Widebody Jets at HONOLULU AIRPORT (2000)

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[@zefconero2094]

That KAL 777 @1:56 is still in active service today. A real workhorse.

[@rickowskii]

Its last flight was on March 2, 2020 from Seoul-Gimpo to Busan.

[@mizzyroro]

The best days of aviation. There are no beauties like these anymore.

[@smishsmash100]

The kid in background "whoaing" in amazement after every rotation

[@alivewithpassion]

And in their mid twenties now. It would be cool if that kid became an airline pilot.

[@apotato5563]

wooooooooow its fing wowair

[@andrewlane3057]

miss the days of the DC10/MD 11.. L1011.. 737.. classic 747.. exc exc. .the dc8!! 707!! the classic 767-200!!

[@averagejoe9249]

andrew lane Now the narrow body planes rule the skies

[@jasonbabila6006]

andrew lane When I was living on Kauai, HI and United Airlines started to fly directly to Kauai from Los Angeles around 1982 or 1983, United started out with the sleek DC-8’s for about a year or so then the DC-8’s got replaced by the DC-10 and that probably lasted for maybe until the mid to late 90’s, then United replaced the DC-10’s to Kauai with the 757-200’s and 737-800’s with additional flights from LAX, SFO, and Denver, more major airlines like American flying directly to Kauai with the 757-200 from PHX and the A321 or sometimes the 757-200 from LAX, Delta Airlines between Seattle to Kauai and LAX to Kauai with the 757-200’s, seasonal West Jet and Air Canada between Vancouver B.C. 737-800’s and 737 Max 8, Hawaiian Airlines A321 between LAX, Oakland, and Kauai

[@Bosstron5000]

And MD-80s

[@garyallen1056]

Love that metallic livery of American Airlines & Hawaiian.... That was a classic look on those awesome DC 10s.

[@bestpilot98]

1:06 - 1:47 min in the video are absolutely perfect! takes me back to the days of plentiful widebody aircraft flying all-round the country. i miss those days...especially as a non-rev employee!!

[@97I30T]

I flew into Honolulu in 2005. Even as recently as then that airport was crawling with 3-holers. There were tons of DC-10s, MD-11s, L1011s, and aloha's 737-200s. Times really have changed.

[@97I30T]

That computer guy aka Aryan ATA was still flying around DC-10's and L1011's at that time, Omni Air International had DC-10's back then, and so did Northwest. Also KLM had their MD-11's. Plus there were all of the cargo operators as well. There's more I'm forgetting but those were the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

[@Novusod]

There are still a lot of Cargo DC-10s around even in 2018.

[@profligatepassages]

@@97I30T 05' is the first year I went to Hawaii as a child; seemed like the 3 holers had been replaced by 747s for everyone aside from ATA and NWA. Got to try out America West for the first time on the PHX-HNL leg. Shame all that is no more

[@josephmercer9576]

I miss the 727s and L-1011s terribly. Trijets in general just have more personality than the boring twins we have today.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

@@josephmercer9576 Agreed, The L-1011 is my Favorite. Right behind that is the 727 for me, Love the TriJets !

[@MFawad-xy4si]

What a life it was, good old days...

[@mrman7084]

Such a unique mix of the original widebody crew and a few later gen widebodies, and to hear the differences in sound of them (P/W,RR, GE) at takeoff power back to back makes it even better!!!!

[@drocko2011]

Widebody jets are one my passions. I love to see them fly and hear the growl of those engines!!!

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

I remember back in the day when you could go to the gates and I was in LAX and the Delta L10lls pulled right up to the window; man those were the days.

[@doctorbad]

Man I miss the old American and United liveries :(

[@wyoboy01]

I still love that Tulip.

[@jimmygee3219]

The old American livery was absolutely gorgeous. American Airlines just doesn’t look like American Airlines anymore.

[@garyallen1056]

Yes the new American livery is ok- but that raw metallic look of the old AA was great when it reflected the sunlight just right.

[@tedpittsinger9688]

American, yes! United, no! (My opinion only! And, ya know what they say about opinions.) :)

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

@@tedpittsinger9688 I loved all the United liveries until they gained the delusion that they're the new Continental (the globe livery belongs only on Continental).

[@dogisrain]

As a kid I would stay up all night in my moms 24th floor apartment in Waikiki watching the planes take off from the reef runway and try and tell where they were going based on what direction they would take after take off. Thanks for the memories!

