Pan Am - Boeing Jumbo Jet Take off - 1970

[@WestSideModSquad]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The 747 is the most beautiful jetliner ever built and Pan Am is the most beautiful livery ever painted on the queen of the skies.

[@karajokoo]

Indeed!

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

I just couldn't agree more.

[@woodduck2178]

So simple and majestic😊

[@frenchfry7631]

@SpeedbirdConcorde not as beautiful as your face

[@lyzario1602]

The 747 is beautiful but not as beautiful as the 767.

[@swisspuppy]

The quality of video is amazing. I can’t believe it was taken 50 years ago. 😮

[@karajokoo]

This is when airlines provided cabin service. Pan Am had one of the best. I flew a brand new Pan Am 747 clipper in 1971 and the experience was unforgettable. A huge contrast with whatever was available at the time. The ample room, the myriad of seats, the aisles, the TV screens, multiple lavatories, the loft (upper deck lounge). And still no other jumbo aircraft looks better than the 747, particularly with the Pan Am logo. Pan Am made the going great!

[@mcass777]

No tv’s just the movie screens with painful ear phones!!!

[@joshs4594]

Those JT-9 turbofans blew me away the first time I heard them in 1970. The buzz-saw sound was an octave lower than the JT-3s on the 707 and DC-8. So the 747 not only looked twice as big, it sounded that way.

[@bentleybrabec]

It had the best sound I know

[@bentleybrabec]

1:16 The sound of those Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines whistling are incredible

[@eatonmoorecox9141]

47 years ago, still the most beautiful sight.

[@adrianpeterspeters6149]

Eaton Moore Cox so you have not looked /seen the Concorde, and, V.C10 then.

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@handle6547 now 51 years ago

[@747heavyboeing3]

@@adrianpeterspeters6149 Super VC 10 is wonderful. I have an 87 inch long BOAC ,SUPER VC 10 MODEL

[@JokeriPokeri17]

The classic 747-100 has such graceful and exquisite design and beauty it can never be outmatched by the modern variants. The roaring choir of four JT9D engines gives the soul to this magnificent piece of engineering marvel!

[@nottelling8129]

Sad that basically no 747-100s exist anymore

[@amalayperson7208]

@@nottelling8129 actually there's still very little Boeing 747-100s still flying however only 2 of the -100s regularly flies today.

[@Vxllain]

Hard to believe 1970 is 50 years ago....

[@JishyFishy4106]

Yup True

[@westerlywinds5684]

I assume the crew on that flight are no longer with us anymore.

[@amalayperson7208]

@@westerlywinds5684 most flight crews during those times are in their late 30s or in their 40s or 50s. So the youngest flight crew would be probably over 80 years of age as of now and no doubt retired for a long time. But yeah i don't think a lot of them live anymore.

[@giovanniethanedroso81]

no it's 74 years ago

[@liamb8644]

@@giovanniethanedroso81In 2044.

[@hectorzambrano4092]

My eyes hurt from this beauty

[@747heavyboeing3]

The A380 is its ugly brother. Sadly, A 380s are already being scrapped. Entered service decades too late. Twin jets are in demand, narrow or wide body

[@ShysterFraudstein]

This quality is freakishly good for 1970. The fps is so high. This looks like it was recorded in 1980.

[@westerlywinds5684]

Until 1997 it would look like that.

[@okzoomer5728]

That's some fine-ass vid quality for 1970 god bless.

[@Thesweaterfactory]

It’s 1970, not 1910.

[@Londresorsomething]

@@Thesweaterfactoryhuh

[@LeeDfined]

​@Thesweaterfactory many films from the 70s were blurry.

[@cipherjoe9]

This was probably shot on film and then digitized

[@miquel440]

That rasping sound of the early JD9d-3A engines with the open inlet doors. The FAA almost refused to certify them because of the engine surges and the loud noise. The early 747-100 operators like Pan Am,JAL and Lufthansa changed the JT9d-3a to the more powerful and much quieter JT9d-7 engines. The inletdoors were gone because of new nacelles. They didn.t change the whole engine,P&W delivered kits to the airlines so they made the changes from the 3a to the 7 themselves.KLM had the first batches of the -200 with the 3A engines but they were all changed with the -7 kits. But it took a year after the first commercial flight to change them because P&W had so many issues to solve with the 3A,s.. The -100 was almost underpowered with the 43,500 pounds of thrust so the change to the 45.000 pounds -7 was really needed and this engine boosted reliabelity.Those 3A engines were a disaster. So bad that Lufthansa went to court to get changes from P&W. In the first year of service Pan Am had teams at every major airports to change engines. But the JD9d was new territory,the first high bypass engine,a quantum leap in technology.And no computers to help design them. So much respect for the engineers back then.All in all,Joe Sutter did build the most beautiful flying machine ever. I love this take off back in 1970,for that time a good quality film and of course the beautiful back then brandnew 747-100. So gracefull and beautiful sounding. For me the finest airliner in the world. The only and truly Queen of the Skies. P.s and i love the rotating beacons on those early 747s.

