Lucky to survive.

@@elaineblackhurst1509 it was the later version with the round windows the earlier ones with the square ones were the accident prone.

It was great fun filming just behind the cockpit, on a training flight from Coventry to East Midlands and back.

Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to save the aircraft after its arrival at Manston and it was eventually broken up, with the tail unit going to support the KC135 program. When you think of the money that Lufthansa must have spent on trying to restore a Starliner, an aircraft that played a minor role in their fleet, the 707 would have made a much more suitable project.

@@classicairlineractionfromavion thats such a shame, it all looked rosy in the days you must have been filming this video, only for it to be in vain. Id have loved to have flown on the seven O

@@craigdoran6811 It was great fun. Quite unlike a modern airliner.

It does look odd, I agree. But it was standard practice, as all cargo aircraft had to go first to the Miami Customs' ramp and then move off to their actual arrival point. The full video has several examples of this. It does look as though the ladder is dragging on the ground but actually it's just clearing it. My recollection of flying on a DC6 is that the Douglas-supplied folding ladder was a bit of a faff to stow, so I guess this arragement was just easier.

@@classicairlineractionfromavionOkies different times different values but looks damned unsettling in today's times 😎

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes they are!

Many thanks for your comments, much appreciated. The footage was shot on a Sony DSR 200p DVCAM camera, tripod mounted. It was shot at 50i and I've used Staxrip to convert to 50p, then Topaz AI, as Staxrip does the conversion better, in my view. Iris2 was the best model they had when I started upscaling, but for videos I've upscaled more recently than Anchorage, I use their Rhea model, creating ProRes422HQ. The conversion comes out at 1920x1440 and so I have repositioned any shots where the original 4:3 framing was tight. I've also edited out any elements where the lateral movement would be too fast when the 50p footage is shown at 60Hz. It takes me about ten days work to create an HD version, but it sounds as though it's all been worthwhile! I'm entirely self-taught, so I'd appeciate any comments you may have on how I'm doing this.

You're not wrong!

One of my favourites too!

Martin 4-0-4

It's a Martin 404, an upgraded version of the Martin 202 which was not a very successful design. Outperformed by the Convair 240 - 400 series, it did not sell well.

Glad you enjoyed it!

If you click on the link avionvideo.com/video/manchester-2nd-runway/ you will be taken to the correct page of the Avion Video website where you can rent or buy the 84 minute programme.

Obviously it's not free......

Absolutely!

Props beat the air into submission. Did it on my C130 for 26 years!

How the mighty have fallen!

Agreed. You can still see the 707 in the front end of a 737 but it's just not the same. Have you had a look at Classic Jetliners at Work which has several 707s still hard at it in the 1980s. Here's the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4qXYWyJqLyslaM

It's not alone! There are some others badly in need of a re-spray, on the video.

Glad you've enjoyed it.There's another 68 minutes on the video!

Glad you've enjoyed it.There's another 68 minutes on the video!

I think Douglas deigns were consistently good, but nothing beats a Super Connie!

@classicairlineractionfromavion It's all in How the Move on the Ground and in the Air. First I have heard of this Connie Character?

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe You're right of course. I should indeed have referred to the Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation!

@classicairlineractionfromavion You Did. What Script Today?

Indeed they were. The video features several aircraft that later crashed plus an account of a three engined takeoff after an argument between the captain and the flight engineer!

@@classicairlineractionfromavion I read once the Andes mountains in South America is littered with wreckage of those old planes. There's just nowhere to land in that area if it goes down. Sad end to such beautiful old planes.

It is a BAC 111. Built in the UK in the 1960s.

So pleased you've enjoyed it. The AI software does an amazing job. There are seven times as many pixels as in the original video.

Glad you enjoyed it