JFK to LAX Vintage Footage July 5, 1990, July 11, 1990

I was digging through my video archives to find a trip i made in 1990. Finally found it and digitized it. It was our first video camcorder and it was big and heavy lol. And used big Vhs tapes. I made a trip to California to visit a friend and travel through the Sierra mountains. What a blast ! I traveled from JFK to LAX on American Airlines. Can anyone identify the aircraft type ? Enjoy and please Sub and Like, Thank you very much.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

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[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Stories .....And how bout some stories, memories that you take with you forever 🤔.......... My name is Pete and I'm 62 Yrs. Young and a native NY'er all my life 😉... When i was a kid in the 70's, whenever i happen to be home, i could here this bird from miles away. When i heard those engines roar, i knew immediately. No aircraft I've ever heard sounds like it. I only had a minute or two. I would run outside to make sure i didn't miss the most majestic, loudest and classiest bird I've ever encountered. She'd fly right over my head at maybe 1500 ft. cruising into Jfk. Getting to witness this steel bird called the British Concorde was simply priceless. I so wish i could have flown her 😞👊

[@SIXGAMES_OFFICIAL001]

Dc10💀

[@GDM1937]

I’m not sure the smog was to heavy…..

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL 😆

[@joeyscleaninglady2877]

md-11

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

I remember my dad told me about his first dc-10 flight ever. He was flying from New Delhi- Amsterdam on Northwest airlines, back in ‘82. He told me how the flight went very smooth and he enjoyed it. The dc-10 shouldn’t be recognized for its reputation of crashes. It was really a wonderful plane.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Salute 🍻👊

[@manifestgtr]

100% agreed…one of my first flights ever was on a northwest dc-10 as a little kid in the 90s and it was a beautiful flight. The inboard ailerons were *so fascinating* to me. Up until then, I had no idea they put ailerons inboard and I spent the whole flight in a state of near hypnosis just staring at them lol

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

@@manifestgtr dc-10 truly was a beauty. Wish I could fly on it again. Only once did I ever even fly on it. Since the plane had 3 engines, I was so excited and jumping around 😂

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

😆👊

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

😎👊

[@DDAVO7]

Back when flying was still cool.

[@Springbok295]

Personally, the golden age was from 1965-1985. By late 1986 the beginning of the mergers was taking place. 1985 was truly the last good years of airline travel. I was born in '67 and was fortunate enough to fly on a number of classic airliners and airliners to Eastern Europe.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I agree for sure. Born in 62' and in 85' i worked at the PanAm heliport at 61st Street right next to the 59th St. Bridge . Lord i loved that job, got to fly around the city alot and fly the shuttle from 60th to Jfk on a giant Pan Am Westland 30 LoL. Those were the greatest of days 👊🙏🗽

[@nostalgicboy102]

@@NewYorkCityAviationThis is such an amazing home video , what camera was this filmed on 😊😊

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you my friend, appreciate it 👌 Lord if i could think that far back LoL. It was our first camcorder. I believe it was a Panasonic. Big heavy contraption you put on your shoulder and look through an eye piece. No such thing as a little view finder screen. And you recorded to a Vhs tape. Those were the days 😉👊🗽

[@Springbok295]

I remember a friend of mine had a Beta cam in '85. Big bulky camera and you wore the battery pack on a sling like a purse. The video mike was so-so and the video qiality was average. Fast forward to 1989 when he got a Hi 8 camera which was smaller lighter with improvements in video and audio but the tapes had a very short shelf life. before they deteriorated.@@NewYorkCityAviation

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@Springbok295 Oh' yeah, the betamax was before even Vhs tape lol. As soon as we got a recordable dvd i immediately transferred all our home videos to dvd. Never thought I'd see the day we could do that lol. Look at us now, technology has advanced so much in such a short period of time it's crazy 👊

[@petezess]

Great video! AeroMexico used to fly the DC 10 from JFK to CUN back then. In the 80s it was the only nonstop from the NYC area to CUN, we'd go every year. I remember they didn't have computers for seating so there was a sticker board in the seating configuration and your seat was a sticker on your boarding pass. In August 1990 I flew EWR to LAX on United on a DC8. It was ancient and I loved it because it looked like a cigar. In 1987 we flew a TWA L1011 from JFK to SAN. The L1011 and the DC10's felt so wide. I remember people smoking in designated smoking rows and the sound for the movies came over the headphones, but they were just tubes. A very very different time in the air. I sure do miss all those old tri-jets. Thanks for sharing.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Your very welcome, good times 👌👊🍻

[@wizardmix]

This was 1 day before my 11th birthday. I remember that brown LA smog used to be the absolute norm. LA still gets days like that but I think the air is a little cleaner these days -- that's an accomplishment considering the population has inreased significantly. Wow, look at that DC-8 at 30:56 that was probably close to its last year of service!

