Manchester Airport 1992

This video was taken at Manchester Airport way back in 1992,it features quite a few aircraft that are not in service anymore such as the Bac 1-11 and Boeing 727,along with airlines such as Air 2000 and Dan Air etc. it is filmed using a Sony video 8 camcorder as you will notice it is not in Hi Definition as we have today.

[@paullappage8062]

Absolutely loved this. Spent hours as a kid in the early 90s plane spotting! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@flymajj]

Fantastic video. Some great memories here. Wonderful to see and hear the One Elevens, Dan Air and that rather nice Aeroflot Tu-154B!

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

1-11 bad boys stole the show here ! Flying in these, especially at the rear, felt like being fired from a cannon !

[@dippin1523]

They were the best!!!

[@Cromwells_Wart]

Wonderful memories! I've got some photos of a visit in 99' and there was 1-11's, a 154, DC10, MD88, A300 etc. I visited last week and it was literally 737-800's and A320's. The most interesting type to see is the A380 but that's about it.

[@needlesbeckett]

Truly magnificent collection of aircraft and liveries. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. It brought back some very happy memories😊

[@johnwood57]

you are welcome,aircraft spotting is not the same anymore i find id very boring now.Those days have gone when we saw all aircraft types and airlines in and out of manchester

[@DannoAviation]

Absolutely brilliant video… loved every minute of this👍🏼

[@johnwood57]

I wished it was like this these days, I now find aeroplane spotting is rather boring these days there was so much variation of aircraft not like today most of the aircraft today comprises mainly Airbus and 737,not forgetting the fabulous Boeing 757 which has to be my favourite aircraft of all time

[@shikat2371]

BAC 1-11s are the loudest aircraft I've ever seen taking off. They're probably no larger than the DC-9s or the MD-80s, but they take off like rockets. Extremely deafening. I miss them though.

[@johnwood57]

shikat2371 I know what you mean the aircraft today are so quiet even on board the air con is louder than the engines

[@anels9]

Did the 111s have good takeoff and climb performance too?

[@nztv8589]

@@anels9 I think they did. Yes.

[@craigdoran6811]

​@@anels9they got off the mark pretty quick but the climb was quite shallow, a feature of a lot of T tail designs to alleviate stall. Ive flown on plenty and they were a fantastic comfy and quiet plane to fly in

[@dippin1523]

They are the best!

[@dippin1523]

great video. probably the best time to be plane spotting. Bac 1-11's, 727's. The Bac 1-11 was the best sounding and coolest commercial aircraft other than the Vickers VC-10 Love the smoke and the sounds. Brings back great memories. 737's with the loud engines, DC-9's, L 1011's. Beautiful. The live plane spotters of today should check this out. This is the sh**!!!

[@johnwood57]

Thanks for the comment,yes you are right this is when plane spotting was fun loads of different type of aircraft,not like today all there seem to be is Boeing 737s and a mixed selection of Airbus

[@martinbitter4162]

I love the old Aer Lingus livery. Thanks for sharing

[@WaxaCizek]

Great video. I'm a spotter from Munich, Germany and was in Manchester, too. It's a great airport, I was there, too. A lot of memories, with the 1-11 or DC 9. Wish these times back!

[@davidfleming3617]

Airport hotel garden and BAC 1-11, what more could you want?

[@brianfearn4246]

Fabulous video. I can't believe that was almost 30years ago. I remember the observation platform on the roof of the terminal building at Manchester .how times have changed.

[@johnwood57]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zedgie68]

i've flown on that Air 2000 757 to Tenerife, how cool.

[@MonangCarvajal1]

I like the uniqueness of the BAC 1-11. Philippine Airlines used to have such from the 60s until the late 80s for it's domestic flights, most especially to the cities of Cebu and Davao.

[@Habu2]

Nice post John....not many camcorders around then !

[@xavisdad8806]

Hi John. Amazing. I remember the old hangers on the south side before the second runway but the hangers (where I assume T3 is now) are a revelation. Don't remember but I would seen them at the time. Great to see old airlines and aircraft types including my favourite Lockheed Tri-Star's. Amazing how less build up it was around the airport then. Had forgotten that also.

[@B1970T]

Awesome!

[@georgepreston8173]

Them A320's must have been pretty snazzy then!

[@flyingfeline7110]

Spotting was so exciting in those days. L1011!! British Airways (before they abandoned anywhere outside LHR!!

