Airliners Past: A Braniff Boeing 747

[@luke4641]

There are very few pictures of Braniff's 747''s at Boston Logan, and now you actually have a video! This is amazing! I was in high school just outside of Boston when Braniff first came to Logan in 1978.It was so exciting to see Braniff Flying Colors and also Piedmont's Pacemakers at my home airport. Thank you for the video!!

[@astardustparade]

I wish I could fly on the orange jumbo!

[@chuckhalen9543]

Loving this channel. This airline an all the classic airliners are sorely missed. God bless the 727.

[@Starboard76]

And more to come!

[@robm3074]

This video brings back so many memories. Braniff really was a class act even though they had some problems. Service in 1st class was 2nd to none just like TWA International and Royal Ambassador trans con.

[@julzb7165]

Beautiful footage, absolutely classic.

[@ksinouye]

Amazing footage, thank you for sharing this with us. I remember flying on that orange 747 between HNL and LAX in 1979 during the grounding of the DC-10s. It was a treat because we had always non-rev'd on WA's 10s!

[@Starboard76]

Awww nice, I have 2 or 3 Big Orange 747s parked at Ewa concourse, just wishing I come across more! It's out there I know...and I will find it and share it for ALL to see. But you were lucky, you caught a few rides! I clocked up plenty of miles non-revving on Western as well, man..when non-revving was a thrill! You never knew what would happen - getting on, not hard at all but getting that bump UP seemed more than 50-50 odds, esp. if you knew someone!

[@ksinouye]

@@Starboard76 Looking forward to seeing that footage of those Big Orange 747s at HNL! Great that you captured all this content! Non-reving was definitely a thrill...flying positive space these days is definitely not as exciting. We'd always sit close to the podium at the boarding gate, I recall that anxious feeling as we started to hear the "NRSA" boarding passes being spit out of the printer lol!!!

[@Rwalt61]

I remember the orange Braniff 747s the Flying Pumpkin as it was called.

[@Boeing--777--3OO--ER]

Thanks for sharing

[@darringraham2613]

Best year's of life

[@RTS222]

Harding Lawerence loaded up Braniff with staggering debt as he over expanded the airline. 747 service from Boston was a disaster with dismal load factors and rising fuel costs. He couldn’t shrink the airline fast enough to stop the financial bleeding. It all came to a sad end for the flying colors of Braniff in 1982.

[@lrg3834]

Richard RT Simpson, HE SURE DID. In particular, it's those additional 747's he added to the fleet beyond Big Orange that killed the carrier's balance sheet. Also, he broke the cardinal rule in commercial aviation route expansion: don't fly where there's stiff competition. Instead, fly where others don't or won't, for maximum profit.

[@easonlau6138]

This video was captured in October 1986, in Boston Logan International Airport.

[@easonlau6138]

Definitely..m

[@compdude100]

I don't think that's possible. Braniff shut down in 1982.

[@MrFlashjet]

This is quite frankly outstanding! Did you film this Sb? (There is a new thread on Airliners.net, devoted to this video!) - I look forward to more LHR past....

[@Starboard76]

Hey Flash, I wish! If I were that ahead of the curve..I'd have 'everrything from that era, Just a great find and I edited this, it's actually like 10 mins long!

[@MrFlashjet]

Whoever shot it has the Starboard76 shooting style! Great job Sb.

[@Starboard76]

@@MrFlashjet thanks, yeah great find...I'm thinking the same thing "wow, this guy (for back then) jnew exactly what he was doing!"

[@eudaldguell3004]

A beautiful livery. In Europe was Court line like that.

[@Starboard76]

Thankfully, I've secured some Court Line footage for my coming L-1011 project.

[@mactechnodude13]

Can't wait to see Tokyo-Haneda pre-Narita!!

[@lrg3834]

Personally, I prefer the original orange scheme of Big Orange, i.e. the one with white text on the fuselage, white vertical stabiliser, and classy white engine nacelles.

[@Starboard76]

That beauty appears in the Dallas Ft Worth Pt 2 video

[@TheYottaTube]

No Lack of Colors here.

[@lorenzodallavalentina7851]

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