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

haha cool sfory; yea my mom would drive me down from Mililani town to watch planes take off on the reef runway; damn i miss it so much.

[@steveskouson9620]

My roommate, as well as my landlord had boats. We'd launch at the Sand Island ramp, and go cruising around the Reef runway. One day, we headed to Waikiki, (why, I don't know, that place is a PIT) we were escorted by about 200 Spinner Dolphins! At any given time, 5 or 10 in the air! Again, wish I had brought a camera! steve

[@gio11138]

When I saw the L-1011 it certainly made my day.

[@jr13227]

That engine roar was amazing

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

They are the Best !

[@darringraham2613]

Wide body aircraft and HAWAII, NOTHING BETTER

[@nightflyer3242]

4:42 Rare footage of China Airlines' MD-11.

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

As a kid I remember the Western Airlines DC10 on the tv commerical....."western airlines, the ooooonnnnnlllllyyyy way to fly"!

[@steveskouson9620]

I had a friend that had a "swizzle stick" in his sailboat, from Western, that had the vertical stab, and rudder as well as the #2 engine on it. The Only way to Fly! steve

[@elitewarrior0076]

There is still a good amount of airplane diversity at Honolulu, still plenty of 767s and 777s, a lot more A321s, and 737s too. Also A330s and 757s as well.

[@adventures8977]

I love the variety especially the tri-jets.

[@dwmzmm]

Back in March 1997 for the first leg of our family's trip to the Philippines from Houston, TX we flew on a CO DC-10 from IAH - LAX, only that this DC-10 had "Continental Micronesia" on the fuselage. For our LAX to GMP we flew on Korean Air 747-400, but couldn't land at Gimpo as scheduled due to heavy fog; got diverted to a US airport lower south of South Korea. That meant we missed our connecting flight from Gimpo to Manila; since most of the passengers on that Korean Air flight from LAX to GMP were filipinos, PAL (Philippine Airlines) was able to fly in one of their aircraft (it was one of their MD-11) to GMP to pick us up and get us to Manila (nearly 10 hours behind scheduled). It was a real treat to be able to fly on the outbound legs two tri-engined classics (DC-10, MD-11) as well as the unforgettable 747-400! Plus, for our trip from Manila to Baguio City (our final destination) we flew on Asian Spirit de Havilland Canada Dash-7, and then on returning to Manila we flew on PAL's Fokker 50 aircraft.

[@josephmercer9576]

Love that growl of the JT-9s and RB-211s!

[@rorymacve]

I've only been to Honolulu once, and that was in January 2001, and this is certainly how I remember it, good old 747's, DC10's, MD11's and the plucky 737-200 on Aloha flights! Superb video, so many good memories caught on tape! :D

[@thegteam4349]

I was stationed on Honolulu when I was in the Army. I used to love to go onto Hickam AFB to have a front row seat to see these big birds fly. This was in the early 1990's

[@goodfella2400]

I’m impressed the widebody trijets were dominating this much at HNL in circa 2000.

[@colin2319]

So many DC-10s, its beautiful!

[@dopeintegra83]

The horrific events on 9-11 forced the retirement of many of the jets in the video. It changed the face of aviation forever.

[@danieldrayet2364]

dopeintegra83 yes that day continental grounded their entire dc-10 fleet

[@CARBONHAWK1]

Daniel Drayet why

[@jyskib]

How so?

[@CARBONHAWK1]

Heschewingonit so if it wasn’t for 9/11 there would’ve probably be more MDs in the air?

[@MrSmartpie]

Pablo Herasme Yes but you would also see a lot more wide bodies on domestic routes like 767s

[@GrinddalCPH]

Damn I miss those Tri-Jets!

[@koverbratkovra8465]

5:07 WOW! I worked and flyed on this 747-300 ja8187 when it came to Transaero Airlines as VP-BGW. Only good memories from classic 747 with PW JT9!

[@overlordswazy]

The memories!!! I use to love all the cool remix designs of Airliners, especially JAPAN AIRLINES. Great Memories! Great Post! Very Nostalgic. I use to post up Lagoon Drive before 9-11 every weekend as a kid and watch planes.

[@goytabr]

Interesting, lots of DC-10s and 747s (including a rare 747-300), but only one passenger 777 (Korean Air) and one A330 (Canada 3000). Now it's the opposite, these two twinjet types rule the long-haul market.

