you could see it - a good smell lol, spent kerosene.
That Northeast at 1:10. I have to buy bigger speakers so I can hear that magnificent craft as she was meant to be heard. A moment of silence for the golden age or air travel.
This is one of your best videos here. I was blessed to experience this wonderful time period in commercial aviation. Flying then was fun, adventurous and exciting. I flew into all these airports and many more. Ended up as flight engineer on a DC-8-62H ( obviously my favorite ) but love the B-707, B-720, B-727, and CV-880 & CV-990. And yes, black smoke & engine noise matters....!!
Great to see all those DC-8's which were state-of-the-art at the time. Seeing these aircraft is like comparing 1950's cars to today's cars. We've come a long way and thank God for the clean air act. I flew one of United's last DC-8s from ORD to LAS in the late 80s. What a roomie first class it had.
a superb bit of aviation when it was fun loud and smoky! this brings back memories when all these cool jets were in service and the flying experience was so much different then. love the old northeast airlines ''yellowbirds''! I live north north of boston , only about 12 miles from logan and I can remember seeing these nice looking planes flying over my house when I was a kid on approach to the airport. the smoky take offs were awesome! thanks for this treat! rob
Oh...... those ear bustin whirling Pratts spooling up, the exhaust, that beautiful exhaust, I can still smell that Jet A and not an Airbus or CFM to be found. Mr Peabody, may I borrow your Wayback Machine.....?
I love seeing all those vintage airframes , in their loud and smoky glory :D Especially those DC-8s . I loved those because they just looked sleek and fast to me as a kid (and took several flights in them) .
That DC-9 pilot was good with the throttles, coming around & giving it the juice while still moving, taking the engines up to 90% or so, checking 'em one last time, & then giving it full power. The DC-9 looks quite elegant & sleek compared to the 727 that comes after it.
They used to do that here too, while turning to the runway from taxiing in the 70's. That always cool how they did that, and shut the engines down while it was still rolling to a stop to park.
Seeing the smoky engines in 1970 reminded me of how odd it looked as the engines were modified to be "smokeless" and sometimes an airplane would have one smoky engine, and one smokeless engine during the transition. On wing-mounted engines like the B-737 it really looked like one engine wasn't working when an intermixed engine airplane flew over!
Why are there three thumbs down on this? These are historic relics that give us a glimpse of a simpler time in aviation. Proud to have been a subscriber for years now!
The 1960s and 1970s was truly the Jet Age at its highest. It must been an awesome sight to watch air traffic at the major airports such as Dulles, New York, and Chicago. Though, I must say it must have been very hazy at the airport with all that dirty exhaust coming out of the aircraft during takeoffs and landings. From what I read, before jet engine technology progressed, as a method of increasing thrust, pilots would switch on a device that would dump water vapor into the combustion chamber making the high pressure superheated air heavier thus produce more thrust. However, I'm glad that the introduction of the Clean Air Act and the technological advances make this kind of sight a thing of the past, I can't imagine what the smell must been like around the airports. It must have had a acrid kerosene smell which either way can smell good or awful. I will say that I miss the Boeing 727, 707, 737-200 and the Douglas DC-8 and DC-9 with their low-bypass turbofan JT8D engines, the high pitched whine that the engines make are in my opinion sound terrific.
It was an amazing scene of sight, sound and smell; I was 9 years old when this was filmed, and spent my whole childhood at the end of 1R at SFO, the very best of times for me.
Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture Funny, I grew up in the 60's and 70's in San Jose and San Francisco. My Dad worked for Hertz so I got to hang out watching the planes take off and land. I always thought the 737-200 sounded like popcorn popping when they took off. LOL Eventually, I ended up working for Hertz at the Orange County Airport and would often find myself upstairs in the view area watching the planes take off and land. In those days Air Cal and PSA were the big carriers at SNA, along with Hughes Airwest's big bananas of the sky.
The Braniff 727, (N7275), was delivered in 1966. It flew with Braniff until 1982, when it was sold to UPS and converted to a freighter. They flew it all the way to 1994 when it was stored at Roswell, NM. UPS sold it to a scrapper in 2003 and it was scrapped in 2005. Let's see an A380 live that long and prosper.
