Last arrival and departure of ATI DC-8-62 N799AL at Travis AFB May 12 2013

[@robert-kovalyov]

what a awesome video, The air start was probably the loudest Ive ever heard from any plane oout their

[@JetFlix]

Yup .. That is the good olden days of starting up a classic jetliner! They don’t do like that any more, unfortunately.

[@robert-kovalyov]

@@JetFlix i had a chance to do an airstart on a 747 200 dc9 dc10s 727 and much more at northwest airlines when i started working their in the late 90s those where awesome times

[@silverkong86]

Aloha from Naval Air Museum Barbers Pt!!!! Little AMI is safe and sound here on the tarmac. Brad, Steph and Scott and Sandra brought her from Hickam to here at Kalaeloa Airport on the island of Oahu! She will be ready for tours after prep and a handover ceremony this summer!!!

[@wblighting]

I've seen this aircraft as it sits at Barbers Point Naval Air Museum. It was a thrill to see it fly in this video!

[@JetFlix]

It was an honour to be able to document this aircraft and the people associated with it. This summer I will be working on the DVD and I will let everyone know as soon as it is ready.

[@UNISAIRLINE]

I love this airplane too. I also have a lot of memory about this airplane at Yokota airbase in Japan. Thank you for share!

[@dclate62]

N799AL was the 1st DC-8 i flew. That was for Air Marshall Islands...Great memories !

[@JetFlix]

Wow very impressive. Did you take video tape films of the DC-8 when you flew it?

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Having flown United DC-8's as a kid, I loved the aircraft much more than the 707. But I was very happy to see the DC.-10's and TriStar move into the air routes. This is a well maintained aircraft, it's beautiful

[@dave4shmups]

Awesome Henry; I can't wait for the DVD!!!

[@cherylswannjones5993]

I had some wonderful flights on this very airplane. I will miss all of you!

[@simongillard7522]

Thanks for the upload of this I from NZ I loved going on this dc8 as a kid i lived in the Marshall islands with my family while my father worked for AMI , i got to fly around the pacific in the early 90s on this DC8 , we had some great times jet setting to Honolulu from Majuro , some awesome memories , hopefully I can get to Hawaii in the near future and see little ami.

[@JetFlix]

You are unbelievably lucky to have been able to fly around the Pacific on these DC-8s. Because it was a USAF contract it was impossible for me to go one one of these last flights as a journalist.

[@Mark_Ocain]

Beautifully maintained bird.

[@DC8Combi]

I worked N799AL many times at KBWI & KWRI my favorite Combi was N21CX

[@JetFlix]

Aloha Brad. I saw the flight route around the island on Saturday and it must have been amazing. If anyone at Barber's Point filmed the arrival please let me know. As I am preparing a DVD on this aircraft and I am looking for footage taken in Hawaii to include in the DVD. Many thanks Brad!!

[@27GX76R]

The clicking you hear from 0:43-1:02 while the engine is windmilling are the the individual turbine blades moving. They are designed to slightly move around as tight tolerances would allow stresses into them from any vibration that might happen and would cause them to structurally fail(crack, etc).

[@IslandGirl808ss]

Just saw her today on my walk on the old NAS Barbers Point. She has been moved off the Kalaeloa Airport tarmac to a movie studio lot in one of the old base hangers. A little sun baked but still intact and looking good.

[@JetFlix]

This is amazing. I’m glad to hear that you saw the aircraft very recently. Do you know if the people that look after the aircraft are able to run the engines and do taxi tests with the airplane? Who is the actual owner of the aircraft today … do you know?

[@insylem]

I rode one of those from Travis to Hickman in July of 2001

[@JetFlix]

As explain in my description "on Friday May 17, 2013 the aircraft's last ever flight was to her final resting place at the Barbar's Point Aviation Museum on Oahu."

[@TheHossman27]

I flew on a Transamerica DC 8 JFK to Shannon in late 70s

[@warriorchild]

This is amazing.

[@adit4933]

never flown on DC-8.. but really like the engine noise..

[@gunsaway1]

Great airplane. Sad to see them go.

