Captain Harvey Beebe Jr flew every version of the 707 during his 32 year career with Pan American World Airways. He was my father and an aviation pioneer. He died in his mid 80s.
@packingten4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Martel Always what a JERK!.
@juliocaesar22684 жыл бұрын
@@packingten he was jokking
@tomtom88892 жыл бұрын
That’s a proud record. I wonder how many total hours flying time he had? It had to be way up there.
@grumblekin2 жыл бұрын
Your dad was a titan of flying!
@donkeeton7897 Жыл бұрын
I bet he saw many changes throughout his time there I love all these old vintage movies and unlike the madness of today travel then was much more peaceful and a really pleasant experience so sad to think we've gone from that to this where flight attendants and crew are attacked and assaulted by some of the wackadoodles that really shouldn't even be allowed to board an aircraft let alone travel on one I mean it is truly sad 😢 the way society has changed those were the good ol days indeed.
@gustavovega99214 жыл бұрын
As an AA employee I was lucky to ride the 707 nonstop JFK to Honolulu in First Class on my honeymoon in 1971 .Awesome plane
@glenrosarian2352 Жыл бұрын
That's a mighy long flight. My father worked for AA too, so I grew up on 707's too.
@TheGammingPieАй бұрын
VERY JEALOUS!
@brucehutchison39466 жыл бұрын
Bring back this paint scheme!
@cityofabscissae5 жыл бұрын
American Airlines has a 737 painted in a similar heritage scheme. I have photos of it that I took a few years ago.
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
Yes, love the lightning bolt!
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
@@cityofabscissae It's awesome, saw on video recently.
@НовиСадСрбија6 жыл бұрын
You cant deny that usa 50s marketing and narrator voice. Strong simple effective
@EricLehner5 жыл бұрын
Нови Сад Србија So true. I often think that. No millennial sounds this way. Different animal altogether. More masculine, mature and intelligent sounding.
@andypaul17525 жыл бұрын
Could sell Marlboro cigarettes with that voice
@Ctrl-XYZ4 жыл бұрын
Actually 1961.
@scottmajor26205 жыл бұрын
That was quite the crow hop at 1:30. Lands like me. Porpoised halfway down the runway. I’m surprised that made the film.
@mccloysong3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same! Same with 1:07 where engine #4 barfs
@mccloysong3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful jet. I flew on quite a few with TWA as a kid in the 60s, JFK to Madrid and back. People used to dress u to travel. And if I was lucky I got to go in the cockpit during the flight and get TWA wing pins. Such great memories.
@cowboybob70933 жыл бұрын
Laughing - 1:30 _"Our jets bounce and buck! A landing you won't soon forget."_ in the voiceover. Yeah, I miss those days. I still have a deck of National Airlines playing cards from when I was a kid. I wonder how a 707 would smell to our un-jaded noses. Non-smoking is the only thing that comes right to mind that's better today. It took me to the end of writing that sentence for "safety record" to nudge my ribs.
@johneddy9086 ай бұрын
TWA called its turbofan-powered 707s "StarStream Jets."
@robyoungquist58034 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the memories! The 707 and that paint scheme still holds a very special place in my ❤️. I have fond memories of flying First Class many times over aboard American’s 707s ORD/LAX, SFO, SAN, LAS, PHX. And that nobbie fabric covering the seats felt really cozy too 😉
@user-ex4si2md6r Жыл бұрын
Very interesting look at this legendary at this airliner
@paulcheek57115 жыл бұрын
beautiful plane just like beautiful cars back then..
@richhowify7 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I thoroughly enjoyed this film marking the birth of the turbofan engine.
@MerleOberon6 жыл бұрын
I can just feel that knobby nylon upholstery with the silver threads through it!
@usmale49155 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful aircraft this 707 is! Thank you very much for the upload!
@Cowracer675 жыл бұрын
How about a hand for the guy drawing the sketches. Clear, concise and very well done. Never seen it done like that (actually drawn while we watch) a neat technique and a talented artist.
@olddisneylandtickets4 жыл бұрын
That was awesome, better than ANY Powerpoint I've seen.