You could always tell which planes going over with the Vapor Trails were Braniff because of the solid colors when using field glasses, Western too, from the red "W" on the side. Now You have the Internet now !
I feel an ache that we lost so many good and great carriers, PanAm should have had government help as should have TWA, but that program, didn't cover them or it was simply too late. Northeast, Ozark, National (which I loved), the old Continental, the old Frontier, America West, Western, Service was more pleasant, FA's were paid more than the minimum wage and had appearance/weight checks they actually liked their jobs and their attitude showed it. I was being picked up at LAX for a meeting at the LA Park hotel which also accommodated flight crews. With two L-1011 TWA crews and myself the shuttle van was packed. This pretty, petite FA sat on my lap for the ride, we had a short conversation when I asked her about her cologne (Shalimar) She left a card for me sometime during the next day and we dated for a couple of years. She sent me navy blue satin sheets the next Christ,as with my initials on the edges and a tinny bit of Shalimar sprayed on them. Talk about great dreams. Those were the days, incredible lady, she later went to work for BA and relocated to London. Ahhh the old days, when we were young, and airlines offered legroom and real decent food.
Great video, thanks for posting. So sad to see so many of the big carriers who are no longer with us. Oh the sound of those engines and that smoke. That is what is missing from aircraft of today.
I realize this was in the early 70's, but It reminds me when I was a kid growing up in Calgary, Alberta in the early to mid 60's, we would bike the 7 miles to the airport just to watch the DC-8's land and take off. When they took off, the ground would shake, and copious quantities of black smoke belched out of the four engines. Air Canada was known as Trans Canada Airlines back then. There was a huge backlash when then Prime Minister Trudeau gave the airline a "French" sounding name. English Canada was all in an uproar. We just loved to watch the DC-8's. No 707's ever landed at Calgary's airport.then, so it made comparison of the two jets difficult.
Watching the Northeast jet take off brought back memories of an even earlier flight with them. In 1959 my parents and I flew with them from NY to Miami on a DC6B prop. I enjoyed your video. I shot a video in the early 80's from the observation deck of LaGuardia Airport, so there are lots of memories in your video.📹✈️😄
I missed this golden age of aviation. Being born in 1999 the rarest thing I see around is a 747 once in a blue moon, and one time an Amerijet 727 shortly before they were gone too.
Seeing all the black smoke from the jets and imagining the lead and particle heavy exhaust from the various service vehicles disabuses me of any nostalgic notions. Pollution and emissions are much higher now globally, but the local pollution was more hazardous in those days. I look forward to the day we surpass fossil fuels at last.
The 60s saw a revolution in how airlines painted their aircraft. They hired ad agencies. Some of them hired artists and designers. The results? Braniff's "Jelly Bean" livery. Northeast's Yellowbirds. Eastern's Hockey Stick. Not quite as bold, but memorable: Delta's Widget, American's Red, White & Blue stripes, National's Sun King, and right at 1970, Western's swizzle stick. However, none of those designers considered the sooty throw-back from those fuselage-mounted P&Ws running in reverse. Boeing changed to a cascade-style mechanism on the Advanced 727, which helped along with less smokey upgraded engines. Earlier engines in that family, like the -7s likely installed on the jets in the video, became much less smokey with similar upgrades.
At 3:11, I remember the bright radar scopes. We didn't have the airplane tags in the early 70's yet, just two slashes for each airplane. Had to remember who was who.
Dang ! those things were smog making birds.. never seen so much black smoke coming out on take off. It shows how Jet technology has advanced in the last 40 yrs
The yellow and white jet taking off at 1.06 so much black smoke what changed since then ? The jets today do not seem to pollute as much ? Is it the fuel or better engines ...Just curious
O.M.G.!!!.What a great surprise,whatching this video!!.Sadly ,Branif & Pan -Am,-(Both of them, iconics airlanes!!)-.are gone!!!.But Nortwest & Avianca,still flying!!Even,in the original famous movie, "2001,Space Odyssey" I remenber seeing some futurist Pan Am ships,making Space Trips!. I`m colombian,and I can see,how beautiful, decent & Classic looked the Avianca`s airplanes from that time!!.I don`t like at all,the "Nasty" red color,the entire fleet,wears today!!. But what a hell poor combustion`s efifciency,the engines of those marvellous aircrft's,had at that time!.They were always wrapped in smog!!!. :-) !!!!. Greetings from Colombia!!!. :-) !!!.
