Space: 1999 -Tribute to the eagles-

An eagle slideshow

[@worldbestpilot]

For me as a principle research scientist within the space industry for 30+ years I can simply underline one basic thing: From my point of view no other space vehicle shown in any movie or TV series has ever reached this technical level of being realistic as these eagles. I am pretty sure that - if required - a real device would look very similar to this design. This opinion is also based on the versatile modularity of the eagle's equipment (containers, crane support, etc.). Really good stuff what they designed wayback in the 70ies ! My compliments.

[@jeffanderson8165]

+worldbestpilot I, too, absolutely LOVE the Eagle design. However, I do see a couple problems with it. The first: fuel and reaction mass (okay, that's two). While a craft designed like the Eagle would be capable of operating in, say, an asteroid arena, the lack of reaction mass storage makes me suspect that they'd never sustain a burn long enough to actually launch from the moon. The second: the show regularly had the Eagle operate in an atmosphere. In addition to the aforementioned fuel and reaction mass problem, there's the problem with streamlining and aerial stability, especially during atmospheric interface. The poorpbird would burn up on entry and could never get up enough speed to exit.

[@jervishorton7372]

i was born in 1970 5 yrs old when Space was premiered on American tv. and the Egale was the most realistic ship i have ever seen. it looks like something NASA would build so the Egale is why i am a sci fi fan to this day. if nasa built a real onr iam sure it would fly through space and survive reentry. especially with a fly by wire system

[@lukebarton371]

A starfury from babylon 5 was closer to an actual space craft, given the placement of the thrust. People associated with NASA very briefly expressed interest in the design as a 'forklift'.

[@cramondwilliams4437]

David Roberts The Galactica from 1978 is still awesome to this day. If any Ship or Show should ever come back to tv, its Battlestar Galactica. Just pick up the Series 40 Years Later...... The Galactica from 1978 would be like something out of Mad Max by Now..

[@cramondwilliams4437]

I miss the Eagles.

[@gtrefghuk]

Eagles are hands down the coolest looking spacecraft ever!

[@FLORENT2222]

probably one of the most beautiful starships ever made in a sf serie or movie

[@protorhinocerator142]

The Eagle wasn't a starship. It was a short range transport. More like a big shuttlecraft.

[@SPCLPONY]

Mike, Thanks for the memories of being 9 yrs old again! I loved the show, but the Eagles were by far my favorite part! I used to make my own toys that were not available in stores from stuff I'd find at home. I used to slightly flatten an empty TP roll and add the landing gear pods and nose section made from tin foil. I covered the whole thing with white cloth hospital tape. I'd use a marker pen to draw the narkings on to finish a pretty neat little model. Thanks again for posting this tribute!

[@lotharhasek3673]

Morgen. Wie recht du hast,ich hatte die Adler als Spielzeug,und habe sie geliebt.

[@dougjohnson1517]

You gotta love they went with reinforced truss work, heavy suspension, and no aerodynamics. So much more realistic than all these modern sexy "space" ships.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Realistic for all those atmospheric entries ??

[@fucheduck]

modern space ships aren't sexxy. just boring. 1960s/70s is sexxy but for appearance. Eagles were both fast and agile, at least these showed promise.

[@Davy.J.Y]

one of the best space craft from tv..or movies!!

[@1982Tezzy]

I loved that show when I was a 12 years old. I had the Eagle spaceship hanging from my bedroom ceiling with fishing wire. I just saw on ebay someone is selling the exact same one from the mid 1970's for $300 US.

[@sci-figuy6668]

In the late 70’s a friend & i lit his on fire & pushed it down the sewer when it really started blazing. Man! We were dumb kids.

[@CoyoteBuddy]

Awesome slideshow! I had an Eagle hanging from my ceiling for years. Best damned spacecraft ever designed for vacuum!

[@MikeE381]

I agree! Designed in the early 70` and still looks contemporary.... The designer should have a medal!!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Chi ha disegnato The Eagles è un Genio 😊❤

[@car103d]

È lo stesso designer di 2001 odissea nello spazio quindi certo che lo è!

[@fatwalletboy2]

alan and john giving an eagle full thrust on take off...........great memories.

[@michaelhviper]

What I liked about the Eagles was how the different modules could separate and the different kinds, Emergency rescue Eagle refueling Eagles the Super one like the one they showed in ''The Metamorph''.

[@vdoman]

Loved this show back in the day, I still enjoy watching it on DVD. Effects were awesome for the time, and the stories and plots were great. I beleive there were different classes of Eagles if I remember correctly. Some were for combat, some were for personnel transpo and some were for cargo.

