Dad worked at Eastern Air Lines from May 1945 till he retired in 1966 a foreman in Aircraft Electronics Maintenance.....grew up on those planes....when I was young Dad would tell me how safe his planes were; said they triple checked all systems after each landing before they let that bird get back in the air....those were the good years for Eastern.....glad he didn't live to see its' demise.....would've broken his heart. He was so proud of Eastern.

I remember having to get dressed up to pick grandmother up at the airport , it seemed so luxurious. The pilots were like astronauts and the cabin crew were incredible in every way. Not so much anymore

@Windtee

10 жыл бұрын

I agree. Golden age of air-travel is no more. I'm glad to have experienced it too.

@arevir68rivera

10 жыл бұрын

Those were the days! Sadly, the very ones that'll never return. We're the lucky ones; however, to have experienced the real pleasures of flying.

@Sherpaful

10 жыл бұрын

You're right. Today pilots are seen as nothing more than glorified bus drivers and the cabin crew are usually nothing more than surly bitches.

@kennykeyboard

9 жыл бұрын

In the '70s you wore your Sunday best on the plane. I work in San Diego and I see people get on wearing shorts and flip flops. Airlines have cut costs and services to attract a larger volume with frequent flights on 737 and A320s. This generation is used to it. Who would have thought that an airline would charge $100 for a carry-on?

@Sherpaful

9 жыл бұрын

TheConcorden TC Not in my experience, at least not on U.S. based airlines. Maybe you fly Middle Eastern or Far East based airlines. They have a MUCH better reputation than their U.S. counterparts.

My grandpa was a pilot for Eastern... I love hearing his stories about Eastern, he loved it so much.

@captain757747

8 жыл бұрын

+HDCam Vids I most likely flew with your grand father if he was on the 757. EAL was a great airline and I was proud to be there and loved going to work. No airline before or since has equaled EAL,s service and quality and on time dependability . Say hello to your grand father from one EAL pilot to another. If you ever get the bug to fly your grand father is one of the highest qualified people to teach you. It was and still is a great career. Have a great day.

@dwightpowell6673

3 жыл бұрын

Ask him where his black colleagues were?

@johnhoward3042

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwightpowell6673 Getting my bags out of the car. You happy?

@orangemonster61

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhoward3042 lol lol lol

@nachota197

2 жыл бұрын

did your grandfather fly in the lockheed 1011 tristar?

I had a blast working for EAL, The Wings of Man, for a couple of years. We took over Braniff South & Central America routes while I was there (SFO). I left Eastern for AirCal, bought by American, and we took over Eastern's South and Central America routes, (I was at HDQ and part of the Airport team) - my old SFO Supervisor (Red) was top dog at MIA, stopped into see him on my way to Bogota. Some great people across the board - and the history of commercial aviation, pretty amazing!

@SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb

8 ай бұрын

Oh I remember that. The excitement of expanding our flight routes to South America & those layovers in SFO at the Canterberry Hotel on Sutter Street… just a few blocks from the Wharf!!! Those were the days❤❤❤

Its funny that the 727 was considered quiet back then. In the 90s it was by far the loudest plane still flying

@pip12111

7 жыл бұрын

Ron Virgilio yeah, those JT8Ds in the back,or not they were loud as hell

@sce2aux464

6 жыл бұрын

"Whisperjet" my foot. :D

@GrinddalCPH

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Virgilio Did you ever hear one of the Ruski passenger jets roar?, those would make your ears bleed..

@Deadeye313

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Back then all they had were noisy, inefficient turbo jets. Then when noise regulations started, they developed the high bypass turbo fan that shrouds the combustion in a column of lower velocity air while still being more efficient for the same thrust.

@RedLP5000S

5 жыл бұрын

They were amazingly quiet INSIDE for the passengers. Do a little research first....

Eastern was a great airline. I remember my first flight on Eastern was from San Juan to JFK on their new L-1011 in 1974. I still have the wings the stewardess gave me. I loved flying before deregulation & nothing beat the jumbo jets of the 1970s. Thanks for posting this & thank you Eastern Airlines for some great flying memories.