@kcindc55394 жыл бұрын
Seriously. I loved watching him draw
@AnakinSkyobiliviator3 жыл бұрын
Until the combustion drawing, those spikes ruined the nice, smooth lines...!
@Steve19593 жыл бұрын
My father, Captain Harvey Beebe Jr,flew every single version of the 707 ever built during his professional career of 32 years of meritorious service with Pan American World Airways. The world will never see another pilot like that of Captain Harvey Beebe Jr again. In his entire career both professionally and privately,he never put a scratch on himself an airplane or anyone he transported. His career spanned 56 years and over 55,000 flight hours. The world will never see another pilot like that again.
@tdstanges1293 ай бұрын
"The world will never see another pilot like that of Captain Harvey Beebe Jr again". Maybe not. Ole Capt. Harv must've begun his 'flying career' when he was only 4 years old. He retired when he was 60 yrs old (FAA requirement). 32 years with PAA made him 28 yrs old when he was hired. 60 minus 56 equals 4. Pretty simple math there ole boy. 55,000 hours over the course of 56 years comes out to just under 1,000 hours per year. That's about normal. Dunno about the 55,000 hours though. But in another perspective, are you sure that ole Capt. Harv is your father? 56 years of pro-flying? He'd have had ZERO time to be to be with your mommy. More likely, he'd been spending ALL of his time with the 'Hotties' working the back of the plane. Just sayin' there, Stevie. After a 38 year airline career pushing heavy metal around the world, I managed to log 30k into the books. Ya see, Stevie, real airline pilots actually do NOT enjoy being in the front-end of the machine ALL of their life. Yes, we DO LOVE the profession (or did, until deregulation made a mess of it). No, I didn't fly the 707 like ole Capt. Harv. I flew MOST of those Boeings that came along afterwards. The ships were bigger and so were the engines. A LOT bigger. But that doesn't really matter. Taking-off and landings were my favorite moments up front. Once aloft, it was ALL automation. Nothing particularly special, other than monitoring the gauges, being fed by the 'Hotties', making plans with them for our long layovers, enjoying those plans with them, and if I 'got lucky', I got some sleep! Hahaha. I suppose daddy never told you about THAT part of being an airline Captain and going to really cool places. I've been retired for a decade now and do NOT miss it at all. Somehow, I just can't figure-out HOW ole Capt. Harv logged 25,000 more hours than me. It was time for me to 'cool my jets', go home and get some rest without ever hearing an alarm clock again. Oh, BTW, I too never scratched any metal, nor injured any customers, On the other hand, I DID manage to SAFELY return aircraft that incurred engine fires, hydraulic failures, electrical generator failures, lightning strikes, bird ingestions into engines, and occasional flap-actuator fairings departing the wing. Happened too many times, but it came with the job. Just another day/night living the DREAM. It's Happy Hour now, but with NO 'Hotties'. "Cheers!"
@davidnaquin69143 жыл бұрын
707 by far most attractive lines of any airliner
@boeingpameesha95502 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
I was amazed that GE built the first fans at the REAR of the engine! GE CJ805-3 and CJ805-23.
@paulmallery671910 ай бұрын
Nice clear spoken english. Thank you. Wish it was still this way.
@pwrfl23572 жыл бұрын
The 707 is probably the best looking airplane ever.
@richschindler87317 жыл бұрын
The best aircraft, ever!!!
@davidchriscastillo2499 Жыл бұрын
So, why not bring it back?
@noahdavidson87337 ай бұрын
Beautiful aircraft with a beautiful paint scheme. I came around too late to see this kind of stuff, but American should bring back the silver and orange
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
The glory days, back when most people couldn't afford to fly.
@hugejohnson50113 жыл бұрын
It kept some of the riff-raff away. Not all though, as money can't buy class or good manners!
@bobcarter43432 жыл бұрын
People dressed up and behaved when they flew. LAX-JFK $100.00 coach with a nice meal served hot on a trey with usually 3 to choose from. I was TWA ticket agent in 1963. These fans were quieter with the air bypass. I lived next to LAX and could hear the difference. Good video here. Well done.
