Flying the World's Last Passenger Boeing 707
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- What is it like to fly on a Boeing 707? This video shares my memory of flying on the world's last passenger Boeing 707 flight of Saha Air in Iran.
The Boeing 707 is Boeing's first jet, designed in the 1950s, and is almost 70 years old. It was incredibly loud with 4 JT3D turbofan engines. The Boeing 707 left a long legacy for future aircraft design, especially in the cockpit and the cabin. You can still find many similarities in modern airliners today.
Flying on the original airliner, the B707 was an absolutely thrilling experience. My last B707 flight took me on an adventure from Tehran to Mashad. We took off with the B707s typical shallow climb. The Saha Air B707 has a simple interior with only open racks, instead of overhead bins. A big group of Iraqi religious pilgrims were sitting behind me, they were chanting Muslim prayers during take-off and landing. Saha Air B707 was originally converted from a tanker and then later, after it was retired from passenger service, it went back into service as tanker again. There are large refuelling observation windows onboard. Enjoy the B707 experience!
Thanks to Shahram Sharifi, Alireza Khodakarami, SpeedBird HD and Boeing images for the footage.
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1st Officer: "V1"
5mins later
1st Officer: "Rotate"
lmfao
Rotaté
@@Captain_DeSync i see what you did there
Is this an aviation joke I’m too stupid to comprehend? 😳
I don't think a lot of people understand. But this comment is hilarious 😂
707: we pay for whole runway we use whole runway
Barack Obama are u real Obama?
Barack Obama omg
@Leonard Tan are u dumb, you just got whoosed
Not real
Carter Thiel / XDomGaming1FTW naw you got whooshed you reddit user can you use your brain 🧠
Wow that was a really long takeoff roll. Was starting to wonder if the pilot just decided to drive you guys there instead!
Yes it seemed nearly 50 seconds. Normal roll is around 30 seconds.
Yes indeed.....The maul on those 4 engines is so small...surprised the plane gets any lift at all!!!......
Was thinking the same thing lol
Lol
The pilots knew Sam was there doing his thing and they wanted to give him a roll to remember them by :)
I said similar when I saw how long their T/O roll was
The thing that really differentiates this plane from the modern ones is the small diameter of the fan blades. If it had two large engines, and the needle on the vertical rudder was removed, few people would notice it in a modern airport, especially if it had a current livery. This is to say how modern this machine still is after 65 years. To put it in perspective, 65 years before the 707 was flown for the first time would be 1895, eight years before the Wright brothers.
Btw why was there a needle on the vertical rudder? Also, why do some old aircraft have a wire connecting the vertical rudder with the fuselage?
@@aadixum That was antenna
@@phlydaisy4473 So why is it missing on modern planes?
@@aadixum
Because it became internal?
@@Menaceblue3 no need to come after someone seeking for knowledge with your passive aggressive questionmark
Prayers are definitely required when flying on this one.
😂👍🏼
Still safer then the 737 max
try tu-154
@@everythingisawesomebaby2290 nope, only 2 crashed 737
clarkcolt45 yea but it was it’s first year in service
Me: How much runway do you need for takeoff?
707: Yes.
Lol
I noticed that too, I thought they wouldn't take off
Almost overrun the runway lol
A lot.
They had to be able to lose one engine on takeoff and continue (25% of engines out). On two-engine aircraft you need to be able to climb with one out also, but it’s 50%. So when they’re all running you get either 33% more (4 engine plane) than the minimum climb capability or 100% more (two engine plane)
Yeah as I was watching the takeoff roll I kept thinking: "V1? No... V1? Nopeee... V... WHEN is this going to rotate?!" hahaha
The sad thing is.. the 707 that you flew on, crashed outside an Air Force Base in Iran :( (it was converted to a freighter and was transporting meat at the time of the incident in 2019).. this was the last 707 in commercial service
That's correct
Goddamnit, Iran, you already fly our F-4's and F-14's. Now you besmirch the good name of America by killing the very last flying specimen of its kind? WTF mate
):
Meat 😂
Was it pork?
As a 6 year old in 1967....Pan Am 707 from Los Angeles to Chicago. I still remember how huge it looked to me through the big windows at the terminal at LAX. Of course I was wearing a suit and tie with my mother in her best dress !
I liked the big round windows TWA put in the ceiling where at night you could see the stars. Though I know they weren't real, lol. I don't know why airlines don't do that any more, it's really cool.
So cool how people would actually dress up to go on plane flights. Now they literally dress down like sllobs.
I flew London to Toronto in 1967 on a BOAC 707, first time I ever flew. I was 5 at the time.
@@jonhamilton5789 One thing on the 707 that made it look really cool was the return on the vertical stabilizer. It was an antenna. Sometimes there'd be another one on one of the wingtips. To me it was like Boeing's trademark.
Thank you for sharing your story grandpa.
1:17 - THAT is the iconic sound that we used to hear in movies!
Yes, that is what a Jet Airliner sounds like...very iconic?
And the plane looks very sleek and beautiful!
Not wrong 👍🏻
Yeah airliners sound different these days
Oh yah like from *airplane* :)
I was privileged to work on this aircraft as a technician in late 1970s
Incredible.. were you working as like an A&P mechanic?
