Classic Jetliners - "New York, Dulles, Atlanta & Chicago" - 1970 

I know, I know...those jet engines were major polluters, but I absolutely love the way they sounded!

all those delicious 707s DC-8s 9s,and 727s. and those juicy JT8Ds.. Dat Smoke. I love it

Neat stuff -- Braniff was a trend setter with new-style paint schemes, but the classics sure look good.

Big smokey powerful DC-9s and 727s. Branniff Airlines and their multiple colors.My parents travelled a lot when I was a kid and it was always DC-9s or 727s domestically back in the 70's. I remember people were nicer and it was actually a pleasant experience (mostly) Flying nowadays is a packed, inhuman, faceless bland experience that I avoid unless business forces me to travel. Thanks for posting keep 'em coming.

Where to begin? I guess by saying a big thanks for putting this together. I grew up south of final to JFK 1962 - 1972. I am able to name all the aircraft [not the variants] that appeared. The first thing I noticed was the 'swing' the NE DC-9 made and then just began take off roll. I remember being on an Eastern 727 that did that in the 1960s, from JFK to HOU [Houston Hobby]. Even at 10 years old, I remember thinking, "That's dang nifty that the pilot just swung round. Cool." The second thing is that yes, this was the Golden Era of Aviation, but remember, we're many more times safer flying commercially than we were in 1968. And finally, although I'd be considered a dinosaur, I nearly always dress in a shirt and tie when I fly. I stopped flying 'steerage' in 2001 when I saw myself doing GBH to a flight attendant on BA LHR - SEA. He wasn't just rude; there's no way to describe how I felt, being demeaned because I asked for a glass of water after cabin crew didn't answer the call bell. The seat belts signed was on, the cabin crew was hissing like schoolgirls after dark in the galley just forward of the rear most seating section on a 747. Anyway, I just feel awkward if I don't at least wear a shirt and tie. And I am unanimous in that!

I remember my dad flying Braniff to his medical meetings when I was a kid. Those 727s shook the entire terminal building on takeoff.

Cool paint scheme on that blue Braniff 727 (and NO hush kit!)...

Great to see all those DC-8's which were state-of-the-art at the time. Seeing these aircraft is like comparing 1950's cars to today's cars. We've come a long way and thank God for the clean air act. I flew one of United's last DC-8s from ORD to LAS in the late 80s. What a roomie first class it had.

I never get tired of watching these old airliner videos.

Some airlines back then, had a very progressive and beautiful paint schemes!

That Northeast at 1:10. I have to buy bigger speakers so I can hear that magnificent craft as she was meant to be heard. A moment of silence for the golden age or air travel.

Love that blue Braniff!

a superb bit of aviation when it was fun loud and smoky! this brings back memories when all these cool jets were in service and the flying experience was so much different then. love the old northeast airlines ''yellowbirds''! I live north north of boston , only about 12 miles from logan and I can remember seeing these nice looking planes flying over my house when I was a kid on approach to the airport. the smoky take offs were awesome! thanks for this treat! rob

I love seeing all those vintage airframes , in their loud and smoky glory :D Especially those DC-8s . I loved those because they just looked sleek and fast to me as a kid (and took several flights in them) .

I have now watched this video 10 times and the dubbing is nothing short of masterful! I especially love the NE DC-9-32 and BF 727-27 sequence.

Classic, you are a true asset to the RU-vid Universe...Much appreciation again for your time spent bringing us these treasures from a "better vanished time"...

So much smoke I think I've reduced my lifespan by about 5yrs just watching it! Great footage!

This is one of your best videos here. I was blessed to experience this wonderful time period in commercial aviation. Flying then was fun, adventurous and exciting. I flew into all these airports and many more. Ended up as flight engineer on a DC-8-62H ( obviously my favorite ) but love the B-707, B-720, B-727, and CV-880 & CV-990. And yes, black smoke & engine noise matters....!!

From the beginning, what a treat! Finnair's DC-8, what a rare sight!

Brings back memories loved the old jets real stylish aircraft thanks for sharing

Can't get enough of these videos.

Great! At that time the planes also used to smoke, as the people do.

It doesnt matter what i do here on youtube, whenever i search for aviation and old jets i end up on this channel, great videos!.

WOW.... What a really smoky aircraft that NE DC 9

You do such a great job adding the audio! It's spot dead on!! And adds so much to the already great footage! Thank you so much for taking the time!!

wonderful slice of history, thank you for making it available

Just fantastic memories. Thanks for sharing this. Very best from New Zealand.

Wow the 727 smoked more then a Tu 154 or the IL62

"FLY DELTA JETS" - ATL never shy about letting you know whose turf you're on. :-)

Oh...... those ear bustin whirling Pratts spooling up, the exhaust, that beautiful exhaust, I can still smell that Jet A and not an Airbus or CFM to be found. Mr Peabody, may I borrow your Wayback Machine.....?

