Great memories! All of those planes were so much classier than today's generic rubbish!! I remember parking up on arrival and you could hear the loud props of the Vickers Viscount. I would literally run to the terminal to see if I could catch it! The 1-11's, the Tridents, the Friendships.... Loved spending endless summer days on the gallery watching those planes. Gutted when Edinburgh closed the gallery. Great video, many thanks ❤

Better days

Absolutely 💯 fantastic video, Prestwick has always been a very important hub for cargo, and new aircraft going through the process of going into service with both domestic and international customers, very great catches!

Amazing that you have this video. My dad was involved in this Airshow and i remember it well. He organized the emergency services display and ended up with a few more than was planned. Seem to remember that the Gannet sea-king also had a hydraulics failure at the same time as the 747, was some day!

What a fab video! It's got to be around mid/late 90's....I did spot just one lonely A320(I think😉).....see how it's changed now😱

I miss the triple engine jets

....8yrs on John and still worth watching!

Not pictured in this video, but I flew into Prestwick on a Wardair DC6 in summer 1964 from Edmonton, Canada via Sonde Strom, Greenland. I think it was some 15 hrs flying time or thereabouts. Exciting times for a 9 year old.

Interesting how in 2024 there are no USA airlines flying into MAN but instead other operators doing the routes,

1:24 look at that collection of tails! Today it's positively anaemic compared to 1998!

Epic video.

Those were the days in Glasgee.

Thankyou for posting the DC-10 video. Love the sound of Her GE engines

Crownair was only in business between 1988 until early 1990.

Wow, brings back lots of memories of my days at Luton We handled the Caledonian tristar for a crew change and fuel before it continued back to Manchester from Tenerife

My dad was an electrician, my sister and husband worked in teleprinters and I worked in the Met Office 68-75. Interesting times for the airport but no railway station then.

Caledonian,Capitol,Pan American,Trans Carib,BEA,BOAC,to name but a few.Also DC-8 (my favourite aircraft),VC10 (another beauty),BAC 111,B707, Vanguard,C141,Sea King,Trident.Any more?Nice clip!

Great . Takes me back to a time when everything wasn’t an A320 or B737 !

Why were planes bigger then when less people flew? Also, one of my friends hated flying Fortuna because they shared their name with cheap fags!

A lot of old classics there. Thank you for sharing

My dad was stationed at Prestwick in the late in late 50s early 60s. Loved my time there as a child

I loved brittania flown on them few times.growing up liked caledonian also

Many don't realise that PIK was the transatlantic hub .My grandparents would come across from Toronto in the 60's and 70's and I remember just how busy it was.Even from this video, watching the HS748 , you get an idea how loud those Rolls Royce Darts were. I have tinnitus now, in part because of them.

The Northwest 747 was a really early bird. Number 27 made in 1969. The nose section is now in the Smithsonian. So cool.

Departed for Vancouver..YVR...June 01/78...CP AIR stretch DC8....Times have changed, but Prestwick Airport.. EGPK remains...The more the things change...the more they stay the same....Thankfully. Used to watch Gulf Air do touch and go's on that very air strip.

Wonderful ! Thank you for this Time Machine

Another great video of some of the older planes that used to fly but never see now, but apart from that I did enjoy this video greatly appreciated.

It's so mad, as that 1-11 (G-ATPK), is the same aircraft that I flew on back in 89, from Manchester to Monastir. It was operated through Dan-air then...but still...amazing to see it in the 60s here.

0:45 Britannia airlines then became Thomsonfly and air 2000 became first choice and they merged together to become Thomson And now tui is now the new plane operated after taking over Thomson franchise And as for first choice that airliner is gone

Rare Peach Air L-1011 in the background

It’s not 1986 .as Caledonian Tristars did not enter service until 1988 after the merger of British Airways and British Caledonian

Those little BAC 111s were incredibly noisy inside, they were usually the Ringway to Heathrow shuttle to catch a connecting flight.😬

Noisy, smokey Speys from the BAC-111s and F28. Beautiful!

British Airways, BEA.❤

Great Airport even today. I used to work for Northwest Airlines, they used to fuel up parked overnight B 747 to stop the wind from causing damage to a/c .

My memories of Prestwick is up in the viewing lounge watching the planes with my Dad and young brothers . I remember the German Starfighters parked up . Oh please bring them days back to me

Well done Jhon I was here on this day mate

I was here that day

Remember when Canada was a proud nation. Ruined by the traitor Trudeau. Canada will not recover for these treasonus cun.ts.

Great stuff Jhon

Love the three holers. Sure miss them.

Great to see the old pik airport I started there in 1976 and was with air canada cargo from 1978 until 1996 when we moved to Glasgow Met some great people and had some memorable times

Thomas Nationwide Transport later to become part of Peter Toll's empire...

0:09 Vulcan! Avro Vulcan!

Concord a 707 and a DC 8

Heh, it's nice to see that one mound of dirt has been used for planespotting since the mid 80s!

Kind of crazy to see the Air Canada jumbo at Glasgow when they now don't even fly there anymore. I recall seeing in one of these videos a Manchester to Ottawa flight on a Wardair 747 which would now be impossible. I guess those really were the effects of high amounts of immigration to Canada from the UK.

Tri jets rules

Glasgow good old days excellent fun Jhon

So many airlines that were well known at the time that are no longer in existence. Its also amazing how liveries change over time as well. Fantastic video thanks :)