How old are you then?
Totally badass and awesome! Thank you for making airplanes safe for so long!!!
Anthony Does Legos 69
My father Captain Harvey Beebe Jr flew the B707 for nearly 17 of his 32 years of meritorious service with Pan Am. He flew all versions of the Boeing 707. This was one of his favorite aircraft, the other one was the 747 from which he retired as a captain in 1987. An aviation pioneer and trailblazer. The world will never see another one like him.
My dad was an international executive. Because of this, we traveled all around way back in the sixties through the eighties. DC9's, 707's, Prop planes, DC8's, 747's, and more, were all our planes. We were Pan Am Clipper kids. We got the Captain to sign our log books on every flight. Great food and service. Thanks for sharing!
Thank Tex Johnston for the enormous sales of the 707. He was the test pilot who did a barrel roll in front of the world's airline executives who were attending a boat race at Lake Washington. I actually saw Tex (in his later years) doing an interview about that special day.
He got chewed put by one of the chief executives at Boeing too after he saw Tex pull that stunt.
Tex did his barrel roll in the prototype known as the 367 dash 80. And the execs afterwards asked him, "please don't do that again".
let's all clap for Tex
Actually he did two barrel rolls, one in each direction!
The original test pilot did a barrel roll in this thing.
I never saw the reg on this plane however the last 707 was crashed by Saha airlines last year. Lucky Sam survived.
Two in fact
Dayum 707 is legit stronk
Was it Sky king?
Lol
My first flight on a 707 was in 1959 from San Francisco to Dallas. I was 15 and traveling by myself to a skating competition in Ft. Worth. I had new everything; new underwear, new sport coat,slacks socks shoes,tie . Everyone on board was dressed to the nines! The best part was with dinner which included a packet of 4 cigarettes! I didn’t smoke then and had to borrow some matches from the stunning stewardess ( that’s what you called them at the time) ! I smoked all four and felt like an absolute Prince,although a slightly nauseous one😎
Ur 75?
Goodness how old r u
@@wongijen9167 77
My first flight in a 707 was also from SF to Dallas in 1964 returned 1966 NY to SF Great plane providing very good paasenger comfort
A 15 year old smoking on a jet airliner. What a time...
I love how the internet has intensified every aspect of my hobbies, from basic learning about them to being full on educated in a new thing. Like how I initially liked flying in planes to now being obsessed with the real sciences behind them.
The internet has made me a lot less scared of planes. I used to have a fear of flying but hearing videos about how rare accidents occur and how well made (most) planes our made me much more relieved
The 707 was flying in our skies 40 years ago I remember as a child at Sydney Airport watching them land and take off amongst the 747-200. Great memories.
The barrel roll that the test pilot did when they presented the airplane to the public is fantastic.
What's more surprising is that the test pilot was *not suppose* to do that maneuver......
Tex Johnston. Videos of it are on TH-cam, some with him being interviewed and telling the interesting story regarding this event.
Mauro Chiarini that was awesome!
Funny was Tex Johnson’s Co-Pilot has no idea he was going to do it
One test is worth more than a thousand expert opinions :-)
My grandmother was a 707 air hostess on Continental during the 1960’s.
Great
Ahh, i guess she works for Delta now
@Ronnie Ka no, she retired from air travel with Continental in 1968 when she married my grandfather.
Ethan Nelson thats great, she must have very fond memories of her time on the 707. Hope she had the chance to share them with you.
@Ronnie Ka she’s told me some stories. Like how she met my grandfather in the airport after their flights got delayed due to a storm. Kinda funny how if that storm hadn’t formed my grandparents may never have met.
Wow flying experiences of the 707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 and 787 is the bucket list. HOw amazing it is to be able to experience it all.
I flew on a number of 707s with several airlines. It was very loud but it was a jet. Which back in that time that was a very big treat. The interior was just like the one in your video down to the perforated covers over the sidewall lights and the overhead passenger service units all look like the original ones. The interior remains me of the original American Airlines interiors. It’s a far cry from the plane I work on now an A350. What wonderful memories your video brought back thanks.
That is what Boeing was truly about. Not today's public image.
Yes. Boeing now is worse that ever before. Haiz...
What's wrong with Boeing nowadays? They are still making the most beautiful planes.
Sad that Boeing didn't keep the ball up... These days it's just a boring aircraft manufacturer
L Mario Puig they still outsell Airbus in the Long haul market, and the MAX still has over 4500+ orders due to its fuel efficiency edge over the A320 NEO. Most people don’t even know what plane they’re flying on, and ultimately this will eventually blow over for Boeing.
Boeing was great. The 707, 737 Original, 737 NG, 747 and the 757 are extremely good aircrafts, they ruled the market. But now Airbus overtakes them because they deserved it for the shit they had done. Boeing only survives because it‘s important for the US Industry.
•B787 Quality Issues
•B787 Battery Issues
•B787 Engine Shutdown Issues
•B7M8 Crashes
•B7M8 Grounding
•B7M8 Order Cancellations
•Boeing CEO fired
•B7M8 Production Halt
•B737 MAX "designed by clowns"
•B77X Wing snap (big rip)
•Everyone (except maybe Lufthansa) selling their B747s
•Airbus overtaking Boeing with sales
•Corona killing the aviation industry
I can see how desperate Sam is trying to surprise us and impress us with creative high-quality videos about aviation even under the circumstance that travel becomes rather impossible or inopportune. He even pulls out one of his oldest videos that seldom had ever witnessed! Thank you, Sam. You are really an outstanding TH-camr! Take care!
