I loved this, brings back the great memories I had as a kid flying on both the BWIA Tristar and md83, and in my humble opinion, it's still one of the greatest liveries of all time!
Now this one has some story to it! I've wanted to get a hold of a piece of moving BWIA 707 image for 20+ years..and only got it this year. The other end of that tale, I must have gone to London 4 times to get that colorful BWIA A340 (and shot it just as I shot the JM A340 seen here)..and they sent that adopted kid instead, that half-dressed one. Just no thrill there at all. Anyhow, someone out there shot it, it'll show up soon. Great you did some time with them, were you MIA based?
@@Starboard76 BGI was a big market for BW with up to 8 flights (or even more) per day. Flew to: POS, GND, UVF, ANU, SXM, SJU, PAP, KIN, MBJ, MIA, JFK, YYZ, LHR, FRA, ARN, ZRH, CGN, MUC from BGI.
This brings back memories in Guyana 🇬🇾 omg when my grandmother used to come from Toronto Canada to Guyana. We also used this plane BWIA in 1983 . Thank you for sharing this amazing video
WOW i miss the old days! My grandpa used to buy me a first class ticket to Barbados for vacation when the school year ended as a gift for me doing well in my studies. I was so lucky to have been able to fly on the L1011 Tristar i remember it roaring down the runway and the sound of the engine and the rush of euphoria you got sitting in the plane and that goose bump feeling when the wheels went up into the fuselage . BWIA was one of the best, and lets not talk about the food that was served! With that true caribbean flare! BEE WEE was the s#it!
I loved BeeWee for good and bad. First trip in 92 on DC10 St Lucia to Miami. Just watching the colors makes me nostalgic. They did make me sit on the tarmac at JFK for 2hours then missed my connection from Trinidad to St Lucia. Flight made no sense cause usually they would stop St Lucia first. But we flew right over St Lucia.
Thanks for an excellent video. My late father was a pilot at RJ and I remember changes as they took place from the old livery, the experimental livery and finally the current one as a child. Brings back beautiful memories.
the very first time i flew on a plane i was about 8 years old, 1982, it was to tobago from trinidad, i can still smell the jet fuel and see the tail of that bwia dc9 as i boarded from the rear of the plane up those stairs completly excited and facinated by all that i saw.
I love bwia bee wee and air jamaica we want these plane bacķ great and safe pilot with safe take off and landing respectable and manersable flights attendants
I worked for BeeWee in the early 80s based in their Lower Regent Street office in Central London. Anyone remember Bentley Roche, he was the Heathrow manager?
I remember bwia bee wee the first time when i travel on it to port au prince haiti iñ 1991 this was the first plane i fly on we want these plane bàck good safe pilot they was big up bwia we are the cribbean you and air jamaica serve thè jamaìcan peopĺe well in the past big up
long live the L1011. flew from toronto to trinidad dec 1996 and watched INDEPENDENCE DAY on the movie screen. i was so sleepy the movie ended up watching me.
wish they had more coverage on the Boeing 707....the l1011, dc 9 ...md83..all were great I truly miss bwia....Caribbean airlines is just a shadow of what bwia stood for...not the same...bee wee had an unmatched pride....some good things are truly unreplaceable.
@@Starboard76 the Boeing 707 was the original king of the skies...I would say the forgotten king...the young people of today know nothing about practical history....those days there were true pilots...men flew the aircrafts working together....hence there were no women...these days modern aircrafts practically fly themselves so you no longer have true pilots but rather inflight coordinators...thats why its easy now for women to be in the "box office" ...cock pit is when the coordinator is male.....lol
Wow! I remember my first flight on the tristar 500 as a teenager. Awesome service . Man the past times was so nice. Life has changed grastically. God help us , nothing stays the same.
I was on the dc9 to Miami which had the back engine shut down after take off due to a cardboard box being sucked into it...hmmm only Trinidad would have garbage on runway huh??
Wonder why people are fawning over this garbage airline nowadays. It was rubbish then, with constant tardiness and bad service. I can recall missing a few days of school because their staff sent me to one airport when the flight was at another. And I suffered delays over 4 hours. It wasn't a good airline considering they went the way of the dodo. Good riddance I say. Air Jamaica was so much better.