@kona7022 жыл бұрын
So interesting! I always wondered what that little point was on some of the tails of the 707. I always thought it looked so cool.. Now I know it was part of the tail extension added with the turbo fans! It's been hard to find information on this and I'm glad I came across this video 😁
@hardyboy19596 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, I've wondered when they began to figure out the benefits of the extra cool air cowling around the engine. To my eye, the look of passenger jets hasn't changed all that much since the early sixties except for the engines, they've gotten huge!
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
Its also just part of a turbofan engine. A pure jet would take far too much runway so at low speeds the intake turbine produces more thrust as essentially a propeller than the jet itself can. Once speed builds there is enough airflow that the jet starts to be efficient.
@johneddy9088 жыл бұрын
American used the marketing name "707 Astrojet" for not only its improved 707s, but 720s as well, as was the case with the earlier "707 Jet Flagship" moniker. American's 720s did not have the HF antenna on top of the vertical fin like the 707s did (other 707/720 operators opted for this feature on both versions).
@Skybolter4 жыл бұрын
God bless the 707
@farnum32974 жыл бұрын
Aaaahh.. back when you didn't have to walk in your socks in the "security" area. And seats were made for humans.
@martin.B7774 жыл бұрын
Early jet age was more dangerous but epic!✈🌐
@sandervanderkammen92304 жыл бұрын
The Boeing was very safe compared to the Comet
@DAllan-lz3lg5 жыл бұрын
Bouncing down the runway at 1’40”
@almostfm5 жыл бұрын
They liked the first landing so much they did it again.
@Capt_Tarmac7 жыл бұрын
Nice porpoise landing American
@jamurphy83867 жыл бұрын
Yeah! That was nearly a four bouncer!!! :-P
@nightshift52017 жыл бұрын
It was almost a wheelbarrow landing.
@abundantYOUniverse7 жыл бұрын
He did it on porpoise
@donaldstanfield88626 жыл бұрын
abundantYOUniverse Hehee!
@jeffreynelson26605 жыл бұрын
Maybe he was a basketball player
@nesvarog145 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@andypaul17525 жыл бұрын
Geez that big puff of smoke out of the far left engine at 1:07.....!!
@ChrisKuiperBelt2 жыл бұрын
Looks like a mid flight compressor stall lol
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
The tubojets looked like they were burning coal...lol
@mggordon6 жыл бұрын
The "pilot" stated that they were at 32,000 feet and the temperature was five degrees below zero. Me thinks he left off a zero.
@wrightmf4 жыл бұрын
5 below or 50 below, it's all the same, damn cold outside. But inside nice and comfortable, perfect for a smoke and a martini. Was "Barry Allen" flying deadhead on the jumpseat in the cockpit on one of these flights?
@endwood4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I cocked up the OAT but the Gen public wouldn't know anyway 😂
@bradcrosier13322 жыл бұрын
Except in that era 32,000' wasn't a valid flight level! Above 29,000' aircraft were separated by 2,000', so they could have been at FL310 (Flight Level 310 - 31,000') or FL330 (33,000') - but not in level cruise at FL320!
@telsport6 жыл бұрын
Pop was an AA navigator...and went into WW II Air Transport Command good company under Smith
@ejmeans51593 жыл бұрын
My pop,was VP of PR in the 60s. Perhaps they knew one another. This was one of his films. Also check out his film on the DC-7! Brilliant
@davidduffy98067 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@apotato55635 жыл бұрын
flight 1 year 1962 perfection
@tomservo569542 жыл бұрын
Is that why they had to fish Pete Campbell's father and Linda McCartney's mother out of Jamaica Bay? (and if he hadn't been delayed...Richard Nixon)
@wrightmf4 жыл бұрын
Seeing those puffs of smoke, I remember years ago at World FreeFall Convention a UH-1 (an old army helo restored to flying condition) flying jumpers would have occasional puff of smoke out the exhaust. I asked the pilot, from what I remember him saying years ago, was carbon buildup inside but then it would come off resulting in smoke. Perhaps someone clarify that. I wonder if passengers would notice or too far back out of view?