[@graemewilliams1308]

Goyta: For info some of the last 747-300 operators were Ansett International Australia & Corsair Europe.

[@nathanw9770]

There's a United 777 as well at 3:48

[@alexeibradley-malcolm2462]

@@graemewilliams1308 Actually Qantas as well! Ansett went bankrupt in 2002 and Qantas flew their last 747-300 in 2008!

[@learjet748flyer]

Philippine Airlines operated DC-10s (747s if they operated) and A340-300s in Honolulu in several years. Now also an A330 operator since 2014. 😉

[@CorporateJetpilot]

Really miss the classics. You always have the best footages of the best times in aviation. Miss the old United 747 classics especially the 100’s. By this time since Delta retired the L-1011 the following year, you could tell it was getting old. How time flys. Keep up the vids. Absolutely amazing

[@dave4shmups]

I MISS the DC-10! Such a great widebody to fly on!

[@nics9840]

I love trijets so much 😍

[@loaferguy73]

The Delta and ATA (American Trans Air) were L1011's and the Korean was a 777-200 ER.

[@hawaiianhippie]

I love this video so much. So many great memories. I used to sit at the top floor of long term parking on my lunch breaks and just watch the planes...before 9-11, I'd have lunch in the airport (and visit the museum before it closed down). I miss the L-1011's. I've flown on ATA's Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays and Delta's L-1011's quite a few times. It's not quite the same without ATA, Aloha Airlines, Continental, L-1011's and DC-10's.

[@overlordswazy]

That museum was my theme park as a kid. If i did good in school, my Dad, or Grandpa would take me and I'd get to get one model plane. The Best!!! Very Nostalgic even till this day. I'm 28 now, i was into planes since birth. Still am. Great comment!

[@lauchingwan]

Awesome video.Such amazing airliners...man I miss those days

[@jasonbabila6006]

There are a few airlines that no longer exists and some got absorbed by existing airlines, continental and NW are an example, the DC-10’s are a thing of the past with the major airlines, the last time I’ve flown in a DC-10 was back in July 2000 when I moved to WA from HI, it was a shiny silver Hawaiian 🌺 Airlines DC-10 which I think was a former American Airlines DC-10.

[@TheSlayerXnight]

I really liked the design of United Airlines back then

[@loaferguy73]

Excellent, what a treat. Nice to see the mix of 1st gen widebodies to some of the current crop!

[@friedchicken1]

things were different in the past

[@oahuhawaii2141]

I remember my first trip off of Oahu, and it was on a Delta L-1011 in 1985. The takeoff was stunning because I had a window seat on the starboard side, and could see the ocean as we took off the reef runway. And as we climbed, we banked sharply and I looked down to see the shoreline, waves, swimmers, paddlers, and boats. Within minutes, we were enveloped in white clouds, and I lowered the window cover to block the light so we can watch the movie. It felt like only a couple of hours later and already we were descending over LA. I raised the window cover and saw people washing their cars. I even could read the license plates. Just as it seemed we were landing onto some neighborhood street, we crossed a fence line and over the runway. Our plane landed so smoothly that I didn't even feel the wheels touching the tarmac -- the only sensation was the aburt deceleration as the reverse thrusters engaged. The whole cabin applauded that landing. Wow! Amazing takeoff and landing that are memorable to this day. This video was made 16 years later, in 2001, yet I can't even recall my one trip that year. I had to check my notes to see that I had flown Aloha Airlines, round-trip between HNL and SNA. On my last trip this year, I went to Ireland and Alaska, and I don't remember much about those flights, except watching from my window seat several F-22s take off from Hickam.

[@DirbyOne]

Amazing to think a majority of them are in a desert somewhere being scrapped for parts, torn apart or being moth-balled for storage. Long ago I was that kid wooing at the site of these majestic beasts. Long live L1011’s, DC10’S/MD11’s, B747’s and B777’s. Hats off for your service.

[@loaferguy73]

At 3:15 was ATA (American Trans Air), they went out of business in 2008. At 6:28 was a L1011-1 and at 8:40 was a 767-400 :)

[@Des_and_Katrin]

just love it! thank you

[@zeedoogyboy]

Ah! Memories of a bygone era. Love this!

[@blaxton1946]

A superb video many thanks for this.

