The level of comfort, respect and service in those days were far better than today.
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
A M but only the wealthy or business guy could afford to fly. Back then if someone said they flew somewhere you assumed grandma died.
@alvexok55234 жыл бұрын
@@robertgary3561 , the mother of the boy must've been the wife of a doctor or business executive or something.
@semsemeini79053 жыл бұрын
LOL and no security!!
@RoadCone4113 жыл бұрын
And yet safety has come a long, long way. The efficiency of the aircraft, route optimization and ticket prices are so much better than they were in 1970. Not to mention business routes were like flying boys clubs, when only the ‘prettiest’ stewardesses were hand-picked and they had to act flirty. Many were mistreated, by today’s workplace standards anyway. Sure, modern low cost airlines may not be glamorous but they serve a purpose. It’s easy to be more accommodating and offer a higher level of service when there were far fewer people traveling…some may lament that but many of us would never have experienced flying if it remained like it was. We all have a choice, if you want to travel like they did in 1970 then prepare to pay for first/business class or get your own jet. I’m not trying to sound argumentative but 1970 was more than 50 years ago and a lot changes- 50 years prior to that, commercial aviation didn’t exist.
@mjl1966y2 жыл бұрын
@@RoadCone411 No, it was just better back then.
@chickenadobo76496 жыл бұрын
These videos make me nostalgic for a time I didn't even live in.
@taroman7100 Жыл бұрын
We tolerate too much now. And where's the competition? it sucks.
24 күн бұрын
I lived during those times and worked for TWA at LAX. I flew regularly in those days and now I have no desire to go anywhere in a commercial airliner after the last couple of trips in recent history. Poor service, cramped seats and rude passengers are today's norm.
@carolsmith51513 жыл бұрын
I would go back to those days in a heartbeat. Thanks for the memories.
@taroman7100 Жыл бұрын
If we could go faster than a heart beat that would ok too!
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
You can experience that now at Emirates!
@stefaniefournier41175 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1970 and videos such as this really show how things have changed. Great video, thank you!
@errorsofmodernism97154 жыл бұрын
multiculturalism is great isn't it!
@user-classicman7 ай бұрын
أتمنى لك عمرا مديدا
@davidmeador15022 жыл бұрын
I used to love spotting at Dulles before the midfield terminals were built. The unobstructed view was absolutely incredible.
@robyoungquist58035 жыл бұрын
TWA “Starstream” was the moniker for their 707s and “Royal Ambassador “ the moniker for their First Class inflight service. Flew the 707 First Class many times. To this day, the 707 still remains my favorite aircraft and will always hold a special place in my heart 👍🏻
@clausstimpfig38035 жыл бұрын
remember the B-727 Star of Berlin???
@alvexok55234 жыл бұрын
Yes. And I miss the days of 727s and L1011s too, and airlines no longer around like TWA, Eastern, and Pan-Am
@brkitdwn3 жыл бұрын
@@alvexok5523 They are not around due to poor management.
@davisewilliams84382 жыл бұрын
Me too. Used to work at JFK for TWA.
@Jeph629 Жыл бұрын
The 707s still fly over my house everyday, now configured as military KC-35s as refueling planes in and out of MacDill AFB.
@bernardboka42773 жыл бұрын
True golden age of air travel. I am glad I got to experience it as a child. Really broadened my horizons
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
The golden age of air travel is available at Emirates, now better thsn ever.
@kirstenschafer17192 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the upload! I have good memories of this golden days of air travel! The passengers were dressed elegantly! Everything had a touch of exclusivity! My very first flight was in 1974...and took me to Stockholm...I was 12 and I travelled alone! ✈️🇸🇪🇩🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇯🇵🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇹🇳🇩🇿 🇼🇫🇷🇺🇳🇴🇪🇸🏴🇨🇳🇱🇰✈️
@scottcunius81815 жыл бұрын
Flew out of Dulles in 1972 on a TWA 707 to San Francisco on way to live in Australia. Was in 2nd grade.
@donkeeton7897 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy all these retro videos I have a collection of plastic see thru late 60s early 70s passenger jets PanAm United TWA and British Airways I was born in 1968 and Iam so intrigued by the these videos I can only imagine air travel was much simpler and more pleasant back then unlike all the hassles and craziness of unruly passengers of today its just 😔 sad .