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Great video, watching history like this for someone born in 2000 is fantastic, considering flights like this are nothing more than a distant memory for most, or a memory that barely exists at all.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Well my friend, here's a message for you 😉 kzbin.infoy-sKGsluHdg?si=xG0Mg4PXA7IO2pOI

[@overtheedge23]

How are flights like NY to LA only a distant memory? 🤔

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Not what I said. Flights in 1990, no 9/11 security, TriJet flights were still a thing, etc.@@overtheedge23

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Well those who fly alot it's probably just a distant memory. Myself I've only flown only a handful of times. Couldn't afford it. But those times i have it was too spend some time with some very special people, so those memories and those flights are fresh in my mind 😎👊

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

What month in 2000

[@GMaviation]

Great footage! The DC10 def one of the best looking planes ever made!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thanks brother ✌️ The Dc-10 is so badass 😎

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

Too bad about all those deaths it caused, huh? Best looking, maybe. It's really a flying coffin.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I certainly understand how you feel. I feel the same whenever i hear "737 Max" . Boeing put in a computer software program and some external senses that balance out the aircraft, instead of fixing the actual structural problem. And never told the pilots. Mcas has killed almost 600 people so far. And no one from Boeing burned for it. I'll never set foot on a Max.

[@thatonerandomkid-r2n]

@@NewYorkCityAviationFor me it’s the MD-11. K was born in ‘92 and when I heard about Swissair 111 I developed a fear of the plane. If it were still in service I would never ever fly on it. The thought of burning alive with a fire that can’t be put out on a plane is terrifying.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

That's why i don't watch alot crash movies, vids etc.. beautiful machines, but when something goes wrong it's horrific.

[@user-uw5yp3td2p]

The days of flying big wide body jets across the country. Today, you are jammed into a 737 or A320 on those cross country flights.

[@meRyanP]

Not true at all, there are several daily transcon routes using wide body aircraft. There is a lot of narrow body transcon flights though, true.

[@jasonnoel5200]

OMG!!! Look at old JFK!!! This is FANTASTIC!!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL glad you enjoyed 👌 .. boy do i feel old 🙄🍻

[@gansdavid]

Wow…. United Airlines in its old livery.. I saw that Boeing 747 (what a beauty)

[@sarasotasage6135]

If he's still with us, the little kid in this video is probably now approaching 40 years old!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes, Corey is 37 now i believe. He has a wife and 2 teenage kids LoL. They live in California and we see each other every couple years. His father pushing him around is Grant. We lost him in 1997 😞 He was my best friend, best man and my daughters Godfather. Good people 👊🍻

[@sarasotasage6135]

@@NewYorkCityAviation Thanks for sharing that heartfelt update. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays!

[@MaoistBanker]

Reminds me of traveling with my parents in the 80s/90s! We had to raw dog it with Game Boy (if you were lucky) especially if the movie sucked - no other options, lol.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

You and yours as well 👊🍻🥂

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yeah and a color Gameboy was unimaginable 👊

[@chrisnizer5702]

Definitely the 'ol Diesel -10. Flew the DC-10 many many times back in the day. United Airlines and mostly World Airways. Loved World Airways because their terminal was on the other side of LAX, the Imperial Hwy terminal IIRC. Thanks for sharing your video with us my friend, good stuff indeed! 👍 👍

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Your welcome my friend 👊 You and yours have a wonderful holiday 🍻👌

[@heroknaderi]

This was amazing footage. I really enjoyed watching it. The good old days. Things were just more simple than today. Also the time when people could greet you at the gate and wave goodbye. That DC-10 was a workhorse in my opinion. The older aircraft seemed more fun to fly on. Also at 37 minutes in the video I saw the twin towers in a distance. Still can’t believe they were destroyed by terrorist. I appreciate you taking the time to upload this video. Just love good old stuff 😁😁

[@MatchaCocoaDog]

Oh the golden age of flying! Really miss it!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I do too 😞 Life just goes by oh' too fast. All you youngsters out there, live slow and for the moment, and have a blast 🍻❄️ kzbin.infoy-sKGsluHdg?si=uGLQrWQlmvBYu8r3

[@ninethetwotailedfox]

I wish I was born in the 90s era because it looks awesome.

