I get goosebumps everytime I see it. Is there something wrong with that? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4JdQi60an0[/ame]
For me it is a bit sad and maybe that is a stupid feeling but I used to love to fly commercial. It used to be special and a big deal but today it is just awful. There is nothing glamorous or exciting about it. I do love to see the fabric planes being hand propped though. I wish I still had my Piper PA-18.
Nice. I like the machinery through time theme. Reminds me of the Ferrari Shell commercial. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItzJc-NHI4[/ame] I also really like this one. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREOSB3Eem8[/ame]
I love it and hate it... My favorite part is the Concorde speeding through... The message I got was... our best days are behind us.
I was going to make this very thread subject if somebody else did not. In particular, the image of the Concorde stands out - glad to see they had the guts to celebrate this plane. An excellent airline commercial - maybe the best I have ever seen.
Concorde really is a classic, and seeing that they included it in its glory is great. Some of the flight line scenes with the BOAC planes were filmed at Duxford. Concorde is there in the hangar, too and takes your breath away. making the video: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chjN5SerNeQ[/ame]
I saw that on TV and thought, "man, I wish I was old enough to afford to fly the Concorde when it was in service."
During the years when it was appearing at Oshkosh and giving "flights to nowhere" at a fairly tolerable price, I always wondered whether I should take advantage of that, but it was always "wait until next year". Unfortunately, now there is no "next year".
How right you are. I'm just finishing my writing about my best days when I used to watch the likes of Curtiss Condors and 247's at the old Hoover airport in Washington, D.C. I flew in a Waco 10 when I was ten and ultimately flew one when I was 40. I watched Ford Tri-Motors in 1930 and flew the right seat in one in 1970. I got an hour in the 247 in 1964 and 2 hours in a DC-3 in 1994 but the best memories are from the best days when flying was just flying and you could smell the exhaust and hear the wires and feel what the airplane was saying to you.
Fortunately it's still relatively easy to get that experience, went for a right seat ride in a Tri-motor last year for ~$100.
The EAA's 1929 Ford TriMotor was at our local airport a few weeks ago. They were selling rides for $70.00. My mistake that I didn't take a ride. It did fly over our shop several times....It was amazing to see that thing hang in the air. Geffen
Great commercial. Cheesy punch line... Re Concorde- as a normal member of the flying public, I doubt I'll ever have the same feeling as the one time I got to fly Concorde from London to washington dc. Takeoff was unbelievable. In those days cars driving by the airfield perimeter road could see the runway. As we lined up for takeoff, all the traffic came to a halt to watch. Feeling the plane leap off the line on full afterburners was just amazing. I still have my photo of the in cabin airspeed indicator showing Mach 2. The memories will last a lifetime.
I like the part where it shows the bi-plane's throttles and the jet's throttles being pushed up at the same time. It's the same feeling no matter what you're in, no matter when you lived. At least that's what I feel watching it. It's cool, the commercial, I think.
Pan Am! Inaugural Jet Clipper service via 707 in 1954. Real food cooked in the galleys. Lounge area. "Vibration-free!" (compared to prop-driven planes, no doubt). [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inyuBkbc5g4[/ame]
The first flight of the 367-80 occurred in july of 1954. The first flight of the 707 happened in December of 1957 and Pan Am's first 707 commercial flight occurred in October of 1958. I worked feverishly on the first 707 to get it in the air before the end of the year to prevent a monetary penalty imposed by Juan Trippe in Pan Am's contract. I have done a nice portrait of 707-121 " Clipper Maria", N707PA that I will post as soon as I load it up in the 800 x 600 file.
I'm not a big fan of CGI, but the 707s in the TV series seem to fly relatively well. Having flown into the Pan Am terminal at IDW/JFK frequently during the '60s (usually to/from SJU), I think they've done a good job reproducing the "look" of the terminal from that era. The interior set of the aircraft also looks correct for the period, with the open overhead coat racks and generous seat pitch, even in coach.