@ketoking94356 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70s was cool,,
@rosemaryangela18253 жыл бұрын
Oh yes it was! I was 10 in 1970
@SuperBooboo023 жыл бұрын
@@rosemaryangela1825 way better than now
@waynehentley43322 жыл бұрын
What was cool about it?🤔🤔🤔
@ExpansivenessofLight7 ай бұрын
@@waynehentley4332 - no fear about kids playing outside, great tv shows that were wholesome and actually funny, passengers on airplanes were treated like royalty vs. cattle, water was cleaner, food was healthier, no chemtrails filling the skies. However, people were repressed of their true emotions and for people of color it was much harder to live a prosperous life, including women.
@waynehentley43327 ай бұрын
I was a teen in the 70s!
@iandunbar-reid60186 жыл бұрын
A classic video. Thanks for sharing this, the magic of the 707. I feel privileged to be able to remember those days.
@MsFiregal6 жыл бұрын
Brings back lots of memories. My dad was a mobile lounge operator for many years.
@odinsson2046 жыл бұрын
MsFiregal when did he retire?
@ricardoscoton67555 жыл бұрын
What a great era! My Gosh... no words to describe my feeling now!
@michaeltalbott44962 жыл бұрын
NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL LIVERY OF TWA AND THE DISTINCTIVE DESIGN OF THE BOEING 707----AWESOME
@scottcantrell73486 жыл бұрын
"Where are you going Tony Smith?" ~ Creeeeeeepppppy af.
@johnfarr27385 жыл бұрын
Scott Cantrell he sounds like he’s narrating a video for a bunch of 5 year olds.
@brkitdwn3 жыл бұрын
This was an educational film for kids.
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains6065 жыл бұрын
No security of any kind really makes you look back in envy
@Me-yh4uc4 жыл бұрын
loganbaileysfunwithtrains Yeah no Muslims
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
No security of any kind really makes you truly grateful that hijackings aren't a thing anymore.
@sniperdolphin13975 жыл бұрын
Yes, let’s ignore the existence of the Flight Engineer. He’s only the most critical member of the flight deck on 707s
@the_cheese6 жыл бұрын
This brought back vivid memories of watching this very same video (with "Ripples" intro and outro) when I was in Kindergarten in the mid-1970s.
@odinsson2046 жыл бұрын
Back when flying was an adventure.
@michaeltalbott44962 жыл бұрын
TODAY ITS A NIGHTMARETO FLY
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
Flying First Class at Emirates is an adventure
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
@@michaeltalbott4496 on the contrary - the safety levels of that era, which is the most important thing, is the real nightmare.
@dragonmeddler21525 жыл бұрын
Regarding the meal service, it seemed to me when jet aircraft came on line, having a multi-course meal served aloft, although nice, on most flights, there just wasn't enough time for it. I remember how the FAs would have to race thru it to get people fed before dishes would have to be collected prior to landing. If there was any delay such as for turbulence, it only added to the chaos. I recall a couple of times when meals weren't served when they were scheduled because time simply ran out on the crew. With jets, most domestic flights became 2 hours or less so you wouldn't starve even if your flight was airborne during mealtimes. Jet speed was good but some good things were lost in the process.
@stitch-xx2oo6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. this airport isn't far from me...
@gsxerwhite4 жыл бұрын
My Dad was there. He worked the ramp for TWA at Dulles in the 70’s, then in the 80’s switched to BWI.
@matthewkeiser5780 Жыл бұрын
That young fellow could be me, on annual journeys from IAD to LAX in the late 60's and early 70's.
@azizahkasim52676 жыл бұрын
Ahhh these old good days ...
@augieacevedo6915 Жыл бұрын
This was back when people had pride, discipline, and self respect.
@user-classicman7 ай бұрын
أحسنت القول ❤
@1000CalorieSnackPack2 жыл бұрын
It is amazing how much of the main terminal is exactly the same as it is today, and how the same "People Movers" (the bus Tony boards from the terminal) are still in use today, and all are still very effective.
@elgordo4962 жыл бұрын
Look how nicely people dressed back then.
@lavalampluva554013 жыл бұрын
Hot meals, not dried out pretzels. No TSA groping.
@ragaglia6 жыл бұрын
The narrator's voice reminds me of HAL 9000's in "2001 a space odyssey"
@mt93726 жыл бұрын
with a hint of Vincent Price.
@ragaglia6 жыл бұрын
lol
@jorgie2u5 жыл бұрын
Mr Rodgers?
@JillysMidwest5 жыл бұрын
Donald Rumsfeld?