[@MatchaCocoaDog]

@@ninethetwotailedfox Oh it was an amazing time to fly. In flight service was incredible! They would serve multiple meals even during short domestic flights, everyone got amenity kits regardless of class and before 9/11 we could say bye to loved ones right by their gates.

[@ninethetwotailedfox]

@@MatchaCocoaDog That sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing that with me :)

[@everythingman987]

Almost 4 years before I was born. Bush 41 was still President. Desert Storm hadn't happened yet. Nirvana wasn't even famous yet. Amazing.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Truly amazing how time fly's. Something for you 😉 kzbin.infoy-sKGsluHdg?feature=share

[@RafaelPerez-mn4ld]

Wow, nostalgia, man. Very little traffic compared to today's, huh?

[@christopherconwell7271]

People nowadays really have no idea how very Powerful the takeoffs were in those Beautiful Airplanes. Im also sure they never knew that McDonnell Douglas was very close to making a MD-12 which would have been the first true Double Decker Airline, able to hold over 500 passengers. Came very close too. I am 45 years old and remember flying to Florida and other states many times as a child and teen. Alot of my flight memories from that time were DC-10s however one time something Mechanical happened with our plane and Delta switched us to a Boeing 747-400 It was such a different time back then. The whole upper deck which was usually First Class was a Lounge with tables in it. I also remember the pilots always bringing all the children who wanted to into the cockpit during all my early flights. Thank u for this video !! I havent thought of that memory until i saw the United 747 on the tarmac.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Fantastic memories 👌 didn't know about the MD-12 Wow ..Have a great New Years 👊🙏

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

I flew alot on united dc 10s and northwest. That thing threw u back in your seat on takeoff. So did the L1011

[@brybryguy6314]

I remember the days of only having one big screen for in-flight entertainment. You had to get the headphones to plug into your seat to listen to it, or! Your seat had a little radio as well with like 3 channels and you could listen to music. Oh and your meals were free even in coach class! Well not free it was automatically included in your tickets

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yup, either way they're gonna get paid..Have a great New Years 👊🙏

[@Carzarecool4]

I was only 1 but I sure do remember flying in the early 2000s and 2010s it was great a few weeks after 9/11 we flew from Charlotte to Atlanta it was the best flight of my life we where about the only ones on the plane because of people being scared about 9/11, I can definitely say those days where the glory days of commercial aviation.

[@KidYuma1880]

Memories of one favorite planes DC-10. My dad was one of test pilots of DC-10. Thanks sharing film.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Wow that's awesome. I bet he's got some cool stories to tell. Glad you enjoyed 👊🙏

[@KidYuma1880]

@@NewYorkCityAviation thanks again for memories. He passed in 1980 56. Had stories, he occasionally help deliver DC-10’s to airline companies: he returned once LAX DC-10 American, I met Walt Chamberlain.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@KidYuma1880 Ahh i know what you went through, lost my dad young as well 😞 61

[@KidYuma1880]

@@NewYorkCityAviation sad both young, I grew up in aviation because of him. I became pilot unfortunately later on lost ppl reason health. Now have flight sim fly liners mostly classic & new.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I know what you mean, I'm 62 in Feb. and I'm currently fighting bladder cancer and other serious health issues. I feel optimistic for the future though, just taking a day at a time. Life flies by so fast, you have to live slow and for the moment 👊🙏

[@zms8092]

The DC10 was a fabulous plane - miss flying transcon on those so much. Thanks for sharing this great footage!

[@incubus_the_man]

The 757 will soon join it in retirement...