@ErickC7 жыл бұрын
Landing on shorter runways is easier if you don't bounce, cap'n. It's amusing that nobody at Boeing thought of adding more realistic flap detents for takeoff. That alone would have probably greatly improved climb performance...
@bobcarter43432 жыл бұрын
Douglas Aircraft offered $5.00 "Jet Rides" at the LA Airport to show the wonders of the new quiet planes. I am guessing 1961. The planes flew around Catalina and returned to LAX. Big circular couches in the back for comfort and good looks. Not sure about seat belts.
@somethingelse48784 жыл бұрын
The 707 was the first jet I went in It was about 1970 and for the first time the working class in Britain could travel outside the UK We went to Spain and north Africa This was years before the mass movement of the young, a time when white working class stood out The 707 got us there and back even though I dropped my TomTom in the doorway It let people who just could not afford to travel go places they had only seen on TV or in the army I saw plenty of pillboxes while over there and so many people rubbing our clothes My first taste of fresh still on the tree oranges and fanta
@georger644 жыл бұрын
“... to bring you superior air flight...“ (bumpy landing in the background)
@soavioes1534 жыл бұрын
Good video.
@jfchonors8873 Жыл бұрын
I recall the heavy black smoke from water injected engines in the early days of jet travel
@jgrab14 жыл бұрын
Back when flying was civilized.
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
Everything stunk to high heaven with cigarette smoke, it's great so much of the world is smoke-free now!!
@smadaf2 жыл бұрын
Last week I had four flights, one airline, cheapest class, three American cities. It was civilized: the passengers, the crew, the airport employees on the ground. I do wish parts of the experience were more like the old days, but the fact is that most of reality is not what makes the latest two- or twenty-minute TV news story about how everything in the world is always terrible and forever getting worse.
@hamentaschen4 жыл бұрын
"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."
@philipemma23593 жыл бұрын
Jimmy 2 times
@clayz14 жыл бұрын
I like the drawing illustration done right there. I came to this excellent video looking for a scene inside the plane and I don’t think there are any. Did I miss that?
@NoosaHeads4 жыл бұрын
They said in this video:- "No one will fly faster". That's not true. The General Dynamics Convair 880 was considerably faster.
@johneddy9084 жыл бұрын
American flew a version of the 880, the 990 Coronado (it was marketed as the "990 Astrojet"). Unlike the 880, which was powered by CJ805-3 turbojets, the 990 was powered by CJ805-23 turbofans (General Electric built both versions), with the fan aft-mounted compared to the 707's JT3D-1s with the fan forward-mounted.
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
@@johneddy908 I was flabbergasted to learn of the CJs with aft fans! Will be amazing to see how jet engines evolve next, will they be powered by hydrogen or electric?
@johneddy9082 жыл бұрын
@@donaldstanfield8862 , many of today's jets are capable of flying on an advanced biofuel called Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
@69Applekrate5 жыл бұрын
"idlewild airport', nyc is referenced about 10 into the vid
@bobcarter43432 жыл бұрын
Boarding was usually from both the front and rear doors to speed the process. Not like todays push and shove contests with just front doors.
@jblyon22 жыл бұрын
One of the best things about Delta's 757s is that they board from 2L. Not only do you enter the plane in a much more spacious area but you're not standing there waiting on the people in first class who are standing in the isle trying to reorganize everything they shoved in the overhead bin 5 times.
@joelroman14684 жыл бұрын
What a smoky planes we used to fly!
@seymorekuntz91526 жыл бұрын
Great film, and quality, enjoyed thanks! Imagine if they could see and fly in a A350 back then?
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
They'd never believe the sidestick!!
@Mark369122 жыл бұрын
or even the A380. same could be said about the 787 too. Amazing aircraft.
@rosemaryangela18253 жыл бұрын
Book me the next flight to California!
@u2mister174 жыл бұрын
Much faster then today's commercial jets.
@josephdunkle11523 жыл бұрын
Wow they hot rodded the 707 to make it faster to get you there ahead of schedule and in comfort, fuel economy and environment was an afterthought. Not like today where every plane is built for super high efficiency and passengers are treated like cattle.
