Oh wow, 4:32. That's tail# N533PS, 727-214 that eventually became PSA 182 that crashed in San Diego in September 1978 after colliding with a Cessna while on final approach.

@TheUtuber999

5 жыл бұрын

Good catch. Still remember the sad news that day (9/25/1978). I was in grade school in Santa Monica at the time.

@staubach1979rt

4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, you're right! How you caught that is amazing! Great job!

@goytabr

Жыл бұрын

Talking about recognizing plane registrations, obviously I've never been in a plane crash, but I've been on a plane that LATER crashed. If you're willing to read my long story, here it is: I'm from Brazil, and in late 1978 I was 17 years old and lived with my mom. We went on vacation to Chile and caught a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Santiago. It was a Varig Boeing 707, and that day we didn't use the jet bridges, boarding in a remote stand by bus from the terminal. So, I could read the registration clearly. It was *PP-VJK.* I don't normally notice plane registrations, let alone remember them, but that day I did, because the initials "JK" are very well known in Brazil and refer to late President Juscelino Kubitschek (much like "JFK" for John F. Kennedy or "LBJ" for Lyndon Johnson in the US). And I remember joking with my mom that we'd be flying on JK's plane. Fast forward to early 1987. I'm watching the TV news and they report that a Varig Boeing 707 had crashed shortly after takeoff from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on a flight to Rio, killing almost everyone on board. (Search for "Varig flight 797" for more details.) I jumped from the chair because I remembered that flight to Chile and the joke, and I knew I had flown on that plane years earlier! Chilling! 😬 For the record, that was perhaps the best flight in my entire life, because it was so wonderfully scenic (and the plane was relatively empty, and Varig's on-board service was top-notch, even in economy class). First the captain announced that we were overflying the majestic Iguassu waterfalls on the Brazil-Argentina border, and I could see the falls from above. Then there were the vast Argentine Pampa plain in different shades of green and brown, and hours later the incredibly beautiful overflight of the snow-capped Andes range, which separates Argentina from Chile. And then there was the approach to Santiago, which is too close to the towering Andes to allow a direct descent over the mountains. Today the approach path consists in crossing the Andes far north of Santiago and then gradually descending in a direct path south to the airport, but at that time planes overflew the mountains close to Santiago, then flew up to the Pacific Ocean and turned around to lose altitude and land. As the plane did so, since Chile is shaped like a very long and narrow ribbon, I could see the entire width of the country at once, from the Pacific coast to the highest peaks of the Andes, which mark the border with Argentina. It was really unforgettable! Little did I know the fate that plane would have years later... ☹

I always went to the airport to pick up or drop off my father. La Guardia had a great viewing area, many airports did. Now, you can't get that close to a commercial acft unless you work there or are bordering it. A great shame that we can't share with our kids what we were able to do. Many airports limit people at the fence too :-(

ah, a Lockheed L1011. I loved that plane. It flew smoother than the cattle car DC 10

Palmdale serving 100 million passengers by 1980. LOL.

LAX is still the main airport. Orange County, Ontario, Long Beach, Burbank,are all important satellite airports that serve the basin.

Wow, great period film. I was 9 in 1970 and boarded my first flight then. I'll never forget how exciting it was! This brings it all back, thanks!

I love lax ❤️ i used to fly out of there ..my first flight to Las Vegas I few out of lax loved it

I remember observation decks.

LAX is an interesting example. The terminal area is basically restrained from decisions made before most of all of us were even born. It's now a matter of being creative in squeezing more stuff into the same geographic space. There's a lot of building on top of one another to keep up with demand. Who knows what future improvements and additions are done once current construction and plans are complete. It's an airport where construction will never stop.

This is beyond awesome :) Right into my AVIATION playlist :) Thank you :) ROCK ON!!!!!!!

Love that black smoke!!!

Impressive how airliners had evolved here towards the 1963 film

8:23 Incredible landing

Ahh, the music, the titles' font, the clothes, the hairdos, the innocence... So 1970... When airports were still glamorous affairs. Hard to think the same while standing in line at Ryanair's check-in at Beauvais or Southwest's at Love Field dreading the next line at the security, to later be squeezed in minute torture chairs for hours while waiting for drill sergeants to do the very special favor to bring a glass of water...

@Stacie45

8 жыл бұрын

They were glamorous affairs then, they are basically cattle yards now.

@jonathanharootunian297

3 жыл бұрын

Well said goyta!