@MarkTheLostTraveler6 жыл бұрын
I remember all that when I worked there back in the early 80's
@masteryoda4985 жыл бұрын
You have to love those old cockpits, with all those steam/analogue gauges, these days all the cockpits are glass/digital.
@sandyhanson6082 Жыл бұрын
Flew on a TWA 707 in 1969. I was 10. Beautiful plane!😊...and yes we put on our best clothes too!
@thomasburke79953 жыл бұрын
That terminal announces voice was still in use back in the early 1990's..I was told is was synthetic taped analog computer that could seamlessly broadcast anything you typed into it.
@thercpoop6 жыл бұрын
totally loving the DC metro area airports. keep em comming
@camachinist6 жыл бұрын
Great upload, thanks. Rode the moon buggies a lot but never to the plane. They had fins on the top by the time I started riding them and the extendable ramp was gone.
@MrTitan2253 жыл бұрын
Boeing 707 ... The Cadillac of Jets
@FredNAirPlanes5 ай бұрын
Wow! I like those old footage plane videos, they are like time machines that are made from lcd screens.
@gideonewers17862 жыл бұрын
Was about the age of that boy that same year when I flew out of Dulles to London on TWA for an extended vacation, earlier before our flight, we waved my Dad off on another 707 heading west that would ultimately deliver him to Tan Shon Nhut - and another year in the "fun captial of the world"...
@eyestoenvy6 жыл бұрын
God I miss TWA
@Bikerbug20204 жыл бұрын
eyescrynot - Icahn stripped it clean, I worked for the company for 4 years, before moving on
@turkey0165 Жыл бұрын
Up Up And Away Fly TWA ! 👍
@turkey0165 Жыл бұрын
@@Bikerbug2020 ICAHN = S.O.B
@christopherhennessey8991 Жыл бұрын
Same here. I also miss when they used to serve food in coach.
@christopherhennessey8991 Жыл бұрын
@@turkey0165 I remember the commercial .I was 10 years old the time.
@jerseyjoe32146 жыл бұрын
That’s when flying was a pleasure !
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
Flying is still a pleasure at Emirates.
@castlearghhh60232 жыл бұрын
When I moved to Northern Virginia in 1981 Dulles was still underutilized as it is in this video. It didn't really change until United made it a hub in the late 1980s.
@wotan109506 жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s an era truly ‘gone with the wind.’ I only flew on one 707 in my life - 1974, TWA. And that vacation included my first 747 and L-1011.
@LoganLavery6 жыл бұрын
Ha, mine was an American 707 in Jan '73. We flew a United 747B-200 a few days earlier. I did fly in a Qantas 707 a couple years later AKL-SYD
@alvexok55234 жыл бұрын
@@LoganLavery, I flew on TWA 707s a couple of times in the early 1980s, as well as TWA 727s and L1011s, Eastern 727s and L1011s, and Delta 727s and 707s
@mannyistheman22215 жыл бұрын
Back when flying used to be an enjoyable activity and respectable. 😁😁😁
@ady-uk71503 ай бұрын
The black speckles throughout this film didn't bother me at all, apart from the kitchen section from 2:15, when they all turned in to flies! A great video, thanks.
@LeeDfined3 ай бұрын
The Stewardesses looked so dainty and classy walking up to the plane.
@margarita84422 жыл бұрын
was a great source of comfort when the non-smoking sign went off -- and everyone would light up and relax !!!!
@johnharris66552 жыл бұрын
I walked through the 707 that was Air Force One for President Reagan at the Reagan Museum. I was surprised how small it was.
@magickann6 жыл бұрын
I had one of those suitcases! TWA sold the excess ones to employees every year.
@superorphangodsworshipper65774 жыл бұрын
Ann Bowen - It is a news to me.
@lucyterrier79052 ай бұрын
My first airplane ride was in 1975 at 7 years old to Europe in a TWA jet. We received free wing pins and TWA carry on bags. We wore our Sunday best to fly.
@AccessAir6 жыл бұрын
I remember those Ripples programs form grade school.
@chrisk81874 жыл бұрын
Or "from" even............
@rapman53632 жыл бұрын
I love how the baggage handler handles the bags in a careful and deliberate manner, stacking the bags neatly side by side. Today they just toss the bag on the cart and casually pile bag upon bag. 🤷♂️
@douglasladowski63423 жыл бұрын
Thank you putting these on, it does bromg back many pleasant days
@benjaminricafrente50346 жыл бұрын
Back when people actually suited up just to get on a plane.