[@johnpaulmakowski7464]

Thanks so much for your excellent detailed description of this indeed excellent aircraft. I knew nothing about them, other than its a pan am 747! My aircraft experience was limited to my air force era with kc135.

[@johnscanlan9335]

I very clearly remember the first second I saw a Pan Am 747 at JFK in 1970 - it was truly stunning. I was shocked that anything that size could fly!

[@apieceofdirt4681]

She shakes the earth when she takes off. The 747 must’ve been quite a sight for the time. Even for as old as this video is the 747 is still a beautiful bird.

[@alfredopilot172]

I never flew in Pan Am, but I miss it.

[@airlineshow]

The noise is epic 👍

[@JishyFishy4106]

It's bcoz the jt9d was made 2 rival the tf39. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢. 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 2 𝚒𝚝! 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝙲-5𝙰 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢? 1:15

[@christopherstehn]

@@JishyFishy4106 i wonder if the testing the engines on 747 then tranefers them to locked after flight test

[@David-lb4te]

Early film of a PA 747-121 taking off from London Heathrow (runway 28R as it was numbered then). The only engine option at this time was the P&W JT9D-3A (as noted by the nacelle air inlets).

[@JishyFishy4106]

@Dre Montoya the DC-10-10 powered by CF-6-GE-6D

[@seeburg220]

@Dre Montoya American also had 747's.

[@747heavyboeing3]

Blow in doors were used on early 707s, 737s, 747s ,LOCKHEED C 141s and C 5s.

[@747heavyboeing3]

@Dre Montoya FedEx is still operating an ex American DC 10 built in August 1972. Now an MD10, two man crew freighter. SHIP REG # N550FE

[@amalayperson7208]

@@seeburg220 but American would retire their Boeing 747 very early.

[@camillesymons2170]

I just love 💕 them beautiful sounding P&W JT-9D engines and the beloved classic Boeing 747!!!

[@velezdragon3574]

We miss you pan am

[@jennybroad1763]

BOAC had the best livery with the gold speedbird. Still, an awesome sight and one I will never tire of.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Classic video of one of the best aircraft in history 💯

[@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet]

Wow the quality looks elegant for the 1970s camera

[@panam747]

I flew all over the world on PA in my 20's. I was on one of their last trips out of GIG. Worldpass Platinum at 26.

[@indy4fly]

Lucky You! 😎

[@Cl4rendon]

Was lucky enough to fly with her as a kid from JFK to LHR - Got spoiled like a little prince in first class as my mom worked for the airline.😁

[@Aviationdude16]

that’s so cool

[@bobkumar8754]

Remember flying with PA since I was a kid. Dad had a deal with them as a travel agent so selling the airline from the UK. Every trip was based on where PANAM flew ....... so many memories.

[@wakeupcall2665]

Nowadays, you mostly see cargo 747s in the sky. On a clear day, when one is approaching at cruise level, you can instantly tell. They look so slim and well designed, almost like an arrow. Beautiful. I worked for almost thirty years the skies as cabin crew, and the 47 was just awesome to work on. In fact, my first long-haul was to EWR back in the 90s. That aft cabin was a tough one to work. But take off and landing at the 5L 5R crew stations with those big door windows was always awesome! Kai Tak anyone? I am just grateful for all the experiences and adventures I was able to make. All the awesome people, laughs, visiting places all around the world.

[@missy4335]

Now that's a plane! Today's engines are too quiet for me. Miss that powerful sound

[@LeeDfined]

Same with almost everything: cars, trains and buses. It's like everything has been piped down.

[@Southwest_923WR]

THAT is the sound I HAVE BEEM MISSING!!!❤🥰😍🥴

[@fracturedmind8124]

I forgot how elegant those early model 747s were.

