Phoenix Sky Harbor Plane Spotting (1990)

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  • Here's a great variety of classic jetliners operating alongside some newer airliners, like the 747-400 which was brand new to NWA's fleet at the time.
    Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©)
    Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©

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  • @greenseaships
    @greenseaships 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I had forgotten what a NEAT diversity of aircraft we used to have out here.

  • @cowboypilot7059
    @cowboypilot7059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't believe there is more magnificent and impressive sight than a 747 taking off and climbing out like this NW did. That was amazing!

  • @evelynssye
    @evelynssye 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh the sound of that DC-10 taking off ... such power and grace.

  • @jonahair747
    @jonahair747 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Northwest Airlines DC-10 I love it!

  • @Delta_NWAB747fan
    @Delta_NWAB747fan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those 707’s are still there to this day in great condition, and that makes me very happy!

  • @jackhosier8498
    @jackhosier8498 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I enjoy watching these planes take-off and land in my hometown of Phoenix, AZ. It will prove useful for my stories.

  • @ItsCarlnotCarla
    @ItsCarlnotCarla 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is great I worked there at the end of 91, its great to see how things have changed around the airport and the surrounding city Thanks for posting it

  • @MrErictyrones
    @MrErictyrones 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great planes and many different paint schemes. Old Continental 757 gold tail looks good. NWA 400 and DC-10 loook so good.

    • @ericjones7769
      @ericjones7769 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Continental never had any 757s in the red meatball gold tail livery,there's a MD80 in this video in that livery but Continental never had any 757s painted into that livery all of Continental's 757s didn't arrive until after Continental adopted the blue tail globe livery

  • @Josaturn2
    @Josaturn2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember flying here late 1990. Flew in and out on a Continental 727. It was the first time seeing the A-320. America West had maybe four brand new ones parked with no colors on them yet.

  • @watchinginaz
    @watchinginaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Airlines had more distinctive liveries back in the day, also way more aircraft type. Even seeing a Northwest 747 parked at the airport. Flying used to have so much more personality.

  • @sapurvis
    @sapurvis 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This collection of shots is simply awesome! Brings back memories of smoke and noise!

  • @steliosioannou925
    @steliosioannou925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Variety of aircraft, colours, smoke and noise!!! Those were the days!!!

  • @robertfencl4401
    @robertfencl4401 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shiniest DC-10 I ever saw!

  • @AntonioSantiago
    @AntonioSantiago 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    we need more international airlines here at PHX

    • @MrGlendale111
      @MrGlendale111 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There isn't enough of a market, for all that many Int'l flights out of Phx

    • @Satoshi9801
      @Satoshi9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrGlendale111 As such, we'll have to keep flying to LAX in order to get to Asia.

  • @pk33617
    @pk33617 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    the phx skyline sure hasnt changed very much in these 25 years, has it?

    • @Lzrdman91
      @Lzrdman91 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It has in the past 5 years though.

  • @JH-nf4xd
    @JH-nf4xd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Miss boarding my TWA flights at Terminal 2. These were the good old days.

    • @valley.spotter9558
      @valley.spotter9558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And now the terminal isn’t even there anymore. I went there on it’s final day. It was a beautiful terminal.

    • @christopherstehn
      @christopherstehn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@valley.spotter9558 now demoltion

  • @spinster4000
    @spinster4000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember growing up here and having a whole bunch of planes fly over us great times and memories thx for these videos pall I enjoyed em

  • @JustinLHopkins
    @JustinLHopkins 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Phoenix was the first major airport I visited in 1991, when I was 6. America West 737-200 from ICT-PHX.

  • @captainterock3712
    @captainterock3712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    At 5:35, does anyone else feel like that United 727 was just BARELY climbing?

    • @pilerks1
      @pilerks1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No it was climbing pretty good

    • @pilerks1
      @pilerks1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Twifo 727s always had very long runs

    • @alexmartin0824
      @alexmartin0824 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fully loaded 727 on a hot Phoenix day, that explains it all

  • @c2lredstone946
    @c2lredstone946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn, what happened to all the widebody jets? Now we only get a handful (BA747s, Condor 767s, Hawaiian 767s and AA 330s)

  • @kenpalmer1965
    @kenpalmer1965 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a fabulous video of plane spotting at Sky Harbor International Airport. It was neat seeing some of the military flights as well as the civilian ones. Do you have any more of these videos with more updated action from Sky Harbor airport? Just curious. Great job once again!

  • @dylonrasco
    @dylonrasco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dannnnnng Phoenix Arizona in the 90s yessir

  • @OSMDRG91TA
    @OSMDRG91TA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Missed the American Airlines MD-80 at Phoenix. They replace by Airbus A321 or Boeing 737-800.

    • @christopherstehn
      @christopherstehn ปีที่แล้ว

      a320 and 737 800 are getting old they need to be replaced

  • @neurospizz75
    @neurospizz75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miss them days and planes

  • @valley.spotter9558
    @valley.spotter9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The good o’l days.

  • @edi_so2826
    @edi_so2826 ปีที่แล้ว

    The planes back then and now.