@aristosplayer15735 жыл бұрын
lol
@Eric_Hutton.19805 жыл бұрын
They would also dress up to go on the train or ship as well. The world of travel has lost something over the years.
@clonSanG3 жыл бұрын
All dressed smart not like trash
@embrj14533 жыл бұрын
To be fair, people back in the day would suit up to go take a poop test...
@turkey0165 Жыл бұрын
People had class back then and took pride in the way they looked unlike the classless Jean wearing stinky bums flying today! And there were no in flight fights either! Different type of flying people then compared to today!
@jamesford36486 жыл бұрын
This was a “School film” hence the “Mr Rogers” Type narration.
@cybersquire5 жыл бұрын
More like "Mr Creeper"
@gramirez725 жыл бұрын
If I were Tony and I heard this guy for real, I'd run like hell...
@leathmyatt756 жыл бұрын
3 of the Airport movies were filmed at Dulles. Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde: Airport '79
@brkitdwn6 жыл бұрын
Leath Myatt The first three were great. The fourth turned comical.
@allthestroke886 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Die Hard 2.
@wotan109506 жыл бұрын
Leath Myatt Don’t forget ‘Seven Days in May.’
@LLover-ee3qv6 жыл бұрын
Darryl Fraser Die Hard 2 was supposed to be taking place at Dulles, however it wasn't filmed there. It was filmed in Hollywood in Studios and at the Tom Bradley international terminal at LAX! Nothing in Die Hard 2 looked even remotely like Dulles, which really bothered me when I first watched it! Dulles is such a uniquely designed airport with such a unique characteristic terminal that I was really disappointed when watching Die Hard 2 ! I was like "what the hell?!?!" Today - flying in and out of IAD all the time - I probably can't even watch it! It would bother me too much 🙈😂
@bendaoued37406 жыл бұрын
Leath Myatt I watched all the movies in the90s in an isolated place in Africa it was in frensh
@towcub7 ай бұрын
Dulles wasn’t very busy at first. I used to shoot landings there all the time, very little traffic. Deregulation hadn’t happened yet. Very little hub style airline scheduling. The terminal was beautiful. The mobile lounges were AWESOME. Such a shame they didn’t work out, the hub thing was pretty much incompatible with the lounges. That big United terminal in a separate building just ain’t the same.
@brian402 Жыл бұрын
I was around that boy Tony's age when i had my very first ride on a 707,it was on a Qantas 707 V-Jet .,i flew to Sydney in Australia from my homeland New Zealand.The flight took 3 hours there & 2 hours 30 mins back because of the tail wind,the food on Qantas back then was really great unlike the Qantas of today!.
@martyduncan26363 жыл бұрын
IAD still has the shuttle mobiles that go between concourse A and concourse D
@brkitdwn3 жыл бұрын
4:17 Showing where a passenger will be seated denoted by a smiley face. I bet those were cleaned after each flight.
@jjgreek16 жыл бұрын
Tony Smith is 50 now!
@jessesan20034 жыл бұрын
Tony is now 51, spending life in prison because he killed the narrator.
@clausstimpfig38036 жыл бұрын
all of These memories…..
@raoulcruz44046 жыл бұрын
Airport kitchen???? What's that? Is that where they keep the little bags of pretzels?
@worldwidebear19675 жыл бұрын
Yes and the peanuts. lol
@mannyistheman22215 жыл бұрын
You have to remember this is when flying used to be respectable. It's a period where you actually had to speak f****** English to work for the airlines. It's when the airlines were about the customers and not their pockets. many airlines would serve meals on domestic flights up until September 11th 2001 and that not only changed the security but airlines started cutting back to pay for these increased costs.. this is when our society had standards
@ezekielgideon47214 жыл бұрын
@@mannyistheman2221 Amen to that.
@philfils-aime47455 жыл бұрын
I remember those days
@KLONDYKE1111 Жыл бұрын
the narrator's english is perfect!
@mr2bmw6 жыл бұрын
IAD still looks the same as in 1970!
@appleiphone695 жыл бұрын
mr2bmw they still use the mobile lounges. I used to call them the moon vehicles because they reminded me of the vehicles in the tv show Space 1999. Now the vehicles drive to the C or D terminals not directly to the plane.