[@hamidsultan9156]

Classic 747 and classic Pan Am logo. I was lucky to fly twice on Pan Am 747 from JFK to Karachi, Pakistan during mid 1970s. Great and friendly service

[@rileywilliams7777]

The 747-100 is the best variant of the Boeing 747 and the engine design looks cool

[@JishyFishy4106]

That's actually GE's design. Not PW's. The GE TF39 looks as same as this one. It was bcoz when TF39 was designed as the ever first hi-bypass engine, for C-5 Galaxy, PW made another similar looking jet engine, called the JT9D, which is used in the B-747-100. Only difference between TF39 and JT9D is that TF39 has an N1 Turbo inside

[@747heavyboeing3]

Another great video from THAMES !!

[@FoItest]

queen of the sky

[@richardsanders4624]

Beautiful Pan Am, Beautiful 747 ❤👍

[@justmadeit2]

An incredible feat of engineering. The fact that a giant plane can get off the ground and fly. The 747s were legendary. I flew on some of them in the 1980s when I was a kid. British airways. air Caledonia and Air New Zealand

[@Sigmak27]

I am SOOOOOOOO sad they retired this queen and pan am 747 because it’s my favourite livery of Boeing 747 RIP Queen Of The Sky 😢

[@emirhan2646]

Thats so cool in the 70s

[@LolLol-uu1bg]

Back when you could actually go on the runway

[@lrg8734]

Wonderful and sad at the same time.

[@indy4fly]

That’s exactly the feeling I have!

[@vandalynwilkerson3498]

I ENJOY SEEING THE PLANES TAKE OFF!!

[@treeeyn5721]

Good god those old engine’s are loud though 😬 but they sounds so good 😌

[@jumboJetPilot]

Well before I was born. And I am a Boeing 747 Captain.

[@rockstarrockstar8981]

Beauty of all planes

[@nephi5059]

When I worked for PAN AM and flew on different aircraft type. Here goes a critique. The original 747 were lumbering, shaking, rumbling. The first time I flew on PAA A310 I thought WOW. is this smooth quite like sitting in living. Now remember that was 30 years ago older technology. Those were the Days.

[@seeburg220]

Interesting, because my first flight on an A-300 (Continental), my impression was, that it was rattly and not put together well.

[@zamorajohana]

The classic queens of the skies!

[@chrisstehn1134]

the early 747 sounds like c-5a

[@JishyFishy4106]

Exactly. U R damn Right! U can see my comment above. The Jt9D is Tf39's Twin

[@DomoniqueMusiclover]

AMAZING

[@martillereyna6318]

50 years ago incredible!

[@soumyaburmanroy1081]

The typical roaring sound at full throttle take-off is what many people are crazy about 747, which can't be found in cutting age 747-8 or 8i or even latest versions of 747-400.

[@CorollaChronicles]

1:16. Look at those engines! The JT9D in its original version looked almost identical to the GE TF39!

[@Cris134l]

Esos motores rugían los primeros DC10 -10 llevaban esos motores y rugían al momento de acelerar para despegar

[@mbta1051]

Starting at around 1:39, notice the FSX AI Traffic Jet sounds?

[@JishyFishy4106]

That's a CF6-50C engine sound

[@Ama-hi5kn]

The 100s are a rare sight.

[@petecurran3995]

Proper noise! 🎶

[@herbboucher816]

THE PAN AM WORLD PORT OPENED IN 1970 , OPEN HOUSE. YOU WOULD NEVER SEE THAT TODAY . I REMEMBER CLIPPER VICTOR BEING THERE THAT DAY.

[@johannesbols57]

It open in May 1960.

[@f..4269]

Господи как он красив,Мураши по коже

[@pablocampos3584]

Hermoso avión ✈️

[@747heavyboeing3]

Another great Thames video @ PanAm was a great airline. Too bad wasn't bailed out like today's lower quality and service airlines.

[@PlanesAndGames732]

Alongside the British Airways 747-400, the most iconic plane

[@ramonbarreiro8290]

To see PA stories - Melancoly !!!!sjust

[@747heavyboeing3]

Early 747s had loooooong takeoffs.

[@tiadaid]

Is this footage from the first 747 revenue flight? If it is, then this aircraft has a history in itself. Not only was it the plane that operated the first revenue flight, it was also the first 747 to be hijacked, and in 1977 would be destroyed in the world's worst air disaster at Tenerife.

[@vteccanary]

Fucking Awesome !!!

