Gatwick Airport in the late 1960's

[@MelissaDisha]

This is probably on of the best dubs I've heard. It was right in the money and I felt like I was there!

[@dhouse-d5l]

Very good. Used to go to the viewing deck back then, that Viscount whine was deafening.

[@easydrive3662]

The late 60s was the period just before the widebody larger jets came onto the scene, first the 747 then the L1011, dc10 and A300.

[@michaelveis8937]

Airplanes featured 707, DC-8, Bristol Britannia, Vickers Viscount, Vickers Vanguard, DeHavilland Comet 4, DC-7, DC-6, Ilyushin Il-18, Tupolev TU-104, B-AC-1-11

[@alanbiles9912]

Memories of freezing half to death on the south 'finger' waiting for something to move. Early 60s it was Dan-Air Ambassadors, Ace Freighter Connies, the occasional Silver City Bristol Freighter, Aer Turas DC-7 and a BUA 1-11 about every hour.

[@richardrogers5756]

My Aunt and Uncle lived in Crawley in the 50's. I can remember my mum taking me and my sister down there from Middlesex and seeing all the work going on at Gatwick. I also remember my uncle saying " it's just an overspill airport for London Airport, it will never get very busy".

[@Mikeyp1054]

Fantastic video...these days are gone now sadly

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

One-Eleven such a great aircraft I remember early 1990s when BA were using their odd-ball 500 on the Glasgow Tempelhofroute

[@carlhaluss]

This is great footage! Some very interesting aircraft types from days gone by. Thank you for posting!

[@Truthseeker1515]

My mother's last flight as an Air stewardess for Air France was from Paris Orly to London Gatwick and back in 1968. A different era, well before the introduction of the Boeing 747 and mass transport.

[@tonyde52]

What a REMARKABLE job. Well done !

[@alabama1413]

What a great video. Brings back many memories of that era of aircraft & the walks on the terraces watching aircraft much closer to hand. Many thanks 👍

[@willyboy3581]

Wow, I remember flying out of Gatwick in the 90s on Delta (using the L-1011 Tri-Star). At that time (I don't know if it is still possible to do so or not) you could check in at Victoria and take the "Gatwick Express" to the airport; a sweet, easy, and comfortable way to go. It's wonderful to see the way it was 20-30 years before then. Sad to think how many of those airlines are no longer extant (either out of business completely or merged with/absorbed into other carriers). Just off the top of my head, only three that I saw here are still going concerns: Tarom, Aeroflot, and Tunisair. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[@tonyde52]

I honestly can't tell the difference . It sounds so REALISTIC!

[@grahamh2424]

Brings back great memories of that viewing area.

[@Tirana44]

Aw, some real memories there. Excellent!

[@kinclair1939]

Great footage of some classic airliners. My first commercial flight was from Gatwick as a kid in 1975. A school ski trip, flying by British Caledonian One-Eleven to Pau in southwest France. Visited the rooftop public viewing area at Gatwick many times during the 70s, 80s and 90s, I believe it’s closed now.

[@dancingmanmedia8849]

The rooftop viewing area has been closed for quite a few years now. it's a shame as Gatwick has nowhere to view the aircraft movements for visitors.

[@strafrag1]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@mikepullen8028]

That takes me back I used to be an aircraft spotter at gatwick in the sixties great to see and hear those sounds thanks for posting

[@BrianMorrison]

Brilliant, not a single underwing engined twin jet in sight. What we have lost.

[@solefinder3708]

To get to see such large turboprop passenger planes share the airport with jets, so very cool. I've really never seen full sized jumbo passenger sized turboprops like this before, Oh how I'd love to fly in one.

[@schneegeist]

Flew LAX to Gatwick in 1974 on a British Caledonian Boeing 707-320C for some plane spotting. Some interesting equipment back in those days for sure.

[@petegreenfield8366]

Wonderful! I lived nearby then. Used to go to there on a Sunday with my dad, after swimming in Crawley pool. The viewing walkways on top of the terminals were still open, at least at first. They closed after an attempted terrorist grenade attack, I think at Heathrow. The sound was incredible when the 1-11s ran up on the stands, as was the haze and the smell of unburnt fuel. Happy memories! Thanks for sharing this.

[@bcshelby4926]

...ah the days I remember. Fascinating to see an Aeroflot TU-124, and the Swissair DC-6. Love the Vanguard in classic BEA colours.

[@superconnieous]

The TU124 was a TU104, the Swissair was Balair!

[@bcshelby4926]

@@superconnieous ...yeah the Tupolev's are very similar looking to each other.

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

Pure nostalgia

[@Diodorus79]

That Mc Donell Douglas from Saturn was the true pencil!

[@Stephen2024-ny9gi]

I flew on the BAC 1-11 lovely little twin engine aircraft.

[@bingbong7316]

No Dan Air? Wow, I remember they still flew a couple of DC-3 from Gatwick around then. But what a superb mix of aircraft and airlines; so many hand-me-down types on charter, that's what Gatwick used to be good for :-)

[@djsteel56]

6:22 Dan-Air Comet landing.

