Pan Am Training Video: 727-200 (circa 1984 or 1985)

It is unclear which of Pan Am's large fleet of Boeing 727s this was filmed on.
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[@ClipperMaidOfTheSeas]

The timetables in the holders in the cabin are the December 1, 1984 timetable

[@andrewcarson7238]

Loved the mechanical chime for the flight attendant call button at 2:07 very 60's

[@zms8092]

That flight attendant call button “bell” is fantastic!! I flew for Northwest for 8 years and don’t remember any of our 727s having that. I miss these jets dearly. They were true workhorses and very quiet unless you were seated all the way in the back.

[@atomsmash100]

American's 727s also had the mechanical bell. The "seven-two" was a much loved aircraft.

[@tommyboybr]

I love these training videos! They are so fun to watch, I imagine all the students sitting down during class watching these videos and learning everything to become flight attendants! So exciting!!!

[@Alpha8713]

The 400Hz hum is strong in this one.

[@STBYRUD]

Thats a nice touch, yeah :D I'm assuming they plugged into the vacuum cleaner sockets in the galleys for power...

[@tixie1895]

You get the distinct hum anymore ☹️

[@alexcentury2166]

It must have sucked sitting at the aft jumpseat with all three engines right on top of you.

[@cheetajet320]

I have permanent hearing loss from working in the back of 727 and DC-9 aircraft when I was a flight attendant at Northwest. Certain pitches of sounds like cabinets in a kitchen or silverware clanging actually hurts.

[@alexcentury2166]

@@cheetajet320 That's too bad because the DC-9 is my favorite airplane. I'm jealous that you got to fly for NWA

[@cheetajet320]

@@alexcentury2166 I it sure was a lot of fun.

[@michelletaylor5691]

@@cheetajet320 One of the first flights I took, Mpls/St Paul to Denver Stapleton on a Northwest 727, had the last seat in the plane. Served a full breakfast and talked to the crew on the flight, those were good times to fly

[@ninjabearpress2574]

I flew on a 727 (Piedmont Airlines) near the engines, but my nose was pressed to the window for most of the flight.

[@atomsmash100]

With a water dispenser on the wall, and paper cups. I remember seeing those on the L-1011 when I was a kid. Truly these were special times.

[@WhenUrSmilin]

Made me nostalgic. I flew for 34 years and spent much of my career on this a/c.

[@Bellasie1]

The aft door opened and became stairs sometimes used to board and deplane, too bad it wasn't shown here, a typical feature of the 727.

[@alefyzoey]

There was only a little problem regarding these stairs below the engines, mom's worked as flight attendant by Varig and she told me about her afraid of some drops of oil falling from the engines staining their clothes.

[@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_]

And also by D.B. Coopefr!

[@Bellasie1]

@@alefyzoey Oh I'm sure! It looked super cool, though, from a passenger point of view. I was young, too, it helps in seeing the pinker side of things! Thanks for your comment, I would have loved to fly on Varig. A dear friend of mine worked as crew for them, too.

[@alefyzoey]

@@Bellasie1 For sure, these were our golden times, last days I caught myself wondering about how noiseless is the world nowadays without acfts like this crossing the skies like they did before.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

The D. B. Cooper exit.

[@George75605]

That was one of the 727-227's acquired after the Braniff Bankruptcy. The leather seats in 1st Class give it away, and also that the f/a call buttons on these were yellow.

[@N747PA]

Good eye. Those are definitely Braniff first class seats, but I don’t think it’s a -227. This plane has aftermarket sidewall panels which means it is probably a 1960s build airplane. My guess is an ex-National -235. I believe all of the PanAm -227s were newer and still had the Boeing widebody look sidewall panels. Also, that attendant call chime did not sound like the later airplanes. EDIT: the galleys match the 727-235, especially the creaky shelf up in F/C at 1:39

[@flyc3]

Do you happen to know why the aisle seats were blue?

[@George75605]

@@flyc3 I did once fly on a Pan Am 727 that had an all leather interior, with traces of Braniff Orange paint still visible on some of the door edges. I think they gradually replaced these interiors over time, and this red-blue scheme is a mystery to me.

[@George75605]

@@N747PA You must be correct. Thank You for your input. I'm only a historian, but I did once fly on a Pan Am 727-200 that had an entirely leather interior with traces of Braniff Orange still visible on some of the door edges.

[@DrCharlesMontague]

@2:37 I guess the cheaper tickets came with that noise for the flight 😂.

[@jonathankleinow2073]

Properly grounding and isolating everything to eliminate the 400 Hz tone was probably not a high priority, since they were making a plane and not a sound studio. :) But I feel like it's gotten better in recent decades? That, or my hearing's just gotten worse and I don't notice it as much.

[@Colaholiker]

@@jonathankleinow2073 Nah, you're reight, that nice 400 Hz sound is slowly dying out with newer planes... I think the last models to really feature it were the Mad Dogs, all newer models got rid of it.. Sadly.

[@jowillard2373]

Love these. Brings back great memories of flying these planes

[@bradowen761]

Those first seats were SO much more comfy back then compared to the domestic ones today.

