few months before the bankruptcy of Pan Am I am flying from Madrid Barajas to New York JFK on Pan Am 157 - TWA 747 , Concorde in JFK Varig, Pluna ,LanChile, Pan Am
Fantastic. Not many videos like this exist on TH-cam, in fact you'll find it hard to find any Pan Am trip videos! This flight was a mere two and a half years after the Lockerbie disaster on sister ship N739PA, and only 6 months before the sad demise of PA altogether. 1991 was not a good year in the US airline industry as we lost PA and Eastern that year.
A cool video from days gone by. I flew to Spain for the first time in '86, JFK-MAD, on TWA. On the flight over, I can remember my excitement seeing that same northwest coast of Spain en route to Madrid. I have been back several times over the decades since, but this still brings back such fond memories of that very first trip, and it's always so nice to see clips featuring the Queen of the Skies and the great Pan Am.
Beautiful aircraft. Built in 1969. I noticed it was N733PA. The one that was supposed to make the maiden passenger flight to London in 1970, but was replaced with the ill-fated N736PA at the last minute. Nice to also see the rival TWA 747 accross the tarmac in the video as well.
@Willy Kaemena Great video. We need more vintage videos like this as commercial aviation gets more and more neutered and boring with the retirement of interesting aircraft like this. I grew up in this era of airliners. Miss Pan Am and TWA. Miss visiting JFK with my dad just to plane spot and see plenty of 747s lined up at the Worldport terminal. Also miss L1011s, DC10s, 727s, Concordes, Tridents (Europe), and even classic Russian airliners like the Tupolev 154 and Ilyushin IL-62Ms. I do miss when you had a version of this video with Tony Bennett and KD Lang version of "What a wonderful world." Why did you replace that background soundtrack from the other shorter version of this video?
Pan Am never had 747 combi ! If you spotted a freight door then this was a modified 747 for troop transport etc - modifications were paid by defence budget.
CRAF= Civilian Reserve Airlift Force. Basically planes modified under a very nice US government program where they pay part of the cost (if needed) to install main deck cargo doors, so that in the event of war they can be used for military transport
@@silvianbauer1979 no! The plane was only prepared to take in that military event to take the seats out and to transport military goods and vehicles. As a passenger under normal operation you would nothing see from the inside.
Enough shots of the interior of the clipper class. I have more PAN AM videos where you can see the service too. More than 30 years ago there was no internet. There was no TH-cam culture. Be happy that we have these rare footages on video made by me.
@@wkaemena Please post meal service videos you have, there are no other on TH-cam! Thank you, this is important historical relevance, what was their premium service like in Clipper or First?
@@wkaemena Thank You a bunch, I flew TAM First Class GRU-EZE. Sadly, there is no First or Business Class Domestic Service, left in Brazil! Who would have ever thought, like US, things have shifted so low. Same with Avianca, & Argentines. The quality of your travel 20's-30's is long gone.
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Fantastic. Not many videos like this exist on TH-cam, in fact you'll find it hard to find any Pan Am trip videos! This flight was a mere two and a half years after the Lockerbie disaster on sister ship N739PA, and only 6 months before the sad demise of PA altogether. 1991 was not a good year in the US airline industry as we lost PA and Eastern that year.
There were a lot of broken hearts in Miami in 91.
I love seeing how air travel used to be on these kind of videos. I wish there were more of them
A cool video from days gone by. I flew to Spain for the first time in '86, JFK-MAD, on TWA. On the flight over, I can remember my excitement seeing that same northwest coast of Spain en route to Madrid. I have been back several times over the decades since, but this still brings back such fond memories of that very first trip, and it's always so nice to see clips featuring the Queen of the Skies and the great Pan Am.
Beautiful aircraft. Built in 1969. I noticed it was N733PA. The one that was supposed to make the maiden passenger flight to London in 1970, but was replaced with the ill-fated N736PA at the last minute. Nice to also see the rival TWA 747 accross the tarmac in the video as well.
I remember flying to Madrid in the 80s and landing at Barajas. They never check my passport or immigration documents.
Pretty cool! I never did fly the Classic, either as passenger or pilot. But I have over 10,000 hours on the 747-400 and 747-8.
Fantástico videos
Like a trip down memory lane, great vid Willy!
Classic times. Some of those liveries and aircraft types brings back so many memories. The PA 747 definitely looks tired. Thanks for sharing.
@Willy Kaemena Great video. We need more vintage videos like this as commercial aviation gets more and more neutered and boring with the retirement of interesting aircraft like this. I grew up in this era of airliners. Miss Pan Am and TWA. Miss visiting JFK with my dad just to plane spot and see plenty of 747s lined up at the Worldport terminal. Also miss L1011s, DC10s, 727s, Concordes, Tridents (Europe), and even classic Russian airliners like the Tupolev 154 and Ilyushin IL-62Ms. I do miss when you had a version of this video with Tony Bennett and KD Lang version of "What a wonderful world." Why did you replace that background soundtrack from the other shorter version of this video?
because of copyright issues with the music.
Great video!
Thanks for sharing. I wish people would shut up during announcements! ;-)
Awesome
incredible!!
This video is a time machine. Amazing!
Yes! It was recorded with no internet or TH-cam in mind ! Internet was not even invented
What were the meals like, on one of their final flights?
Very nice film, i flew the same year ams to jfk but the stuardesses constantly say i was not allowed to film ......
By this point Panam was well on its way to being defunct. Quality was definitely suffering. A far cry from the quality of service in the 707 days.
Pan am
No está el CX-BNU de PLUNA 😔
Boeing 747 combi
Pan Am never had 747 combi ! If you spotted a freight door then this was a modified 747 for troop transport etc - modifications were paid by defence budget.
@@wkaemena Not Main deck
CRAF= Civilian Reserve Airlift Force. Basically planes modified under a very nice US government program where they pay part of the cost (if needed) to install main deck cargo doors, so that in the event of war they can be used for military transport
@@wkaemena war da ein Frachtraum
@@silvianbauer1979 no! The plane was only prepared to take in that military event to take the seats out and to transport military goods and vehicles. As a passenger under normal operation you would nothing see from the inside.
very disappointing!!! no interior shots, no shots of the service NOT worth my time watching
Enough shots of the interior of the clipper class. I have more PAN AM videos where you can see the service too. More than 30 years ago there was no internet. There was no TH-cam culture. Be happy that we have these rare footages on video made by me.
@@wkaemena Please post meal service videos you have, there are no other on TH-cam! Thank you, this is important historical relevance, what was their premium service like in Clipper or First?
@@bodyloverz30 check my pan am playlist , there you will find a bit what you are looking for .
@@wkaemena Thank You a bunch, I flew TAM First Class GRU-EZE. Sadly, there is no First or Business Class Domestic Service, left in Brazil! Who would have ever thought, like US, things have shifted so low. Same with Avianca, & Argentines. The quality of your travel 20's-30's is long gone.
Junk aircraft hard to fly.
How so?
@@h.h.6171 Ignore this comment. Just another troll. Can't even offer supporting arguments.