An interesting film of one De Havilland comet of the British European Airways flight,I hope that you enjoy it.#aviation #planespotting #airport #britishairways #comet #jetliner
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@stevecostello42782 ай бұрын
Love how the steward went through and collected peoples' coats. I'm going to mail Ryanair and suggest they adopt this practice.
@davidhynd44352 ай бұрын
Or better still, suggest that they start flying Comets. Hmm, Ryanair and Comets. A dangerous combination.
@snowflakemelter11722 ай бұрын
Ask for luncheon to be served 😂
@johnhill85292 ай бұрын
About this time I was regularly travelling between school in the UK and Jamaica on BOAC VC10’s. The stewards used to carve a rib of beef next to your seat!
@jon-ie4li2 ай бұрын
You would not want to pay a BEA air fare!!
@wakeupcall26652 ай бұрын
Collecting coats is still a thing in First and Business Class. And who even dares to consider travelling Ryanair? It is tacky, cheap and a reason why air travel has become a nuisance!
@activexp2 ай бұрын
One of the best looking aircraft ever made.
@niltonbartalini98372 ай бұрын
I agree.
@mark-andrewsАй бұрын
Yes, the aircraft has a unique look, but nothing else looks like it did then, these days. I hope my comment is acceptable, without any additional explanation, from me; I hope everyone can watch, be interested, and make their own minds-up? One point I cannot stop myself from commenting upon, the aircraft has completed take-off: immediately "Ladies & Gentlemen- You can now smoke." An amazing piece of film, thanks for uploading.
@narinoamor2 ай бұрын
The comet is sublime. Such a gorgeous aircraft. We might be more technologically advance but they way we treat people has definitely taken a step back.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
I agree with you!
@offshoretomorrow33462 ай бұрын
So has the price. If you pay enough, you can fly first class.
@Tirana442 ай бұрын
That’s a real video gem! IMO, the Comet 4B was the best looking version of the Comet. The BEA ‘red square’ livery looks stunning on it, the best livery by far. Back in the mid 60s, I flew on a BEA 4B from London Airport to Luqa. The trip home was on a Vanguard. I’m fortunate to own a 1/50 scale model of a BEA Comet 4B. It dates from 1959, and is in mint condition. Needless to say, it’s a very treasured item!
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@KM-wl1tp9 күн бұрын
Bravo Sir
@markbradley23672 ай бұрын
I flew that route on BEA comets many times in the 60,s. F/O greeting the captain as sir ! When I became a Captain in the 90s, the greeting by your F/o would probably be "Hello mate "😂 wonderful film. Thanks for posting.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for following!
@priceyA3202 ай бұрын
‘Flight plan for 123, it’s right here sir!’ Those were the days eh. Haven’t seen a flight planner face to face in 20 years. Just a submenu on the iPad now…
@user-cn6re9jr1t2 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable,but i was waiting for Syd James to make an appearance
@davidjeffreys90632 ай бұрын
Followed by a flying tit hammock
@maxthelab84572 ай бұрын
The first plane I ever flew on was a BEA Airtours 707 to Palma Spain in 1967, I was 4 nearly 10 at the time, the second plane was a BEA Airtours Comet. I have been an av' geek all my life and even though I was only 4 at the time I can actually recall flashbacks of those first flights. I remember the seats seemed huge, and my legs wouldn't touch the floor. And the windows in the Comet were huge too.
@markharris18452 ай бұрын
@9.46 'You may now smoke - cigarettes only please but no pipes or cigars gentlemen' ... ah... the heyday of aviation!
@andrewclark86302 ай бұрын
In the spirit of the gallantry of the age, I suppose ladies could still smoke a pipe on board. Wonderful.
@andrewabel39272 ай бұрын
Well that brought back happy memories. I joined BEA in 1968 and enjoyed a 13 year career with it and British Airways. Coincidentally my first appointment was in an office very close to where the opening sequences were filmed.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@danieleregoli8122 ай бұрын
What a splendid short film this is ❤ thanks Jo!
