I lived in Shepperton in the early 70’s and used to cycle to Heathrow as often as I could to watch and dream about being a pilot one day…………..I’m still dreaming but I have a car now 🤣
Excellent. My father worked fore BOAC and then BA in Washington DC and later in Miami Florida. We flew to London on a BOAC 707 in 1962 when I was 10 years old. Great Airline and a great life. Flying was wonderful back then. "Today?" NOT SO... Thanks for this wonderful reminder. Best Regards
…….to be fair it was way easier back then to identify aircraft due to them all having very different distinct designs . These days its mainly copies of the same basic standard two engine layout ! They all look like the 737/ Airbus A320 type in various different sizes ! ……must be so boring being a plane spotter these days 😬
I remember sleepovers at grandparents under the 09 approach, way back in the 60s to early 70s. So many prop aircraft still flying, and award for the loudest jet by a big margin goes to the Caravelle. Love the VC10s in this.
Wow! A real trip down memory lane. A childhood visit to the roof terrace was always a real treat. So many different liveries and aircraft types to be seen. Resulted in me enjoying a 30 year career in the airline industry. Happy days!
Raymond Thurlby absolute quality 1971 and colour Super 8 film. Well a huge variety of aircraft and airlines. Just noted Ryanair 300 Boeing 737 Max order just now. How boring air travel is today! Love and miss the old times not today. Ansett 727.
A a old vanguard my mum and dad went to jersey in the early 60’s from glasgow with the Glasgow Rangers who where training on the island as my dad was friends with one of the players greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧. 🔴⚪️🔵
An engine fire during our family’s emigration flight on a BOAC 707 1971 to Adelaide via Darwin and Melbourne TAA, caused us to land in New Delhi an await the fitting of a replacement engine. Very cool when you’re 7 years old.
On my family's Summer trips to Yugoslavia to visit family we would usually fly either National or PA to Heathrow. I can still remember being carried up the spiral staircase by a stewardess to visit the cockpit.
Great video! Full of nostalgia & the days when you could walk the terraces as a treat. I remember one of the greatest journeys being flying the BOAC Super VC10 to New York. Love that aircraft
Looked so much less busy. The BOAC insignia and colour was so classy. and to see a National 747, that is rare. It was the airline that advertised by having a sexy American mini skirted air stewardess speaking to camera about the destinations that National flew to and ended with 'I'm Cheryl, Fly me' ( or whatever name!). The tag line inspired the 10cc song 'I'm Mandy, Fly me'
Fascinating insight into air travel of yore. Watched this clip with a tinge of nostalgia: RIP BOAC, BEA, PAN AM, TWA, Ghana Airways, Alitalia, JAT. Only KLM and Qantas are still around...
Absolutely wonderful video! Happy memories of my aircraft spotting days on the Queen’s Building or top of car park 2. Thank you so much for not trying to ‘enhance’ the video with inaccurate, over-dubbed sounds. Those of us of that era know exactly what sounds and smells were in the air watching those beautiful classic aircraft 🥰
Memories memories... VC10, B707 B747-200 and last but not least the Vickers Vanguard.... I mis these days when there were soooo many different types of aircraft on an airfield, nowadays it is only Boeing or Airbus.... not so interesting anymore for an old guy.
My airline career began at JFK in 1974. I was offered a position with BA there. I always regretted not accepting it and the wonderful BA manager's offer and going with an American carrier. Super video. I remember those classic red brick buildings at LHR and my first time there in Oct. 1975.
I was there in 1980. Arrived on a 747 from Seattle. Left for Brussels on a 737. Watched, heard, and _felt_ the Concorde take off while we waited for our turn.
Thanks that was a definite ‘Memory Lane’ moment for me thinking of those organised coach trips from Manchester Airport to see planes we only ever saw on a Heathrow diversion day 😊 Cheers Quinny
Great content, lived in Hounslow and stood in the street the day the first Pan Am 747 came in. Used to love visiting queens building terraces and car park rooftops when it closed. Thanks for sharing!