  • @jimratliff2753
    @jimratliff2753 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job - great memories of Sky Harbor.

  • @bobbypaluga4346
    @bobbypaluga4346 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those AA MD-88's were pretty when new. This was prior to terminal 4 opening when HP flew to HNL as well as Japan (Nagoya) on the 747-200's.sad we have lost most of these carriers. All the DL 727-200s were SLC based WA aircraft this was long enough after the merger to paint them all in DL colors. Canadian was created with a merger CP Canadian Pacific with Pacific Western, it was a excellent carrier based in Calgary. I miss them all TWA, NWO, HP, CO, and so ,any more

  • @OneNineRight
    @OneNineRight 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's like I'm in tri-jet heaven right now...

  • @dpohunter
    @dpohunter 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, an Air BC BAe-146! I actually flew on one unintentionally, as it was subbed for a NWT Air Lockeed Electra I was deliberately trying to fly on. I was not happy. PHX still allows rooftop planewatching; no one hassles you. Too bad the aircraft today aren't as varied or interesting.

  • @ericjones7769
    @ericjones7769 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I betcha that United Airlines 727-200 was on it's way to Stapleton International Airport in Denver ❤🧡💙🤍💯

  • @FlyFrontier259
    @FlyFrontier259 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome to see some vintage action at kphx. thanks for sharing!

  • @superality
    @superality 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this video, with lots of air stars of the 70s.

  • @caseyl3789
    @caseyl3789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What airline was the last plane? The short DC-9 I couldn't tell in the video?

    • @RyanBomar
      @RyanBomar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A Mexican based carrier called Aero California.

  • @Springbok295
    @Springbok295 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @dukee155
    The multitude of aircraft, airlines, less hassle to spot and photograph. Airplanes were noisier, smokier back then. They're just tin cans that all look alike today. Such a pity.

  • @bassplaya1549
    @bassplaya1549 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is one sexy sounding KC-135

  • @robertfencl4401
    @robertfencl4401 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never knew Midway flew to Phoenix!

  • @aswatc
    @aswatc 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I miss the days of DC-10's, 727, MD-80's, 737-200's, 757's, 747-400 and KPHX. Now it is 737-500, 737-700, A-320, A-321 with the 767 in the AM with DHL and HA and RJ's all day ling. Also to think NWA, PSA and HP are now US, UA is CO, AA is in Chp 11
    Was that a AA A-300 in the maintenance bay?

    • @valley.spotter9558
      @valley.spotter9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s even worse now

    • @valley.spotter9558
      @valley.spotter9558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that was an a300, I don’t know of any other American planes painted instead of bare metal at the time

  • @Falkenroth1
    @Falkenroth1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was looking for a L1011.

    • @JMMT7022801
      @JMMT7022801 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got to fly a TWA L-1011 from LAS to PHX back in the late eighties.

  • @bobfitzpatrick8952
    @bobfitzpatrick8952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good memories of being up in that observation area in the 70's - Hughes Airwest "yellow banana" planes and all. I tried planespotting in recent years from Cutter, but was quickly chased off.

    • @CJbrinkman602
      @CJbrinkman602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      go on top of the T4 or T3 garages, much better viewing angles anyways.

  • @ThatCodeBlue
    @ThatCodeBlue 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic metal, raw music. Please don't wake me if I'm dreaming.

  • @mxthunder2
    @mxthunder2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much better than what we have now. So much more character. I hate the monotonous 737 a320 duo. thats all you ever see.

  • @Springbok295
    @Springbok295 12 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Spotting today is so incredibly bland and boring. Nothing but Scairbus', regional jets and 737NGs. Awful stale malaise compared to what I remember years ago.

    • @goodfella2400
      @goodfella2400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Springbok295 sad but true. And even worse, 8 years later. I’m

  • @mrblujet
    @mrblujet 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos Ryan ! You really knocked it out of the park this time !

  • @brownbrownson
    @brownbrownson 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow. the climb out performed by that NW 744... O_o

  • @misled1982
    @misled1982 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so crazy seeing those old liveries and planes!!! cool video!

  • @MrHenstep1
    @MrHenstep1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when that Hughes Airwest hangar seemed to be almost in Mesa, now it's gone, replaced by another concourse.

  • @valley.spotter9558
    @valley.spotter9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss this and I wasn’t even alive to see it!

  • @TheoneandonlyEETFUK
    @TheoneandonlyEETFUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome :)

  • @ElAye
    @ElAye 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yasss... that chrome tail @ 8:20!

  • @MrHenstep1
    @MrHenstep1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ferdinand31388 The first revenus 747-400 flight was from MSP-PHX

  • @jojobens
    @jojobens 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice video!!

  • @antoniotownsell312
    @antoniotownsell312 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    no regional jets back then😊

  • @skipcampbell4328
    @skipcampbell4328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So much has changed in the last 30 years! It is so boring now!

  • @markyyyyyyyy321
    @markyyyyyyyy321 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chill out buddy it ain't that bad. The Engineering in Aviation today is world class with alot less incidents occuring & less polution! Loads of 727's here...