When I flew Eastern in the mid 80's the breakfast had a choice of three selections! That was in coach!!!

I flew Eastern a bunch of times as a kid, airline was awesome...

Anyone remember when Eastern sponsored "If You had Wings..." at EPCOT on the Disney World complex? It soon became "If You Could Fly", and then it just vanished into something obscure...but to me that was the best motion ride at EPCOT. Never should have gotten rid of it...but then again, Eastern went belly-up too. I miss that so much.

@gc4644

6 жыл бұрын

Albert Owen, If you had wings wasnt at Epcot, it was one of the original rides in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom of WDW when it opened in 1971 (epcot did not open until 1985). The If you had wings ride was always one of my favorites, sadly it was closed in the late 80s. The Buzz Lightyear ride now sits in its place. Fun Fact: the Buzz Lightyear ride track is the same track used on If you had wings (so in that aspect, IYHW is sort of still alive).

@margieb1850

3 жыл бұрын

It was an awesome exhibit...a bit tame for people these days - I believe it was in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom. My dad flew for Eastern at the time and I was lucky to miss a day of school and go on one of his trips to Orlando and spend a day there during his layover. Most likely shortly after it opened in early 1972...What an adventure!

@wwm2022

Жыл бұрын

Yes I rode that ride many times.

My first flight ever was on Eastern back in the early 80s. Round trip from Nashville to Boston. Even got a decent lunch served in economy. I remember looking down the aisle and seeing the cockpit door wide open throughout the entire flight. Nowadays, no food and the cockpit door is like a bank vault door.

They were a classy airline with wonderful food menus. Always few the L-1011 Whisperliner.

South Florida will never be the same without Eastern,National and Pan Am. I remember before deregulation American Airlines had no presence in the southeast USA.

Wow they mention food.... I have not had real food on a plane in probably 25 years

I also have fond memories of Eastern as it was the official airline of Walt Disney World in the 70's. They even had a ride at Disney I believe it was in Tomorrow Land. I flew on one of their L-1011's as a teenager in '77 from MIA to JFK through heavy thunderstorms. Other planes of theirs that I flew on quite a few times were the DC-8, DC-9 and the popular 727.....

Filet and lobster... Oh, we've come such a long way. Peanuts, anyone?

@EricEbac22

8 жыл бұрын

+cmtmj2006 The only airline that gives out snacks anymore is Southwest; the other airlines have cut out food service altogether, because some airlines have faced major budget cuts over the last 25+ years. Some airlines you're lucky to even get a beverage.

@Tom-gg7ue

8 жыл бұрын

+EricEbac22 that is not true. Delta does food service. if you are flying a long flight, they will serve everyone breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

@Sky1

6 жыл бұрын

sorry out of peanuts, how about pretzels?

@seanmarx973

6 жыл бұрын

cmtmj2006 they gave me a full can on delta

@gop4usa12

5 жыл бұрын

Food service on flights may suck today compared to what it used to be. But when you compare the overall experience of flying to the cost, you'll find we have it better now. Adjusting for inflation, we're paying half to fly as we did 40 years ago. With the money you save, you can eat a really nice meat before and after your flight. And we now have our own personal TV screens on major airlines. We can watch movies, TV shows, or monitor the flight status, (something passengers could only dream of back in the day).

I was in An Eastern Commercial in the year (approx) 1969 - on the runway in TPA - they brought lots of us from MIA to be in it - would love to find that one! It was when I was young and beautiful! LOL

They took the shot of those boys on the observation deck over concourse C at Miami International Airport. Back in the 60s, the airport charged a dime to go up there. I never paid. I just slipped under the turnstile. You could stay up there as long as you wished. I've spent many hours of my childhood watching planes at that exact location. Grew up and worked for Eastern as an A&P mechanic from '72 until they closed the doors in '89. I loved it and still miss it.

Hey Eric it is a DC-8!! Eastern Airlines had many DC-8s back in the day. You can tell by the 2 air scoops at the lower sides of the nose, which form a "V" shape. 707s did not have this. You can salute my greatness another time. Lol!

Thank you, it's so nice to see the 1980's commercials. I miss Eastern.