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
@AAO3422 ай бұрын
The Comet 4 is a beautiful aircraft 🙂
@devonmoors2 ай бұрын
Mid sixties I used to travel to Sweden,usually on the Comet but at times even on the Scandinavian Caravelle.Comet was a great plane and I believe the front part of the Caravelle was from the Comet
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Yes actualy it was,they were both great plaines of those days,Thanks for your comment!
@maxthelab84572 ай бұрын
I flew on Caravelles to Italy ( Genoa ) back in the day. You are correct, I think it was mainly the front of the Comet plane, the cockpit that was adopted by the Carravelle. The windows on the Caravelle were enormous too and triangular which was odd.
@dcanmore2 ай бұрын
@@maxthelab8457 yes, other French aircraft had the same window shape.
@kieran18442 ай бұрын
What a fantastic video. My favourite aircraft of all time. Thanks so much for posting 🙂
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@russellbenton29872 ай бұрын
When travelling was a pleasure .
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
Not like today being treated like cattle.
@goodfes2 ай бұрын
what a time to fly. I remember face to face seats on an old Dan Air 727 in the mid 80's. The crowds of people watching the airport at 8 minutes was interesting, must have been a big event to watch movements at the London airport! Having been on a Comet I forgot just how small the door was, seeing the passengers and crew having to bend over to get in.
@goodfes2 ай бұрын
right at the end TWA 707's in the background, the pace of change was astonishing at that time. Thanks for sharing
@XHR6892 ай бұрын
The viewing areas at the larger airports were very popular back then. Coach trips for the general public regularly operated to Manchester Airport to see the aircraft and general activity. The viewing areas were on the open roof of the piers.
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
They were boarding from the service side of the Comet for some reason, possibly due to the filming. Normal sized passenger doors are on the left side, as per convention.
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
@@XHR689 Those were the days.
@maxthelab84572 ай бұрын
My family and I flew on a Dan Air 727-100 in 1971 ( I think ). We sat in row 1! No Business Class on Dan Air. It was to Ibiza ( before it became a clubbing drunken hell hole ). We flew back on a Dan Air Comet.
@richardcrossland84562 ай бұрын
Superb. Spent many a day plane spotting at the top of the Queens Building. Life was tickedy boo !
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Yes it was!
@B1900pilot2 ай бұрын
The gentle, golden era of air travel…
@jjaus2 ай бұрын
Hmm, only for the upper middle class at least. The golden age is now.
@Ben-xe8ps2 ай бұрын
I am sorry to say that the Comet was my least favourite jet aircraft. It is so long ago now that it is difficult to remember exactly why but I think it was connected to the location of the engines and the resulting noise in the cabin. I would point out that all interior shots in this video are of the First Class (F) cabin. As the cabin width of the Comet was less than the Trident, VC10 and the Boeing aircraft (707, 727, 737) seating in Y class was 2 X 3 as opposed to 3 X 3 but the 2 X 2 F class seating was narrower (similar to F class on a DC9/MD80 series or BAC-1-11 aircraft) than on aircraft with 3 X 3 Y class seating.
@richardhunt3042 ай бұрын
Had the pleasure of flying to Alicante on a BEA Airtours Comet years ago,nice plane ! Great film,and has that 'Carry On' touch to it even though I know it's the real thing,thanks.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@federicoprice26872 ай бұрын
First flew in one of these in 1961, aged 5. Still have the enamelled BEA pin....somewhere! Don't remember much except visiting the cockpit. Very very exciting!
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Nice to be in one those days.
@waynetetley5842 ай бұрын
Beautiful aircraft. Lovely period video 😊
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@amazer7472 ай бұрын
We don't know what we are missing. Men respectfully dressed for work with suit and tie, manners, slim ladies without tattoos, no rushing, space to breath, English accents, the Queens Building, and most of all Comets, Viscounts, and an F27 of Aer Lingus. I miss it all. (except the smoking onbaord)
@paulclark49882 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading, that was brilliant.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@vladilenkalatschev49152 ай бұрын
Such a good looking aircraft ❤
@davidlibby57402 ай бұрын
Flew on G-APMF Comet 4B to Manchester in October 1969. Beautiful aircraft and equally, very powerful. Excellent flight and service. Engineering precision at its best! 🇬🇧🏴
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment.