BTW, it feels like Sam hasn't aged a bit in the past ten years!
Great hair. I come for the airplanes, but I stay for that head of hair.... Just wow. Perfect.
Asian don't raisin... ;)
@@daveslow84 really? Xi-pooh says otherwise.
My wife and I flew on a TWA 707 in 1977 , from Canada to San Diego Great flight , plane was full and the pilot loved to tell everyone about things we were passing over, when we passed over Creatwer Lake ,he even Banked the plane so both sides of the plane could see out at it, Everyone was sort of high from the drinks and when he made a perfect landing in San Diego ,everyone on the planes Cheered reall loud !!
Back in the day pilots interacted with passengers more and pointed out interesting things. Miss that.
Thanks, Sam, for sharing your tribute! The four engine airliners (DC-8, 880/990, 747 and the iconic 707) are aircraft I have never had the pleasure, if not the privilege, of flying on in my 67 years. You have my good willed envy. Again, thank you for sharing your trip.
I flew the 707 a few times back in the 70s. Was a nice airplane and I liked it much better than the 727s I usually got stuck on. Still remember as a kid not understanding why we were constantly turning but it was before GPS and we were flying VOR to VOR. Also miss the days of the wide bodies that were half full and you could find a row of 5 seats to stretch out on on a red eye.
You could still find half or even quarter full ones when I was a kid in the 90's now, 100% packed like sardines, so annoying.
I think you mean you flew ON it? If you'd actually 'FLOWN' it you would not be as impressed,
I remember being on them a few times as a kid in the 70s. My mom would always book redeye over night flights because they were cheaper. I remember taking one from Atlanta to Tampa (after flying from San Diego to Phoenix to Dallas to Atlanta on an L1011 I think). It was definitely older and less comfortable especially after being up all night. Still cool though.
Seeing the 707 still flying Is like A privilege it still looks kinda modern Keep safe sam
@Devdoot Tarafder You're so lucky
@Devdoot Tarafder I saw one in Istanbul
I wonder how they kept that thing maintained. Would have been pretty hard to get spares even if they weren't under embargo from the Americans
Was nice of Iran to not blow this one out of the sky with 2 missiles
Charlie Whiskey there are shell companies supplying parts
My first trip overseas was on a 707. Back then it was new and the best thing out there. San Fransisco to Hawaii to Guam.
Sam, thank you for sharing this video. Love all of your aviation posts, and this one particularly brings fond memories as I was fortunate enough to have flown many flights sitting in the cockpit behind my father when he was 707 captain for kuwait airways late 70’s.
The year was 1970. I was in First Class on an American 707 from Dallas Love Field to El Paso. It was late in the evening, about 11 pm. At the time AA had just refurbished their interiors in shades of orange, brown and beige. It's hard to give it justice with a written description so lets just say it was gorgeous. The orange (not a bright, garish orange, but a darker more subtle tone) seats were so wide you felt like a king on his throne. I can so vividly recall looking out the window during the flight and watching the red anti-collision beacons flashing their reflection off of the engines. With any turbulence, those beauties would bounce and easily absorb the movement. I loved that airplane.
How long was that fist class flight.. Like 10 minutes?
I'm sorry if I'm going to flight 1st or Business, I'd put my money on a 8 hr + Flight.
Well, the flight on average is about 1 hour 35 minutes, still pretty short,but ey first class
Those comfy seats are gone. First class is gone in most flights now. Business class Is most you can expect and it’s not much better than coach. It’s no better than coach was 7 years ago. But coach now is so crammed together s can’t even fit. I’m 6’5”. So if I fly I have to get business class just to fit. Sure do long for those glory days of aviation when the 707 was king!
Loved your vivid story! I totally drew your imagination in my mind thanks!
Dark orange, brown and beige. So, like everything from the 1970's and the US, it was literally drabbed in _shit_ .
"Gourgeous!"
Fxing boomers.
Wow! Thank you so much for posting this. In the 60s and early 70s my father was a senior captain for Pan Am and he loved this airplane. Captain William A Webster Pan Am 1942 - 1972. I was fortunate enough to get to fly with him in the jump seat on several occasions and it was amazing. Not only the plane but the guys that flew 707s for Pan Am were every bit as special as the plane they were flying. Old school fly by the seat of your pants but with leading edge thchnology for the time. They had to be the best and so did the plane. One day they would be flying in and out Fairbanks Alaska in the worst flying conditions imaginable and the next turn around and fly in and out of Saigon or Da Nang. It wasn't all London, Paris, Rome and glammor. He had some amazing stories. The first commercial flight into Da Nang and getting rocketed on final on the first approach. Redbrick was the code word for point the nose to sky, pour on the coals and get the hell out. In and out of Nam over eighty times. Flying three times through the same typhoon on three differant legs of the trip. Hitting clear air turbulance over Alaska and having the 707 drop out of the sky and fighting to save it. (A baby flew out of the mothers arms and hit the ceiling). Thats just a some. The 707 was an incredible piece of enginering and my dad was increably proud the be one of the small handfull of the best of the best to take it to its limits. It got him home safe every time. Thank you Boeing! I still have and cherish some of his uniforms and some memorabelia from those days. Thanks again.
