China Airlines - 中华航空 Airlines of Taiwan, the original China Airlines

The original look of China Airlines, the flag carrier of Taiwan. I wanted to do this video the very moment I decided to start cutting videos..but very very little footage existed online - anywhere.
After over 10 years, I have assembled a glimpse of what I saw as a young kid just learning about jets, airlines and everything commercial aviation.
I loved the US airlines that took me (and family, dad had a job with MAAG) to Taipei, but the killer was an international airport smack dab in the heart of the city! Anyone who was a kid living near or at a place where excruciatingly loud smokey jetliners came landing over your head..so low that you could hit one with a baseball. But no one did that kind of thing back then and if they had lasers, I serious doubt anyone would have done what kids do today. Anyhow, watching jets land from the US Navy's HSA Compound, that was a front row seat to jet action - that simultaneously killed 30 seconds of any movie playing in the theater even closer to the runway 10 threshold. But I had to get closer..so I'd ride the local bus every chance I got and went to Sungshan (spelling at that time) Airport and race through the terminal's rooftop terrace! And boy what a view!
The beauty of tiny single runway airports is - nothing can get away from you! Everything has to play out right before your eyes. So I watched the competing airlines come from every major Asian city. China Airlines was the home town airline and I learned a lot by watching their every move and watched them grow from their two 737-200s, three 727-100s (I'd later fly on two of them) and 3 707-320Cs expand and grow their route network. I watched the other carriers in the region fly in competing with CAL. Northwest Orient blew them all away with their once daily 747-200 from Tokyo
(Haneda) it was the 800lb gorilla in the room, it was the star of the airport. Everyday.
Cathay Pacific had more flights than anyone, almost every hour in a mix of 707s arriving from Hong Kong, Osaka, Fukuoka,Tokyo and Seoul and an equal number en route to those same cities and extra Hong Kong sections in between. Then Singapore Airlines scored their first two 747s and rotated them on the Singapore-Hong Kong-Taipei-Tokyo (Haneda) route, one each way every day...I was loving the rapid growth and it made me think...as awesome as these sights were..what was it like in Hong Kong at Kaitak? I'd leave at the end of the day with a handful of airline timetables..it did not take long to envision what was happening in Hong Kong - yes I was sleepless at the thought.
Now you all know my airline story..it led to many many awesome trips, travels, experiences and a never ending love of the Golden Age of jet travel, sorry...but you had to be in the era to know the feeling.
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台湾航空公司的中华航空的原始外观。我决定开始剪辑视频的那一刻，我就想制作这部视频。但是，几乎没有在线上存在任何镜头。
十多年来，我对小时候所学的知识一目了然，他们刚刚学习了喷气机，航空公司和所有商用航空知识。
我很喜欢带我（和家人，爸爸在MAAG任职）到台北的美国航空公司，但杀手was是在市中心的国际机场打da！小时候住在附近或附近的烟雾at绕的喷气式飞机降落在您头顶上的任何人..低到可以打棒球的地方。但是那时没有人做过这样的事情，如果他们有激光，我严重怀疑有人会做今天孩子所做的事情。无论如何，看着喷气式飞机从美国海军的HSA大院降落，这是喷气式飞机行动的前排座位-同时杀死了在剧院上映的电影的30秒，甚至更接近10号跑道的入口。但是我必须走得更近..所以，只要有机会，我就乘当地的公共汽车去松山机场（当时拼命拼车），并在航站楼的屋顶露台上比赛！和男孩真是个风景！
微小的单跑道机场的美丽之处在于-没有什么可以摆脱您！一切都必须摆在眼前。因此，我看到竞争的航空公司来自亚洲的每个主要城市。中华航空是家乡的航空公司，我通过观察他们的一举一动，从他们的两架737-200，三架727-100（我将在其中两架上飞）和3 707-320C的成长中了解到很多东西，扩大他们的航线网络。我看到该地区的其他航空公司与CAL竞争。西北东方航空每天从东京出发，一次带回747-200炸毁他们
（羽田）是房间里的800磅大猩猩，是机场的明星。每天。
国泰航空的航班数量比任何人都多，几乎每小时都有来自香港，大阪，福冈，东京和汉城的707班航班，并且有相同数量的航班飞往相同城市和其他香港地区。然后新加坡航空拿到了头两架747飞机，并在新加坡-香港-台北-东京（羽田）航线上轮换，每天一趟...我热爱快速的增长，这让我觉得...很棒这些景点是..香港在Kaitak的感觉如何？我要在一天结束时离开一些航空公司的时间表。.很快就想到了香港正在发生的事情-是的，我对此一夜未眠。
现在你们都知道我的航空故事。.它导致了许多很棒的旅行，旅行，经历，以及对喷气式飞机黄金时代的无休止的热爱，对不起...但是您必须处于那个时代才能了解这种感觉。

[@gregsells8549]

I flew CAL LAX-HNL-TPE in 1974 at the age of 10 to visit my dad in Taiwan, on a 707.