@pancrazioaquilina70292 ай бұрын
Excellent video
@johnjephcote76362 ай бұрын
It is the fashions that reminded me of those times...all the overcoats being collected and huge variety of large bags.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@130rapid2 ай бұрын
G-APMA: Comet 4B, cn. 6421. Delivered 12/20/1959 to BEA. Sold 7/8/1972 to Coley Skrap Merchants. Farewell...
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@D66DuCane2 ай бұрын
The Comet 4B they are boarding is actually G-APMF! At 07:11 you can clearly see the letters 'MF' on the nosewheel door. What a wonderful film!
@RodneyStone-ge1te2 ай бұрын
Comets not offloaded from BOAC but BEA bought 4B s new 1961 l was in the jumb seat to Athens .wonderful aircraft
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
An interesting comment,Thanks for following!
@runawayronnie2 ай бұрын
Isn't that Terence Longdon playing the captain?
@XHR6892 ай бұрын
Yes it is. Very reminiscent of his role in this film he played the lead role in 'Garry Halliday' a pilot in a childrens television series (1959-1962)
@CaseyJonesNumber12 ай бұрын
@@XHR689ah, I recognised him as an actor, just couldn't remember his name. Thanks!
@David-kh3xp2 ай бұрын
A wonderful aviation treasure film. Thank you! Flew on BEA's Trident LHR/CDG in 1969. Missed flying in the Comet😔
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
Lovely air to air footage of the Comet 4. Jolly good!
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Indeed it is!
@babaji19472 ай бұрын
I always wondered why the Comet's tail was vertical and not slanted as in all jets today.
@offshoretomorrow33462 ай бұрын
Perhaps sweeping back adds leverage? The further back the tail is, the less area (and drag) is required. The vertical fin does look anachronistic.
@tangerinedream72112 ай бұрын
The comet 4 variant was a good aircraft, but the damage had been done by the earlier Comet issues. So the Boeing 707 came to rule .
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Yes,i agree with you.
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
And the DC-8.
@lrg38342 ай бұрын
Real jewel piece here.
@joanne2624 күн бұрын
At 3.30 into this video in walks a well known actor from the late 50’s in Britain called Terence Longdon He made quite a few films Flying abroad was so exciting for those around then and could afford to It always seemed so glamorous ❤️❤️😍😍👍 👍 🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧
@AlphaPenComputers24 күн бұрын
TL was a WWII Fleet Arm pilot. Starred as Garry Halliday with Terence Alexander. They played the goodies fighting The Voice & his hencemen every week. Cracking TV for kids, at the time !
@joanne2624 күн бұрын
@@AlphaPenComputers he was part of the cast of the early carry on films Also part of the cast of Another Time, Another place with Sean Connery and Lana Turner I think quite a few actors made ‘advertising’ films on many subjects A relative of mine, her late husband did his National service with the RAF in the early 50’s 😃😃👍 👍
@AlphaPenComputers24 күн бұрын
@@joanne26 Indeed he was. Saw him in many films including Ben-Hur as Drusus but for me he'll always be Garry Halliday.
@karlhoward27372 ай бұрын
I flew as a young boy back in the 60’s many times between England and Cyprus….remember the plane being so smooth in flight…..I did prefer the Super VC10 for that futuristic look and power, but…..my first jet was the Comet…..beautiful aeroplane from wonderful times…
@PCEngineer2007uk2 ай бұрын
The captain looks like the actor Terence Longdon, who was actually a pilot....
@SS08947Ай бұрын
You are right, I also recognized him and thanks for the name.
@robertjonas62162 ай бұрын
Anyone else think the tail on these planes looked ridiculous??
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
Beautiful design.
@mindyourlanguage772 ай бұрын
What a treat! Thanks old fruit.
@B1970TBronze2 ай бұрын
Awesome. Thanks. Subbed!
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@johnjephcote76362 ай бұрын
I uesed to watch these BEA Comets on approach to Heathrow. I lay on my back on the garden path with binoculars checking the reg. number. The path was inline with their course and watford was a stacking area for Heathrow.
