I flew this route on this fine aircraft many times. Miss the wide bodies for domestic flights.
@PeteNC8 күн бұрын
I would do anything to travel back in time and get to experience the golden era of aviation, just seems like companies actually cared more for their customers. Instead the big 3 monopolies we are left with today.
@DieselDucy10 күн бұрын
18:00 an elevator on a plane!
@DieselDucy10 күн бұрын
Back when you could fly anywhere from STL. TWA was amazing.
@BurlingtonNorthern990814 күн бұрын
I was ready to see my self, unfortunately i didn't appeared;(
@Dez_Z0615 күн бұрын
I used to put pennies (coin) on the tracks
@WAL_DC-6B15 күн бұрын
Me too along with a broken tennis racket handle but further down the tracks east of the Park Ridge depot.
@DrewTubeDrew16 күн бұрын
Dobbs!! Worst airline food ever.
@WAL_DC-6B16 күн бұрын
I worked for "Sky Chefs" back in the early 1970s when it was associated with American Airlines, and I thought the food prepared for TWA was pretty good back then.
@davefleming111718 күн бұрын
Lot of history sitting there. Lots of stories from the operators... sad to see it like this but as in everything it all has a limited LIFE...
@tonyde5220 күн бұрын
This makes me very SAD!
@ultimateactivitiesdude268521 күн бұрын
Cool!
@xj22jaguar24 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@1208bug25 күн бұрын
👍
@JamesBond-ng8jt28 күн бұрын
I live here
@GeneSavage29 күн бұрын
Back when 1050 KGTO was Big Band... wow!
@WAL_DC-6B28 күн бұрын
I suppose their Big Band audience slowly got smaller to the point where it's gone today.
@GeneSavage29 күн бұрын
I miss KVOO. The Bull, or whatever they're calling 98.5, just isn't the same.
@raphaelmiguelbalon922629 күн бұрын
Any meal service?
@WAL_DC-6B29 күн бұрын
Yes, meal service was still included on a relatively long flight like this one. Unfortunately, I don't recall what the meal (lunch) consisted of. I do believe that on the return L-1011 flight the dinner main entree (coach) was a rectangular shaped slice of pizza.
@joefranks4235Ай бұрын
I worked for Midway Airlines for two years up to the time they went under. I worked in their data center. I really like working there although some of the people in I.T. were not all that great. I did learn a new computer platform and was able to fly free on my off time. When they shut down they owed me nearly $700 bucks in back pay. Once everything was settled I only got $17 bucks. It was a fun job while I stilled lived at home. Good memories.
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing some of your work experience at Midway. Sorry to hear about the loss of your back pay after the airline folded. That had to hurt!
@EldoblemekeАй бұрын
I just was born in 1991 while this guy was already flying into the sky. I love to see this type of old memories videos ❤ what was happening while I was a recently new born baby 🎉
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Kind of like when I was born in late 1957 and TWA was still purchasing Lockheed Super Constellations/Starliners.
@user-ce7ri3yn9cАй бұрын
I've had plenty of passenger time in these, worse is the DC-4 which if they came down rather quickly resulted in terrible ear pain!
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing that rather unpleasant experience. The reason the stewardesses often handed out chewing gum (usually Chiclets) back in those DC-3/4 days was so passengers could "pop their ears" easier as the plane descended.
@coohannewman2241Ай бұрын
OMG. The grimming engine. 💙💙💙💙
@donaldpalmer6299Ай бұрын
It seems terrible that the fire engine was destroyed on its first run.
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Indeed, but not nearly as bad as the whole fire department being killed with the exception of one individual who apparently was sick on this day of the explosion of the S.S. Grandcamp.
@PlanTontoАй бұрын
The sound of that engine scares the H.E. Double Toothpicks out of me! 😮 I know, I know. I'm not naive, I've flown on first generation 747s across the Atlantic Ocean and some the sounds would scare me also (I was around 8 years old) The landing gear going down when you weren't expecting it is one. Sometimes breaking after landing sounded like worn brake pads scraping on metal to metal. The feel of the speed breaks when it was getting ready to land freaked me out. I forget which G.E. engine on modern planes are the ones that sound awesome. They also made engines on s lot of older Boeing models, I want to say 727s that sounded awesome. But this engine, the entire trip sounded like someone was strangling geese with their bare hands! 😂 But really, it lacks thar " Bass Sound" that puts me, and I'm sure a lot of people at ease because the engines sound strong and healthy! This one doesn't. And I'm sure these engines are awesome, strong and healthy. It's just that the sound doesn't calm me. 😂
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
If you read the 2nd paragraph of my description, I address the possible source of the GE engine(s) that scares the "H" out of you. That said, for a more pleasant experience you can watch my return trip also on a TWA L-1011 by clicking on this link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/amqcXmufbNh9a9E
@rlup630Ай бұрын
Retired number 11 in the company. I retired 737 CA SWA 24500 hrs tt. My dad beat me with over 26400 hours! Even though I flew 31 years They flew more, worked harder!!!!