[@glowerworm]

my dad sent me this video saying he was in it. he is the F/E at 3:20

[@sanderkoeman40]

i have see the dc 8 for the last time a couple years ago from Arrow air great airplane

[@pixelgamer2579]

What a plane...

[@JetFlix]

When the aircraft first arrived at the Barbers Point Museum they told me they were going to keep it in engine running condition. I wonder if that is the case. I hope so.

[@pbandj37]

I visited N799AL 27APR19 and the museum said they had it in running order....but that the owner was already pilfering parts off of her. The museum has been ordered shut down by HDOT so the future of this girl is in question sadly.

[@JetFlix]

pbandj37 typical for this day and age. I am not surprised at all. The airplane should have been parked in the desert where it would be at least preserved from tropical corrosion. The owner I thought donated it to the museum. So pulling parts sounds strange as they retired the DC-8 back in 2013 when I filmed the video. Strange stuff.

[@pbandj37]

It is what the museum worker told me. He could have been misinformed or just totally off base honestly. Now with HDOT (trying) to shutter the museum, who knows what will happen to her. It is a sad story with an rather unhonorable ending it would seem.

[@JetFlix]

@@pbandj37 This is what I am very scared of. I hope it does not happen. Let's hope for the best.

[@stratus262j2]

This is my favorite DC-8 model, the -62H. I flew this plane all over the world in the 70's. Example : Frankfurt to Diego Garcia, etc... A great airplane with style and character. Wouldn't trade it for anything including the generic wide body junk flying today.

[@cowboybob7093]

2:01 An NBA team seriously needs to consider buying one of these beauties.

[@Sportster-ol7bv]

was ATI primarily a government contract airline? I remember seeing their shiny DC-8's at both IAH & EWR.

[@aeromoe]

I flew in ATI DC-8-62 N31CX round trip from Frankfurt to Dhahran, Saudi Arabin in Feb / Aug 1994. Nice to fly in the back end of the combi DC-8-62. Ironically I was stationed at Travis AFB at that time (1993-2000) and the Saudi stint was my only deployment there. Thankfully the DC-8-62 was operating some of the "rotator" flights between the two cities.,,,and as it turned out was only at the beginning of 20+ years of US Govt. contract service...are any still in service now?? Back to Dhahra: a large group of folks flew out before me on a Northwest DC-10-40, and I opted to wait a few hours for the DC-8-62, which only held about 30 people in the aft cabin, behind the cargo hold. I never did get to fly in the "rare" DC-10-40 (P&W motors) and even though the return to Frankfurt was on ATI N31CX (same tail number as the trip down) I'm glad I waited for that flight. It was my fourth flight in a DC-8-62; on Jan 1, 1979 I flew in Braniff N1808E from Denver to Oakland; and on Dec 31, 1981 I flew in Braniff N802BN from SFO to LAX. Great planes...I loved the DC-8s.

[@RexTyrranae]

jeflix do u know how many dc8s still in service? or are they completely retired?

[@insylem]

I think they had N728 and N41 as well.

[@HornungMoeller]

Did this plane have different types of engines on each side?

[@zNickMan]

yes, one was newer

[@jbrian80]

I guess not all Super 61 owners chose not to upgrade their engines. These low bypass engine nacelles makes the DC-8 a little more classy then the Super 70's (from the distance they look almost like a A340)

[@JetFlix]

Thank goodness! But in all seriousness this aircraft was stage III hush-kitted. And she is built like a tank to a lot more durable standards than the plastic and silicone aircraft of today. Fuel considerations aside, the DC-8 could probably fly for another 50 years.

[@BradyBaseball13]

I hate to be that guy but the "plastic and silicone" planes of today are involved in around 95% fewer accidents than the DC-8,9,&10 And the Boeing 707,727, &747. Newer planes are better in every feasible way. The older ones just look kick ass and sound awesome.

[@eloyex]

please correct me... i think there is a dc8 still flying in miami that has instead of 4 turbojet engines, 4 turbofan fat engines ,,, am I correct ?

[@JetFlix]

There are no passenger carrying DC-8s that I am aware of. If you post details such as airline name, registration of aircraft, date seen then we can have more information as to what you are seeing.

[@jblue777]

Not much sound suppression on those babies!!

[@mike104740]

It sounds so erie xD

[@glowerworm]

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