@KDW
Thanks for the recounting of your Dad's time as a pilot, I wish more people would tell their stories !
@@watershed44 Thank You.Me Too!
Thank you! Did he ever fly IGS? I have heard they were the non PanAm PanAmers.
Great memories!
My very first flight was on a British Caledonian B707 back in the early 70’s, flying from Gatwick to Singapore via Bahrain. My interest with aviation has never faded since. Thank you for sharing your video 👍✈️
The sight of these engines, the incomparable sound of the engines reminded me of some trips I made in my childhood, with my parents to spend the school holidays. It was when I was about 10, 11 years old, around 86, 87 when I flew here in Brazil, with the late Varig and Transbrasil. It was incredible! Very cool your videos. Thanks.
thank you Sam for the great memories. The constellation was the first plane that I flew in. Then the 707 DC8 727 DC9 747 767 777. I am disabled now and sadly do not have the money to travel by plane anymore. I love flying and your show brings back those memories of mine. GOD BLESS YOU
Ft. Lauderdale to L.A. round trip
$42. Bucks. Roundtrip
@@gf4353 yeah, and it comes with a side of Covid-19!
@@pawelodziomek4908 That's why I'm not going.
@@gf4353 I was just saying the reason it cost that much was because of Covid-19 usually it costs much more. You can fly on an a330neo and an a320neo from NYC to like anywhere in europe for 90 bucks
You will fly again
Global Warming:
707: *_Yes._*
Jet ticket prices back in '58: Nope!
That old girl chooches good
That makes no sense
@chris yeomans you make no sense.
Here's the scoop it's possable even likely jets run on mostly compressed air onboard . Fuel storage dosent add up.... Concorde 100000lites or kilos jet A.... Dosent stack up
Sadly, this particular aircraft crashed a little over a year ago. No passengers were onboard, as it was a cargo flight, but the incident officially ended the non-military service life of the 707.
15 of the 16 onboard were killed however. The crash was the result of landing at the wrong airport.
@@solracer66 Was it too small? The airport.
@@RogovAB It was foggy and the runway was just 1,369 meters (4491 ft) long. while the 707 requires more like 2000 meters (6561 ft). Given that it was a freighter and likely heavily loaded and the fog perhaps being thick enough to not initially realize the runway was short there was probably little that could be done. A United pilot once accidentally landed a DC-8 at Portland-Troutdale airport with a 1646 meter (5399 ft) runway without damage to the aircraft so I'd say that that is probably close to the emergency limit for the 707 as well.
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Thank you for sharing this very unique experience of the 707 !! Played your video a number of times.💥
My last flight in a Boeing 707 was in a chartered Red Eye flight Of High school kids In July 1977 From Seattle Tacoma to Honolulu! We cruised at 43,000 feet which is high today! Best plane ever!
For me, it was 1972. Remember it vividly. Couldn't agree more, utterly brilliant aircraft.
I Flew from JFK to Miami to Caracas to Maracaibo the day after the American 191 DC-10 crashed in Chicago on 5/25/1979. I had been booked on 191 to go to Los Angeles but took the Venezuela assignment instead. After 6 weeks in Venezuela I tried to fly back to New York. But the FAA had grounded all DC-10's and most of the air traffic from South America was by DC-10. It took 8 days of going to Maracaibo Airport standing by for hours a day to finally get on a plane to Miami. It was an ex Braniff 707 that was in really worn condition and was probably pressed into service for a short time. 707's were very old and rare even then so I considered myself very lucky to fly on one. I always joked that the plane was a museum piece that they borrowed for one more trip. I flew on hundreds of commercial flights all around the world back then as an Engineer for General Electric. So that was my first and last trip ever in a 707 and I enjoyed every minute of it.
@@kimmer6 ...when I planned to move out to the Pacific Northwest in 1980 I booked a backup reservation on American out of ORD through LAX which would have been on a 707 for the long leg .
I ended up taking Amtrak (my original itinerary as I wanted to take a long train trip out west) and was in Yakima when Mt St Helens blew, Saw morning turn back to midnight.
@@bcshelby4926 I'm surprised AA still had any 707's flying then. I flew all over the world as an engineer for General Electric. When Mt. Saint Helens blew, I was in Tung Hsiao, Taiwan modifying a gas turbine generator to run on fuel oil. Another engineer working on the new plant next door came over in a panic as the newspaper he had....The China Post...English version, said that the State of Washington ''blew off the face of the Earth''. His parents lived in Yakima.
Communications were poor in 1980 and we spent hours trying to get a message through. He finally was able to contact a newspaper in Yakima by phone (he practically had to scream into the phone and had to repeat everything due to the terrible connection). The Yakima paper said that they had ash so heavy that it looked like midnight but to not worry. They promised to call his parents. We were both ready to abandon our jobs to get to Washington to help. The Yakima people said thanks, but stay put. The next day my friend got word that his parents had been contacted by the news and were OK.