@rlup630Ай бұрын
N. L. Lupinek had 6000 hours in DC-3’s
@rlup630Ай бұрын
My dad flew that. N.L. Lupinek
@trevorstevens6535Ай бұрын
In myopinionthegreatestairlinereverbuilt
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Mine too!
@joseph-frankbrocchus6575Ай бұрын
This is a fun video, however it looks better in 2024 than it did in 1994 / it’s more Route 66 oriented now with new businesses everywhere, the new entrance to TU is off of 11th St. and the intersection of 11th and Lewis has been completely redone and new businesses, such as the mother road market, new cool apartments, LED and neon lighting Reinstalled on many of the businesses both old and new // Chapman Field at Skelly Stadium has been renovated
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
I just drove down 11th St. in Tulsa a few weeks ago (I live in the Chicago area) and based on this recent drive you do bring up some good points on how things are a little better now than in the past. Thankfully the street improvements that I witnessed a few years ago apparently are all also completed. Thanks for your comment!
@ironmartysharpe8293Ай бұрын
This is a tragedy that is way beyond imagination and way beyond sad , Even though this happened before I was born , My thoughts and prayers go out to all the fallen and injured victims My dad used to work for Gulf oil and one night he was watching a disaster documentary on some of the worst disasters that happened in the world , The Texas City disaster was profiled on the show and my dad called me to the TV set and seeing that footage , I was totally stunned and speechless and the narrator of the show said that officials were suspicious that it was caused by a discarded cigarette aboard the SS Grandcamp , My dad was stunned and speechless too and he taught me about how to handle and store gasoline and other flammable materials and the show made me realize how terrible a gasoline fire is This is definitely worse than the Chicago fire back in the late 1800s They were saying that the death toll was around 600 people dead but I'll bet it was over 1000 because of the intense fires , I'll bet that alot of bodies were literally creamated , The death toll in the Chicago fire was around 300 and it took at least a week to get the fires put out I felt really sad that all those innocent people had passed away and many others were badly injured My dad kept reminding me that they're in a better place , In God's heaven May God's love always be with all the fallen victims and their families and friends , Especially all the firemen , Rescue workers , Doctors and all the rest who rendered help God bless all of them for what they went through on that tragic day and that they will never be forgotten I pray that a tragedy like this will never happen again
@johnny5805Ай бұрын
I've never been to the USA, but have become obsessed with watching videos of the E9's, especially the Burlington ones. The USA built so many beautiful streamlined diesel locos from the 1930's to the 1950's, but there's something indefinably special about the E series. They are more than just locos, they are moving pieces of design art
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
The EMD E-units still retain their good looks to this day. Thanks for your comment!
@clintgoodwin4805Ай бұрын
Businesses are doing better and I didn’t see anyone begging for money. Where as today you see multiple people begging for money even on 71st street. Great song choice too! I was born in 1992, I was only 2 years old when this video was filmed. The 90’s were the best! #Sad #VanceTrump2024
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
Thanks for your comments! Unfortunately, you see a fair amount of folks panhandling these days in larger cities. I had gone down 11st in Tulsa a few weeks ago and I saw that the road still retains many of the old buildings as seen here in 1994.
@KerfufflekittenАй бұрын
I’m sure I was on my way to my girlfriends house about that time just graduated. Love the Vince gill song btw we had a garage band at that time and this song was one of the ones we played. Brought back major memories. Thank you!
@EM-od6guАй бұрын
Great video. It’s like we are there experiencing this like u did. I was a teen in 91 but was well acquainted with both Lambert and Sky Harbor airports. I was only able to fly twice on TWA L1011 from PHX to Vegas and back in 89. It’s so sad to see the once mighty Lambert field reduced to Southwest 737’s and other smaller jets and lots of empty space. I remember Lambert used to be filled with Jumbos and no empty space!
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
A lot of airlines that used to fly into Lambert are also gone such as TWA, Ozark and Eastern.