[@rayrodriguez2525]

Yes and Yes!!!

[@paulshepherd1348]

That was just the start of the Queen of the skies career, and 54 years on... they're almost gone now... 😢. Replaced by very bland alternatives

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

I can't believe this was 50 years ago

[@cybersquire]

1:10 - 1:25 JT9D symphony!

[@apieceofdirt4681]

That’s the truth!

[@allengraves2932]

How could our (USA) flagship airline have disappeared? A real shame.

[@johannesbols57]

Juan Trippe ordering too many 747s. The oil embargo of 1974. Karachi 1985. Tenerife 1977. Flight 103.

[@fernandokaiser3053]

1:15 EARRAPE CONFIRMED RIP HEADPHONE USERS

[@plasmauktransport1657]

Fernando Kaiser actually good earrape 😂

[@JishyFishy4106]

Lol the Power of TF39, JT9D an Original Variants of CF6

[@johannesbols57]

I know I prefer the original paint scheme to the later billboard schmaltz big letters. Didn't sell any more tickets, but execs had to do something with their time to remain relevant.

[@111Swissair]

Is this the same Pan Am 747 that met it’s tragic end in Tenerife on March 27th, 1977?

[@Springbok295]

I can't make out the Clipper name.

[@HistoricAeroEngines]

The registration of this 747 seems to be N770PA, and more film at kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWjbd6yrpdR3mNE. Tenerife was N736PA. This is an early film as the engines are JT9D-3A. Make a nice sound!

[@trabbin8]

Just as followup on this thread (not snarking whatsoever!) ... *N770PA* was 1st delivered to, and operated by, Pan Am until ~1988 ... ultimately ended up as F-GKLJ operated by Corsair then Air Mediterranee. It was scrapped circa 2001. N770PA was named "CLIPPER QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC" (5 words). Viewing this clip at ~timepoint 0:10 one can see the Clipper name is (in total) 3 words, "Clipper WORD2 WORD3" Word2 appears to be a titch shorter than "Clipper" and Word3 appears to be a titch longer than "Clipper." Freezeframe capture DPI multiply sharpen and the first letter of Word2 very strongly appears to be a "Y." Alas, that's only a definite 'maybe'. Nevertheless, some interesting history comes into play. Because Tenerife Pan Am 741 was "Clipper Victor" (2 words) and thus, definitely not 3 words (also not Clipper Queen of The Pacific). _However_ ... The maiden pax 741 flight was from JFK to Heathrow, "Clipper Young America." Just prior to departure, it came back to gate with engine warnings...and a replacement was quickly called in, "Clipper Victor." Clipper Victor was renamed, for the maiden flight (as I understand it) to "Clipper Young America" thusly 'becoming' the 741 that was initially supposed to go to Heathrow. I.e. a bit of a switcheroo. This '2nd' "Clipper Young America" conducted that maiden flight to Heathrow, and continued operating for about a year. Then was hijacked. After that hijack, the name was reverted to "Clipper Victor" b/c folks wouldn't want to fly on a jet that had been hijacked. So it's 1971/2 ish and now again, Clipper Victor. ~6 years later, a Clipper Victor was as we know, the Tenerife Pan Am 741. So, I believe that "yes" physically, the a/c above is the Tenerife 741...however in the vid it was (at the time of the video) Clipper Young America - having been Clipper Victor thence renamed to Clipper YA for the JFK-UK Maiden flight), thence renamed back to Victor after hijack remaining Victor for ~5-6y until the Tenerife tragedy. Summary: I think, YES insofar as it is (I believe) the same physical aircraft. NO insofar as it was a different Clipper name. ERGO, the answer to the OP question is "yes and no." Tho, I doubt anyone got this far anyway but - that's my 0.02. Don't spend it all in one place :)

[@albertoalarcon2857]

Beatyful

[@JishyFishy4106]

JT9D - the Exact Commercial Rival and the Commercial Version of TF39 made by PW

[@ricardobaez7786]

Hermoso video

[@adamschizo]

What's with the square holes on the engines?

[@lelekoJumboJet]

old PW JT9D version had these air intakes which would open usually at full throttle, if I remember correctely. Updated JT9D versions didn't have that

[@David-lb4te]

@@lelekoJumboJet yes, they are the first release JT9D-3A

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@lelekoJumboJet No. This Design is of GE TF39. The JT9D was made by GE's rival, PW. See the engines closely. They look very much similar 2 C-5A or C-5B galaxy's tf39 engine. PW made the JT9D with the Exact Look of the TF39, 2 rival it.