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Glad it brought back some memories 👊🙏

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes, i heard the same, sad, the 757 is a great aircraft 👊🙏

[@richardmorris7063]

Had several flights on trijets, L1011,DC10 & MD11. Always enjoyed.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Awesome 😎 great aircrafts. We get the MD-11 at Jfk but i think there on their way out. Would love to see new tri-jets ..Have a great New Years 👊🙏

[@tjr4459]

I remembered flying on American Airlines DC10 when I was a kid. It had the words Luxury Liner written at the front below the cockpit. Such a shiny and beautiful aircraft it did feel like luxury even though I was in coach lol.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Agreed 😎🍻

[@doug339]

@27:45 the smog wasn't too bad for the time. I remember times coming into LAX during this time period, and you could barely see anything. Much improved today due to the environmental efforts.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I can see a future where electric, wireless and the power of the sun will replace alot of our common needs. We'll never have to worry about clouds as the solar facilities will be in space then wirelessly to all cars, homes etc.. Maybe Musk can look into that 👊😎

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@NewYorkCityAviationfusion energy, as opposed to fission, is the ultimate goal. But as the Germans say, it’s 50tears away from 50years

[@LMays-cu2hp]

I miss these days on mu former airline's DC-10s.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Sorry!!! On the "former" airlines. I do miss the airlines America here and United flying them!!

[@ericlozen9631]

Fabulous Retake - I love seeing archived footage like this. I have an excellent memory and I can still recall exactly what I was doing during that week.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you my friend, appreciate that 👊 ... So, what did you fo that week LoL. I've seen a few videos about people that have that kind of memory, it's amazing 👌🔥

[@TheoneandonlyEETFUK]

Drinking with freinds? lol

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

🍻 Salute 👊😎

[@gregsten3700]

brings back memories first time i flew ny to cali was aug 28 1991 united i actually had run dmc five rows behind me was so cool ....so this was like 13 months prior ...then flew back out there in july 2015 ....took this flight twice cool video

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Very cool 😎 back in 84-85 i had girlfriend who lived in Brooklyn. And we used to hang out in a small hole in the wall on Jamaica Ave and Liberty ave under the elevated subway. I can still here the music oh' soo loud. And that was where we we're when we heard Rockbox for the first time. Friggin awesome 🎸🍻👊

[@CaioRibeiro970]

Thanks for sharing with us, amazing video!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Glad you enjoyed 👊🗽

[@TravelT970]

Wow! So glad this was posted.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

👊🙏

[@toiletpapermerchant9310]

This video was taken 14 days before I was born! Cool to see!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Nice 👊🙏

[@silkEluv]

Amazing! I love vintage footage!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Glad you enjoyed my friend 👊🙏

[@flyingdentist]

Fantastic vintage footage.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed ✌️ ... Those were the days aye 😎

[@joepatroni8777]

Vintage??? Thanks for making me feel old. Seems like yesterday.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I hear that my friend 👊✌️

[@WELVAS.]

I'm gen Z. Its very cool to see how people used to fly 30+ years ago. Also found it funny there used to be a reminder back then to not smoke anymore in the plane. Thanks for posting!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Actually if i remember correctly, aircraft was probably one of the first one's to restrict smoking. I don't think they had smoke detectors at that time so it was basically on the honor system. That's when people started smoking in the lavatories 🚬 🚫

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

The air in the planes actually used to be fresher because it was completely recirculated ever 3 minutes now it's every 7 min. If u sat behind the smokers in smoking it was AWFUL. Many more people smoked back then especially on the east coast. In the 70s 50% of the population smoked. The planes were bigger for the routes, way more leg room and people were friendlier and talked more. Socializing has sadly been lost in our society. It's sick and needs fixing. I miss flying before 9/11.

[@LilJollyJoker]

Amazing footage!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you, much appreciated 👊🙏

[@NicotineRosberg]

I wasn't even ready to be born yet

[@williamstoertz]

It feels like going back in a time machine. The airfoil, ailerons, flaps, etc. have hardly changed and the same cabin prep procedures -- but the camera technology has marvelously improved. Even the way people talk has changed, and listening to the commercials while taxiing is downright laughable!