@xxxxbigrich5752

4 жыл бұрын

@Miguel Antonio Perez I flew with eastern every summer for 6 years during my childhood from NYC to Puerto Rico. Ah great memories

I miss riding on the 727! What a great riding plane, a real workhorse!

@bigstuff52

8 жыл бұрын

i agree Leo Gordon

Eastern Airlines, the only airline that had "Whisperjets!" By the way, as far as EAL TV spots go, in the film "Three Days of The Condor" in a scene with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in her apartment, there was an Eastern Airlines television commercial playing at one point when Redford turned on the TV looking for a local news program.

As recently as the 1980s you got a full meal on Eastern from Newark to Atlanta.

I had to watch this video . I worked at the Pittsburgh International Airport cleaning Eastern's seating , baggage claim and Ionosphere Club . Frank Lorenzo did a job on this Air Line ! . I do miss all the excitement there , the Airport itself is now gone . Ray in Pa.

My father who worked for eastern airlines, won a contest to name eastern airlines newest , quietest, jet the "whisperjet" was his idea! My mother won a mink stole and he won a gold watch.

I had flown with 727 so many times . I was kid but i can say it was never quiet:) specialy when you were boarding below the tail. B727 was the best in its time. Legend

Travel back in the days before airplanes became the Greyhounds of the air. People didn't show up to the airport in tank tops, flip flops and pajama bottoms. Airlines served actual food. We've come a long way in some respects as a society, but I long for the manners and elegance of the past.

@WAL_DC-6B

8 ай бұрын

You should have heard all the jokes about "airline food" especially starting in the 1970s. The "manners and elegance of the past" disappeared as a result of deregulation of the airline industry in the U.S. in 1978. During regulation, there were pretty much only two types of seats on an airliner, the expensive seats (coach) and the REALLY expensive seats (1st class).

I flew Eastern every two weeks from Tampa to LaGuardia and back. Made Elite in no time. What service, food and drinks. Those were the days...

@ThatGuy-te9wh

4 жыл бұрын

Trump? *_ORANGE MAN BAD_*

The great Alexander Scourby providing the voice-over starting at the 2:10 mark.

@Architectureguy

2 жыл бұрын

I missed that! Thanks for pointing that out!

Additionally, I also had an abnormal fear of oven mitts and riding through automated car washes...would just freak out and cry in terror...was probably disturbed by oven mitts because of the weird shape with a thumb but no fingers and car washes because I was trapped inside of a dark,enclosed space with all kinds of giant mops and brushes coming at me...at the ages of 3,4 or 5, disturbing things like that can be pretty damn' scary...

Those B727 were great........sadly missed..

It's amazing we have to look back 50 years to see how good people had it.

@LemonToGo

3 жыл бұрын

Things weren't that good. The past is way overrated

@taroman7100

4 ай бұрын

We had it good for sure in the back ground the evil was churning

I remember flying on eastern as a KID!! Round trips in 1971, 1977 and 1980 between Pittsburgh and Fort Lauderdale. We were visiting my grandparents in FL. Among the planes I was on were the 727 and the dc-9. I may have been on a dc-8 in '71, but I was too young to remember for sure. Great Airline!!

my grandfather retired from Eastern as a mechanic, we got to fly all over it was great airline while it lasted we were in Miami

Having worked in the airline business for 7 years in the 90s, I get very melancholy watching these old ads. Frank Lorenzo was the worst thing to happen to that industry. Every airline he ever managed either went out of business or filed Chapter 11. I have no doubt that he has a reserve seat in hell. May he rot there forever!