@johnfarr27385 жыл бұрын
mr2bmw the main terminal does yes but the people movers are long gone
@johnfarr27385 жыл бұрын
They msg use them on occasion but ever since they build the underground tram system and the new terminals not as much
@chewk3 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@mannyistheman22215 жыл бұрын
this is when Marriott used to cater the airlines. They're the ones who came up with the concept. If you look on the catering trucks it says the logo of the Marriott corporation. They got out of food service and airline catering in the 80s and early 90s. By the late 90s their hot Shoppes restaurants were closed forever.
@Z06ified4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was born In the early 70’s, and I remember the Marriott catering trucks everywhere. Marriott and Sky Chefs, which I think Lufthansa bought and still owns today. At TWA’s larger hubs like JFK, they actually had their own company catering facilities for all of their flights, and other airlines too. To this day, the best shrimp scampi dinner I ever ate was on a TWA Royal Ambassador flight to London from JFK, which was prepared by that catering facility. While US airlines rarely operate their own catering facilities today, there are still examples of it around the world, like Emirates in Dubai and Lufthansa in Frankfurt. Anyway, awesome video - brought back great memories.
@mannyistheman2221 Жыл бұрын
@Z06ified Marriott in flite catering was sold to CaterAir in 1989. Marriott maintained a small stake in that company and the people who took it over were former executives of the inflight catering division. Even though it was now cater air, it still flew under the Marriott flag. That ended in 1995 when Marriott divested whatever it had left in the company and it became cater air fully. You don't have food service companies like Marriott anymore and it's sad.
@joshuadunford31716 жыл бұрын
I love this channel.
@scottmathews37774 жыл бұрын
This announcer sounds like Mr. Rogers. "Can you say ground stop, little boy?" I flew through Dulles a few times in the 1960s and 1970s. Those mobile lounges were a pain. All they did was add an extra layer of complexity to the boarding process. And if you ran up to the gate at the last minute after the lounge had departed, tough luck. I guess the point was to park those ugly airplanes as far away from the beautiful terminal as possible. Another problem with Dulles in the early days was that people often confused "Dulles" with "Dallas." I spoke to a flight attendant who accidentally bid for a Dallas route when she thought she was bidding for Dulles. She wondered why the flight was taking so much longer!
@superluminal89 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who was behind "the voice" that announced the flights at Dulles? He was there for YEARS since it was built until the early 90s, I think.
@hadrian34872 жыл бұрын
"Where are you going Tony Smith". I might hire that voice and call it - HAL9000 a humanoid computer, I'm thinking of making a movie called - 2001 A Space Odyssey.
@klc3176 жыл бұрын
Look how gently the luggage was treated back then....lol
@superorphangodsworshipper65774 жыл бұрын
klc317 - And treated passengers too gently. Now some passengers too are rude. Sometimes, it is difficult to say, who is more rude, some passengers or some of airlines' staff.
@jM1620074 жыл бұрын
Wow , I didn’t know they already had automatic doors back in 1970.
@badgermoon9229 Жыл бұрын
Just didn't have cell phones and desk-top/laptop computers. Other than that it wasn't all that different, other than how crude people have become.
@bernardboka4277 Жыл бұрын
We were treated like kings and flying was even more special than the destination
@rafaelwilks Жыл бұрын
Emirates First Class is so good it totally puts the whole golden age of flying to shame!
@bernardboka4277 Жыл бұрын
@@rafaelwilks yes, but far more expensive than the 60s and 70s even adjusted for inflation. But you have a good point. Yet even coach class back in the day was something special.
@TMG2rfj15 күн бұрын
I remember these times well. It’s tragic how far our civilization has declined since then…
@gregorylincoln43285 жыл бұрын
Trans Global Golden Argosy 707 to Rome now boarding.
@CStewart752042 жыл бұрын
Note the innovative “Mobile Lounge” in this video. IAD, Washington Dullles International Airport, had a unique architectural and functional design. One large, rectangular central terminal containing adjacent rectangular departure lounges inside. Each departure lounge had a doorway connecting the terminal departure gate lounge to the docked “Mobile Lounge.” You would go to the departure gate and take a seat in the Mobile Lounge until your flight was ready to depart. The lounge itself transported you to the aircraft where you walked on a covered jet plank to the aircraft. Note at minute 11 you will see aircraft lined up one behind the other nose to tail. When the aircraft landed they would exit the runway and park on a long strip of stands parallel with the adjacent taxiway. The idea was to save aircraft fuel and improve logistic mobility. I recall landing at IAD, turning off the runway, just a short little taxi before the engines shut down. We could see the Dulles Terminal in the distance with mobile lounges and trucks coming to us.