Incredible. Evokes the movie “Airplane” vibes. I can’t believe the amount of exhaust from early jet aircraft…

70’s fumes !! Forgot how polluting these fantastic birds were !

3:06 I miss that sight, I love Dulles so much and it’s sad to see it grow into a monstrosity of long walk ways and every airline under the sun

MAN! TWA 747 rolling in to atl at the end of the video....VERY RARE FOOTAGE!!!

That DC-9 pilot was good with the throttles, coming around & giving it the juice while still moving, taking the engines up to 90% or so, checking 'em one last time, & then giving it full power. The DC-9 looks quite elegant & sleek compared to the 727 that comes after it.

SUPERB FOOTAGE!!! What a jewel...I would give this 10 thumbs-up if I could. Video-microcosm of The Good Ol' Days.

Great video, thanks for posting. So sad to see so many of the big carriers who are no longer with us. Oh the sound of those engines and that smoke. That is what is missing from aircraft of today.

Love the storys guys I worked as ground crew chocking the new stuff some still smoke as bad

Superb footage...many thanks for uploading.

Seeing the smoky engines in 1970 reminded me of how odd it looked as the engines were modified to be "smokeless" and sometimes an airplane would have one smoky engine, and one smokeless engine during the transition. On wing-mounted engines like the B-737 it really looked like one engine wasn't working when an intermixed engine airplane flew over!

Can't believe how much smoke those engines were spewing back then.

AWESOME Braniff three holer footage

DC-9 rollin coal lol

The United blue and font are classic design elements.

Wow, that DC-9 uses coal or diesel, not jet fuel haha, cool!

Watching the Northeast jet take off brought back memories of an even earlier flight with them. In 1959 my parents and I flew with them from NY to Miami on a DC6B prop. I enjoyed your video. I shot a video in the early 80's from the observation deck of LaGuardia Airport, so there are lots of memories in your video.📹✈️😄

The NE DC9 and BN 727 takeoffs were from DCA, the only IAD scene was the terminal

Dam BRANIFF sure did have attitude!

The 1960s and 1970s was truly the Jet Age at its highest. It must been an awesome sight to watch air traffic at the major airports such as Dulles, New York, and Chicago. Though, I must say it must have been very hazy at the airport with all that dirty exhaust coming out of the aircraft during takeoffs and landings. From what I read, before jet engine technology progressed, as a method of increasing thrust, pilots would switch on a device that would dump water vapor into the combustion chamber making the high pressure superheated air heavier thus produce more thrust. However, I'm glad that the introduction of the Clean Air Act and the technological advances make this kind of sight a thing of the past, I can't imagine what the smell must been like around the airports. It must have had a acrid kerosene smell which either way can smell good or awful. I will say that I miss the Boeing 727, 707, 737-200 and the Douglas DC-8 and DC-9 with their low-bypass turbofan JT8D engines, the high pitched whine that the engines make are in my opinion sound terrific.

The yellow and white jet taking off at 1.06 so much black smoke what changed since then ? The jets today do not seem to pollute as much ? Is it the fuel or better engines ...Just curious

Two of my favorite paint schemes...the Northeast Yellowbirds and the solid blue Braniff

Why are there three thumbs down on this? These are historic relics that give us a glimpse of a simpler time in aviation. Proud to have been a subscriber for years now!

thank you so much, this may be the best thing i have ever seen on RU-vid.

Wow...the amount of exhaust....I had to clean my screen afterwards

4 engines as fas as eye can see. Love it!

Incredible the amount of smoke engines from those days generated. Much cleaner today.

Any idea where the blue Braniff took off from? It did a short back taxi to get the full length of the runway. Maybe a hot day or a captain that wanted every inch of runway? Just wondering. Great video

1:19 still lower emissions than a Volkswagen

0:06 omg that jet disappeared into FINNAIR!

JT3Cs,and JT8Ds. Sweet n Smokey deliciousness

I realize this was in the early 70's, but It reminds me when I was a kid growing up in Calgary, Alberta in the early to mid 60's, we would bike the 7 miles to the airport just to watch the DC-8's land and take off. When they took off, the ground would shake, and copious quantities of black smoke belched out of the four engines. Air Canada was known as Trans Canada Airlines back then. There was a huge backlash when then Prime Minister Trudeau gave the airline a "French" sounding name. English Canada was all in an uproar. We just loved to watch the DC-8's. No 707's ever landed at Calgary's airport.then, so it made comparison of the two jets difficult.

Great job dubbing - thought I was there!

Great to see that Northeast DC-9 flew on one from JFK to Boston Logan as a kid

You could always tell which planes going over with the Vapor Trails were Braniff because of the solid colors when using field glasses, Western too, from the red "W" on the side. Now You have the Internet now !