Point taken...but I’m clearly in this for ALL commercial airlines that have left us but we remember seeing them in action. Some people take pride in their home town/national carrier (and many were awful in every way possible - customer service to god awful pilots) but the jetliners have nothing to do with how bad the humans who were flying them..and I’m here to provide what once took to the skies and how saw them doing their thing ...flying! And the includes - the best, good, the dodgy, the bad and the ugly. That covers them all.
Childhood memories. BeeWee Tri-star was the first wide body aircraft I flew on between POS and JFK with a stop in Barbados.
I loved this, brings back the great memories I had as a kid flying on both the BWIA Tristar and md83, and in my humble opinion, it's still one of the greatest liveries of all time!
Thanks for checking it out! And oddly enough, I just came across a short clip of there single teal striped 727.
Yes me too 1986 MBIA to Piarco intl
Worked with BWIA for quite a few years; so great to see this video! Brought back many, many great memories. Thanks for posting!
Now this one has some story to it!
I've wanted to get a hold of a piece of moving BWIA 707 image for 20+ years..and only got it this year. The other end of that tale, I must have gone to London 4 times to get that colorful BWIA A340 (and shot it just as I shot the JM A340 seen here)..and they sent that adopted kid instead, that half-dressed one. Just no thrill there at all.
Anyhow, someone out there shot it, it'll show up soon.
Great you did some time with them, were you MIA based?
@@Starboard76 Cool story! No, I am from Barbados - worked at BGI.
@@turk223 HA! Even better! How many ops a day since POS was so close?
My guess is twice a day.
@@Starboard76 BGI was a big market for BW with up to 8 flights (or even more) per day. Flew to: POS, GND, UVF, ANU, SXM, SJU, PAP, KIN, MBJ, MIA, JFK, YYZ, LHR, FRA, ARN, ZRH, CGN, MUC from BGI.
This brings back memories in Guyana 🇬🇾 omg when my grandmother used to come from Toronto Canada to Guyana. We also used this plane BWIA in 1983 . Thank you for sharing this amazing video
WOW i miss the old days! My grandpa used to buy me a first class ticket to Barbados for vacation when the school year ended as a gift for me doing well in my studies. I was so lucky to have been able to fly on the L1011 Tristar i remember it roaring down the runway and the sound of the engine and the rush of euphoria you got sitting in the plane and that goose bump feeling when the wheels went up into the fuselage . BWIA was one of the best, and lets not talk about the food that was served! With that true caribbean flare! BEE WEE was the s#it!
Thank you for sharing that great memory.
My first trip to N.Y.C was on B.W.I.A......i miss BEE WEE!!!
I flew jump seat in the MD83 from Barbados to Kingston Jamaica with cap. Ramdath at the controls. I miss both Air Jamaica and BWIA.
Down 👎🏾 with Caribbean Airlines and up ⬆️ with Air Jamaica 🇯🇲 and BWIA 🇹🇹.
Good times. My both parents worked for BWIA for many years... Flew on all of these from toddler days back.
Lucky you!!
I loved BeeWee for good and bad. First trip in 92 on DC10 St Lucia to Miami. Just watching the colors makes me nostalgic. They did make me sit on the tarmac at JFK for 2hours then missed my connection from Trinidad to St Lucia. Flight made no sense cause usually they would stop St Lucia first. But we flew right over St Lucia.
I Aye lie, I Cried when I saw this.😢 As a chile, I was So Proud to fly on BeeWee!
Thanks for an excellent video. My late father was a pilot at RJ and I remember changes as they took place from the old livery, the experimental livery and finally the current one as a child. Brings back beautiful memories.
You are very welcome,. happy to rekindle those memories!
Travel with BWIA in the 1988 wow nic to see memories
BWIA to London.
the very first time i flew on a plane i was about 8 years old, 1982, it was to tobago from trinidad, i can still smell the jet fuel and see the tail of that bwia dc9 as i boarded from the rear of the plane up those stairs completly excited and facinated by all that i saw.
Pretty aircraft....remember those days ...
Loved seeing the Tristar L-1011! Awesome memories! Happy New Year 2021, my friend and stay safe! 👋🏼😉
Thank you, Simon! Best wishes for the new year to you as well!
Brings back some awesome memories! and catching that JM A340-300 makes it even better
For sure and expect a awesome JM A340 dedication or maybe a JM Fleet vid now that I scored some JM DC-8 footage!