[@anthonybrandano7503]

was there in 2017 going this year 2020 july on a 787-9 from Dallas nonstop, can't wait.

[@steveskouson9620]

OK, I used to deliver flowers to the various airlines, to ship to the "mainland" and other places. One day, driving past the inter-island terminal, I saw that Hawaiian Air silver fuselage DC-10 (leased from American airlines) parked on the ramp. There was a rainbow, that went from #1 wingtip to the #3 wingtip! (American, and a few other companies, wanted unpainted aluminum, where possible. Yes, it is MUCH harder to make "silver Skin" aircraft.) I wish I had had a camera! Back story, before I was shipping flowers, I was building MD-11s. (Yes, that FedEx take off got my attention. I could have worked on it.) About 6 minutes in, the KAL Md-11 taking off, 50% chance I did the electrical install on the #1 (left side) engine. Working on the East Ramp, in Long beach DAC, I was sitting on the wing, at the leading edge, while the engine crew was removing that motor. They said, I needed to move away from the edge, for a few minutes, while the did their stuff. A SERIOUS LOUD bang, from under the wing. Only thing that kept me from being launched airborne, was "pucker factor." I was "picking underwear" out, for a few days. Felt like I was sitting on a table, and someone hit the underside, with a sledgehammer. All the BUMs (Business Unit Managers) poured out of the East Ramp office, and were GLARING at me. "Hey, I didn't do a thing! I'm working on electrical installation. steve

[@E744763Productions]

These DC-10 sure bring back memories - I remember taking a Northwest DC-10-30 to Honolulu from the west coast in 2005. I think it was one of the last flights with NWA before they retired them.

[@valoriepoindexter8173]

@2:26 commercial jingle: NORTHWEST ORIENT, AIRLINES. !😍 from the '60s

[@sinqros]

I think I might have flown on that L1011 from ATA, I used to fly then a lot back & forth to Honolulu from 2000 till they closed shop..L1011 Tristar my fave Jet..😁

[@bendavis618]

I miss three-engine aircraft. Remember flying into Kahului on a United DC-10 in 1997.

[@jetPower1960]

I could hang out there all day, and watch wide-body jets.

[@tedpittsinger9688]

Non-Stop 747's, Tri ***'s & 10's! When you get my age, 2000 seems like yesterday. But,OMG, it's 20 years go, when Continental had that beautiful livery, & United was butt ugly!

[@adammurphy6845]

DC 10 and MD 11 heaven!

[@jayd1426]

Back when you would see more iconic planes like the DC-10 and the 747 classics in Honolulu.Flying on them would have made a Hawaii trip even more exciting

[@blastedinkthegamer2687]

It’s more like a DC10 party to me

[@LOLmusics]

Omg this is awesomeness!!

[@perezster]

Amazing and entertaining to an avgeek like me. AA DC-10's my favorite, all DC-10's, actually. May I purchase your videos on your website, right?

[@justplanes]

You certainly can. We only offer downloads and have over 300 programs available at this time. Adding titles every week.

[@pwbuzzsaw8438]

I still have your old Las Vegas 2001 spotting tape that I got for christmas almost 15 years ago! In fact, that's where the interest in the AW Ohio 757 on my profile picture came from. You guys did a really good job for a ton of the shots!

[@alyssaboyett9182]

These used to be some dc-10s, md-11s and l-011s and they used to fly to Honolulu and it was right before they retired those ones.

[@DetEJagDe]

That is quite some tri-holers! Love 'em!

[@misled1982]

UAL was still using 747-100 in 2001? talk about an oldie!

[@andrewlane3057]

good eye on ua 747-100 but.. remember that not all the 3 windows were 100s.. likely it was actually a 200.. I miss the classics !!

[@misled1982]

Never knew that! I always thought the 3 windows were only -100

[@Zii73]

There's a -100s with more than three window configuraton

[@EnergeticWaves]

I thot only pan am had the 100

[@LoganLavery]

I knew that not all 10 windows were 200s (as many airlines added the 10 windows to their 100s), but I didn't know that all 3 windows were not 100s.

[@infoise]

Beautiful airplanes....Love heavy's

[@SergioSanchez-lq6rz]

bellos aviones,,,MD11 y DC10- 15 y 30 y los jumbos b747-300 y 200 la aviacion que dejo de existir en pasajeros ,,, muy diferente los aviones de hoy puro 737 y 320 guacala

[@ManningTaylor]

After UAL and Delta. No more U.S. carriers will have the 747-400 in passenger service by 2018. I miss the Tristar and the DC-10. But not seeing the 747 around airports is going to be difficult adjustment.