i lived about 200m from the church spire you can see behind the cargo sheds and often after school cycled up to the longford river gate to watch 27L departures. If you thought that BOAC 74 took a lot of runway then you should have watched the Monday night SAA 747 do Joburg non stop , Only did it one day a week, all the other days it stopped somewhere, and got airborne just aboutt he intersection with the old 23R or block 78 -you could here the tyres thundering above the engine noise. Magic days
Got anything on Donaldson airlines i flew them from Toronto to Scotland in the early 70's and i have never seen anything on this airline from videos to still pictures thanks
The first aircraft (G-AWNA) was delivered to London Heathrow on 22 April 1970, followed by two more aircraft (G-AWNB and G-AWNC) in May and June 1970. However, a long-running industrial dispute, first with BOAC’s pilots and then with the flight engineers and cabin crew, delayed the entry of the 747 into service. This was perhaps a blessing in disguise, as the early Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines used on the 747-100 were unreliable for over a year after the aircraft’s initial certification. BOAC began passenger services using the 747 on 14 April 1971 when G-AWNF flew from Heathrow to New York. By May 1971 this was a daily flight
VC10 was a lovely looking plane.
In my humble opinion the VC 10 was the best looking jet ………..and the Bristol Britannia the best looking prop !
I lived in Shepperton in the early 70’s and used to cycle to Heathrow as often as I could to watch and dream about being a pilot one day…………..I’m still dreaming but I have a car now 🤣
The BOAC livery was elegantly understated
Thank you so much. The golden age!
What because there were no immigrants? Classic case of racism, grow up.
Those were the days. Loved the Vickers Vanguard.
Excellent. My father worked fore BOAC and then BA in Washington DC and later in Miami Florida. We flew to London on a BOAC 707 in 1962 when I was 10 years old. Great Airline and a great life. Flying was wonderful back then. "Today?" NOT SO... Thanks for this wonderful reminder.
Best Regards
What a great video. Fantastic memory jogger. I found myself urging the 747 to lift off.
I can identify every aircraft with ease. I feel old.
your not alone, loved those VC10's vanguard's, DC8s ect those were the days .
…….to be fair it was way easier back then to identify aircraft due to them all having very different distinct designs . These days its mainly copies of the same basic standard two engine layout ! They all look like the 737/ Airbus A320 type in various different sizes ! ……must be so boring being a plane spotter these days 😬
Same here
Even worse, I’ve flown on most of em 😲 except the vc10, that’s definitely a regret. A m8 used to pilot em.
I have been on all the BOAC ones.
Seeing the National 747 was quite a rarity. Good catch!
Wow what a superb video...loving the BOAC liveries especially on the
VC10.Thank you for sharing.
BOAC in the days when it was a great airline before BA, great to see a couple of Super VC 10’s in BOAC livery
I remember sleepovers at grandparents under the 09 approach, way back in the 60s to early 70s. So many prop aircraft still flying, and award for the loudest jet by a big margin goes to the Caravelle. Love the VC10s in this.
Wow! A real trip down memory lane. A childhood visit to the roof terrace was always a real treat. So many different liveries and aircraft types to be seen. Resulted in me enjoying a 30 year career in the airline industry. Happy days!
I did 45 years.... with pleasure...
Raymond Thurlby absolute quality 1971 and colour Super 8 film. Well a huge variety of aircraft and airlines. Just noted Ryanair 300 Boeing 737 Max order just now. How boring air travel is today! Love and miss the old times not today.
Ansett 727.
Back when plane spotting was interesting. Nice! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow that brought back some good memories, BOAC when it was the airline to fly with, 707s and VC10s where did it go wrong
A a old vanguard my mum and dad went to jersey in the early 60’s from glasgow with the Glasgow Rangers who where training on the island as my dad was friends with one of the players greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧. 🔴⚪️🔵
An engine fire during our family’s emigration flight on a BOAC 707 1971 to Adelaide via Darwin and Melbourne TAA, caused us to land in New Delhi an await the fitting of a replacement engine. Very cool when you’re 7 years old.
On my family's Summer trips to Yugoslavia to visit family we would usually fly either National or PA to Heathrow. I can still remember being carried up the spiral staircase by a stewardess to visit the cockpit.
Great video! Full of nostalgia & the days when you could walk the terraces as a treat. I remember one of the greatest journeys being flying the BOAC Super VC10 to New York. Love that aircraft
Looked so much less busy. The BOAC insignia and colour was so classy. and to see a National 747, that is rare. It was the airline that advertised by having a sexy American mini skirted air stewardess speaking to camera about the destinations that National flew to and ended with 'I'm Cheryl, Fly me' ( or whatever name!). The tag line inspired the 10cc song 'I'm Mandy, Fly me'
We were so excited by new aircraft models back then, today we have very efficient aircraft but the traveling public are totally disinterested.
The old great days plane spotting.