[@user-iu9gb2gf8j]

I remembered flying on the DC 10 from Dallas to La guardia. ❤❤

[@joelt4416]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you so much my friend, god bless 👊🙏

[@jamieburroughs427]

6:58 JFK to LAX flights became non smoking 4 months earlier on February 25th when FAA banned smoking on domestic flights lasting 6 hours or less. For the first 2 months of 1990, this flight was a smoking flight.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

As a smoker, i remember the policy was a new one. The bathrooms were pretty thick and rich in tobacco 😉🍻

[@rrrrrrtt1]

Hilarious... you could only watch one movie and you had to pay for the headset. :) Thanks for sharing this. I flew on L-1011's mostly during this time on Delta from coast to coast. :)

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes, having a screen on the back of every seat was like futuristic. Maybe a fleeting thought 🤔 but to actually happen, no way 😆

[@GCNMMA]

Wow this brought back memories. Pretty sure a DC-10 was the plane for one of my first ever flights in 2002, Newark to Vegas

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Awesome, great memories 👊🙏

[@AluminumOxide]

Die Hard 2 (featuring airports and planes in the snow) was just released in movie theaters the day before.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Very cool, luv the snow, great movie 👊🗽

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Home Alone comes to mind with that AA livery.

[@ajaay9244]

Not me watching this and realizing I was Corey's age during the time this was filmed.

[@more_jello]

The clapping on arrival. I miss that.

[@rexx9496]

Back in those days I remember those giant camcorders the size of a small brief case. Crazy how you now get Ultra HD with something smaller than your palm. I lived in LA back at this time and it's strange to think that I might have been a teenager somewhere down there walking around when you were flying over filming this. The air got much cleaner over the years with better regulations and cleaner burning fuel.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL you never know, you might have looked up and watched me fly by 😎 ... Have a great New Years 👊🙏

[@chrisrudek2076]

Awesome

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you 👌 Have a great New Year 👊🙏

[@iheart2game779]

Fun fact: I am the 747th person to like this, making the number of likes into MY FAVORITE AIRCRAFT!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Fantastic 👊

[@AngelMDiazRivera]

The great DC-10. Love the footage.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Salute 🍻😎

[@airdailyx]

missed opportunity to capture the Canarsie approach on arrival. My first DC-10 ride was ORD-LAX 1993

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Oh yes, the 13L approach is the best 👊😎

[@paddyj7690]

I was born the day after your outbound leg on July 6th, 1990. Interesting to see what air travel was like when I was born. Also, it's a DC-10.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

The start of my filming 0bsession, the start of your life... Priceless 👌 🤜🤛🗽

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

In 1962 when i slid out into this world, Boeing rolled out the first Boeing 727 at its Renton, Washington, plant. On November 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7B, crashes while trying to land in heavy fog at Idlewild Airport (now JFK) in New York City. Wow ✊

[@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012]

I had a little less than a year under my belt, born July 22, 1989. I might be about the similar age as that blonde boy in the pushchair. My Dad was *1962 too. It's crazy to think about it and put such videos into timely context. It's actually not that long ago...just an eternity. 😅

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes Corey (the kid) is now in his mid 30's, the Gent pushing him around is Grant. My best friend, my best man and my daughters Godfather. He sadly left this world in 97' Corey, his mom and i have kept in touch ever since. Good people 👊🙏

[@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012]

@@NewYorkCityAviation Oh, sorry to hear that, seems like from the video they are good people and you were best buddies. I hope Corey found his way and your daughter too. Same on my side. My father passed in 2004 and he was that same kind of aviation geek as you and me. We would sit in front of MS FS for hours co-piloting, or he would take me to Frankfurt Airport every year between 2000 and 2003 to spend an entire day on both terraces. Or visit our own local airport's annual fest in the 90s when it still took place. So many fond memories. Have a safe time y'all and Merry Christmas!💫🎄🎇

[@nathanwilliams6359]

Wow I was only about 4 months old how 33 years fly by so fast.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Incredibly fast, the next leg to 60 goes even faster. Live for the minute, and have a blast 👊🙏

[@johannesbols57]

WTH is the screeching television audio at two minutes? And at the end. Gracious! Do you remember what the RT airfare was?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL it is pretty loud, do you know what commercial it was ? No I don't remember what i paid for a round trip back then 👊🗽

[@StvBnsn]

@@NewYorkCityAviation I listened closely the first one was a movie trailer for a Dabney Coleman film that made $1100 at the box office not very good, and the return flight ad was for AAdvantage frequent flier stuff lol.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Good ears LoL $1100 ? Omg that's crazy. Everyone involved probably got a buck a piece 😆