[@trevormicahbros9227]

wow, there were so many tristar planes back in the day

[@sho1715]

I miss you all girls 😢

[@Tampa0123456789]

Wow the sound of raw power. 777 are so quiet for it's size

[@SLASILVA1999]

Beaultiful DC 10 UNITED and MD 11 KOREAN AIR CARGO

[@laddelizabethborne1988]

My wife flew on the last AA DC-10 to HNL. Sometime in 2000.

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

Airliners deserve 3 engines.

[@TheAlvaro1974]

nice video!! I enjoyed..

[@atomsmash100]

Surprised that UA was still flying a 747-100 in 2000!

[@ScarboroughParanormal]

nice find on the ATA

[@copgloves]

Remind me why some of the DC-10's have the extra main gear. And there's nothing like the growl of Her Majesty taking off.

[@johnmurphy5689]

6:20 You could just see how old the Delta L-1011 was with just looking at the paint.

[@jovanholland36]

I wish i was around back then

[@christainmarks106]

I always loved the L 10-11 more than the DC-10 . It was designed better

[@vidsfsx]

that is nice!! :D

[@adamcreatz]

korean air has not changed

[@jr13227]

Was that United 747 early in the video a -100? If so I had no clue they painted them in the Battleship Gray.

[@LaloPeloMundo]

Awesome

[@jamesculwell8628]

Good stuff...

[@harryj1971]

I don’t think I can watch this video in one sitting to think about what’s going on in front of my eyes. Less than 19 years ago and the only twinjets in sight here are a couple of 777s and an A330. Even if narrowbodies were included you’d probably only see Hawaiian DC-9s and Aloha 737-200s. I visited HNL in 2015 and the only trijets in sight sat over at the FedEx hangar. The rest was tepid twinjet soup, sprinkled with Air Force jets. We’ll reminisce of the present day in another 19 years when even these holdouts are at Victorville.

[@dseet3628]

Very very long ago Some of these planes don’t fly anymore Some airlines don’t exist L 1011 n DC 10 or MD 11 all gone JAL 747 no more flying

[@wilkiewhale1064]

There is actually cargo DC-10s and MD-11s, an Orbis flying hospital, which is either a DC-10 or an MD-11, and an L-1011 used for spacecraft launches.

[@tarcisio7378]

MD 11 is flying for FedEx

[@rubyred93chev]

_At least 30 percent if not more of the original DC10(MD10), and MD11s manufactured are still flying cargo. A majority of the those jets are in the liveries of FedEx, and UPS. Safe to say the jet's design has been around for almost 50 years!_

[@JooMyungLee]

Until the early 2000's, many dc-10s were surviving

[@graemewilliams1308]

All on the scrapheap now, crews too.

[@ethanfnlo5833]

8:18 the first St. Maarten style departure from 19 years ago!

[@adammurphy6845]

Always that right hand turn when using the 'Reef Runway'

[@alivewithpassion]

Any videos of Song, Delta’s counter to JetBlue?

[@andrewgarcia8302]

I love dc 10

[@thauglie]

The first wide body aircraft I was on, was a DC10 in mid 90`s from Oslo to Heraklion. Sad to see that they are all gone now. But I have to admit that the newer 787 and A350 are better.

[@FilipusWisnumurti]

whooooooaaaa was the first appproach the LDA runway 26L?

[@kendallcarlile6133]

3:43 what the hell came out or was ingested in that #1 engine of the COA DC-10???

[@jujuguy2323]

The aa dc ten was a ten series. No middle gear. I thought that series did not have that long of a range like the 30 series do

[@dragonpullman23]

I was living in Hawaii at the time.

[@skipcampbell4226]

Most of them are laden with freight also.

[@andrewonato8274]

Damn so much Trijets, all I see now in Honolulu are twinjets

[@garyallen1056]

I hate twin jets they all look the same....blaaaaah

[@mrrockdaddy100]

wow 3:15 i never seen that airline ever ever r the sky service one wat kind of plain was that delta had at 6:28? wow and the delta at 8:40 wat kind was it?

[@fernandokaiser3053]

So many Japanese boys on action

[@toyota2284]

all DC-10s right besides the 747?