@useaol3 жыл бұрын
Weve deregulation (and ourselves) to thank. Sure, prices were astronomical back then, but ammenities were provided to incentivize travel. Now its a constant race to the bottom and a constant pushing of the line of what passengers will tolerate in return for lower airfare.
@smadaf2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's why the narrator talks about getting more power and speed from less fuel. And being actually *ahead* of schedule is not, on the whole, beneficial: it amounts to taking a schedule, ignoring it, and then having to sit around improvising and waiting-which may be why the script talks about "on-time reliability", not "ahead-of-time disruption".
@lrg87347 жыл бұрын
Suppose we can conclude that AA was more technologically adept than PAA back in the day. Quite enjoyed this short film.
@TheUtuber9997 жыл бұрын
Luc Gaudreault Each airline had its own spin.
@sawmaster60954 жыл бұрын
Would love to hear the original turbojet engines
@philipemma23593 жыл бұрын
Loud!
@hugejohnson50113 жыл бұрын
Can anyone explain the intermittent puffs of smoke from the engines in rhe very last scene of the plane cruising? It looks like a quick puff of fuel from each engine now and again. Why? What's going on to make that happen? Is it water vapor that I'm mistaking for rich fuel?
@JeffGR47 жыл бұрын
I like the smoke and noise of the turbojets over the cleaner, more fuel-efficient, and quieter turbofans... just sayin'.
@Capt_Tarmac7 жыл бұрын
JeffGR4 they are sexy
@TheUtuber9997 жыл бұрын
Until you live near an airport.
@vitalsilva9226 жыл бұрын
muito lindo.
@ketoking94356 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable vid,,,,Really enjoyable,,
@cacarotocacimbinha29053 жыл бұрын
Veri gudi
@jacekm47073 жыл бұрын
Why they dont make double but smaller fan? I heard some engeneers where whining about to much speed of fan that need to fit to the engine, and ther there is no room under the plane wings. So here is the solution why they avoiding this?
@Ctrl-XYZ4 жыл бұрын
This film is from 1961.
@TheGammingPieАй бұрын
Simple Design???? i dont think so! These engines where a marvel of engineering!
@Mumblix4 жыл бұрын
I have never heard the 707 referred to as the "Astrojet".
@gregsells85494 жыл бұрын
Astrojet was American's branding, replaced in the '70s by LuxuryLiner.
@johneddy9082 жыл бұрын
@@gregsells8549 , the name "LuxuryLiner" was reserved for American's widebody fleet (747s, DC-10s and later 767s and 777s).
@gregsells85492 жыл бұрын
@@johneddy908 OK, the 707 became the LuxuryJet, as did the 727. This jogged my memory.
@tomsamuelson85122 жыл бұрын
It's 3 NUMBERS...707= seven zero! seven.... no letters..
@lrg38345 жыл бұрын
Interesting how P&W hadn't quite figured out to increase the bypass air ratio to 7-9 to 1 yet. You'd think technicians would've given this more thought and experimentation; we would have to wait until the 747 era. That said, we now have 737-800's in place of 707-120's today. However, these twin jets are not nearly as interesting to look at, though they are far more reliable and quieter (except the MAX until its MCAS issue is resolved).
@bradcrosier13322 жыл бұрын
That's a good question - it seems simple enough, but as with many things, the reality is more complicated than at first seems apparent. It was the evolution of the technology - the core engines weren't mature enough at that point to drive a larger fan. The early high bypass engines were rather cantankerous - difficult to start on some occasions. Features like variable inlet guide vanes were relatively new, and not used in as many stages as on modern engines, and a number of other features which had to be developed to create higher power output engines (required to drive a larger fan) simply hadn't been invented yet.
@davidchriscastillo2499 Жыл бұрын
So, if 737-800's much newer jets replaced 707-120's much more "ancient" past jets, which jets of today replaced the Boeing 707-320 B's& C's intercontinental versions which had greater capacity & power than the earlier Boeing 707-120's?