@ricardoscoton67555 жыл бұрын
Why I was born at 90's?
@orangemonster612 жыл бұрын
Have a nice flight Tony Smith and keep your feet off the seats.
@imacg5658 Жыл бұрын
This is actually our local airport! It’s quite surprising how much still remains the same, such as the interior of the main building. When I went there recently, I specifically looked for how many older jets I could find. To my surprise, I found a couple MD-10s/MD-11s in active service with FedEx and UPS! Other similarities: Airline font at the ticket booths is the same The ticket acceptors’ booths are the exact same The bus ports are similar Same Air Control tower, although I think another one was built near it.
@jjgreek15 жыл бұрын
Who's idea was the stupid bus from terminal to plane, idea? I got on one of those things when I was real little, and a lady on the bus said "I've never been on a plane like this".
@larry-re7ox5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@gaguy19676 жыл бұрын
Ozark flew there from Champaign and Peoria
@tomcarr46305 жыл бұрын
A brief shot of the FE, but no mention of him that I recall.
@lukethompson5558 Жыл бұрын
Wow have we certainly moved backwards in the efficiency of baggage handling! ULD containers for luggage in a narrow-body, 53 years ago?! We’ve gone back to hand loading!
@waynehentley43327 ай бұрын
55 people?? That's why fares were so high!😊😊
@robertbauers22103 жыл бұрын
I always wondered who the person was that announced the boarding 0:46-0:55. I remember hearing him in the early-mid 80s announcing the flights. Every Saturday my family and I would go to IAD for a few hours watching the planes take off/land from the observation deck. My first flight out of IAD was on Republic loved walking out to board the plane.
@borisbekker99922 жыл бұрын
I miss those sounds
@billlu9468 Жыл бұрын
Specifically, this airport needs a scheduled nonstop service to Shanghai Pudong Airport. That, or Reagan (yes, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner can land there, even on a full payload and also a long-distance nonstop commercial flight).
@johnmeye2 жыл бұрын
There are A LOT of 737s still flying
@timbell2853 ай бұрын
The mobile lounges were a horrible idea
@taroman7100 Жыл бұрын
707 always looked like it was smiling with a cute button nose.
@philipemma23593 жыл бұрын
Ahhh...the 70s and 80s. When flying was a pleasure and you were treated like royalty. Now? Puleeeze!
@kurttappe6 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see that Dulles didn't have jetways in 1970. When were they installed?
@111Swissair6 жыл бұрын
Late 80’s
@melbourne7276 жыл бұрын
Dulles (named for former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles) was dedicated by John F. Kennedy on 11/17/62. National had restrictions based on destination, including (but not limited to) all transcontinental and intercontinental flights, and on type of aircraft. I remember flying out of there a couple times as a child, in the early 60s.
@melbourne7276 жыл бұрын
Dulles (IAD) was the first airport in the world built specifically for the jet age. Until the DFW airport was built, Dulles was the largest airport in the world in terms of acreage. Although some regional jets used gates and stairways located directly in front of the observation deck and the tower, all other airliners parked on the ramp in the distance. The idea was to keep the engine noise away from the terminal. And walking distance from the check-in counter to the gates (mobile lounges) was short. The mobile lounges were designed by the same world-renowned architect who designed the terminal: Eero Saarinen. Saarinen also designed the TWA terminal ("The Bird") at JFK Airport. (The TWA terminal is now used by JetBlue.)
@Mxsmanic2 жыл бұрын
This film was definitely narrated by Mr. Creepy.
@grumblekin2 жыл бұрын
Dulles hasn't changed much...the big busses still run and the planes still fly. But the culture that made air travel pleasant has changed. It's Hell, now.
@tedsaylor60165 жыл бұрын
Check out how Dulles has nothing around it. Not that way now!
@enriquevega44806 жыл бұрын
a 707 without a tail antenna is less 707
@dragonmeddler21525 жыл бұрын
The tail-mounted Univac HF radio antenna coupler was installed mostly on 707-320s used in international and trans oceanic routes.
@DanEBoyd2 жыл бұрын
@@dragonmeddler2152 If I had a 707, I'd have the antenna coupler put on just for looks! Once you've seen a 707 with it, one without it looks incomplete...