@debearp2721Ай бұрын
Wow, I loved working on this aircraft! I miss my TWA family!
@Edward-tp5ncАй бұрын
These planes were reliable and tough. The commies make em retire too soon. They could still be serving in some areas
@macsnafuАй бұрын
It hasn't changed dramatically since '94. I remembered the McDonald's before you got to Harvard, but had forgotten about the KFC on the south side of the street. Probably the biggest changes here were the restaurants on the north side that were torn down when TU bought the streetside properties. . Now if somebody had done this in 1974 or better yet 1954, it would really be fascinating!
@WAL_DC-6BАй бұрын
I'd love to see what it looked like in 1954 (two years before the beginning of the interstate highway system).
@claremorgan98962 ай бұрын
I am from Montgomery!
@jamieburroughs4272 ай бұрын
1:41 2:44 Music to the ears of anyone who loves Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines, like I do
@natedallas62382 ай бұрын
I work in Sapulpa and grew up in the area. Crazy to see how things have changed! I would’ve been three when this was filmed.
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I was 36 years old when I shot this video in Sapulpa. Indeed, much has changed since then. I last traveled this way in 2022.
@Crush442 ай бұрын
Lol it looks about the same today
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
Yes, pretty much.
@suzanneterrey44992 ай бұрын
I flew Capital Airlines several times as a child from Albuquerque, NM to Washington D.C. and it was always so much fun being on the "Connie" which was my favorite plane.
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
Capital Airlines only flew as far west as Minneapolis/St Paul. I gather you flew out of Albuquerque on perhaps a TWA Constellation to a city such as Chicago to connect with a Capital Airlines flight onto Washington D.C. Thanks for your comment!
@suzanneterrey44992 ай бұрын
@@WAL_DC-6B Perhaps it was a connecting flight. Maybe I connected at Montgomery or Birmingham Alabama. I know I didn't go North. I remember Capital because I got airsick on the flight (as a 5yr. old, flying alone lol).
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
@@suzanneterrey4499 Back in the days when airsickness bags saw more frequent use because the propeller airliners back then flew lower and consequently more exposed to rough weather.
@ahnnamarie12 ай бұрын
I worked in the corporate office of Wehrenberg for 35 years. The property was worth more than the Drive ins income each year as with the case of all of them. All the drive ins were opened in the late 40's when land was cheap
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
Indeed, I'm sure this became the case for many if not most Drive-in theaters throughout the country especially those in or near big cities. Thanks for your comment!
@StaticSift2 ай бұрын
yo i remember this sapulpa, i grew up here, i was 10 in this video.. live here still today.
@ryankenyon50102 ай бұрын
They were a cool airline. Thanks for this piece of nostalgia.
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
I agree Midway Airlines was indeed "a cool airline" having flown on it several times back in the 1980s. I once flew Midway from Midway airport to Des Moines, IA. Des Moines was "completely socked in" due to fog. The captain got on the intercom and asked the passengers which alternate airport they'd like to go to for the night, Kansas City or Minneapolis-St Paul? K.C. won out. The airline put us up in individual rooms at a nice Hyatt Hotel near the airport and also paid for our dinner that night. The next day's short flight to DSM was uneventful.
@TRONABORON3 ай бұрын
Late 60's till early 70's I remember flying was a big deal for my mom- she would dress up and always put in a suit. Great times!
@WAL_DC-6B3 ай бұрын
Indeed, back when flying was more of a conveyance for the well to do, businessman or those who really saved their pennies.
@bluesun0013 ай бұрын
Dude this made me tear up!!! I was 14 with all the hope in the world …. #GenX.
@WarHammer1911A13 ай бұрын
Circle K, Git n' Go, before QT took over completely.
@WAL_DC-6B3 ай бұрын
"Sigh"
@user-qd5tq8wk2z3 ай бұрын
The engine tone changes, as if it suggests to you the glory of that time
@kuro88653 ай бұрын
Drove by that arbys today theyre remodeling it and theyre probably gonna tear down the classic sign
@WAL_DC-6B3 ай бұрын
Thanks for an update on a Rt 66 roadside business that's changing.
@jamieburroughs4273 ай бұрын
1:55 TWA L1011 begins its pushback from the gate and the Safety Demonstration Video begins (Audio Only - Video is available on KZbin) 10:54 TWA L1011 rolling takeoff from the St Louis Lambert Field Runway I hear a lot of passengers coughing in the background. Was the flu epidemic still going around?