I love bwia bee wee and air jamaica we want these plane bacķ great and safe pilot with safe take off and landing respectable and manersable flights attendants
I love the air jamaica a340 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I worked for BeeWee in the early 80s based in their Lower Regent Street office in Central London. Anyone remember Bentley Roche, he was the Heathrow manager?
I remember Mr Roche. I started a travel company in 1980 and dealt with him Re block tickets etc. Great days
I remember bwia bee wee the first time when i travel on it to port au prince haiti iñ 1991 this was the first plane i fly on we want these plane bàck good safe pilot they was big up bwia we are the cribbean you and air jamaica serve thè jamaìcan peopĺe well in the past big up
I wanted to marry a BWIA hostess in my youth goshhhh they we’re beautiful and classy😊
long live the L1011. flew from toronto to trinidad dec 1996 and watched INDEPENDENCE DAY on the movie screen. i was so sleepy the movie ended up watching me.
wish they had more coverage on the Boeing 707....the l1011, dc 9 ...md83..all were great I truly miss bwia....Caribbean airlines is just a shadow of what bwia stood for...not the same...bee wee had an unmatched pride....some good things are truly unreplaceable.
You have no idea how long it took me to find footage of a BWIA 707…years, many years of looking
I’m glad you noticed the rarity of that
@@Starboard76 the Boeing 707 was the original king of the skies...I would say the forgotten king...the young people of today know nothing about practical history....those days there were true pilots...men flew the aircrafts working together....hence there were no women...these days modern aircrafts practically fly themselves so you no longer have true pilots but rather inflight coordinators...thats why its easy now for women to be in the "box office" ...cock pit is when the coordinator is male.....lol
Md83 cute asf, these planes were loud and powerful, they make them soft now
Great and safe take off and landing bwia and air jamaica love bird and bee wee serve us well in the caribbean and the rest of the world
I remember one day of spotting at the Panorama Terrace at LHR.
You have an impressive channel, I've watched your vids for quite some time...I'd figure you have been to LHR Queens Bldg (the terrace) many times.
@@Starboard76 Thank you! Unfortunately I've only visited the LHR Terrace once on 31-07-2000.
Bwia we are the caribbean we need these plane back
Bring back BIWI best safest airline in the world!!
❤❤
Loved seeing the Tristar at Heathrow T3
Just also noticed the dog on the runway!!
OMG 707
Never heard of them...are they even flying today?
Hard to read captions underneath, still good video
They rebranded in 2007 as Caribbean Airlines and are still flying today.
They now simply Caribbean Airlines.
Wow!
I remember my first flight on the tristar 500 as a teenager. Awesome service . Man the past times was so nice. Life has changed grastically.
God help us , nothing stays the same.
I was on the dc9 to Miami which had the back engine shut down after take off due to a cardboard box being sucked into it...hmmm only Trinidad would have garbage on runway huh??
Well..there is that dog on the runway with the BWIA 707...
LURD HAVE MERCY!!!!
Bwia we are the caribbean the logo mr
bruh bwia used to be caribbean airlines but old good memeis
There's a dog on the runway 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Come now Starboard76!! Make a video for Cayman Airways 🇰🇾 🐢 now.
aww man, that's like so far down the list...
@@Starboard76 Damn man!
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Wonder why people are fawning over this garbage airline nowadays. It was rubbish then, with constant tardiness and bad service. I can recall missing a few days of school because their staff sent me to one airport when the flight was at another. And I suffered delays over 4 hours. It wasn't a good airline considering they went the way of the dodo. Good riddance I say. Air Jamaica was so much better.
Point taken...but I’m clearly in this for ALL commercial airlines that have left us but we remember seeing them in action. Some people take pride in their home town/national carrier (and many were awful in every way possible - customer service to god awful pilots) but the jetliners have nothing to do with how bad the humans who were flying them..and I’m here to provide what once took to the skies and how saw them doing their thing ...flying! And the includes - the best, good, the dodgy, the bad and the ugly.
That covers them all.
BS they were all the same
Can I ask where you from?
@@planetx7521 If you mean myself, I'm American..why do you ask?
@@Starboard76
BC most of the Caribbean airlines are Low budget airlines Just as some low budget American Airlines