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

My dad worked for Eastern for 27 years until Frank Lorenzo bankrupted the once proud airline. You are right about Frank Lorenzo - over 20 years later and our family still can't utter that name. Eastern was the first "Official Airline" and they were that of Walt Disney World when it first opened. Our family was so proud to be a part of that airline...what a shame that greed tore it apart.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

9 жыл бұрын

Margie B I'm very sorry to hear about what happened to your father. Yes, Lorenzo was squarely to blame but he didn't act alone. As early as the mid 70s, when Frankie purchased Texas Air Int'l (and before deregulation), the CAB which was responsible for determining routes and fares for all airlines, allowed Lorenzo to set low fares on all routes Texas Air flew in order to break TA's unions. The fact is, the CAB got too chummy with Lorenzo when in fact it should have barred him from the industry. And Wall St bankers also helped him take over Eastern. Eastern's assets at the time were worth over $2.5 billion and yet Lorenzo was able to buy it for a paltry $615 million. About the only good thing that one can say about that whole mess is that after Lorenzo was removed as CEO from Eastern after the latter finally declared bankruptcy is that he was banned from the industry for life but by then the damage had already been done. Happy New Year!

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

Please don't defend him...I realize Lorenzo didn't act alone, but he was the CEO and should have been ethical in his dealings. The biggest sham was how he bought all the computers/equipment for Continental from the Eastern entity and charged Eastern back huge amounts to use their own stuff. Ridiculous - and a huge catalyst for the downfall of a great airline and their bankruptcy, as they didn't have any assets left. My dad got next to nothing of the pension he had worked hard to earn.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

9 жыл бұрын

Margie B My dear lady, I can assure you I am not defending Lorenzo. I despise the man with every fiber of my being. He was one of the biggest proponents of deregulation and he did more to destroy the industry than any other person and his legacy can still be felt today. He began the concept of fare wars which have now become so common today. I mention the CAB because they were supposed to protect the industry from his ilk but instead got too chummy with him and basically allowed him to do what he wanted. The CAB should never have allowed him to buy Texas Air and should never have approved his low fares. Lorenzo could never have gotten away with what he did without the help of the CAB, Lorenzo was a bastard who deserves to rot in hell for all the lives he destroyed,

@dwightpowell6673

3 жыл бұрын

@@margieb1850 maybe then it was a good thing that there were so few if any black employees.

I don't know why but I always get this weird Nostalgia by seeing old images and videos of 70s,80s,90s even though I never lived through any of those years.

@ProgRockNerd

3 жыл бұрын

It's almost not even "nostalgia" as such. In times as conservative and traditionalistic as our own, it's like a reminder that things once weren't that way, and might be different now, and could still be different in the future if we just freed our minds again. It's looking back at a time when people looked forward.

Brings back memories of these commercials and my flight as a kid when I flew to miami on Eastern.

@taroman7100

4 ай бұрын

back when America had class along with competition

Today, flying is like riding in a cattle car with those wonderful new "flight attendants". I'm old enough to remember the past and it was a joy to go flying back then

The late '60s and early '70s Eastern Airlines tv ads picturing the silhouetted figure of the standing man with pointy ears, used to scare the hell out of me and make me cry when I was little...used to call him The Eastern Man and he became one of my nighttime bogeymen at a tender, impressionable age because it was such a disturbing image I was too young to understand...The Santa Fe Lady with the fur hat and spooky eyes holding a microphone and reporting from a railroad crossing, freaked me out back then too...it was her eyes more than anything else because she always seemed to be looking sideways rather than straight ahead and that kinda creeped me out...

Nice memories. My dad is a former Captain for EAL.

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

Mine too...based out of ORD - also flew out of ATL, IAD & NY (I think LGA)

@unitedguy62

9 жыл бұрын

Margie B that's cool Margie! They were a proud bunch at a good airline! Take care

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

Guy Williams...still are a lot of good guys left - My dad has a group that meets once a year in Indiana with their wives. Is your dad still around?

@unitedguy62

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is 77 now. Living in Florida. Dad flew the 8's and 9's and finished his career on the L - 1011.

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

Guy Williams That's great...my dad is 77 too - he flew all those plus a few others. Finished up at United after Eastern's demise. Made captain there too before he retired. I have two brothers that followed in his footsteps; one at United, one at American. They all got to fly together once...my brother was actually the Captain and my dad was 1st Officer and my other brother flew the jumpseat. United wrote an article about it because it was the first time the son was in the left seat bossing his father around - LOL...

I remember up on the railed fence watching the Eastern Jetprops too.

Back in the "good old days" the only thing I hated was the smoking, as I did not smoke, man, that was really bad, but all else was MARVELOUS, sorry that none of today's young people will never experience what we old folks did.