Awesome! i remember all of these airlines. Although I never rode on NorthEast.

beautiful history Video -

The Braniff 727, (N7275), was delivered in 1966. It flew with Braniff until 1982, when it was sold to UPS and converted to a freighter. They flew it all the way to 1994 when it was stored at Roswell, NM. UPS sold it to a scrapper in 2003 and it was scrapped in 2005. Let's see an A380 live that long and prosper.

Civil aviation is so tame and boring nowadays compared to these great times.

Love It....Absolutely Love It!!

Nice, love all that smoke!

Awesome video! Much Classic!

The ATC control tower action is awesome.

Love the old Braniff planes. The good old days!

I missed this golden age of aviation. Being born in 1999 the rarest thing I see around is a 747 once in a blue moon, and one time an Amerijet 727 shortly before they were gone too.

The worst part of these are that they end.

Absolute pure class

Great footage! I really appreciate your channel.

Back when low by-passed pure jet aircraft we're the norm. Noisy,smoky, inefficient. Man how miss it!

That NorthEast DC 9 was smokin'!

I miss those loud,smoky jets! Cool

I didn't realize or even remember the jets being that smokey if you saw that today you would think there was a problem with the engines.

Flying is very stressful smoking is a great way to relieve stress

You can almost see the ozone layer opening up!

Absolute gold!! Curious. Was the formula for jet A-1 fuel altered at some point because JT8-D turbofan-powered airliners produced far less smoke in the 90's compared to the 60's and early 70's?

I feel an ache that we lost so many good and great carriers, PanAm should have had government help as should have TWA, but that program, didn't cover them or it was simply too late. Northeast, Ozark, National (which I loved), the old Continental, the old Frontier, America West, Western, Service was more pleasant, FA's were paid more than the minimum wage and had appearance/weight checks they actually liked their jobs and their attitude showed it. I was being picked up at LAX for a meeting at the LA Park hotel which also accommodated flight crews. With two L-1011 TWA crews and myself the shuttle van was packed. This pretty, petite FA sat on my lap for the ride, we had a short conversation when I asked her about her cologne (Shalimar) She left a card for me sometime during the next day and we dated for a couple of years. She sent me navy blue satin sheets the next Christ,as with my initials on the edges and a tinny bit of Shalimar sprayed on them. Talk about great dreams. Those were the days, incredible lady, she later went to work for BA and relocated to London. Ahhh the old days, when we were young, and airlines offered legroom and real decent food.

Man! Those planes were quite, the smokers!

This ROCKS!!!

O.M.G.!!!.What a great surprise,whatching this video!!.Sadly ,Branif & Pan -Am,-(Both of them, iconics airlanes!!)-.are gone!!!.But Nortwest & Avianca,still flying!!Even,in the original famous movie, "2001,Space Odyssey" I remenber seeing some futurist Pan Am ships,making Space Trips!. I`m colombian,and I can see,how beautiful, decent & Classic looked the Avianca`s airplanes from that time!!.I don`t like at all,the "Nasty" red color,the entire fleet,wears today!!. But what a hell poor combustion`s efifciency,the engines of those marvellous aircrft's,had at that time!.They were always wrapped in smog!!!. :-) !!!!. Greetings from Colombia!!!. :-) !!!.

The 60s saw a revolution in how airlines painted their aircraft. They hired ad agencies. Some of them hired artists and designers. The results? Braniff's "Jelly Bean" livery. Northeast's Yellowbirds. Eastern's Hockey Stick. Not quite as bold, but memorable: Delta's Widget, American's Red, White & Blue stripes, National's Sun King, and right at 1970, Western's swizzle stick. However, none of those designers considered the sooty throw-back from those fuselage-mounted P&Ws running in reverse. Boeing changed to a cascade-style mechanism on the Advanced 727, which helped along with less smokey upgraded engines. Earlier engines in that family, like the -7s likely installed on the jets in the video, became much less smokey with similar upgrades.

Indeed a more smoky period back then.. :)

At 3:11, I remember the bright radar scopes. We didn't have the airplane tags in the early 70's yet, just two slashes for each airplane. Had to remember who was who.

Dang ! those things were smog making birds.. never seen so much black smoke coming out on take off. It shows how Jet technology has advanced in the last 40 yrs

Why is the air scoop oval on the 727 100,but round shape on the 200 series?

Seeing all the black smoke from the jets and imagining the lead and particle heavy exhaust from the various service vehicles disabuses me of any nostalgic notions. Pollution and emissions are much higher now globally, but the local pollution was more hazardous in those days. I look forward to the day we surpass fossil fuels at last.

I love 😘 that Braniff paint scheme it really offset the airplanes.

I was on a GI packed flight, on a Braniff Boeing 720B, orange in color, back in '69, on a flight to Cam Rahn Bay South Vietnam.

The black smoke would abate when airborne but did these aircraft smoke this way when they were new?

Just subd Great footage!!

Gotta love those old smokies!

Boy those old JT8Ds put out the smoke.