@tomservo56954

2 жыл бұрын

The Mary Tyler Moore font...

@goytabr

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomservo56954, I don't know the proper name of that font, but actually, by the 1970s, when the MTM show was first aired, it was already falling out of use. It was much more common in the late 1960s, and if you ask somebody from that time, they're more likely to call it the "Barbarella" font, because it was made massively popular by the ads and posters of the iconic Roger Vadim film with his then-wife Jane Fonda.

@ArmpitStudios

Жыл бұрын

Peignot.

Man, the L-1011 interior is like a gymnasium -

Great video!! Thank you for posting!

I'm surprised that Burbank & Long Beach airports aren't part of the LA system.

I finally figured out what the tune is at the start. It is called Power Montage, written by British composer Keith Mansfield.

@kiethblack3870

7 жыл бұрын

So I'm not the only one noticing the 'KPM' library cues! [:-)]

my uncle was an aircraft mechanic for Continental at LAX. I loved visiting him

What's up here? A Northeast 727 in LA? 4:20 Well, yes. NE flew nonstop (or planned as such...) from MIA and FLL to LAX using 727s. Had to look it up to be sure.

Thanks Bon, I was also 9 in 1970, great days for me.

8:51 looks great

Best video ever!! The future looked bright ahead, in LA as well as in the rest of the world...a continuous stream of conquers...I was born in 1970, remember a bit of the seventies, even if it was a hard time in my home country, Italy, due to terrorism and internal tensions, i vividly remember there was a goal on sight. Thank you very very much!

@brkitdwn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Curious, what was the goal?

Remember to FLY DC JETS!.

my Mother used to shop at the local Ralph's in Westchester....Air Canada sent my Father to work in Freight-Cargo in 1969, I was born the year this was made, all very true. NOW L.A.X. is a shell of an airport. Phoney shooting "drills" etc.

For others that recognize the Mary Tyler Moore Show (and other films and such) don't, it's called Peignot.

Wow, what an amazing film! Thanks for posting it. I'm curious, the motion graphics on the credits at 01:15, for example, is quite an advanced technique and one you see a lot in movie promos now. Did they really come up with that way back in 1970? If so this film was way ahead of its time!

New version with a bit more colour, and no VHS tracking lines. GREAT period piece from 1970.

@chulaia4

9 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video from 1970 on air travel in the L.A. Area. Some nice video of the airliners of that era, I would recommend this video to anyone interested in commercial aviation.

Ahhh, that hip, kicky 70s music! LoL

@user-yk4gd1fl4z

6 ай бұрын

so awfully faux dramatic.

Ah, memories ...

Dig the old NFL Films music.

@tvgator1

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I caught that too.

Interesting to see how the plans worked out. Palmdale designed to be a massive international hub is today: Palmdale Regional Airport has a small airline terminal and a hangar. And VanNuys: Van Nuys Airport is a public airport in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the City of Los Angeles, California. *No major airlines* fly into this airport, which is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports.

@tvgator1

Жыл бұрын

Ontario is huge now, and quite a good option to fly out of if airline price is right

The editor (Graeme Clifford) became a successful film and tv editor & director (Frances, Don't Look Now, Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Interesting how the film mentions constructing parking facilities for 30,000(!) cars. If only I could go back in time with just enough evidence to convince the LAX airport planning board to bring some type of rail line into the airport while there was still space for it. Even now, they are just barely finishing a type of people mover…54 years later!

"Designed for 1980".... Yep, I'd say you got that right! 😀

A little eerie to see N533PS at 4:32, before it had the "rooster tail" livery.

@747heavyboeing3

3 жыл бұрын

Sad day for PSA. Note how pilots wore their hats in the terminals. Not today

When Air Traval was a Luxery.

Don't leave your car unlocked... Or it's Gone in 60 Seconds

@patricknintemann924

Жыл бұрын

Not in 1970

The L-1011 didn't enter service until April 1972.

Interesting. Thanks for posting. The Palmdale plans never came to pass. The last airline pulled out in 1998. Los Angeles World Airports [LAWA] owns 17,000 acres that was acquired for an airport. The city of Los Angeles bought the land in the 1960s when it planned to build an airport in Palmdale, but the airport was never built.

@Boxcarphilly

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't the L-1011 built at Palmdale? And therefore that airport was used by them?

@mediocreman2

5 ай бұрын

The last airline pulled out in 2008. But Palmdale has had a rocky history for sure.