I flew Eastern from Houston to NYC in 1989 at the very end before it went bankrupt in 1991. I was very impressed with the service and even the food. I always wondered why such a great airline was going bankrupt, so today I found out that Eastern might fly again and I think it's great, I cant wait to fly again on Eastern Airlines

I believe Pan Am - brought up in South Florida and worked for EAL but remembering going to my first "fly up" when my cousin became a Pan Am flight attendant - the home office for boht was NYC at the time - :)

Talk to me if you been on Eastern before.

@CrashTestPrivate

10 жыл бұрын

When I was very young, I'm afraid....

@redle0pard

10 жыл бұрын

Many Times; even saw the first 727 that EA acquired.

@NJDVLS9500

10 жыл бұрын

St. Croix to Trinidad, 727

@margieb1850

9 жыл бұрын

Many times...my father flew proudly for them for almost 30 years

@jimbranca1565

5 жыл бұрын

flew easterm lots of times they were once the official airline of disney world they even had a ride called if you had wings

Hehe its funny that the Boeing 727 is actually a really loud jet.

I love this video. Thanks for posting it.

Eastern was a great airline

I bet this was a fantastic time to fly and be around. I wish I was there!

My all time favorite airliner

I flew with Eastern Airlines as a kid in the 60's and 70' from San Juan to Chicago.

My dad worked there for 35 years in Philadelphia Pennsylvania he loved that company.

the days when air travel was a luxury.

Tommy, we lived in Miami Springs in the 50's. Our Dad's probably knew each other! : )

@davef.2329

9 ай бұрын

And likely my dad, too.

My grandfather used to be a pilot with Eastern!

Eastern was a great airline. Worked as a flight attendant from 1981 until it finally shut down. Its sad what bad management can do.

My Dad worked at Eastern at Miami from early 1950's on and off till they closed. He last was an instructor. Richard Bertolina...lots of great memories flying with eastern.

Those little "brats" were fortunate enough to grow up in a time when the USA was proud of its achievements, and those kids could look forward to a fulfilling life, achieving their dreams.

Love the spots! I think many of them were done by Y&R before 'Wings of Man'--which I assume you couldn't access. You also have the very early 'We earn our wings' with Borman done by Campbell-Ewald, where I worked on the EA account the year before the strike and Chapter 11.

@dwightpowell6673

3 жыл бұрын

So you were an Ad man?

@donnafromnyc

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwightpowell6673 Mad Woman! 😇

@dwightpowell6673

3 жыл бұрын

@@donnafromnyc forgive me for not being Politically correct..a woman in a man's world...was it anything like the show"Madmen"?

Ray, it's something I could never fathom: how could that SOB Lorenzo still be alive?

The faithful EAL "workhorse", 727! Amazing times shared with amazing people.Do I remember the first Acapulco and San Juan flights! Also the times were EAL had 446 flights daily out of Atlanta!

@Sky1

8 жыл бұрын

May be quiet inside but loud as hell when they fly over you!

@snowballs442

7 жыл бұрын

We had put " hush kits" on all of the EAL 727 we accumulated.

Think it was a series 3; before the 61 and 63? Either way, any DC-8 is a good DC-8!

@davef.2329

9 ай бұрын

The "straight-pipe" non-fan '8s shown here would have been DC-8-21s. The original batch even had an oil transfer system just like the DC-7s, which they deactivated before too long once they figured out that jet engines didn't use (lose) oil like a recip did.

One thing that hasn't changed--the chatty guy who feels the need to talk your ear off. LOL

@sce2aux464

9 жыл бұрын

Sailor's like, "Would you shut the hell up!"

I worked at the general office at the airport in Miami, in the computer department in the 70's. I remember when we had to show how fast we could disembark a full 747. We had 50 seconds, if I remember correctly. We weren't able to do it and I got a burn mark from putting down my arm on the slide!

Cool! And I'm glad you didn't include any commercials from the Frank Lorenzo period.

I remember those 727's. "Its so quiet" lol compared to a tornado or heavy metal concert. But was still a cool experience.