I still have an ashtray and a kerosene blown glass lamp that were made from Mt. Saint Helens ash.
@@kimmer6 ...I still have a small sealed jar of ash on my desk from what I collected while we were stuck in Yakima. Made some glass items after I got settled in but saved a bit in its natural form from the actual eruption. it was interesting for the first few nights in Seattle when I'd turn on the news and the weather report would give the high, low chance of rainfall and chance of "ash-fall". When I got off the train the front of the locomotives looked like we just came through a blizzard, but instead of snow caked on the front it was ash. Those locomotives were also smoking like steam engines as we neared Seattle.and likely had to be rebuilt afterwards.
Later in summer while I was taking extension courses at the University, I was heading to class when I saw the big ash eruption which happened on July 22nd.
Along Interstate 5 heading south from Olympia there is a series of small hills with grass and trees on them. These "hills" are actually mounds of ash and mud from the pyrocasitc flow that choked the the Toutle River. I remember when they were still grey.
A friend and was a co-worker was with her high school band in Vancouver BC about 200 miles away that day and they heard the blast loud and clear as all went to the north .
I'm now in Portland and on clear days you can see St Helens to the north. The city had a "ringside seat" for the eruption. I've seen old photos of it from the city and it was almost perfectly symmetric like our version of Mt. Fuji. It still belches seam and a little ash now & then bit nothing like what happened in 41 years ago.
While the train trip turned out to be a once in a lifetime adventure, part of me still would have loved to be on that flight as yes, American was phasing out their remaining 707s (the last one retired in 1983). Didn't like what I called the "Pepsi wagon" scheme with the three stripes along the windows. They looked so much sleeker in the old "Astrojet" livery. Northwest, which was the major carrier in Milwaukee where I grew up retired theirs years earlier in 1978.
I can still hear the distinct roar of those Pratt's on T/O power and with the Secondary Air Intakes wide open! I loved commanding that amazing machine in the 70's.
I remember trim runs on the nose with the David Clark headset on. Ready for the old girls to jump chocks. If we were doing the runs in the morning, there would be joggers on the airfield perimeter road (I was in Aussie AF), so we would wait for them to pass, so we could blow their hats of at T/O power. Nice warm breeze for them in winter! LOL!
I loved working on them.
Sam, thank you for sharing this delightful video of an iconic airplane. I learned much from this.
3:40 That's an extremely long takeoff run.
I was getting anxiety
I flew on one out of Mexico city (7,200 ft / 2,200 m) on a hot summer day, and it used every inch of the runway. Pretty scary when you're not used to it. You hear the "bump-bump" of the wheels leaving the runway a split second before you see the end of the runway go by. The interior modules, like the luggage bins and bathroom, were moving and rattling around as if they weren't even attached. I half expected to find a rear section full of cows. I'm glad I got to do that, though.
Yes, I was thinking the same. Maybe it was really hot outside, which can reduce lift. Maybe these older jets had a lower power to weight ratio.
Yeah
32 seconds long ouch
"The 707 changed the world of aviation."
I feel like you should take the last two words out. Then it's an even more true statement.
Though it was the third jet airliner, not the first as many Americans claim.
@@owenshebbeare2999 it definitely wasn't the first, but it was the first that made a huge impact.
Never heard a single American claim that
@@TransistorBased I would argue the impacts of the 707 and the Dehaviland Comet entering service were similar however made different impacts in different ways.
The Comet proved that jet aviation was the future, and proved that the passenger experience was better, flight times were better, etc. This pushed plenty of manufacturers to start manufacturing their very own versions, learning from the mistakes (such as window shape) that the Dehaviland Comet suffered from.
The 707 took the lessons from the Comet and threw the air travel industry into a total boom phase, pushing air travel as a reliable and safe means of transportation.
Essentially, the Comet walked so the 707 could run.
@@Project2457official that's definitely true. For better or for worse, the majority of the general public will probably never remember the Comet. For avgeeks and historians it serves as a cautious tale of properly testing your airframes, but for anyone else it would remain in their mind as another reason to fear flying 🤷🏼♂️
I love this video. The 707,727 and 747 have always been my favorite airline jets. Thank you Pilot for sharing your experience flying the Boeing 707.
Pilot? He's not a pilot. He's a youtuber.
I remember these planes flying over our house in the 70's. They were so loud they sounded like they were cracking up the air. Love and miss that beautiful sound 😍
I remember when I was 7 years old, seeing the PanAm, National, Eastern and Braniff 707s and 727s! That was back in 1970! They were loud, before hush kits were mandated! I lived close to the airport, you could hear when they would spool up the turbines before take off! The air heavy with smell of kerosene! Childhood memories I will never forget!
What a coincidence. I was born in 1970 (July 8).
Had similar memories growing up as a teen in the 70s a few miles downwind of 31R at JFK. The parade of 707s seemed to never end- I now understand how my folks got such a good deal on the house. I inhaled a goodly amount of Jet A for sure- don't think it did too much damage but I have to remember not to get too close to open flames-
Love this kerosene smell
I think that Eastern used the DC-8, not the 707. The two planes looked very similar. The easiest way to tell them apart is that the DC-8 lacked the forward facing antenna on top of the tail fin.