[@DrewTubeDrew]

Damn I miss the 90’s

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Amen to that brother 🙏👊

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

WOW, you predicted future, knew to document for KZbin some day.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL, back then i could never imagine a KZbin. I'm sure it was a fleeting thought as in the 70s and 80s i grew up watching MTV. When it was 24/7 music videos 😉👊

[@al380aviation]

Great rare interior footage of American’s DC-10!!!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you my friend 👊🙏

[@nelsoncolon4535]

My first flight that I took was on an AA DC-10 from JFK to SJU when I was 7.

[@Williamjclopez82]

I remember my first flight as a unaccompanied minor to San Juan out Of Philadelphia international Airport. AA 1425 7:53 am departure. Gate A6 on the DC-10. Wow those days where so amazing! I'll never forget!!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Wow do you still have the ticket ? Or do you actually remember the flight, time and gate ? Good times my friend 🍻👊

[@nelsoncolon4535]

I remember it was a 7:00 AM flight out of JFK. Flight AA677

[@eyestoenvy]

If you flew to & from SJU (PR) & JFK (NY) in the 80's and 90's on AA, you almost certainly flew on a DC10. I made countless trips and never once felt any turbulence on that trijet, even in stormy rainy conditions. The DC10 ate turbulence for fuel! I cannot say the same however for its successor, the A300 - 600 & 767.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Oh' yes, but the landings certainly remind you that your surrounded by solid steel 😉

[@RF_NY1]

It's crazy that at one point these DC-10's and L-1011s, even A300s were taking off and landing at LaGuardia.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yeah that's wild. 767s too 😎👊🙏

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

I remember on a summer day out if la Guardia our plane barely cleared the threshold of the runway. We almost crashed

[@jagroopahluwalia]

bro is lucky to be alive, ydyk

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Man, this is giving me feelings of nostalgia for my first time going on a trip with just my older brother in 1999 - on American, JFK-LAX on a DC-10-10. My flight home was on a 767-323ER tho - N370AA. Why TF do I remember that? 😅🤣

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

You remember it because you had a blast 👍 In an ever changing world. In the end all we have are out memories. ✌️😎

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@NewYorkCityAviation I am **still** kicking myself 23 years later, because I didn't keep mind of the brand of the triple chocolate brownies they served for dessert on the flight TO LA, or the brand of the chocolate chip brownies that we got on the return flight... they were SO GOOD! 😩

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@DanknDerpyGamer LoL, I don't remember the brownies 🤔 But I'm sure they were great 👍

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@NewYorkCityAviation Since my bro and I were flying alone, the FAs were really attentive - they even brought us a basket full of cookies at one point (with a variety including my favorites, Keebler Fudge Shoppe cookies! Why do I remember that?!?!?!

[@deimos2k6]

Back when 3 engine jets were still cool and operating

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

33 years later and that LA Smog is still around. 😂 It’s only gotten worse. I Love LA.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LA's very cool 😎 at least you have clean streets and it don't smell like piss everywhere 🙄

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Nope it's much better. Way better. In the 60s it stung your eyes and some days u couldn't see 1 mile

[@_Tommmmmm_]

I love the New York accent so much

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Accent 🤔 what accent, i don't have an accent, you all do, fugghedaboutit👊😆

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Whatayagonna do? Take it easy! Yo Jimmy. Love it lol

[@macktravels68]

such a GREAT video!! Legendary……

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed 👊🙏

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

I am such a dork, now I am finding myself wondering if the voiceover for the safety briefing video was the same guy who did the voicover work for the American Airlines 757 safety video that is floating around KZbin (and the American Airlines 767, A300, and MD-11 safety videos that used to be on KZbin as well). 😂 Maybe it's the audio quality here, but sometimes it sounds like the same guy, sometimes it sounds like a different person.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Hmm... Never even realized that 🙄 When did they start having the stewards and stewardesses do it 🤔

[@nipafilms236]

Time when every plane wasn’t boring twinjet😎

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes, and there aren't many left 😞

[@nipafilms236]

@@NewYorkCityAviation Yes… Frankfurt is only airport where you can really see many variants of quadjets today, but not too long because in next years, lufthansa will get 787s, 350s and 777-9s… Maybe only 747-8i’s will be in service little longer..