Back in the early days of the jet age, nearly everyone wore suits and fancy clothes to the airport while now... people wear pretty much whatever they want to when they go flying!
Lots of old school airplanes. DC-8, DC-9, Boeing 707, 727, 737 and 747. And airlines in the old colors and livery. Finnair, Lufthansa, BOAC, SAS, Alitalia, American, Avianca, Delta, United are still flying. Airlines that are no longer flying. Braniff, TWA, Continental, Swissair, Norwest Orient, Eastern, Pan Am, Northeast have merged or gone defunct.
Any idea where the blue Braniff took off from? It did a short back taxi to get the full length of the runway. Maybe a hot day or a captain that wanted every inch of runway? Just wondering. Great video
Those earlier generation engines could not tolerate high EGT's (exhaust gas temperature) like today's engines can. The alloys used back then weren't rated for high enough temps to fully burn the fuel. The fuel hasn't really changed. It's basically just kerosene.
Absolute gold!! Curious. Was the formula for jet A-1 fuel altered at some point because JT8-D turbofan-powered airliners produced far less smoke in the 90's compared to the 60's and early 70's?
Be still my heart!!!!! Absolutely a moment in time that illustrates the jet age at its best! Clean Air Act , Noise Abatements should have never applied to aviation. The loudness, the smokiness, and the smell of jet fuel in the air meant, YOU ,were at the airport. It has all been censored now and what a loss, for our culture, once again. Black Smoke Mattered!
Rex TexasAggie Yes, when they were loud and they smoked they were more fun. Stuff slowly changes and then one day you realize this stuff isn't around anymore. I love loud old planes that look like they are coal fired...Black Smoke Mattered!
Agree that the noise and the smell were exhilarating (Washington National and Dulles Intl were my favorite outings) but just LOOK at those impotent-looking hairdryers they were powering the DC8 and the 707 with. :)
Beautifully said Rex ! And was there anything more beautiful and dramatic than the sustained thunderous rumble of these types of jets shortly after take off.. Or the 4 trails of smoke from a 707 or DC-8
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I know, I know...those jet engines were major polluters, but I absolutely love the way they sounded!
Neat stuff -- Braniff was a trend setter with new-style paint schemes, but the classics sure look good.
all those delicious 707s DC-8s 9s,and 727s. and those juicy JT8Ds.. Dat Smoke. I love it
Big smokey powerful DC-9s and 727s. Branniff Airlines and their multiple colors.My parents travelled a lot when I was a kid and it was always DC-9s or 727s domestically back in the 70's. I remember people were nicer and it was actually a pleasant experience (mostly) Flying nowadays is a packed, inhuman, faceless bland experience that I avoid unless business forces me to travel. Thanks for posting keep 'em coming.
toastecmo i remember flying colors well. Great and exciting times.
Where to begin? I guess by saying a big thanks for putting this together. I grew up south of final to JFK 1962 - 1972. I am able to name all the aircraft [not the variants] that appeared. The first thing I noticed was the 'swing' the NE DC-9 made and then just began take off roll. I remember being on an Eastern 727 that did that in the 1960s, from JFK to HOU [Houston Hobby]. Even at 10 years old, I remember thinking, "That's dang nifty that the pilot just swung round. Cool." The second thing is that yes, this was the Golden Era of Aviation, but remember, we're many more times safer flying commercially than we were in 1968. And finally, although I'd be considered a dinosaur, I nearly always dress in a shirt and tie when I fly. I stopped flying 'steerage' in 2001 when I saw myself doing GBH to a flight attendant on BA LHR - SEA. He wasn't just rude; there's no way to describe how I felt, being demeaned because I asked for a glass of water after cabin crew didn't answer the call bell. The seat belts signed was on, the cabin crew was hissing like schoolgirls after dark in the galley just forward of the rear most seating section on a 747. Anyway, I just feel awkward if I don't at least wear a shirt and tie. And I am unanimous in that!
Wow the 727 smoked more then a Tu 154 or the IL62
Rafal Zawolinski them early JT8Ds were smokers
Classic, you are a true asset to the UA-cam Universe...Much appreciation again for your time spent bringing us these treasures from a "better vanished time"...