[@Starboard76]

Wow, very cool and I was there then taking photos! And remember those flights I found a timetable of that scheduled flight back then. By ‘74 they were up to 6 707s and I think by then the LAX run was daily. SFO was first to daily. I’d kill for moving footage of a CAL 707 at LAX (plenty of photos of this) but as see in my vid, I have CAL 707 at SFO, HNL and Haneda. But in 1974 the Tokyo stops has ceased due Japan’s diplomatic recognition of Beijing govt. so your routing is correct. Glad u saw my vid.

[@doug9066]

At 5:24 the Chinese were smart, buy American planes & cars, Boeing aircraft & Cadillac Fleetwood cars, yep they have great taste in cars & planes at the time. Thank you for sharing!

[@宮田雅人-x7q]

启德期间､进近香港的过程令人印象深刻且危险｡但飞行员们都意识到这一点､所以很少发生事故｡ During Kai Tak, the approach to Hong Kong was impressive and dangerous, but the pilots were aware of it, so there were very few accidents. 啓徳の頃は香港アプローチが迫力あり､危険であったのか操縦士がいつも意識していたので､少ない事故でした 我要感谢您为后人留下了这段宝贵的镜头｡ I would like to thank you for leaving this valuable footage for posterity. 後世に貴重映像を残され､私から感謝します

[@linjeflyg]

742 & SP @Sungshan, amazing! A320 & 762 in CI color and stayed in fleet for only 2 years, my first time view ever! Bring back tons of memory. My question is how come we never run into each other@ observation deck...............I need to give 10 thump up !

[@Starboard76]

Probably too busy looking at planes...

[@Bond-fx7si]

Great video... I really enjoyed watching it. I look forward to your videos on Thai and Cathay. Keep up the good work.

[@Starboard76]

Thanks, you already know what is coming down the line...

[@easternorient]

Fantastic memories of my trip to the US from Malaysia came flashing back when I watched this video. Back Dec 1987 I flew KUL-HKG-TPE with the B767-209ER. From TPE I flew to LAX onboard the B747SP-09. A few weeks later we flew to HNL with B747-200 and finally days later returned to Malaysia routing HNL-HND-TPE with the B747-200 and TPE to KUL with the B767-209ER.

[@Starboard76]

Boy! What a dream trip from that age! I would have killed to experience that ride! And on the 767-200s..there was only two of those and they didn't last long in the fleet. I bet you wish you had recorded all that!

[@easternorient]

@@Starboard76 Yes I wish I had a cam corder then! The 762 and 747SP would have been priceless, especially the SP to me, considering it my first and most likely only flight on one.

[@doug9066]

14:34 even then had hero pilots, saved lives & aircraft.

[@RetroAvi8or]

Real shame that their last 742 had an ill-fated retirement. B-1866 was apparently the only passenger 742 in CAL's fleet at the time of its crash.

[@Starboard76]

Good eye! Correct..B-1866, the lone 742 really had no role to play other than charters, profitable charters. The 737 A300s, A330s had the regional routes covered, the 747SPs were doing Mandarin long hauls (on CALs behalf) and the 744s were doing all the heavy lifting. And luckily enough, I have B-1866 on video, now B-18255 in the new color scheme - at TPE a few months before it's demise.

[@고든의램지로버]

I have a question. When was the date that b-1864 was converted into cargo plane?

[@Starboard76]

Boy, that's really hard to pin down that exact date..sorry.

[@고든의램지로버]

@@Starboard76 that's okay. Have a nice day!

[@Starboard76]

@@고든의램지로버 You question is indeed a good one. The original Chins Airlines fleet is quite special to me (if you read my description in the video you can see that) but knowing history of B-1864 is one I fell short with with no excuse. The first two 747s B-1860 and B-1868 (which I flew) were my favorites because they were first! If I get details of B-`1864..I will certainly contact you. You username is in Korean, so I'm curious as to your interest in China Airlines.

[@pbc5137]

How come you using simplified characters in the title?

[@Starboard76]

Because I'm not a Chinese speaker/writer..I must rely on Google translate. What would you suggest?

[@pbc5137]

I thought having lived in Taiwan you’d be familiar with the difference. This is how they write it in traditional characters 中華航空公司

[@Starboard76]

@@pbc5137 Good point, but 1 - that was years ago and 2 - I was far fluency in speaking and have forgotten even that little and reading/writing was never stood a chance as I attended the TAS school.. What you wrote is 'China Airlines' as seen on the aircraft and opening/intro photo.

[@kelevin437]

14:37 this china airlines flight 006 ?

[@qwertyuiop123453993]

I need cyvr china airlines/mandarin airlines footage one day

[@MIGUEHARRIER]

Bravo!!!!