The voice-over on the first one is Charles Aidman - character actor - voice actor.

@x60hz

4 жыл бұрын

I knew it!!! I recognized him from a Twilight Zone episode.

As an Eastern regular since middle school, I too was disappointed that a GREAT airline was mismanaged into the ground. Today, even first class domestic travel is unexciting. The crew aooard my AA trip was great but exclusivity of the cabin with the curtain pulled open the entire trip could have been any LLC out there.I miss The Wings of Man days!

That sounded like Astrud Gilberto singing that 60's jingle @ 2:52 .

@domainofthesun4400

5 жыл бұрын

It certainly does

@WAL_DC-6B

8 ай бұрын

@@domainofthesun4400 It certainly was.

Love the smoking DC-8-63.

The chatty guy telling the sailor to relax--why I always bring along noise cancelling ear phones.

flying back then was a glamorous event. Everybody dressed up in there best. Now these days most people flying look like there dressed to do chores around the house.

@teenagerinsac

8 жыл бұрын

+Gilbert Menendez No jeans, shorts, sandals, beatnik look. They would refuse service to anyone dressed like a hippie, instead of Sunday church style suitcoats and dresses.

@rentslave

6 жыл бұрын

The real cost of living is so much higher today.People cannot afford fancy threads.

@colt-one

6 жыл бұрын

Who the hell wants to travel in formal clothes? That's just idiotic.

Is this really how people were in the 60's?

@astarshiptoguidemeby3741

6 жыл бұрын

+Ryan White Yes! And the STEWARDESSES use to dress like college football cheerleaders and I am from the Flintstones gen. Yabba Dabba Doo!

@ProgRockNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Not remembering much about the '60s, I'd point out that the whole "postmodern" thing is a matter of poking fun at the way people were on TV in the '60s. OTOH, things are both a lot more austere and a little more relaxed now. People might've worn suits and dresses to fly, but I wouldn't remember, not having ridden a plane until the '80s. My dad would fly on business trips in a suit and tie, but then I think he was dressed for whatever business function he was going to, or maybe just wearing the suit and tie he wore to work that day. That generation of men wore suits and ties with no real problem because they felt a sense of ownership. Generations from the Boomers onward haven't felt that, but also haven't been allowed to develop new things that fulfill that function. Either they dive in completely in neotraditional/postmodern mode (which has gone on about 30 years too long) or they just chuck it and wear a T-shirt and cargo pants or something.

@davef.2329

9 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed! Respectable, civilized, unlike today.

oh, fantastic ! nothing like this today at all.......those two kids remind me of myself and my old paisan in the 60s watching those new jets ! Then I ended a flying career as a pilot on the old B727 and feel privileged

My father worked in overhaul in Miami from 1949 till 1978 . I miss Eastern !!!!!

We flew Eastern from JFK to Daytona on our honeymoon, June 7 1980. In coach, we had a breakfast of crepe, fruit cup, and coffee.

I had an Uncle that worked for Eastern Airlines, and before that it was NYC Subway System ...

I think I still have Eastern pilots wings from when I was 8.

I worked for Easter at DCA. It was a great airline.

I felt like a King when my dad pick me and brothers up from Dominican Republic, 1974, and we flew Easter Airlines. I was 8 years old. Then he took us to a fancy restaurant. (Burger King)

i love and really miss eastern great planes service,,what happened................my first airline i flew on back when i was 14-15 years old from florida to boston and back miss those days

Lucky if you get water now!!

My sister was a flight attendant with Eastern from 1977 - 1987 when they closed down. It was a great company to work for. She had excellent benefits and wages.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

10 жыл бұрын

Eastern closed down in 1991. So she was not around when they went out of business.

@donnafromnyc

3 жыл бұрын

The strike and Ch 11 were 1988. It was reorganized and flew till 1991. I flew on them on business shortly before they ended operations.

Miss eastern & traveling,today its horrible 2 even visit an airport much less traveling on a plane.

Well compared to 707 and DC-8 back then it was much quieter

I got blasted by a United 727 powering out back in the early 80's when the Albany, NY Airport had a observation deck.