[@lelekoJumboJet]

@@JishyFishy4106 yeah but the 747-100 was equipped with PW JT9D engines, it was never fitted with TF39s.

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@lelekoJumboJet Read my comment fully. I meant when GE had made the TF39, PW made an engine 2 rival it with Exact Looks, Sounds and Features. This engine is the JT9D. The JT9D was originally made in such a manner that 1 could easily confuse it with TF39. Therefore, the square holes were initially found in TF39 and not JT9D. The only difference is that tf39 had an n1 fan while jt9d negative had an n1. Hope u understand/stood

[@ricardobaez7786]

Hermoso despegue

[@use-oc4mj6n]

Clipper Young America 🇺🇸

[@use-oc4mj6n]

Back then, Heathrow looked like someone's back garden 😂

[@TheProG2010]

There Final Flight From Heathrow Including Fly Over Was In An A310 Sadly :(

[@ColdWingsAviation]

Rip To Those Who’s Volume Was In Max💀💀💀

[@Leon-Hardt]

Pratt & Whitney JT3D, when the jets sound like jets.

[@1000BT]

JT9D

[@andrewbarker4986]

5 minutes after the end of the film that would have been droning over our house in Dorney

[@LolLol-uu1bg]

Cool

[@JishyFishy4106]

Guys who heard a CF-6-GE-*50C* engine Taxiing out @ the end

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

The reason why this is clear is because it was filmed on videotape

[@coldpizzasoda8641]

That's the same plane I flew on in 1974.

[@Avgeek.35K]

It climbed like an a340-300

[@michaelveis8937]

He's crabbing a little bit

[@davidrobbio9816]

It does look like that …maybe a crosswind doing that

[@EnergeticWaves]

The original 3 windows on top version

[@nkt1]

Sounds like the RB211.

[@GranTurismo69420]

nkt1 this is actualky the jt9d

[@JishyFishy4106]

RB211 is made Only By Stealing JT9D's from PW and TF39's from GE. I am sure Rolls Royce has done some or the other Theft from GE and PW

[@nkt1]

@@JishyFishy4106 If you say so.

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@nkt1 yes exactly. See the video of b747 rb211 which I have sent u. U will feel exactly like gags5503's c5 galaxy video. Here is the RB211 B747 video kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZPScoF-q7Zjj5I Watched it ?? Now see Gags5503's C5 video kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioLHZHuMoJ6mp7M. How did u feel ?? Compare and Contrast Tf39 and Rb211. U will find it

[@christopherstehn]

@@JishyFishy4106 so that why the engins sounds the same

[@보나파르트-b4x]

GO Cliffer!!

[@jermajearest3960]

the 747 classic sounds like earrape here

[@jhernfilms9660]

The pan america 747 147 had crashed like TWA flight 800

[@GruszkuEntertainment]

The 747 jet clipper is a magnificent bird indeed , but it is somewhat sad when one realizes, that Pan American pushed Boeing to create this masterpiece, only to be heavily strained financially by huge payments and operating costs of the type. Numerous other factors contributed to demise of Pan Am, but investing a large sum in a giant airliner, which usually flew half empty was undoubtedly one of them.

[@victormurone1]

i think that's N747PA

[@LudeauvieK]

1:17 Les étranges portes d entrée d air comme sur les moteurs JT3D ou les TF39A qui sont sur les GALAXY C5 army

[@Wozoo_channel]

27 march 1977

[@RWS-Madisonville]

If anyone can figure out the registration on this plane, I can probably figure out where it is now

[@underneonloneliness2]

Planes haven’t changed at all from the outside

[@ethansaviation2672]

There isn't much to change that's why

[@underneonloneliness2]

@@ethansaviation2672 Cars have changed though

[@ethansaviation2672]

@@underneonloneliness2 Yes as they needed changing for many reasons over time but with aircraft just isn't much to change at this point anyway

[@underneonloneliness2]

@@ethansaviation2672 To be honest the best design was Concorde. Concorde just seemed to look more aerodynamic.

[@ethansaviation2672]

@@underneonloneliness2 It was, it was designed for cruising at Mach 2.2

[@glenjoshuawattsjoshua520]

Sounds a bit like a C-5 Galaxy.

[@emilolivesjo1192]

It’s something scary over this video and I can’t say wat