Fascinating insight into air travel of yore. Watched this clip with a tinge of nostalgia: RIP BOAC, BEA, PAN AM, TWA, Ghana Airways, Alitalia, JAT. Only KLM and Qantas are still around...
memory lane ..good days to travel..good food on board with leg room.
Don't forget the cigarette smoke.
Awesome footage. Pre BA
Full array of BOAC's diverse fleet on show, including the VC10 towards the end.
Amazing video!
Absolutely wonderful video! Happy memories of my aircraft spotting days on the Queen’s Building or top of car park 2. Thank you so much for not trying to ‘enhance’ the video with inaccurate, over-dubbed sounds. Those of us of that era know exactly what sounds and smells were in the air watching those beautiful classic aircraft 🥰
I did transfered it from my old cine film had no sound, sorry
@@raymondthurlby - No apology necessary, these ‘silents’ are wonderful! 👍🏻
Memories memories... VC10, B707 B747-200 and last but not least the Vickers Vanguard.... I mis these days when there were soooo many different types of aircraft on an airfield, nowadays it is only Boeing or Airbus.... not so interesting anymore for an old guy.
My airline career began at JFK in 1974. I was offered a position with BA there. I always regretted not accepting it and the wonderful BA manager's offer and going with an American carrier. Super video. I remember those classic red brick buildings at LHR and my first time there in Oct. 1975.
I was there in 1980. Arrived on a 747 from Seattle. Left for Brussels on a 737. Watched, heard, and _felt_ the Concorde take off while we waited for our turn.
Beautiful
Golden days
Great video, thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks that was a definite ‘Memory Lane’ moment for me thinking of those organised coach trips from Manchester Airport to see planes we only ever saw on a Heathrow diversion day 😊 Cheers Quinny
Great content, lived in Hounslow and stood in the street the day the first Pan Am 747 came in. Used to love visiting queens building terraces and car park rooftops when it closed. Thanks for sharing!
52 years ago yet it still has better quality footage than my friends google pixel for some reason
Google pixel probably compresses the footage drastically…
i lived about 200m from the church spire you can see behind the cargo sheds and often after school cycled up to the longford river gate to watch 27L departures.
If you thought that BOAC 74 took a lot of runway then you should have watched the Monday night SAA 747 do Joburg non stop , Only did it one day a week, all the other days it stopped somewhere, and got airborne just aboutt he intersection with the old 23R or block 78 -you could here the tyres thundering above the engine noise. Magic days
1971 THE QUEEN OF THE SKY JAMBO 747 WAS THE QUEEN OF THE SKY AND IT WILL STAY FOR EVER, THANK YOU BOEING THANK YOU USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You feel old….I worked as a steward on every BOAC aircraft in the picture in 1971!
This is fabulous!! Thx so much for posting!!
The time were you had a big variety of aircrafts for spotting!
This video same age as me. I used to love visiting viewing gallery at terminal 2 😢
Flew to Sydney aged 18 on Monday, 15th May 1972 with BOAC aboard a 747.
Got anything on Donaldson airlines i flew them from Toronto to Scotland in the early 70's and i have never seen anything on this airline from videos to still pictures thanks
So nice. I wasn’t yet born.
Way different 52 years ago
When you go to airport now and mostly are only A or B twinjet on tarmac 😓
Oh Wow
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That BOAC 747 taking off around :45 looks like the run is on a tarmac and not runway?
If i am not mistaken the Boing 747 didn’t enter service till 1974
It's actually been in use since 1970, when Pan Am started flying the first 747
Have anything from Gatwick?
Only I got short video of Cathay Pacific plane from Gatwick Airport
今英國航空公司！
You are showing Boeing 747 s. There were no 747 s in 1971.
BOAC placed it's first order of 747s in 1966 and received it's first one in 1970 😊
IIRC, Pan Am put its first one into service in 1969.
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They Did exist
The first aircraft (G-AWNA) was delivered to London Heathrow on 22 April 1970, followed by two more aircraft (G-AWNB and G-AWNC) in May and June 1970. However, a long-running industrial dispute, first with BOAC’s pilots and then with the flight engineers and cabin crew, delayed the entry of the 747 into service. This was perhaps a blessing in disguise, as the early Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines used on the 747-100 were unreliable for over a year after the aircraft’s initial certification.
BOAC began passenger services using the 747 on 14 April 1971 when G-AWNF flew from Heathrow to New York. By May 1971 this was a daily flight