[@astardustparade]

No shit. Now it feels like your ass is on fire at the end of the flight.

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

Indeed! I got to experience a similar seat on a US Airways 757-200 once in about 2009 and it was extremely comfortable compared to anything else I've seen lately. The only 2 seats I've had that have come fairly close to these in comfort are on Air Canada's Embraers and also United's older 737-800. Alaska 737-900 also wasn't too bad - oh and Virgin America A320 was really comfortable too.

[@bradowen761]

@@LiamWalsheliamskitchen Alaska still has them on some aircraft. Love those big cushy padded seats.

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

@@bradowen761 I had one on a 737-900er a few weeks ago. It was pretty good but not as good as the EX-CO UA 738 I had a week or so later.

[@swampfuel20]

Now a days the “cabin class” 131 seats would be doubled... USING THE SAME SPACE! “An inch of xtra legroom is available for a small fee sir.”

[@doordieace5high]

I haven't been on an airplane since 1997; think I'm gonna try to keep that streak as long as possible the more I hear about how much worse flights have become. Lol.

[@HunterShows]

"I'm sorry, that row is _'Economy Plus'._ But please consider upgrading to "premium" headphones to enhance your flight. This is a cashless cabin. Would you like to purchase "wifi" for your flight?"

[@TedCabeen]

Interesting that this predates the use of service carts for food.

[@cheetajet320]

727s were all hand running service. Even at Northwest. Especially in first class. It was definitely a worker aircraft.

[@zms8092]

At Delta we hand ran meals on all 727s

[@N747PA]

I don’t think any 727s had meal carts. Meal carts were invented in the 747 era.

[@cheetajet320]

@@N747PA They were retrofitted at some airlines. At NWA we had fold out carts that we put the a la cart baskets on top of. It was a real disaster. I preferred flying Lead on the 727 and hand running first class.

[@edwardhale4294]

Pan Am had nearly 90 727's by the late 1980s

[@noway5590]

After 1984, pan am bought used 727, 737 and 747 aircraft, the airbus deal was for new a300 and a310 aircraft

[@johneddy908]

To the best of my knowledge, Pan Am mostly used its 727s on its Internal German Services (IGS) from Berlin-Tegel Airport in the American Sector to cities in western Europe during the period before German reunification.

[@hxney_bee3336]

I love the cabin

[@jonathankleinow2073]

2:35 Mmm, love that 400 Hz.

[@flyc3]

Out of interest, what causes the noise - you often hear it on recordings (inc. cockpit when talking to ATC). Fascinating stuff!

[@Alpha8713]

@@flyc3 Aircraft use 400Hz power. You are hearing that leak into the PA system and/or the videotape recorder when they shot this. Just as 60Hz power often leaks 60Hz hum into recordings if poorly shielded cables are used or if grounding is poor.

[@jonathankleinow2073]

@@Alpha8713 And I would guess we hear more of it when she's at the back of the cabin because there's more distance between her wireless mic and the camera, so there's more interference to be picked up along the way.

[@Colaholiker]

@@jonathankleinow2073 My guess is different. ;-) The aircraft was likely running off the APU (auxiliary power unit, for those not familiar with the acronym), which can supply power and air conditioning while on the ground. Today, planes usually have the APU mounted in the tail, but with the three engines of the 727 space was limited, and adding another heavy engine back there would have given a bad weight distribution. So the APU was mounted in the main gear wheel well. The camera is pretty close to the center of the aircraft when recording the "Cabin Class" segment, so it would be very close to the generator....

[@robertbauers2210]

Is there a training video on the Boeing 737-200?

[@MrOvnours]

Well, were is the promised instructor with the detailed review? I'm still waiting

[@Eric2221]

No...the best part was the condensation from the A/C that poured on your head in the summer when the plane rotated 😮

[@atomsmash100]

I forgot about that. A300s were notorious for this also, especially on Caribbean/Latin American flights because of the extreme humidity. It looked like rain in the cabin, we'd have paper towels stuffed in the ceiling everywhere.

[@Eric2221]

@@atomsmash100 We used the plastic safety cards 😁

[@friendlysky7674]

I’ve been waiting for this!!! THANK YOU!💅🏻💅🏻‼️‼️‼️

[@tombarb2864]

Im glad you don’t need to wait any longer

[@travist7777]

R.I.P., Pan Am!

[@sagittariusgirl2477]

This was my dream 😍 but I can't 😢

[@thihal123]

Never flown on the 727. Wish I had the opportunity.

[@nvkulk]

Do they have dial up?

[@edwardhale4294]

The FC seats were great. Better than what you get today on FC. Leather seats all came from Braniff after their1982 bankruptcy

[@auerstadt06]

It's Lambert from the Nostromo!

[@noway5590]

707 was a great plane that pan am lost in 1981

[@JokeriPokeri17]

These training videos are the mothers milk!

[@гольф2бравобраво]

❤❤❤🙏😘

[@N145PM]

She kinda reminds me of Pat Benatar.