@josephliptak6 жыл бұрын
How come today's planes aren't cruising over 600mph like the old 707's and DC8's?
@hawthornecleaninggroup78716 жыл бұрын
Joseph Liptak The faster you go, the more drag that develops, and hence, more power is required to overcome it. It's called significant fuel economy at lower speed. Much like driving a car at 55 mph instead of say, 65.
@johneddy9085 жыл бұрын
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner flies a bit faster at cruising speed - that is why it takes just seventeen hours to fly between Perth, Australia and London, England on an example flown by Qantas on the "Kangaroo Route."
@BGCflyer3 жыл бұрын
We do actually. I’m a pilot on the A320. Depending on how much headwind or tailwind you are getting, our ground speed can get over 600 mph.
@philipemma23593 жыл бұрын
@@BGCflyer i also heard that the A-380 can get close to700. T or F?
@fourfortyroadrunner67014 жыл бұрын
When Boeing built aircraft and didn't kill people with Microsoft-like software failures
@sandervanderkammen92304 жыл бұрын
Built when 1 out of every 4 DeHavilland Comets built crashed.
@MatHelm4 жыл бұрын
707 - 1957, 707-320B "Astrojet" - 1962
@savagecub5 жыл бұрын
Sadly in 60 years speed-wise not much has changed ! Ticket prices have come down in dollars adjusted for inflation but at an enormous cost in service, comfort and overall passenger experience. Unfortunately that’s what happens when government subsidies go away in an industry with razor thin margins.
@harvey3645 жыл бұрын
With government regulation the fatter margins you refer to were artificially set. While the roominess and pampered service may not be what it was in the 1960s, deregulation opened up the possibility of air travel to many more people. The free market has increased the safety, profits, and schedule capacities of the airlines. During that time, people simply "voted" for cheaper airfares, rather than roomy seats.
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid almost no one I'd met had ever flown. It was something rich people did. We literally would drive across country on vacation.
@777jones4 жыл бұрын
Great service is available. Simply book a first class ticket or call net jets. What you’re saying is, you’d rather not pay for great service, you just want it anyway.
@jpmerrick88862 жыл бұрын
Ah pratt and whitney
@ditto19582 жыл бұрын
This is kinda bizarre. A film about the 707 where Boeing Is not mentioned.
@jebsails28375 жыл бұрын
Did you notice how Pan Am immediately dispatched another jet to retrieve the passengers? No buses no waiting for another flight or re-booking. A standby aircraft was ready as required. As I understand it you've uncle Ronnie and his billionaire aircraft pals with their private jets to thank for todays lousy air service.
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
No, you have cheap airfare to blame. When I was a kid the only time a family ever could afford to fly was when grandma died. Before deregulation most Americans had never flown in their life.
@grumblekin2 жыл бұрын
This is what they took from us
@Mark_Ocain3 жыл бұрын
LOL JT3D's are still pretty ear splitting
@h8losing9974 жыл бұрын
I'd give anything to fly on a 707
@DucDeLamballe5 жыл бұрын
"stove pipe"???
@walterriely40327 жыл бұрын
Great to watch. Funny how after several decades Boeing A/C IE the B737 doesn't look much different inside or out(cockpit of the NG looks agricultural still!), Airbus have Boeing rattled these days:-)
@TheUtuber9997 жыл бұрын
walter riely Rattled? Hardly!
@abruegger0075 жыл бұрын
No they don't, Boeing has the new Dreamliners, which I have been on and they are far superior!
@jacyborreaux9194 жыл бұрын
It’s too bad that social media gives a way to complete fools to talk about aviation. My friend the 737 was designed back in the 60s...Boeing keeps the commonality between models so pilots don’t need to be retrained...also do you understand how expensive it is to flight test a completely new design? Just try to educate yourself before you open your pie hole!
@donaldstanfield88622 жыл бұрын
The whole world reeked of cigarette smoke back then, it was disgusting.
@kimberlywentworth91602 жыл бұрын
That landing was terrible.
@vancepomerening47944 жыл бұрын
Translation of the opening remarks, " blah, blah... blah blah blah. .