@@geoffk777 Remembering Eastern called their planes Whisperjets- ha! ...not!
Listening to the Iraqi pilgrim’s excitement, it reminded me of my first airplane ride from St. Louis to San Diego to attend Marine Corps boot camp on the other side of the chain link fence there at the airport. While in boot camp, we listened to aircraft takeoff on a regular basis which was the only thing that would drown out the Drill Instructor’s voice.
Was his name Vince Carter?
Yes, I remember the 707, I went to High School in Inglewood California 3 miles from LAX and under their landing path.
Loved this. I flew the first time on a 707 from YYZ to LIS on 'CPAir' as a child. Definitely a loud aircraft but beautifully nostalgic. Thanks for putting this together Sam. Love your videos!!🙂
6:22 Me and the boys when the school bus gets anywhere in one piece
andrew min, wait you can actually understand Arabic!?
Lmao so true
hahahahahahahahahahahhah
@@neoleomedia1676 you dont need to know arabic if u hear muslims enough you'll understand it
@@qayz0989, I understand. But one thing, not all Arabs are Muslims. There is a war going on right now, I am a Christian who speaks Arabic.
Definitely a warm spot in my heart for this iconic airplane. It was the first airplane I ever flew on and it was a TWA 707 back in 1967 from New York to Frankfort, West Germany. I was 5 years old and my father was transferred to Germany in the U.S. Army. My father made me and my older brother take turns on the window seat during the flight. We just loved the whole experience. Walking onto the tarmac back then and up the stairs into the plane and off the plane; it was so neat to be so close to a plane that large. And the old tube headsets to listen to music on an airplane was also so futuristic. I also have pictures of my father arriving in Vietnam in 1964 aboard a 707. He took pictures out the window as they approached Tan Son Nhut airport near Saigon and those distinctive engines can be seen in the photos.
Back in the early 70s I flew on a couple Boeing 707 American Airlines owned. I always had a wing seat & felt very safe having 4 engines. Thanks for the memories ❤
my first flight World Airways Charter from JFK to Prestwick, Scotland on a Boeing 707, December 18, 1969, from Braniff Terminal 2 (formerly Delta) out of JFK, gate 69 .. remember it like yesterday! Thanks Sam for the walk down memory lane .. I was 10 years old then and it was my joy to fly Delta many times in 2016/2017 and land at that gate, in that terminal! Precious indeed!
The Boing 707 airplane changed Hawaii big time. The plane used before was a slow propeller drive airplane. Did not carry many passengers either. Suddenly twice as many people were coming to Hawaii. And twice as fast. Game changer.
Before, Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser was used on Pan-Am Hawaii flights..and their safety record was dismal in that out of the ten planes used, three of them went into the drink.
My first flight was an American Airlines 707, Detroit - San Diego with a stop in Chicago. It was June of 1971, my parents and I were spending the summer in Southern California. It was an adventure I’ll never forget. I was an excited 9 year old, and was given the choice of an in ground pool, or a trip to California. My friends were angry I chose the trip, they were hoping for a new neighborhood pool. I chose a trip I still remember vividly. I was surprised when we finally arrived, there was no jetway, but stairs. It was dark and I could smell the jet fumes in the air. As we drove through San Diego, I could see the Cutty Sark lit up in the pier. We went everywhere, Disneyland, Mexico, and swimming in the Pacific Ocean. My father, who returned a month earlier, surprised my mother and I with a flight change at LAX, and home on a new 747. It was a trip of a lifetime.
sounds like you made the correct choice!
Thanks, Sam. I made 3 trips to South East Asia in the early to mid 70's, all on 707's. Thanks for the memories.
They stopped making them right before I started to work for Boeing back in 1989. Just missed it. But got to work on 737/757 back then. Great airplanes
It's impossible for me to see or hear about a 707 without hearing the song "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band.♥️✈️
Yeah, me too. It's a really nice mention in the song.
Great video. I remember flying in one of these to Hawaii from SFO in July of 1969 when I was 4 1/2 years old. This plane had a series of 16mm film projectors that dropped down from the ceiling which projected a feature length film. I recall falling asleep and waking up with drool dripping down my chin. I felt self-conscious as the one of the stewardesses came to wipe it off my face.
And, to top it off, she had left some complimentary toys, like puzzles and some kind of coloring book for my amusement. This was a very expensive trip. My grandmother had mad a bunch of money investing in Denny's in the early 60's. She sold the stock and took us all to Hawaii for a month! Thanks Sam for the memory!
First flew in this aircraft in 1965. Nostalgic. Thanks for the video.
It’s amazing that the iconic 707 is still flying.
There was a time when Boeing was an engineering company
A time of innovation
Dont talk out of your arse. The 787 is an engineering marvel, possibly too far ahead of its time
@@peanuts2105 Yeah but Boeing is not a engineering company anymore. They're a management company.
Wasn’t there a time when the US Government could build things quickly and cheaply that dominate 5 decades later
Agree. When the merger with Boeing and McDonnell Douglas took place, MDC management took over (Stonecipher) which was then turning into an accounting Company. When I was working there they started a program called "Just in time" which meant as the fusalage was going down the assembly line the parts was supposed to show so they could build the aircraft. This was to save money. But the parts were now comming from all over the world not just from the US. Many times the parts would not fit or arrive late so the line stopped long with losing many Engineers. This philosophy went with the merger.