[@paulj2948]

Flew DC10 Newark to San Francisco on United, Newark to Houston on Continental. Actually flew more L1011 flights on TWA JFK to Paris, American Trans Air JFK to Acapulco and back, and Eastern Atlanta to Daytona Beach, Miami to LaGuardia. Loved both planes.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Nice 👌 Must of been great experiences 👊🍻

[@DrewTubeDrew]

That is weird with no lights on.

[@mehmetokay7073]

Joanna Cassidy was still making movies 🎥 in 1990?

[@ilscatiiicapproach9872]

DC-10

[@YoDanza1]

The Twin Towers standing tall at 37:14

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yes they are. It's crazy, i used to ride my bike over the 59th street bridge from Queens. Then go all the way downtown to Wtc just to hang out. Take the elevator up to the top floor and just sit in front of a window and view our city. Everyone looks like ants from up there. But as many times that i was down there , i never took a photo. This foggy shot flying by is all i have. I like the new building but they should have built 2 🗽

[@YoDanza1]

⁠​⁠@@NewYorkCityAviationIncredible, must have been quite the experience to have seen them in person. Also, I agree about the new building. Add a twin, maybe with an outdoor deck on top. Thanks for sharing! Love these videos 👍🏼

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@YoDanza1 Thank you my friend, appreciate that 👊 and thats a perfect idea, a second tower with observation deck. I'm not sure, I haven't been in the new building yet, but i think they may have an observation area on top. Have a blast during the holidays 🙏🗽

[@marcopolo3109]

Excellent video. How old are you?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Thank you so much my friend 🍻 I'm the ripe old age of 62 in Feb. I was born in 1962, a native NY'er all my life. I hope i can stick around for many more years, got places to go and people too meet 👌 And a whole lot of spotting left to do, how bout you ? ... You and yours have a wonderful holiday 🥂🍻🙏

[@xirux01]

Did they have advertising whilst the plane was taxing?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Not sure what your referring to. You mean aircraft liveries ? 👊

[@kevinsoto15]

DC-10-10 😍

[@horse6412]

I wondered how people watched movies before the screens on seats. Even as primative as the 70s- 80s were, people still find ways to be more innovative and modern, unlike the 19th century, where the 1890s looked no different from the 1860s, and the 1840s looked no different from 1700s

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

And we didn't have headphones at the time either. So basically everyone watched the same movie and heard it throughout the aircraft 🙄

[@horse6412]

@@NewYorkCityAviation Really? Oh jeez. Not as modern as I thought lol

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

There were headphones lol. This was 1990 not 1890 lol

[@Algorerhythm]

looked like there was a good deal of fod on the side of the runway on takeoff.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Fod 🤔

[@gusm5128]

Looks like the 70’s

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

IKR .. born in 62' , the 70s were my prime years and it does have that feel. I think alot of what we saw in the 90s were basically introduced in the 70s 🤔

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

That plane was designed in 1965 and put into service in 1971

[@1000CalorieSnackPack]

Were you with with a group when you went through the Sierra Mountains? My grandmother was extremely active in the Sierra Mountains in this era, with a husband very much involved in aviation weather. Does the name Shawver ring a bell?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Hmm i don't recognize the name. I went to LA to visit a childhood friend and his family. He got a few days off and we just decided to do a road trip up to Frisco then throughout the Sierra's. Mt. Whitney was our goal. It was a blast and driving up the mountain was unreal. Great time 🔥

[@johnbrubaker2033]

Vintage? I remember 1990 like it was yesterday.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Well, the word vintage literally means "of age." With such an open meaning, there are many interpretations. Most antique dealers consider an item to be vintage if it is at least 40 years old. So, a vintage item would be made between 1918 and 1978... I stand corrected 😞

[@aaronboren5851]

32:45 “All flights in the continental United States six hours or less have been designated non-smoking”. If it’s longer than that, feel free to light up 😂

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Nobody waited for that 6 hours, just smoke up the bathrooms LoL I don't think they had smoke detectors at that time 😎🍻

[@parrallex4115]

nobody is talking about how good the intercoms sound... they don't sound that good anymore! hahaha

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

😉 true

[@hanj31]

Damn I was born in 1990. What aircraft is this?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

American airlines DC-10 🍻👊

[@ny2minican696]

This was the most beautiful plane AA I don’t know why they changed the color

[@tiagoacm5318]

I was born on the 9th

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Happy belated 33 years of birthdays 😉👊

[@Afroman29]

Great video. So much smog, yuck!