Thank you very much, Daemonic.
I second that. Makes sure the younger generations will understand the birth of modern aviation. Someone asked me, "why is there so much stuff coming out the exhaust?" lol...
I third that!
Fourth it. Those were the days when everything smoked; planes, trains, buses, and trucks. Good days, when you could smell an airport almost before you could see it - a good smell lol, spent kerosene.
OMG... I was two year old then!
That Northeast at 1:10. I have to buy bigger speakers so I can hear that magnificent craft as she was meant to be heard.
A moment of silence for the golden age or air travel.
I remember my dad flying Braniff to his medical meetings when I was a kid. Those 727s shook the entire terminal building on takeoff.
This is one of your best videos here. I was blessed to experience this wonderful time period in commercial aviation. Flying then was fun, adventurous and exciting. I flew into all these airports and many more. Ended up as flight engineer on a DC-8-62H ( obviously my favorite ) but love the B-707, B-720, B-727, and CV-880 & CV-990. And yes, black smoke & engine noise matters....!!
Cool paint scheme on that blue Braniff 727 (and NO hush kit!)...
Great to see all those DC-8's which were state-of-the-art at the time. Seeing these aircraft is like comparing 1950's cars to today's cars. We've come a long way and thank God for the clean air act. I flew one of United's last DC-8s from ORD to LAS in the late 80s. What a roomie first class it had.
I have now watched this video 10 times and the dubbing is nothing short of masterful! I especially love the NE DC-9-32 and BF 727-27 sequence.
Thanks a lot, this piece of film was a very lucky find!
10 times? Perhaps psychiatric intervention would help.
So much smoke I think I've reduced my lifespan by about 5yrs just watching it! Great footage!
The smell was great.Kind of like driving behind a old bus lols.
a superb bit of aviation when it was fun loud and smoky! this brings back memories when all these cool jets were in service and the flying experience was so much different then. love the old northeast airlines ''yellowbirds''! I live north north of boston , only about 12 miles from logan and I can remember seeing these nice looking planes flying over my house when I was a kid on approach to the airport. the smoky take offs were awesome! thanks for this treat! rob
Oh...... those ear bustin whirling Pratts spooling up, the exhaust, that beautiful exhaust, I can still smell that Jet A and not an Airbus or CFM to be found.
Mr Peabody, may I borrow your Wayback Machine.....?
Some airlines back then, had a very progressive and beautiful paint schemes!
You do such a great job adding the audio! It's spot dead on!! And adds so much to the already great footage! Thank you so much for taking the time!!
Thank you Carolina, I really appreciate that.
Great! At that time the planes also used to smoke, as the people do.
I love seeing all those vintage airframes , in their loud and smoky glory :D
Especially those DC-8s . I loved those because they just looked sleek and fast to me as a kid (and took several flights in them) .
I never get tired of watching these old airliner videos.
It doesnt matter what i do here on youtube, whenever i search for aviation and old jets i end up on this channel, great videos!.
Wow, that DC-9 uses coal or diesel, not jet fuel haha, cool!
jetfuel is similar to diesel
Bunker C fuel oil. It's the cheapest there is.
Coal-rolling, 1970s edition...
@Andrew Wilson it is high octane
@Andrew Wilson it is called distilate
"FLY DELTA JETS" - ATL never shy about letting you know whose turf you're on. :-)
Love that blue Braniff!
Incredible. Evokes the movie “Airplane” vibes. I can’t believe the amount of exhaust from early jet aircraft…
wonderful slice of history, thank you for making it available
The NE DC9 and BN 727 takeoffs were from DCA, the only IAD scene was the terminal
That DC-9 pilot was good with the throttles, coming around & giving it the juice while still moving, taking the engines up to 90% or so, checking 'em one last time, & then giving it full power. The DC-9 looks quite elegant & sleek compared to the 727 that comes after it.
They used to do that here too, while turning to the runway from taxiing in the 70's. That always cool how they did that, and shut the engines down while it was still rolling to a stop to park.
From the beginning, what a treat! Finnair's DC-8, what a rare sight!
Civil aviation is so tame and boring nowadays compared to these great times.