I remember flying on one of these from the U.S to the Philippines in the 1960s. We debarked at Manila via the stairs. I can still remember how incredibly loud the engines were when standing close to the plane on the runway.
Also, this Iranian aircraft has flown for 50 years or so without crashing, so I think it would be one of the safer craft to fly on.
Firebird Sweet because they made stuff to last, unlike nowadays
The issue is that parts of the 707 design basically ended upin the 737 but with the totally different weight distribution and controls it's design doesn't fit the demands anymore.
Yes these planes were built tough to last!! I rode in one one time in the early 1970's from Denver Colorado all the way to Kennedy Airport, New York in excessively bad weather wing tip flex had to be close to 6 to 7 feet or more, real rough weather!!! seat belts ON all the way!! no dinners served on this flight, they would have been all over everything, but that old plane stayed together the WHOLE FLIGHT!! Most everybody had the BARF BAG FILLED with their prior meal, yea I was sick too but managed to keep all my cookies down!! Yup those old planes were built to go over Niagra Falls and probably survive the incident!!
I hope South Philippines secede away from you bastards in the north.
I flew in a 707 like ten years ago, going to a family vacation from Madrid to Mallorca. My father is in the Air Force and Spain had two of those. I think they were retired of service a few years ago.
Great show Sam! Love the comments and the memories. My Dad flew the B720 and the B707-320C. Also DC3, Lockheed Constellation, and the DC10. The takeoff roll was great. I did in think it would end.
Great video Sam! As usual, thanks for sharing your experience!
I love how excited those pilgrims behind you looked. They really looked to be having a great time.
What a legendary jet! I'm 58, and was fortunate enough to have flown on the Boeing 707 many times as a child and teen. My dad was from 'the old country', and we used to fly Olympic, TWA, Sabena, Pan Am, etc. 707's from NYC (Kennedy Airport) non-stop to Athens, Greece, and in great time, often under 8 hours! Coming back, we always stopped in Shannon, Ireland to refuel, and it took a few more hours to return to JFK. I can remember the sheer thrill of seeing and hearing those engines, and of course people like my dad, who used to take large ocean liners to and from Europe, could now make it in 8 hours, so these jets were truly revolutionary in ushering in the jet age! Thanks for posting this.... it brings back many great memories!
You are very lucky to share that experience in this day and age.
Flew several times on a 707 from Angola to Portugal in the 1980s and early 90s.
Great plane and good memories ❤
Me: how inefficient are you
707: yes
707: is my last day good bye people.
Boeing:Bye
A340:HAHAHAHAHAHAH I TOOK THE CROWN FIR THE BEST SIBGLE DECK 4 ENGINE PLANE HAHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHAH
A340 brother (idk the plane name):Am I a joke to u?
Me asking one ot the engines in 707: What is your bypass ratio?
The engine: What?
This plane has to be so, so uneconomic today.
marek jajos fuel was super cheap back then.
@@CarlosRodriguez-hw3nt This is always betted for line to pay less for fuel, so is it cheap or expensive does not matter actually.
Those are turbojets not turbofans. No bypass.
@@BGTech1 the one in the video was already turbofan.
@@BGTech1 that was his point.
I appreciate your hard work and dedication in creating this video. It was very informative and helpful.
Thanks for uploading this precious clip!
Brings back memories. I flew the 707 as a child on Saudia, Biman and British Airways. During the 1970s and early 1980s.
That's the sound of every airport cut scene overdub from the 60's and 70's. :D
My first flight in 1968! Boeing 707 ! My dad announced a move to England.We flew Houston- Chicago,- London Heathrow.The plane if I remember right was a Pan Am 707.What a flight! My ears popped like crazy on descent and a stewardess gave me a piece of candy to chew on to equalize the pressure.When i got off the plane I was feeling like a martian in another world. I had never in my life seen a man with long hair before .Well that plane along with many others .The Dc-8s,Convair Coronado - 990,my personnel favorite also was great.since then I've been around the world many times. But I always felt safe and sound on the 707! She was indeed a beautiful design for her time.Well done boeing.and thank you.
I love the roaring sound of the 707 engines and that black exhaust fumes Trail at take off
It is impossible to explain this relationship of love and passion for these beautiful and incredible aircraft! Seeing these images, sometimes it seems that they talk to us in a certain way. They deserved a very special place because they are not simple planes !! They are a multitude of stories that will remain in memory forever! A nostalgic farewell tone! I love these ancient giants that made and make history in aviation so much. Thanks for sharin
When I started my #AvGeek days at LHR in the late 80's/early 90's, I remember seeing 707's still being operated by MEA and Anglo Cargo. Also remember seeing the B720 operated by TMA! Really excellent videos Sam - you're really helping me get through lockdown!
Thank you for sharing. I remember several trips on a Cathay Pacific 707 in the 70s traveling between various Asian cities.
I flew on a B707 from San Diego Ca. to San Francisco Ca. back in Sept. 1979. Wonderful aircraft and excellent flight.
Just beautyful ! Thank you for sharind ! .... i loved the trips in 707´s !
