I was lucky to fly on a Braniff 7c in 1957.I was 6,and sat right on the no2 engine,remember seeing the cooling flaps close up after takeoff,and i remember all the smoke on start up.What a thrill it was,and still is.
Wow, nice video. Brings back memories of the late 70s when I rode a few times from San Juan to Las Americas and back on Dominicana de Aviacion cargo DC7s to visit the medical school in Santo Domingo. Standing room only behind the flight engineer, and hanging on to a bar like a bus. I'm glad I was part of that bygone, simple era. Thanks for sharing.
What a great old airplane video and kudos to the guy who had been there and had seen this piece of history. I'm in my upper 50s and lindberg field in my hometown of sandiego had many takeoffs and landings of this big bird. Such a cool sight to see.
My Dad was a Braniff A&P Line Mechanic and he hated all Curtiss-Wright aero engines and loved Pratt & Whitney. On a frigid Kansas City morning they couldn't get -7C to start at all and they asked Dallas to send somebody up to show 'em how it was supposed to be done. How I heard the story was the expert flooded hell out of it while cranking with the ignition off. While still turning he flipped the mags on and flames came out the exhaust. Still cranking my Dad observed flames in the induction and commented on it. They guy said "good - we got some heat in there - it'll start now" - and it did.
The rule is two revolutions (8 blades) on a warm start, and three revolutions (12 blades) on a cold start. The Dominican crews, while nice guys mostly, were woefully lacking in training. Failure to do so could result in a bent or broken piston rod, requiring an engine change. I was a flight engineer on the DC-7C amongst other propliners out of Miami in the 1980s
I was a passenger on a Northwest Orient Airlines DC-7C. This particular aircraft type was the first to fly non-stop transatlantic between NY and London or Paris in both directions with a full load. The trips took around 15 hours.
Word up to PIC: turn those babies through 4 times (16 props) to clear the oil out of the bottom jugs. Then hit the mags: the engines you save may be your own.
Las donas bellas pin up girls...los aviones propliners...coches vintage buick chevy...locos vapor...swing...tango...yo creo dios ha hecho el oaraiso sobre la tierra😇😇🌈🌈🌅🌅👠👠🌏🌏...gracias
Guaooo cuantos recuerdo cuando yo volavaThat's remenber me when I used to flight those times that's my blood no may be body believe meQuisas nadie me gree
I was thinking that myself when I saw the engines fire right up without being spun a few times. Hydrolocking one of those engines is a $20K mistake - at least!
You actually had a DC-7 startup. This is the first full one i've ever seen in my life. I've hit a goldmine.
I was lucky to fly on a Braniff 7c in 1957.I was 6,and sat right on the no2 engine,remember seeing the cooling flaps close up after takeoff,and i remember all the smoke on start up.What a thrill it was,and still is.
Wow, nice video. Brings back memories of the late 70s when I rode a few times from San Juan to Las Americas and back on Dominicana de Aviacion cargo DC7s to visit the medical school in Santo Domingo. Standing room only behind the flight engineer, and hanging on to a bar like a bus. I'm glad I was part of that bygone, simple era. Thanks for sharing.
What a great old airplane video and kudos to the guy who had been there and had seen this piece of history.
I'm in my upper 50s and lindberg field in my hometown of sandiego had many takeoffs and landings of this big bird.
Such a cool sight to see.
My Dad was a Braniff A&P Line Mechanic and he hated all Curtiss-Wright aero engines and loved Pratt & Whitney. On a frigid Kansas City morning they couldn't get -7C to start at all and they asked Dallas to send somebody up to show 'em how it was supposed to be done.
How I heard the story was the expert flooded hell out of it while cranking with the ignition off.
While still turning he flipped the mags on and flames came out the exhaust. Still cranking my Dad observed flames in the induction and commented on it. They guy said "good - we got some heat in there - it'll start now" - and it did.
The rule is two revolutions (8 blades) on a warm start, and three revolutions (12 blades) on a cold start. The Dominican crews, while nice guys mostly, were woefully lacking in training. Failure to do so could result in a bent or broken piston rod, requiring an engine change. I was a flight engineer on the DC-7C amongst other propliners out of Miami in the 1980s
Thanks for the info.
Another classic passenger plane and seeing it makes the old pilots cry because of what they once flew in those days.
A TAP's L-1011 can be spotted at 2.20 minute, great! Se puede ver un L-1011 de TAP en el minuto 2:20
I was a passenger on a Northwest Orient Airlines DC-7C. This particular aircraft type was the first to fly non-stop transatlantic between NY and London or Paris in both directions with a full load. The trips took around 15 hours.
Class, pure class
Great!
FABULOSO DC 7C SEVEN SEAS
Word up to PIC: turn those babies through 4 times (16 props) to clear the oil out of the bottom jugs. Then hit the mags: the engines you save may be your own.
yes Noryal....its the Aerochago Super Constellation.
Excelente aeronave muy segura a pesar de tener más de ochenta años
I figured they would count 16 blades before throwing ignition and fuel at it.
Las donas bellas pin up girls...los aviones propliners...coches vintage buick chevy...locos vapor...swing...tango...yo creo dios ha hecho el oaraiso sobre la tierra😇😇🌈🌈🌅🌅👠👠🌏🌏...gracias
GROUND EXTINGUSHER????
Is that a Connie at 2:12??
Yes indeed
Guaooo cuantos recuerdo cuando yo volavaThat's remenber me when I used to flight those times that's my blood no may be body believe meQuisas nadie me gree
That was in 1989-1990Eso fue como 1989-1990
@0:33 - "How long do you think it will take them to realise there's nobody in the cockpit ?"
I was thinking that myself when I saw the engines fire right up without being spun a few times. Hydrolocking one of those engines is a $20K mistake - at least!
Nooo,
DC-7C starting,
No jet whine on that classic bird !!
Slovenly.
Inexcusable ramp and maint. practices.
НЕ ЗНАЮ НАЩО РОСІІ , СТАРИЙ "ИЛ-18" , ЯКЩО ТУТ БУДЕ , "ТАКИЙ САМОЛЬОТ" !!!...
Checklists? We don't need no stinking checklists...
REALLY???😂