WOW.... What a really smoky aircraft that NE DC 9
3:06 I miss that sight, I love Dulles so much and it’s sad to see it grow into a monstrosity of long walk ways and every airline under the sun
70’s fumes !! Forgot how polluting these fantastic birds were !
Seeing the smoky engines in 1970 reminded me of how odd it looked as the engines were modified to be "smokeless" and sometimes an airplane would have one smoky engine, and one smokeless engine during the transition. On wing-mounted engines like the B-737 it really looked like one engine wasn't working when an intermixed engine airplane flew over!
Why are there three thumbs down on this? These are historic relics that give us a glimpse of a simpler time in aviation. Proud to have been a subscriber for years now!
Thanks Sam! Happy to have you here.
Sam S.
It's very rare for *any* video to have zero thumbs downs, if it gets any views. Don't let it bother you.
Just fantastic memories. Thanks for sharing this. Very best from New Zealand.
The 1960s and 1970s was truly the Jet Age at its highest. It must been an awesome sight to watch air traffic at the major airports such as Dulles, New York, and Chicago. Though, I must say it must have been very hazy at the airport with all that dirty exhaust coming out of the aircraft during takeoffs and landings. From what I read, before jet engine technology progressed, as a method of increasing thrust, pilots would switch on a device that would dump water vapor into the combustion chamber making the high pressure superheated air heavier thus produce more thrust. However, I'm glad that the introduction of the Clean Air Act and the technological advances make this kind of sight a thing of the past, I can't imagine what the smell must been like around the airports. It must have had a acrid kerosene smell which either way can smell good or awful. I will say that I miss the Boeing 727, 707, 737-200 and the Douglas DC-8 and DC-9 with their low-bypass turbofan JT8D engines, the high pitched whine that the engines make are in my opinion sound terrific.
It was an amazing scene of sight, sound and smell; I was 9 years old when this was filmed, and spent my whole childhood at the end of 1R at SFO, the very best of times for me.
Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture Funny, I grew up in the 60's and 70's in San Jose and San Francisco. My Dad worked for Hertz so I got to hang out watching the planes take off and land. I always thought the 737-200 sounded like popcorn popping when they took off. LOL Eventually, I ended up working for Hertz at the Orange County Airport and would often find myself upstairs in the view area watching the planes take off and land. In those days Air Cal and PSA were the big carriers at SNA, along with Hughes Airwest's big bananas of the sky.
Brings back memories loved the old jets real stylish aircraft thanks for sharing
Back in the day when airlines actually cared about great service.
I miss Psa
1:19 still lower emissions than a Volkswagen
Can't get enough of these videos.
The Braniff 727, (N7275), was delivered in 1966. It flew with Braniff until 1982, when it was sold to UPS and converted to a freighter. They flew it all the way to 1994 when it was stored at Roswell, NM. UPS sold it to a scrapper in 2003 and it was scrapped in 2005. Let's see an A380 live that long and prosper.
MAN! TWA 747 rolling in to atl at the end of the video....VERY RARE FOOTAGE!!!
You could always tell which planes going over with the Vapor Trails were Braniff because of the solid colors when using field glasses, Western too, from the red "W" on the side. Now You have the Internet now !
Can't believe how much smoke those engines were spewing back then.
Like a train
I feel an ache that we lost so many good and great carriers, PanAm should have had government help as should have TWA, but that program, didn't cover them or it was simply too late. Northeast, Ozark, National (which I loved), the old Continental, the old Frontier, America West, Western, Service was more pleasant, FA's were paid more than the minimum wage and had appearance/weight checks they actually liked their jobs and their attitude showed it. I was being picked up at LAX for a meeting at the LA Park hotel which also accommodated flight crews. With two L-1011 TWA crews and myself the shuttle van was packed. This pretty, petite FA sat on my lap for the ride, we had a short conversation when I asked her about her cologne (Shalimar) She left a card for me sometime during the next day and we dated for a couple of years. She sent me navy blue satin sheets the next Christ,as with my initials on the edges and a tinny bit of Shalimar sprayed on them. Talk about great dreams. Those were the days, incredible lady, she later went to work for BA and relocated to London. Ahhh the old days, when we were young, and airlines offered legroom and real decent food.
Bobby Paluga such a nice story one to tel the kids I hope people come back to being nice
The United blue and font are classic design elements.