[@ArferNower]

Excellent video

[@anthonyjohnson8672]

good quality,great viewing,,,,all the old hangar sheds all long gone

[@peterfinn6098]

Very fond childhood memories with my father that used to drive me over from West Yorkshire for a days outing during the school hols, it was my favourite place. Whilst my friends would get dragged off to the coast or an amusement park somewhere I much preferred this outing. The types of aircraft and liveries were also a good mix with the array of charter and scheduled airlines. I think the 727 was loudest out of the western built planes followed by 1.11. You could always feel the vibrations from the engines going through you as they thrusted up. And with that lovely smell of kerosine in the air.

[@Michalis2m]

Funny how people like yourself and myself (i grew up with family Sunday trips to the local airport in the 70s) find the smell of kerosine so soothing and pleasant 😊. Most people may think we’re crazy 😂

[@dippin1523]

The Bac is the loudest. 727 were also great. lot of rumble and thunder for sure

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Thank you! It must have been on a weekend, lots of holliday charters.

[@rickydoolous5356]

The Bae ATP, never sure wether or not the landing gear would lower ?

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I love the way they fly with air 2000 before first choice took over and Britannia airlines became Thompsonfly and then later thomson

[@theboardshorts]

And then TUI :)

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Correct Tom

[@zhiracs]

Flagless Aeroflot... All that needs to be said to understand Russia's situation at that time.

[@martinbitter4162]

Maxwell yet it still had the cccp registration

[@zedgie68]

also that Dan air 727 to Faro.....

[@AndreiTupolev]

My goodness, you could get close to the runway threshold then! Looks like St Maarten!

[@DarkLord-we2uw]

Im going flying on a 727 soon i cant wait i never flown on one and probs never will again

[@MikesIZempillas]

Great video mate ! Nice channel ! 5ubscribed

[@arnolduk123]

looking at these videos now, I cant believe there are people holding babies in direct line of all that jet fuel exhaust.

[@PLANESPOTTEREDDIE]

Amazing 90's footage! Were any of the BAC 1-11 BA flights the same aircraft that Captain Tim Lancaster was sucked out of the cockpit of?

[@johnwood57]

I do not have a clue to that question i am afraid,thanks for the comment and thanks for watching,i do wished the airport was still like this

[@johnwood57]

I have no idea about that more than likley i supose

[@anarumeads5090]

no it was a trident

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

No it wasn't it was a BAC one eleven 500 series, Reg . G-BJRT. Former British Caledonian Aircraft.

[@anthonyjohnson8672]

@@simonbrown7002 bolts so slightly wrong size but what a great job co pilot did getting it back

[@johnmelling9950]

How are those people stood so close to the rear of the engines as the planes turn? Is it further away than it looks?

[@johnwood57]

There is quite a distance from the fence, you can tell better from inside the aircraft i have seen 747's turn around there and it seems as if the wing tips are coming over the fence it is quite safe i can tell you, cheers

[@randalpmcmurphy1340]

The three P's. Planes, Pints, Packet of Crisps.

[@johnwood57]

I will go along with that

[@wbaviatorpilot]

Was the BAC-111 (DanAir and British Airways) twice as loud (louder than the DC-9) as the Adria DC-9 taking off, or were they both about the same?

[@johnwood57]

I think there isnt much difference beween them,sounded a lot better than they do today

[@wbaviatorpilot]

Is it louder than any jets with afterburners (such as the concorde, etc...) and any rocket boosters upon launch such as the Titan?

[@johnwood57]

I do not think there was much difference between them although i did prefer tehe Rolls Royce Spey in the1-11

[@koksy]

I grew up on the west side of Coventry and we could hear the 1-11s taking off from Birmingham in our back garden and then they would come over the house a few minutes later!

[@hellfire8883]

Will Brown bac 1-11 with its speys I believe were louder than the jt8d's in the dc-9 727 737-200. Though they were all very loud the bac-1-11 here was loud even with its hush kits. Though not shown here the hawker tridents with 3 spey engines were the loudest jet in my opinion. Only rivaled by the Concorde and other afterburning fighter jets.

[@DannoAviation]

Tupolev @ 32:00 🤩

[@tonyp011]

which package holiday company did air 2000 fly for, as for some reason I'm thinking it was first choice holidays

[@johnwood57]

I do beleive it was Firtst Choice

[@koksy]

It wasn't called First Choice when this video was made though. The parent company was Owners Abroad and the holidays using Air2000 were mostly sold under the Falcon Holidays brand.

[@jonathaninglis]

The year I was born..... 😂

[@Mikeyp1054]

Dan air went into receivership in 92,Shame really

[@Habu2]

Gotta laugh at 'American Trans Air'.....sounds like one of those bogus airlines from a disaster movie !