@maxthelab84572 ай бұрын
I did the same, watching the aircraft on approach and departing. They used to go right over our house. I also spent many a day sat by the runway or up the Queens Building ( we never paid to get in, we used to bunk in via the fire escapes! ) We lived in Hounslow West which nowadays is a total shit hole of a place and the only time I 'visit' is when I am 'above it' arriving or departing LHR, which is actually pretty frequent these days now I am retired... We moved to Devon 25 years ago and I do so miss watching the planes.
@nicklarge007Ай бұрын
Captain Chumley Warner and his crew.......
@sammysouth83722 ай бұрын
Why the dihedral in the horizontal stabilizer?
@deparaisoparaud.3912 ай бұрын
The best Jet!
@johannesbols57Ай бұрын
Interesting they used 1R to board. That door has a low ceiling!
@michaeldean66912 ай бұрын
My first flight on a Dan Air comet to Spain in 1977
@mebeasenseiАй бұрын
5:20 What is that communication machine with a rolling strip of paper? machine and how does it work?
@anthonysherry26282 ай бұрын
How tall the people must have been in those days, if they have to duck when passing through the doors..😅😅
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
I think that they made the doors not very large due to the cabin pressurization,Thanks for following.
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
Those are the service doors on the right side.
@jamesbrock92002 ай бұрын
Well, that took me back, this is in the region of 5 years before I joined BEA since they are still using the yellow livery (MoA) on the ground vehicles. Flight Planning at around 1:30 mark and, possibly, Load Control later on.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for following!
@oceanfroggie2 ай бұрын
Oh when air travel was an enjoyable part of ones travel, before low cost hell.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Yes it is true.
@jonnynevada89152 ай бұрын
Avro of Canada actually had designed a prototype jet years earlier , using the same design concept as the Comet with the engines and cowling incorporated into the wing. They had to abandon the project as the Canadian government was being forced by Uncle Sam to have Avro engineers redirect their focus 100% on military aircraft during the start of the Cold War .. The jet was noted as the C-102 , and had a cruising speed of 800kph . Howard Hughes ended up buying the prototype and flew it for years as his own personal passenger jet ..
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@dcanmore2 ай бұрын
Comet 1 flew 13 days before the C-102, so were both designed around the same time, Nene-Lancastrian and Nene-Viking prototypes flew before both of them. If Avro hadn't decided to to change the engine specification, which caused delays, the C-102 would've flown before the Comet. Howard Hughes leased the aircraft for a while before it went back to Avro who then used it for a few months as a camera-ship for CF-100 in-flight testing before being scrapped in 1956.
@jonnynevada8915Ай бұрын
@@dcanmore You are correct 👍 We should also note that the early version of the Comet had serious structural issues which caused catastrophic mid air decompression killing all passengers 🤷♂️
@andrewjordan41932 ай бұрын
This is clearly the old Heathrow Terminal building, but am not sure what year (?) I assume late 50s or early 60s. Amazing that people could smoke on flights. I remember flying to Amsterdam in 1988 and asking for a no smoking seat. I was given one, but it was right in front of the smoking section. I stank of smoke by the time we landed. Really unpleasant. Things are much better today in every way; not to mention safer.
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment.
@AlphaPenComputers24 күн бұрын
Had the pleasure of flying Pakistan International Airways, circa '92. Left side of fuselage was "Smoking", right side "No Smoking". Long flight. Oxygen depleted !
@tonyhilliarduk2 ай бұрын
A flight time of 2:19 is quicker than today! That’s progress for you!
@davidwarren2022 ай бұрын
Is it possible you could upload the full film again? you did three yeas ago but took it down for some reason. This is heavily edited
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
I had to due to youtube rules,Thanks for following!
@MaggsKirky2 ай бұрын
There’s a shear lack of diversity in this film and I love it !
@maxthelab84572 ай бұрын
Lol careful..................the thought Police will be after you.
@robertwalker20522 ай бұрын
If only BOAC reinforced the window frames of the Comet making a safe plane!!
@johannesbols57Ай бұрын
BOAC didn't manufacture the Comet, Einstein.
@NatJBАй бұрын
Over 18 tonnes of fuel for a flight to Rome. Immense.