Dam BRANIFF sure did have attitude!
Wow...the amount of exhaust....I had to clean my screen afterwards
Great video, thanks for posting.
So sad to see so many of the big carriers who are no longer with us.
Oh the sound of those engines and that smoke. That is what is missing from aircraft of today.
I realize this was in the early 70's, but It reminds me when I was a kid growing up in Calgary, Alberta in the early to mid 60's, we would bike the 7 miles to the airport just to watch the DC-8's land and take off. When they took off, the ground would shake, and copious quantities of black smoke belched out of the four engines. Air Canada was known as Trans Canada Airlines back then. There was a huge backlash when then Prime Minister Trudeau gave the airline a "French" sounding name. English Canada was all in an uproar. We just loved to watch the DC-8's. No 707's ever landed at Calgary's airport.then, so it made comparison of the two jets difficult.
Watching the Northeast jet take off brought back memories of an even earlier flight with them. In 1959 my parents and I flew with them from NY to Miami on a DC6B prop. I enjoyed your video. I shot a video in the early 80's from the observation deck of LaGuardia Airport, so there are lots of memories in your video.📹✈️😄
0:06 omg that jet disappeared into FINNAIR!
xD
SUPERB FOOTAGE!!! What a jewel...I would give this 10 thumbs-up if I could. Video-microcosm of The Good Ol' Days.
Back when low by-passed pure jet aircraft we're the norm. Noisy,smoky, inefficient. Man how miss it!
Love the storys guys I worked as ground crew chocking the new stuff some still smoke as bad
I missed this golden age of aviation. Being born in 1999 the rarest thing I see around is a 747 once in a blue moon, and one time an Amerijet 727 shortly before they were gone too.
DC-9 rollin coal lol
Be environments wackos arrived.
I didn't realize or even remember the jets being that smokey if you saw that today you would think there was a problem with the engines.
Seeing all the black smoke from the jets and imagining the lead and particle heavy exhaust from the various service vehicles disabuses me of any nostalgic notions. Pollution and emissions are much higher now globally, but the local pollution was more hazardous in those days. I look forward to the day we surpass fossil fuels at last.
The 60s saw a revolution in how airlines painted their aircraft. They hired ad agencies. Some of them hired artists and designers. The results? Braniff's "Jelly Bean" livery. Northeast's Yellowbirds. Eastern's Hockey Stick. Not quite as bold, but memorable: Delta's Widget, American's Red, White & Blue stripes, National's Sun King, and right at 1970, Western's swizzle stick. However, none of those designers considered the sooty throw-back from those fuselage-mounted P&Ws running in reverse. Boeing changed to a cascade-style mechanism on the Advanced 727, which helped along with less smokey upgraded engines. Earlier engines in that family, like the -7s likely installed on the jets in the video, became much less smokey with similar upgrades.
Superb footage...many thanks for uploading.
Two of my favorite paint schemes...the Northeast Yellowbirds and the solid blue Braniff
thank you so much, this may be the best thing i have ever seen on UA-cam.
AWESOME Braniff three holer footage
At 3:11, I remember the bright radar scopes. We didn't have the airplane tags in the early 70's yet, just two slashes for each airplane. Had to remember who was who.
Great to see that Northeast DC-9 flew on one from JFK to Boston Logan as a kid
JT3Cs,and JT8Ds. Sweet n Smokey deliciousness
Flying is very stressful smoking is a great way to relieve stress
cdude100 ha ha
Dang ! those things were smog making birds.. never seen so much black smoke coming out on take off. It shows how Jet technology has advanced in the last 40 yrs
The yellow and white jet taking off at 1.06 so much black smoke what changed since then ? The jets today do not seem to pollute as much ? Is it the fuel or better engines ...Just curious
Engines.
Incredible the amount of smoke engines from those days generated. Much cleaner today.
O.M.G.!!!.What a great surprise,whatching this video!!.Sadly ,Branif & Pan -Am,-(Both of them, iconics airlanes!!)-.are gone!!!.But Nortwest & Avianca,still flying!!Even,in the original famous movie, "2001,Space Odyssey" I remenber seeing some futurist Pan Am ships,making Space Trips!. I`m colombian,and I can see,how beautiful, decent & Classic looked the Avianca`s airplanes from that time!!.I don`t like at all,the "Nasty" red color,the entire fleet,wears today!!. But what a hell poor combustion`s efifciency,the engines of those marvellous aircrft's,had at that time!.They were always wrapped in smog!!!. :-) !!!!. Greetings from Colombia!!!. :-) !!!.