[@ericthom726]

That’s what I remember as well. I thought there was the Eagle which was a multipurpose vehicle and then the Hawk which was a designated fighter and was colored differently

[@patrickwautier]

Eagles were a legend of my childhood when we were dreaming about the Year 2000

[@Mbasealpha]

Fantastic tribute to the finest spacecraft ever! Thanks so much for creating this--love it!

[@lotharhasek3673]

Hot,schau mur gerade die Serie an,ich fühle mich zurückversetzt in die 70iger,als die Serie im deutschen Fernsehen lief. Einfach toll,und danke für das Tribute😁😁😁 "Adler Eins Starten" go.

[@mariosmanesis5644]

The very best thing in Space 1999 ARE the EAGLES, have most of them & i LOVE THEM, thanks for the video, LOVE IT

[@gunner678]

the Eagle just looks plausible and beautiful in a utilitarian way.....funny if it becomes a reality!

[@martok2112]

A very nice tribute to one of the coolest, and most near-future realistic looking spacecraft every invented for science fiction. I love the Eagle transporter. Well done!

[@lewismauldon5503]

the eagle is a beautiful ship....better than any other vessel from a sci-fi series!!

[@MrRigmunkee1]

It's my 2nd favourite ship, only to a Galactica class Battlestar.

[@GregoryMurphyIsNotYou]

I spent a frightening portion of my pre-teen years building successfully better models of the Eagle with Legos. This was in the late 70's mind you, so there wasn't nearly the range of specialized parts as there are today. It was my favorite spaceship of all times.

[@mariosmanesis8376]

one of the best series of 1970, thanks

[@logandarklighter]

In response to admillnx6, I believe the reason you kept seeing "Eagles 1 through 6" even when they got blown up or destroyed is this: Notice that there were never visible numbers on the outside of the hulls. I don't think Eagles were assigned permanent numbers or designations. I think they were instead assigned numbers by launching sequence or readiness to be launched. In other words - whichever one happened to be on the pad ready to launch first, THAT one was designated "Eagle 1" for that duty rotation shift. The next one to be readied for take-off would be Eagle 2, etc, etc. If an Eagle was number 4 in the readiness queue but Command decided to refit it with a different equipment pod and launch it with Eagle 1, then that's how it went. So no Eagle ever had a permanent designation.

[@truckinallday08]

Yeah, I'm 9 years old, again, too! I remember building models of the Eagles and hanging them from my bedroom ceiling! I agree, Hollywood should do a remake of this series, as a movie! But, then again, if something isn't broken, don't fix it!

[@mariosmanesis8376]

p,s, and one of the best themes of the 1970, thanks

[@cletola9675]

A great designe..and a beautey to behold...the eagel...

[@allgood6760]

Awesome mate.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

[@mariosmanesis9913]

i love the Eagles, thank's for the music and the geat pictures

[@okedoke1234]

This is incredible- love the EAGLE

[@jim825]

Thanks for a very well done tribute to a classic space ship design. They sure did go through a lot of them didn't they? The was hardly an episode one didn't get blasted.

[@TRUMPER007]

Great video & music score. I loved Space 1999 and remember buying the Dinky Eagles when they came out - I think they were about £2.45 each. (alot of pocket money!)

[@Roadracer987654321]

The Eagles were and still are Cool. Retri Fun and Functional in Design. In the Remake some should be Shorter and some should be Longer.

[@TRUMPER007]

This was one of the best sc-fi shows ever made. Unfortunately series 2 (Like Buck Rogers) was'nt as good.

[@fucheduck]

in Buck Rogers, Hawk was underutilized or it would have been superb. same with the Space 1999 season 1 bridge command deck, and the Eagles.

[@mitch4527]

You have to consider Series 2 a reboot of the series, rather than a continuation.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Best looking sci fi transporter.

[@martinmontano290]

I think the eagle's were and are the best sci-fi starships ever , i just purchased another model kit from Hobby Lobby ,i can't wait to start it..........

[@shauntbarry]

The Eagle is probably the most believable ship we could achieve even now in 2018.. Forget that it's a future looking design based 24 years into the future from 1975 to 1999! Outstanding.. My favourite ship and i'm actually wearing an Eagle S1999 Tshirt as i'm writing this!

[@psyslo]

Loved the show, and yes I too had the Eagle toy and action figures...

[@MikeE381]

Thanks for your comments! Do you remember the incident with the "bubble atack"?

[@dupaul5429]

I miss this show. A reboot called Space:2099!

[@oldschool1928]

Brings back memories! Thanks.

[@iscrapman]

This is a fine example of a well made serie . No CGI and the special effects looks great . Don't get me wrong , cgi helps a little in realism in certain cases but they tend to overuse it these days , noting like a scale model to make a spaceship look real .

