Polar Flight - Anchorage - Special (1969)

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@vivekv1922 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just blown away by the narration.

@stevem2323 4 жыл бұрын

Narration is crazy good.

@Ben-xe8ps Ай бұрын

I have flown the polar route a couple of times in 1989 and 1990 right at the end of JAL's operation from TYO to LHR via this route when returning to the UK from Australia. It was in fact a very nice way to make this journey. JAL had a late morning departure from SYD non-stop to TYO (10 hours) on a Boeing 747-200 then there was a connecting interval of about 5 hours, long enough to go out, look around, eat some Japanese food, stretch my legs then overnight to ANC (about 5 hours) again on a 747-200 arriving the morning of the same day as we had left TYO due to crossing the international date line. No nonsense with US authorities at ANC in those days; they had a proper airside transit area (perhaps unique for a US airport?) so no having to go through any US border controls or stay confined to the gate area and no new security check before re-boarding. By that time it was by my body clock time to sleep for the approximately 8 hour sector to LHR. I remember seeing the northern lights from the aircraft window during the polar flight.

@ianstewartorr8455 Жыл бұрын

My cousin worked for. NEC and he returned from Japan via anchorage one year in the 1990’S greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@letsplayfreakde1273 2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa told me about how he once flew to Japan and they had that lay over in anchorage, back then I was really young and I didn't understand why they didn't fly eastward, now I miss my grandpa, rest in peace, I think it's crazy that soon we'll fly Westward to Japan again if it goes on like it does rn (well actually they might fly over like the middle East but let's not get into that) cause we are now at a time where he lived again.

@user94783 2 жыл бұрын

don't be like that about the middle east😭😭😭

@cee_el Жыл бұрын

Wait. Why did they fly to Alaska?

@letsplayfreakde1273 Жыл бұрын

@@cee_el cause they couldn't fly over the USSR

@georgewashington1990 4 ай бұрын

I knew your grandfather very well - nice guy.

@Ben-xe8ps Ай бұрын

@@cee_el Because the route via SE Asia was very long and there were restrictions on flying over the USSR. There were flights via the USSR but frequency was restricted. Western European airlines (BA, AF, LH and probably a couple of others) plus JL were limited to, I think, two flights a week each which had to stop in Moscow. Aeroflot also insisted on identical traffic rights from the European capitals of the airlines concerned which led to the highly unusual situation of Aeroflot being allowed to operate through same flight number flights (as opposed to transfer connections) from Western Europe to Tokyo over the trans-Siberian route. From the 70's onward when wide body aircraft were introduced, as Aeroflot operated IL62's the USSR would not permit the Western European airlines to use wide body aircraft and they had to continue using 707's and DC8's on the trans Siberian route. Obviously this was not sufficient capacity so the polar route via Anchorage was used.

@aviationlba747 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days!

@davidlibby5740 5 ай бұрын

Flew to Narita, Tokyo via Anchorage on 04 April 1982 with my airline carrier, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747-300 series. Excellent flight and a fantastic vacation to Japan. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@boreyrak808 4 жыл бұрын

Nice oldie fying airctaft!

@farahvogue8623 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks🌺

@simonf8902 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous stuff.

@scotty6346 Жыл бұрын

The 707 starts off with RR Conway engines and ends up with PW JTDs!! 😂

@Cl4rendon Жыл бұрын

Yep, too funny. BOAC had the- 300 & -400 in use.

@dionvielvoye3923 8 ай бұрын

when flying whas still glamours

@aristocratprofit2412 4 ай бұрын

この時代、ＣＡのことをエアーホステスと呼んでいた国もあったと聞いていたけど、このビデオでもエアーホステスと日本人ＣＡのことを紹介していたけど、日本人はホステスという言葉を聞くと、バーやクラブで男性をお酒でもてなす女性のことを思い出す為、日本ではあえてホステスという言葉を使っていなかったんだよね。

@aristocratprofit2412 4 ай бұрын

I had heard in this era, flight attendants were called air hostesses in some countries, and this video also introduced Japanese flight attendants air hostesses. However Japanese people hear the word hostess, we are reminded of women who entertain men with drinks at bars or clubs, so we don't use the word hostess in Japanese aviation industry.

@Toast0808 2 жыл бұрын

Now that European air carriers are once again blocked from flying over Soviet - excuse me, *Russian* airspace, this is the way once again that European carriers will be traveling to Asia. Anchorage Airport better gussy itself up quick. The planes will be coming back!