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL 👊🍻

[@MrMNML1]

I remember times where you could smoke a cig on the plane.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Oh yeah, back in the 60s, 70s and 80s you were weird if you didn't smoke. You could smoke in hospitals even. Anchors on the news were smoking while reporting lol.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Nurses smoked on their floors too

[@tahoebrocksmith723]

It’s so sad American doesn’t at all use any widebodies anymore for transcontinental routes

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

I for one, would love to see an American airlines A380, so cool 😎🔥

[@tahoebrocksmith723]

@@NewYorkCityAviation yeah fr I loved Americans old cabins! I remember flying on them all the time in the 2000s and early 2010s commonly on their 757s and 777s 😍

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@tahoebrocksmith723 Fantastic, must have been a blast 👊🍻

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

I am flying on American Airlines next month from LAX to MIA, and its a Boeing 777-200. They still use widebody jets for transcontinental flights

[@tahoebrocksmith723]

@@JoeyFlyBoy I mean yeah but just not New York/Boston to California

[@TheoneandonlyEETFUK]

Vlogging before it was cool

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL your right, classic vintage vlogging 😆

[@dpjohnjones432]

I’m pretty sure clouds from the 90’s look better. Prove me wrong.

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

😆 Yeah they were fluffier back then 👊

[@thestrangeman069]

Back when plane tickets were $1,000+ in economy

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL I don't remember what i paid for that round trip 🤔

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

I remember in 1982 I paid 1600$ round trip lax to jfk. Big money

[@suriyanarayananjanakiraman1127]

An idea and humble suggestion, the whole population of the world, if not then Whole population of all of Europe shall be comfortably housed in All of USA and Canada, if need be Mexico can also all house the whole population. feasible only, instead of starving in extreme weather conditions of Northern Europe etc. What do you think of this suggestion?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Well, here in the states, there is something called Tornado alley in the south. I always wondered why we allow ourselves to inhabit those areas. It's an extremely hazardous area of the country. And theres plenty of room out there without the need to live in such places. Same premise i guess. And with the resources that earth provides, no one should be homeless nor hungry. Thats what i think and I'm sticking to it 😉👊

[@evgenykhamlov8423]

Я подхватил эстафету в 1999 году но уже на Боинг 767

[@David-kh3xp]

AA 5 JFK/LAX and AA 40 LAX/JFK??

[@SpottinPlanesForLife]

why no record the landing 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😭😭😭

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Yeah i know, sorry bout that. I did record the landings and alot more taxi spotting. But i transferred this footage from Vhs tape to digital. And some of the tape must have deteriorated over time. And the video was un-watchable. What you see is every bit of film salvageable 🙄 Have a wonderful holiday 👊🍻

[@SpottinPlanesForLife]

@@NewYorkCityAviation 👍 i bet the landings was so hard it wiped the recording from the tape cause of the embarrassment 😂

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

@@SpottinPlanesForLife LoL 😆 we get the landing back at Jfk and i can still feel it lol. It wasn't butter 🧈

[@joeg5414]

they're complaining about how bad the smog was in LA like they've never seen smog, but then they get back to NYC and it looks way worse😂

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

LoL your right 👌

[@jdhiner1]

The crashes were the result of mis use of the bag cargo doors and a design lacking proper closure after that was fixed it became a excellent airliner but help doom MD to never be able to compete with Boeing they are still use use by fed ex and ups but not for much longer

[@flyonawall6521]

Vintage? 90s?

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

Well, the word vintage literally means "of age." With such an open meaning, there are many interpretations. Most antique dealers consider an item to be vintage if it is at least 40 years old. So, a vintage item would be made between 1918 and 1978... I stand corrected 😞

[@thegteam4349]

Now you’re stuffed into a 737 or a 320 for a 5 1/2 hour cross country flight…🙄

[@NewYorkCityAviation]

And pray your not sitting next to a Karen 🙏😳