The narrator was Alexander Scourby, not sure of spelling, as I recall he was a stage actor

Where I lived the only time I saw a commercial for Eastern Airlines was when the Orange Bowl was on.

Thats my baby girl! What a gr8 plane!

época de ouro da aviação

I remember that commercial -- it was from their "You Gotta Believe! Fly Eastern." TV campaign. Unfortunately, the camera starts panning Faye Dunaway's dreary photographs on the wall instead of showing the whole commercial!

No, that is not Jack Webb. It is, though, a well known character actor from the 60s and I just can't recall his name. Can see his face clearly, just can't think of his name off hand.

Lobster? Filet Mignon? Wow how much we have regressed, we do not even have supersonic air travel anymore.

@lancehol

7 жыл бұрын

You can thank deregulation as the stepping off point for the cattle cars now traveling the skies that is unless you can afford First or Business.

@clausstimpfig3803

7 жыл бұрын

if there is a first class international any more...

@scdevon

7 жыл бұрын

In the good old days, flying was an upper middle class and above thing. Easy credit cards for the masses and Walmart pricing have ruined air travel. There were no daily SJW meltdowns on airplanes because upper middle class flyers were too busy being classy and upper middle class and well behaved for meltdowns.

@cafeaulait3706

7 жыл бұрын

Easy access to credit cards did not "ruin" air travel, government deregulation in the 1970s did. And you know what? In spite of all the hassles modern air travelers have to face, at least the application of free-market principles has worked to the public's benefit by making flying more accessible to the common man. Anyone who wants to be sugared and given high-quality service merely has to shell out more money for first-class.

Lol that sailor's like "Ok... silent-generation-er"

Eastern Airlines WAS Miami in the 1950s, and 1960s. Ask any surviving old-timer about the time they sent the Constellation to some NE city that minted US coins and filled (figuratively) the airplane with silver dollars, then they made a whole MIA payroll, yes, they paid everyone in new silver dollar coins to disseminate them all around Miami showing every business how important EAL's employees were to local commerce. I still have a couple of those silver dollars. Boy, those were the days.

@WAL_DC-6B

8 ай бұрын

Philadelphia was the northeast city with the mint.

@davef.2329

8 ай бұрын

Am I still remembering this fairly accurately, or is time clouding it ?? LOL Thanks.@@WAL_DC-6B

So quiet?? my a**!! the Boeing 727 was probably the loudest plane ever!

Rumors have it, Eastern will return. I read an article in the wallstreet journal about it in 2009. I can't wait to follow in my Grandads shoes soon and earn my wings everyday.

i flew eastern to bogota back in the 80’s

Ah yes, the good old days! My dad would always fly Eastern Airlines to Miami on a DC-9 as I would watch and wave good-bye.

I was only a baby when eastern shut down its operations. My dad always talks about Eastern. And to think now theyre making their long awaited come back to the skys this year! Its exciting! If any of you havent heard about it, type in new eastern airlines on google. They just recently had a fashion show to unveil their flight attendants uniforms.

@birdie2219

10 жыл бұрын

Wow are they really making a come back? wonder if it will be the same as old times...

@pjm91788

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, its 100% comfirmed! As far as I know they've had this planned out for a while now because some time in 2009 they went to court and bought back the rights to the eastern brand and everything. They should be starting operations this year with charter services and then moving their way back up! I really wish them the best. Check out this link for some news and their first plane in the new fleet a 737 800. worldairlinenews.com/2014/04/16/the-new-eastern-picks-the-boeing-737-800-as-its-first-aircraft-type-will-spirit-airlines-beat-it-to-miami/

@baritonebynight

10 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they will wear their hats.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

10 жыл бұрын

Braniff and Pan Am also attempted to come back and failed big time. I hope they succeed but history is not on their side.

@pjm91788

9 жыл бұрын

www.airliners.net/photo/Eastern-Air-Lines/Boeing-737-8AL/2534317/M/ First eastern aircraft emerges! Arrives some time in December to Miami.

The guy doing the commercial about the settlement of our country sounds like Mr. Feeney from "Boy Meets World".

@domainofthesun4400

5 жыл бұрын

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