[@hankmessaros1835]

I have some eagles but I really wish I had started collecting them at a younger age, 51 now, . Great show well before it's time

[@andreamiola4830]

This version , more orchestral and groove, is fantastic

[@jerrymail]

Very nice spaceships, even if they were often outmatched by Aliens ships. I was an huge fan of them when i was a kid, i had a "Dinky Toys" one. The 70s spaceships designs are the best for me!

[@CarnorJast1138]

I have one of the super detailed Gerry Anderson versions of the Eagle, and it truly is one of the greatest, most "possible" sci-fi ships to ever be made! I love this craft and all the versions of her! Amazing ship!!

[@kssrider6766]

There are so many movie adaptations from TV programs nowadays. It's about time they make one from Space 1999! That said, the Eagle spacecraft is still a beautiful looking machine.

[@abc64pan]

Nice tribute to the Eagle spacecraft of Space 1999. Brings back fond memories.

[@nayatila6663]

miss that film so much

[@AdrianWaitemusic]

This was my favorite sci fi show after Star Trek! Tried to steal my buddies eagle when I was a kid. Good memories!

[@lratcliffe9151]

Nice tribute!. Long live the Eagle

[@micheleflorio04]

the best...from Italy

[@MikeE381]

Thank you!

[@tenjouin1]

I did have a Gorki Toy Eagle that could even be found in my provincial home town, although the shop where I found it was not a regular supermarket. In addition there was a model kit Eagle on sale in the local no 1 clothing store, yet again not in a regular supermarket. Unfortunately I lost my Eagle long ago or my brother destroyed it in his games.

[@sebastianoforte3214]

spazio 1999, il più bel telefilm di fantascienza mai fatto

[@southpark3501]

The new famous quote ------ 'The Eagles have Landed'

[@MEDASI7211]

i had the big toy and when i got oledr i bought the model. COOL design.

[@Packless1]

...one of my favorite Sci-Fi-Spacecrafts...!

[@MikeE381]

Hi U1198 and thanks! Love the eagles...!!!!

[@umacks]

To tell the honest truth..... the first time I saw the show, I thought the Eagles looked a little cheap....you know, thrown together at the last minute. Certainly not as graceful as the " Enterprise" . Of course ,that being said, it is a design I have come to really like, and I feel I was very fortunate to have been a young lad (10-ish , I figure )....and seen these beauties onscreen "live" if you will...every Saturday at 5:00...me and my brothers would gather to watch....I miss those times very much. Thanks for the trib.!!!

[@MikeE381]

Thanks.

[@ubermick4208]

@horrgakx Nice, had one of those as well!! There was a wee button in the middle where the "cargo box" could attach!

[@battlestarmarc]

Space 19999 was a good sci fi series. Eagle space ships looked cool.

[@bjeh001]

Agreed, even though the series played loose with science as a whole, the Eagles were really a great design.

[@thedoftranquillity]

A tribute to the eagles, a theme track without hotel California ? What gwan.😁

[@paulocarpediem]

In Brazil this series began in the 80s in defunct TV Tupi. I can not find chapters dubbed. Really liked this series.

[@MikeE381]

Thanks!

[@vdoman]

as a kid i had the Eagle, the communicator, and the laser/ray gun...loved the show.

[@xatanos]

En Perú esta serie nos llego en formato de pelicula lo emitio canal 2 como "DESTINO BASE LUNAR ALFA" alla por 1985. Esas navecitas llamadas "AGUILAS" eran bien bacanes, y eso que habia visto Star wars, pero estas "Aguilas" Eran como los VOLSWAGENS de las peliculas de ciencia ficcion.....Eran todo terreno, con su forma de DINOSAURITO.

[@moonbaseeagle9405]

...Coool Eagles tribute...!!!

[@wlittle8908]

Of all the space ships that are out there, the Eagle is probably the most believable.

[@martinmontano891]

This model kit are the best kits I've ever built!😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@jorgetorak2743]

Las águilas las mejores naves en diseño para cumplir todos los roles multipropósito en el espacio luna y Marte en este modelo se tendrían que basar para ir al espacio actualmente Felicitaciones !

[@waverly24]

I liked the Eagle Transporter with the piggyback Re-Entry Glider at :35, think it was from season 2. Seem to remember they were exploring a distress signal from a planet, and Tony Cellini going mad from looking at an alien deity.

[@OLDSMARKARL]

Wild man, wild......

[@MikeE381]

Hi upchuck69 Thanks for Your comment! Have to agree on the Eagles design! They stil looks so good! The orchestra version, Ive downloaded from YT dude: User1198... Mike

[@MikeE381]

THX!