You can almost see the ozone layer opening up!
I was on a GI packed flight, on a Braniff Boeing 720B, orange in color, back in '69, on a flight to Cam Rahn Bay South Vietnam.
It kills me a little bit inside every time i see a telex 5x5 headset in old films. Its 2016...then was the 70s and its still annoying people today.
The worst part of these are that they end.
Great job dubbing - thought I was there!
Back in the early days of the jet age, nearly everyone wore suits and fancy clothes to the airport while now... people wear pretty much whatever they want to when they go flying!
Great footage! I really appreciate your channel.
Thanks very much.
Lots of old school airplanes. DC-8, DC-9, Boeing 707, 727, 737 and 747. And airlines in the old colors and livery. Finnair, Lufthansa, BOAC, SAS, Alitalia, American, Avianca, Delta, United are still flying. Airlines that are no longer flying. Braniff, TWA, Continental, Swissair, Norwest Orient, Eastern, Pan Am, Northeast have merged or gone defunct.
I'm surprised to not see any 747s at JFK in 1970 in this video.
Awesome! i remember all of these airlines. Although I never rode on NorthEast.
Awesome video! Much Classic!
That NorthEast DC 9 was smokin'!
Any idea where the blue Braniff took off from? It did a short back taxi to get the full length of the runway. Maybe a hot day or a captain that wanted every inch of runway? Just wondering. Great video
That flight sequence was taken at the south end of DCA
WTH was wrong with those early model JT8Ds? They spewed out smoke almost as bad as the CJ805/J79s!
i think its more about the fuel used back then..
Those earlier generation engines could not tolerate high EGT's (exhaust gas temperature) like today's engines can. The alloys used back then weren't rated for high enough temps to fully burn the fuel. The fuel hasn't really changed. It's basically just kerosene.
Chris Nizer ooh that kinda explains it all..so the turbine blades, vanes etc would have melted due to the higher EGTs..
I was thinking..maybe its a lack of additives in the kerosene back then..that maybe nowadays are added..just guessing.
Absolute gold!!
Curious. Was the formula for jet A-1 fuel altered at some point because JT8-D turbofan-powered airliners produced far less smoke in the 90's compared to the 60's and early 70's?
Love the old Braniff planes. The good old days!
Be still my heart!!!!! Absolutely a moment in time that illustrates the jet age at its best! Clean Air Act , Noise Abatements should have never applied to aviation. The loudness, the smokiness, and the smell of jet fuel in the air meant, YOU ,were at the airport. It has all been censored now and what a loss, for our culture, once again. Black Smoke Mattered!
Ha ha Black smoke matters. Good one. I miss the smoke too. Left a trail as they flew off to all those exotic locations
Rex TexasAggie Yes, when they were loud and they smoked they were more fun. Stuff slowly changes and then one day you realize this stuff isn't around anymore. I love loud old planes that look like they are coal fired...Black Smoke Mattered!
Jet fuel is still in the air at the airport, maybe not to the extent that it was before, but you can still smell it
Agree that the noise and the smell were exhilarating (Washington National and Dulles Intl were my favorite outings) but just LOOK at those impotent-looking hairdryers they were powering the DC8 and the 707 with. :)
Beautifully said Rex ! And was there anything more beautiful and dramatic than the sustained thunderous rumble of these types of jets shortly after take off.. Or the 4 trails of smoke from a 707 or DC-8
The ATC control tower action is awesome.
beautiful history Video -
I miss Eastern and PanAm
Man! Those planes were quite, the smokers!
Indeed a more smoky period back then.. :)
4 engines as fas as eye can see. Love it!
ETOPS? What ETOPS? We don't need no ferstinking ETOPS!!!
The SMOKE coming from the NORTHEAST DC-9 !
The black smoke would abate when airborne but did these aircraft smoke this way when they were new?
Just subd
Great footage!!
I miss those loud,smoky jets! Cool