  • @allengraves2932
    @allengraves2932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonder where that NW 747 was headed? Doubt it was full.

    • @valley.spotter9558
      @valley.spotter9558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The NW 747 often headed to Minneapolis St Paul. It’s crazy, but it appears we got the NW 747’s and DC-10’s very often. The craziest part, the first ever 747 built, went to Northwest Airlines, and it’s first flight was a MSP-PHX run!

  • @tonyde52
    @tonyde52 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Springbok295 I TOTALLY agree with you!

  • @KronesianLTD
    @KronesianLTD 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great age in aviation.... wish i could have been part of it

  • @liamb8644
    @liamb8644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:40 wow a 747-400 in 1990! They were brand new then...

    • @RyanBomar
      @RyanBomar  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was a trial run before she started international service.

    • @liamb8644
      @liamb8644 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      RyanBomar oh right I see

    • @20PINKluvr
      @20PINKluvr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RyanBomar where did it go to

  • @777pusher
    @777pusher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    NW 747 service from PHX to where?

    • @Iliketoboard
      @Iliketoboard 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MSP. They used to do that in the winters.

    • @Iliketoboard
      @Iliketoboard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex Bellingham but he was asking PHX to where. ;)

  • @greenseaships
    @greenseaships 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm surprised how many 727s we had coming in and out of here at that time.

  • @CJbrinkman602
    @CJbrinkman602 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:56 RARE Alaska 727

  • @mrsound6140
    @mrsound6140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What Terminal were you at? I saw the North Concourse areas from Terminal 4 and a concourse from Terminal 3 and I believe I saw the Temporary concourse at 5:35. I was not there when Terminal 1 existed but I do know that T1 and T2 had an observation deck (I heard about it from people who was there at the time of Terminal 1, 2 and 3).

  • @DrRchannel71
    @DrRchannel71 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent video like and sub

  • @5keeper7ful
    @5keeper7ful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool, but a lack of Southwest and looks at Concourse C.

  • @Satoshi9801
    @Satoshi9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If only I grew up in this era of airplane diversity.
    On the other hand, I would've also had to have grown up with smoking on jets.

  • @spinster4000
    @spinster4000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LONG LIVE MD-11

  • @easton5700
    @easton5700 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    The casse 130 doesn't take off as often anymore

  • @identitywitheld007
    @identitywitheld007 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    727's are deafening upon takeoff

    • @20PINKluvr
      @20PINKluvr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Planes sure have gotten quieter since then. I remember when I was a small kid and airports were deafening back then. Now they're more tolerable

  • @haroldaranda8042
    @haroldaranda8042 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Continental and American A300 in the DynAir Hangar?

  • @fredricgreenblott4169
    @fredricgreenblott4169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad... All we ever see now at PHX is A320's and 737's. And the occasional FedEx MD-11 or UPS 767.

    • @J8sStellarGraphics
      @J8sStellarGraphics ปีที่แล้ว

      I live in the airport area, and I cam confirm, but in addition, regional jets LOL

  • @CJbrinkman602
    @CJbrinkman602 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was this before or after terminal 1 was demoshed

  • @Kristian12232
    @Kristian12232 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    What did Northwest do with the DC-10?????

  • @valley.spotter9558
    @valley.spotter9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you know where the AA Dc 10 came from? I’d assume DFW but...

  • @DannyGoldingTV
    @DannyGoldingTV 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:52 Southwest Airlines

  • @phicao12
    @phicao12 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    i thought northwest had 747-200s lol but the 747-400 is really cool!

  • @CJbrinkman602
    @CJbrinkman602 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:53 RARE

  • @20PINKluvr
    @20PINKluvr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    America west was at terminal 4 right?

  • @mrblujet
    @mrblujet 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was indeed an AA A300 in the hangar.

  • @bretyoung3033
    @bretyoung3033 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Delta 727 ..I think i can..I think I can.

  • @skipcampbell4226
    @skipcampbell4226 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss those old jets to. But airlines took such a financial beating in those days. Now it's all in the name of efficiency. 2 high bypass engine 2 pilot boring ass quiet jets. But now the airlines are making a fortune.

  • @kylebergstrom5927
    @kylebergstrom5927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a shame that there were so many America West planes but you only saw them in the background aside from the one -200 take off. Such a beautiful livery. What a waste.

  • @ChrisZoomER
    @ChrisZoomER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This seems like it was before PHX was a hub of US Airways.

  • @bradbel
    @bradbel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Diversity? I just saw one 727-200 after another 😂

  • @robertfencl4401
    @robertfencl4401 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bye-bye tri-holes!

  • @sonnyburnett8725
    @sonnyburnett8725 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All that video, and only ONE shot of an AmericaWest Airlines B-737-200 departing? Phoenix was their Home base. You couldn't take a couple more with say the -300 or a B-757-200 or even the Dash 8 coming and going. That's not a very sporting way to treat the Home Town Airline.

  • @CJbrinkman602
    @CJbrinkman602 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:58 RARE Alaska 727