[@SammyPrairiechicken]

Wan't it like the ones with red or orange were the combat eagles?? Wasn't eagle four the shit, cant quite remember... lol good memories, thanks for posting

[@CLS2086]

nice job !

[@JoelLessing]

Does anyone remember the "Hawk"? It was a fighter version of the Eagle that appeared in a few episodes...

[@datathunderstorm]

The Sparrow Hawk? My friend with whom I was a staunch Space: 1999 Fan was really fanatical about the Sparrow Hawk. He could go on for hours about it - and there was no internet back in those days! Our school even had a School Bus - a Toyota Coaster 1st Generation Luxury model with an extra engine at the back, powering the air conditioning unit. Unsurprisingly, we likened it to a Space: 1999 Eagle spacecraft - because of the front seats location and the central side entrance - and of course it's sheer sophistication (This was in Lagos, Nigeria....though we were both British born). Ahh! The power of imagination.

[@Nexus974]

Hollywood has run out of original ideas. Remakes are all they know how to do. Don't be too suprised if someone desides to remake this one. It may not be too bad though. The remake of Battlestar Galactic is far better than the original.

[@dragdragon23]

I really thought we would have these kind of ships on the moon with a real moon base alpha.

[@manofbeard]

These still look better than some of the ships in movies today. Remember as a kid having built a couple then hanging them in bits of wire from my bedroom ceiling.

[@dynagravitomagnetic]

Few people know or care that these eagles, (modeled after thunderbird two) were supposed to use gravity compensators in the landing pod nacelles. "thunderbird six" featured this technology in the "skyship one". This is probably how they were able to effect planet-fall re-entry and without burning up due to atmospheric friction. They would gently "float down" using marconi vortex dynamo / super fluid gravity centrifuge technology! (Higgs-God particle accumulators?)

[@datathunderstorm]

dynagravitomagnetic Oh wow! Thanks for that explanation. That definitely explains a great deal, and perfectly fits in with The Anderson-verse of the time 😃👍

[@CartoonsKick]

I saw a real life used in filming Eagle in Blackpool in the early eighties. Without a doubt one of the best space ships in SF! The model was a close up one as well (over a meter long) and just so fantastically detailed. CGI will never match the skill and sheer detail of the hand made models. This should be remade! NOT with CGI nonsense though.. The Eagles should soar again!

[@Cerulean0987]

I've spent many an hour in 2nd grade drawing eagles.

[@caileanseamus1876]

Superb convocation.

[@cletola9675]

The original score of space 1999 was preferabal...in fact i loved it

[@ALLROY240]

NASA likes the design so much that they will build full size operational Eagles for future missions involving a future moon base to be called Moon Base Alpha.

[@danstevenson6612]

If bases are ever actually built on the Moon, a craft like these eagles would be good to use to travel, not between the Earth and the Moon, but just between points on the Moon.

[@asnrobert]

I had both Dinky toy versions- the passenger ship, and the freighter (complete with cans of nuclear waste).

[@signus201]

Hemosas naves

[@MikeE381]

THX

[@MikeE381]

Hi TAD08 Lol, Thanks!

[@markillie]

I've always wondered how they boarded a 'freighter' eagle (one that moves the nuclear pods) as every time you see them board an eagle it's a transport type with the 'porta cabin' under it and the walkway tube connected to it. The freighter eagle has the door to the cockpit blocked by the load it's carrying.

[@DaveWard-xc7vd]

The devil is in the details.

[@xatanos]

COOL STAR SHIP. hi performance EAGLES = SPACE-VOLKSWAGEN.

[@cramondwilliams4437]

The Eagles have to be updated if there is a remake. Give them wider Noce Cones, Wider Side Pods that hold up the landing legs, longer service modules, wider passenger modules, Add more engines at the back of the Eagles, and soup them up and make them wider. Some Eagles can be Longer and some Eagles can be Shorter. Add Cargo and Different Storage Area Modules to them and add extra air locks. Even add a swiss army knife and can opener to each of them. ; -)

[@CutterKenneth]

I loved the show too. Your vid is wow wow wow. I was wondering if you made one showing the insides as well as the outsides.

[@KoshVader]

Cool tribute!

[@Roadracer987654321]

The Eagle Spaceships were very Cool in the 1970s. In the Remake they should be be just as Cool.. Maybe different types of Eagles would be assigned to Moonbase Alpha. When they lifted up out of the Hangar on their Elevators they Just Looked Badass... Even the Superior Alien Technologies out there were no match for them.

[@cletola9675]

Great ..! Exellent..!😁😁😁