Beautiful film Sam. The 707 is my all time favorite plane. The slink design. The engine sound and design and the agressive antenne pin on top of the tail makes it complete. I was witness of an 707 incident at my home airport Zaventem, Brussels in Belgium. In november 1997 a Jordanian cargo 707-300 lost an engine cover part at take off @ runway25R. The part came down in a field 100 meters behind me, and 200 meters from the Brussels highway. The plane returned safely after fuel drop above the north sea. I had to talk to an airports spokesman. It was on Belgian tv news. Yup, a goosebump memory..
Damn those engines look like ants compared to the plane tho.
These days the engines is bigger than the fuselage itself. LoL
Actual gas turbine is still pretty narrow, the bigger size is due to the large fan.
Paras Srivastav ok and
4 engines is nice..
Yup
These engines are low bypass engines which are more narrow than the high bypass engines we have today.
She was a real screamer. I love the primitive look of the wing in the shots looking outboard. The leading edge devices were almost like flat deflected surfaces and the line of the front spar seemed like an angled surface more than a camber or humped surface. Wonderful.
At the end when it takes off those engines look hot. what beautiful looking plane a classic.
I flew on these in the 1960s - they were so futuristic! A half-century later, the sounds and sights remain fresh. The all-passenger versions had these wonderful dome lights in the ceilings, which turned blue during night flights. And, of course, there were those passenger-service units slung under the hat racks, along with the lighted grilles, so beautifully captured in this video. How I love this airplane!
The Boeing 707 has gained legendary status..
It was even mentioned in the song "Early Morning Rain"..
No high tech or fly by wire, but prove itself be reliable and safe.
I flew from Singapore to Tokyo in 1968..
Steve Miller also referenced the 707 in the song Big Ol Jet Airliner
Sam...dittos to your closing statement. Excellent video! I'm 69 years old and the damn things STILL look incredible...'been on several of them back in the day and very-much enjoyed the "roar" of those quad monsters.
I love this video!
I wish I could have flown in 707.
I’m happy you did Sam!
I still remember these things being very common at a time when the 747s started to show up. Thank you.
Thanks !!!
The 707 was a truly elegant plane. And it cruised noticeably faster than current jetliners.
I remember flying in my early teens from Johannesburg to London (with a stopover in Nairobi) and for hours watching the African landscape below these very specific engines.
Th thing about speed is not true. Speed is reduced 1 % for more efficiency, not really noticeably. Today's big and far less noisy aircrafts just feel as if they travelled slower.
@@akronymus Wrong.
The B 707 was crusing at 930-960 km/h. Today cruising speeds are 850-900 km/h. The reduction is much more than 1 % .Hence flying time on an Europe - East Coast USA route today is 30 - 45 minutes longer than back then. On the JNB-LHR route the difference added up to 1 hour You see, speed is not measured by noise.
@@andy99ish
The 787's max speed is Mach .9 (~ 960 km/h), the 707's is slightly above (~ 1%). The min cruise speed at top height is about Mach .8 (~ 850 km/h) because of better lift - so it does fly safe at a more economic speed, mostly Mach .82 to .85 which makes *real* flight time longer, but not possible speed lower.
The 707 was a gas guzzler anyways, and gas was cheap, so there was no reason to throttle down.
@@akronymus I wrote: "It [the 707] cruised noticeably faster than current jetliners".
Not about possible maximum speeds. Sharpen your reading skills.
@@andy99ish
You might work on friendliness skills, my dear.
I watched one take off from SFO in the 1960s. Starboard outboard engine exploded, blew off 1/3 of the wing. Trailed huge flames 3x the length of the airplane. Yet it landed safely at Travis AFB a few miles away. a true miracle. Saw another 707 land in SF Bay by mistake! Raised from the water, it was restored and enjoyed a long career!
I remember seeing them fly into Oakland airport from the waterfront park in San Leandro. Fascinating plane watching as a kid!
Thanks for sharing! Love it!
Love your videos sam and getting to see you experience amazing things in aviation!!!
Still see them flying every week! AWACS still flies with a fleet of 707 with a radar dish on top!
With plans to keep the E-3 Sentry flying for another 15 years. The RC-135(V & W models) Rivet Joints are still spying on the world but sadly the Looking Glass was retired many years ago.
I got to see these growing up as a kid in LNK used as aerial refuelers. I think the Nebraska ANG had a squadron of six 707’s (military designation tho) they used to complete their mission.
Blessings and thanks to all of those air enthusiasts who kept that beautiful, seminal, bird in the sky for so long!!
Thank you for posting this and all your videos. They're very interesting to watch. Most of us wouldn't get to experience this information and content if it weren't for you. 👍🏻👍🏻
Dear Mr. Sam Chui, I salute and thank you for your tribute to the great Boeing 707. It was an iconic aircraft as you point out and I grew up reading about the 707 in various civil aeroplane books that I could read in the library. It was a very nice refresher for me to see your video. You made a great effort to capture these shots. Sorry for the long comment. See you.
Just beautiful and iconic - those engines and that interior design somehow remind me of the original starship Enterprise!
Excellent experience! Thanks for creating and posting! :)
Thanks Sam.
Back in the day fley a 707 Johannesburg to London and Back.
Great Aircraft.