Surely, GOLDEN AGE OF AIRLINES WISH IT COULD BE THE SAME TODAY

época de ouro da aviação

New version with a bit more colour, and no VHS tracking lines.

Actually 1970 was a very bad year for commercial aviation as the new wide body flying sardine cans were introduced that year. Up until 1969 airports and flying in general were nonstop fun & excitement. I remember when all major airports had observation decks -- SFO being one of my favorites. The planes were great. The noise & smoke were all part of the fun...

@michaeltalbott4496

2 жыл бұрын

Exciting in those days ___ NOT TODAY NIGHT MARE TO TRAVEL TODAY

@patricknintemann924

Жыл бұрын

But this change also ment that more People could afford to fly.

I remember the Harvey people always saying we'd like you to have this flower oh man

@brkitdwn

2 жыл бұрын

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness arrived in Los Angeles in 1970 and dispatched tambourine-shaking acolytes to raise funds at the airport (and on Hollywood Boulevard and in Westwood Village). In 2010, after 40 years of court battles with the city, the Krishnas were permanently forced out of LAX. For those seeking enlightenment, the group’s longtime home, ISKCON Krishna Temple, remains in Culver City.

Planespotting was epic back then. Such a variety of aircraft and smokey and loud. Trijets and four engine airliners are extinct now.

Who were the original tenants of Terminal 1? And who has flow out of there since?

No mention of Burbank

When they talk about the one airline that generated $108 million into the local economy, what airline was it? United, PanAm, TWA?

Looks kinda like Screaming Yellow Zonkers @ 14:57.

Where are they now ?

8:48 n734pa?

Sounds like the beginning of a Dirty Harry movie....lol 😆

and in the year 2020 airports are almost empty of people and airplanes. an extremely sad sight to see. I miss the crowded airports.

@DansFunMovies

3 ай бұрын

Thats because of Covid.

@ 10:30, go Ontario!! That's our airport!! Hopefully it leaves the LA system and becomes locally owned. Then it could improve.

@Prunesqualler

5 жыл бұрын

5keeper7ful Looks like Vancouver’s North Shore Mountains to me. Grouse Mountain skiing can be clearly seen

most likely the 108 million to the local economy ...was provided by Western and Continental....as they were both based at LAX.....as was freight carrier Flying Tigers, American had a good sized maintenance hanger as did TWA, United had a small one.

I just saw that Hartsfield/Jackson Airport in Atlanta was the busiest airport in the USA in 2015, it handled 855,000 aircraft and about 100 million passengers. O'Hare was just behind at about 850,000 planes. Those numbers are not hugely above what they were talking about for LAX in this video for 1970 and 1980. That would seem to speak to a maturing transportation system.

@Salmagundiii

8 жыл бұрын

+Stacie45 Apparently LAX still leads in origins and destinations. Meaning more people, proportionally, are using Atlanta and Chicago as hubs, not to actually visit those cities.

@reubenblanco3021

2 жыл бұрын

@@Salmagundiii also if it weren’t for Long Beach , Burbank , Ontario, and John Wayne LAX would be the busiest airport in the world .

I was 10

@patricknintemann924

Жыл бұрын

I was negative 15

Did that announcer voice ever sound new? Between the 50's and the 70's it sounds like the same guy but in the 70's he gets all Dragnet. I'd say the only way airports are glamorous affairs now is if you're paying for it (getting into the lounges or flying international) otherwise LAX is a pretty beat up place these days. Palmdale never happened either. I will say though, in spite of the way it looks, it's still one efficient airport.

@brkitdwn

2 жыл бұрын

When was the last time you've been to LAX? Everything is being upgraded.

Shame on you Clete Roberts... (deceased). 17 and half minutes of presenting what LAX was like in 1970, and you only show here a single person of color, a Japan Airlines flight attendant. Video production crews of the future, you simply must do better!!!

@waynehentley4332

2 жыл бұрын

Totally normal! I've seen very few POC as passengers in these airplane videos!😅😅

@tomservo56954

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't show any during both of his visits to the 4077th...

@marcot3333

Жыл бұрын

I kinda doubt Clete Roberts produced this, and made the choices that have so upset you. He was paid to read a script, which he was very good at, he narrated many industrial films.

@vaughandinsmore2487

5 ай бұрын

@@marcot3333 Opening Credits at 01:37 indicates the film was 'written, produced and directed by Clete Roberts'.