[@tonyde52]

I just subscribed to your channel!

[@Ben-xe8ps]

Very interesting film. The BCAL 707 was obviously filmed at a later date than the rest of the footage though. There were some what I thought to be unusual Gatwick visitors here, such as the TU Caravelle, the two RO aircraft and the SU TU-104A which I would have expected to see at LHR rather than LGW. I am guessing these were charter operations of some sort. I also thought the BE Vanguard an unusual visitor and was trying to remember which routes BE actually operated from LGW at that time. I was expecting to see more shots of BUA aircraft, such as their VC10's and more of the UK holiday charter airlines.

[@dancingmanmedia8849]

Most of this is random sequences spliced together by my late father. it is possible that there is more footage mixed in with the family stuff.

[@Cadmus67]

@Ben 8282 Caledonian Airways received their first 707 in late 1967. They had 5 by the time they merged with BUA to form BCAL.

[@GRAHAMAUS]

3:45 wow, that's a real rarity. A Tu-104 not crashing in a flaming fireball. :)

[@joshuawrighton-briggs7120]

noticed that aswell!

[@66secularist]

High bypass? What's that?

[@raal70]

Between 1:20 - 1:43 you can see TAROM YR-BCJ, which was delivered in 1977. So the video can't be from '68, but I'd estimate '77 or few years afterwards. Otherwise a nice old document...:)

[@Ben-xe8ps]

Can't explain the TAROM aircraft but no way is this video 1977 or later. It is definitely late 60's note the aircraft in old BEA livery and the British United 1-11's for example.

[@joejordan1259]

A super loud smokey jet fuel smelling airport now that is what it's supposed to be.

[@BestEachDay]

I was there in the early 80's.

[@tangerinedream7211]

Noisy, smoky 707s, classic airliner .

[@RosieMcMIllan-q5t]

Any pics of ground staff tartan ladies (check in or meeting/boarding flights?)

[@NadimAJ]

Nice to see the B707 just about hitting that first sector 5% climb gradient requirement.

[@luchatrokaalvaradoguajardo5185]

Best Beautifull DC-8-63 Saturn airlines ohh?? TY-104a Aeroflot & Ilyushin 18 Tarom ohh Vickers Vanguard to day 2021 very Legend planes

[@sendtoyou1]

I agree I was a Flight Attendent for Saturn, loved that airplane! Stretch DC-8

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Love it! Thank you! Any BU on your films?

[@dancingmanmedia8849]

Not that I know of

[@AndreiTupolev]

Was there some sort of international summit on, with the Romanian, wasn't it, 1-11 and that magnificent Il-18, USAF C-130 (in uncamouflaged silver!) and most awesome of all, the Aeroflot Tu-104 (who I don't think normally operated to Gatwick)

[@Shamrock100]

That was an RCAF Hercules.

[@andrewchaston503]

Yep. U are right about the Romanian 1-11. Tarom were BAC clients. Fascinating insight to some long past Airlines.

[@robwilliams682]

Wow

[@ulifir]

Il-18 and Tu-104

[@frostyfrost4094]

Whos was the Connie ?

[@alanbiles9912]

Probably Ace Freighters. G-ALAL springs to mind (among others).

[@lucaciul9522]

1:40 TAROM :))

[@ChrisZoomER]

Ah yes, the dawn of the jet age!

[@novislav282]

Aeroflot flew to Western countries at the time? Interesting. My parents grew up in East Germany, they weren't allowed to travel outside the Warsaw pact.

[@Ben-xe8ps]

Yes of course they did. In fact all of the Warsaw pact airlines flew to Western Europe and, with the sole exception of Interflug, all of them operated scheduled services to the UK. There was however a once weekly non-stop flight from LHR to Berlin SXF operated by LOT, the flight being routed LHR-SXF-WAW and operated by an IL-18. Concerning Aeroflot, their flights would have carried Soviet citizens travelling to the west for official/business purposes as well as foreign official/business travellers and tourists visiting the USSR. In addition Aeroflot also tried to attract longhaul transit passengers to travel with them via Moscow. In addition, as part of the agreement allowing Western airlines to operate flights to Japan over the trans-Siberian route, Aeroflot were granted traffic rights to operate through single flight number services from Western capitals to Tokyo via Moscow i.e. LHR-MOW-TYO using IL62 aircraft from the beginning of jet operation. This is the only example I can think of where a foreign carrier has ever been granted such traffic rights to operate a through flight (one flight coupon/same flight number throughout) from the UK to a destination beyond their home country via their home country.

[@iandocwra1169]

@@Ben-xe8ps I remember in my childhood already being able to identify planes from our house in New Malden and recall one occasion in the late 60s when a Tu114 passed over.

[@frostyfrost4094]

Interflug DM-SCK was in LGW late 70

[@TheRVSN]

Try to understand: the Iron Curtain was propagated and organized by state "elites" of traditional colonial powers (announced by Churchill in Fulton).

[@queensapphire7717]

Sounds seem to be added after the fact.

[@1960dave1960]

Good old BCal…..😺!!

[@frostyfrost4094]

I can remember seeing JFK at LGW