@campacolasworkshop60422 ай бұрын
2:08 I often wonder what bacteriological tests would reveal on all those open & complex food dishes, of that flying era 😊
@javiergilvidal15582 ай бұрын
That all passengers enjoyed their food, and many would go on to live to this very day!
@campacolasworkshop60422 ай бұрын
@@javiergilvidal1558 Do you have any science for that statement ;)
@javiergilvidal15582 ай бұрын
@@campacolasworkshop6042 The WHO has the "science", and so have the idiots who believed them and got poisoned with the vaccine. I only have the common sense that derives from experiencing what used to be a very good catering service. At 64, I know what it used to be like in airliners, when you were treated as a human being .....
@jameshatfield11942 ай бұрын
It started at the Base at TBE Heathrow has certaintyl
@scotty63462 ай бұрын
If those pilot's had an alcohol breath test like they do these day's they would be saying 'Come on old Chum i only had 12 pint's of bitter last night in the 'Fox and Hound's pub in my village! Let's not make a Wizard bang out of it, I need to fly this cabbage crate over the old Briney and need to keep my children off of Scrooge's Gruel! Arf, Arf!' 😂 The Comet is a graceful aircraft though! 👍
@krystiantucker77022 ай бұрын
what year would this of been
@grahambuckerfield46402 ай бұрын
The hangars were there when I joined BA in 1983, however the Comet with BEA entered service at the end of the 1950’s but the film had no sign of the Trident which entered service in the mid 60’s, so likely very late 50’s/early 60’s.
@grahambuckerfield46402 ай бұрын
@@bfc3057 I did, was lucky enough to spend from 1997-2003, time in Concorde Engineering. Seven flights on that aircraft.
@jamesbrock92002 ай бұрын
@@grahambuckerfield4640 I would agree with your estimate since the ground vehicles are still in the yellow Ministry of Aviation livery.( BEA/BA Load Control 1967-1980. )
@jamesbrock92002 ай бұрын
@@bfc3057 No, BOAC did not offload the their Comets to BEA, the BEA version was the 4B, BOAC used the 4 and 4C.
@jasonbrown46102 ай бұрын
Wonderful, before the plebs were allowed to ruin it!
@anthonystevens1045 күн бұрын
Flying was ruined when they let the working class fly 😂😂
@razorheadinjapan73Ай бұрын
Standards are in the toilet now
@DaleSteel2 ай бұрын
I was expecting it to explode mid flight like all the other comets
@joluqamalta28152 ай бұрын
Well it was the first ,so anyone could exept something to go wrong unlike Boeing the 737 Max they had issues as well.
@stephenholland59302 ай бұрын
Wrong Comet. This was the much safer Comet 4.
@roverchap2 ай бұрын
Sponsored by Brylcreem, and Rothmans cigarettes!
@chikinli19442 ай бұрын
今英國航空公司!
@RayhanAhmed-qr3vz2 ай бұрын
Bullocks - ACTOR’S
@snowflakemelter11722 ай бұрын
Well done Sherlock
@federicoprice26872 ай бұрын
Bollocks - NO APOSTROPHE
@johannesbols57Ай бұрын
Stop complaining - it's Allah's will.
@dmcnamara98592 ай бұрын
Name 1 British aircraft that has garnered large commercial success globally and made money doing so? I'll answer it for you, ZERO.
@dcanmore2 ай бұрын
what do you determine as 'large commercial success' ?
@dmcnamara98592 ай бұрын
@@dcanmoreHaving buyers for your product that are not bankrolled by British government. Last time I recall,DC8, and 707 variants steamrolled the Comet. Had acceptable range ( for the times); and damn near every country had them.
@dcanmore2 ай бұрын
@@dmcnamara9859 really, nobody cares.
@BR-bj3otАй бұрын
Nice to see people respectfully dressed and acting like human beings. One only need see this short film to recognize the moral decline and progression of mankind’s Sin through the years!
@johannesbols57Ай бұрын
Keep your sin to yourself and don't speak for me.
@BR-bj3otАй бұрын
@@johannesbols57 What a Darkened heart you have. You have no idea what you are headed for! I pray God will have mercy on you!