An interesting film of one De Havilland comet of the British European Airways flight,I hope that you enjoy it.#aviation #planespotting #airport #britishairways #comet #jetliner
We don't know what we are missing. Men respectfully dressed for work with suit and tie, manners, slim ladies without tattoos, no rushing, space to breath, English accents, the Queens Building, and most of all Comets, Viscounts, and an F27 of Aer Lingus. I miss it all. (except the smoking onbaord)
The comet is sublime. Such a gorgeous aircraft. We might be more technologically advance but they way we treat people has definitely taken a step back.
@@davidhynd4435 Has it not been explained that the Comet shown is a Mark 4, not a 1? Would you know the difference? Obviously not. Ryanair has an excellent safety record with zero fatalities in its history, despite its large fleet. Ryanair would never have touched rubbish like the Comet.
That’s a real video gem! IMO, the Comet 4B was the best looking version of the Comet. The BEA ‘red square’ livery looks stunning on it, the best livery by far. Back in the mid 60s, I flew on a BEA 4B from London Airport to Luqa. The trip home was on a Vanguard. I’m fortunate to own a 1/50 scale model of a BEA Comet 4B. It dates from 1959, and is in mint condition. Needless to say, it’s a very treasured item!
I flew that route on BEA comets many times in the 60,s. F/O greeting the captain as sir ! When I became a Captain in the 90s, the greating by your F/o would probably be "Hello mate "😂 wonderful film. Thanks for posting.
‘Flight plan for 123, it’s right here sir!’ Those were the days eh. Haven’t seen a flight planner face to face in 20 years. Just a submenu on the iPad now…
what a time to fly. I remember face to face seats on an old Dan Air 727 in the mid 80's. The crowds of people watching the airport at 8 minutes was interesting, must have been a big event to watch movements at the London airport! Having been on a Comet I forgot just how small the door was, seeing the passengers and crew having to bend over to get in.
The viewing areas at the larger airports were very popular back then. Coach trips for the general public regularly operated to Manchester Airport to see the aircraft and general activity. The viewing areas were on the open roof of the piers.
They were boarding from the service side of the Comet for some reason, possibly due to the filming. Normal sized passenger doors are on the left side, as per convention.
My family and I flew on a Dan Air 727-100 in 1971 ( I think ). We sat in row 1! No Business Class on Dan Air. It was to Ibiza ( before it became a clubbing drunken hell hole ). We flew back on a Dan Air Comet.
Had the pleasure of flying to Alicante on a BEA Airtours Comet years ago,nice plane ! Great film,and has that 'Carry On' touch to it even though I know it's the real thing,thanks.
Well that brought back happy memories. I joined BEA in 1968 and enjoyed a 13 year career with it and British Airways. Coincidentally my first appointment was in an office very close to where the opening sequences were filmed.
I am sorry to say that the Comet was my least favourite jet aircraft. It is so long ago now that it is difficult to remember exactly why but I think it was connected to the location of the engines and the resulting noise in the cabin. I would point out that all interior shots in this video are of the First Class (F) cabin. As the cabin width of the Comet was less than the Trident, VC10 and the Boeing aircraft (707, 727, 737) seating in Y class was 2 X 3 as opposed to 3 X 3 but the 2 X 2 F class seating was narrower (similar to F class on a DC9/MD80 series or BAC-1-11 aircraft) than on aircraft with 3 X 3 Y class seating.
First flew in one of these in 1961, aged 5. Still have the enamelled BEA pin....somewhere! Don't remember much except visiting the cockpit. Very very exciting!
The first plane I ever flew on was a BEA Airtours 707 to Palma Spain in 1967, I was 4 nearly 10 at the time, the second plane was a BEA Airtours Comet. I have been an av' geek all my life and even though I was only 4 at the time I can actually recall flashbacks of those first flights. I remember the seats seemed huge, and my legs wouldn't touch the floor. And the windows in the Comet were huge too.
Flew on G-APMF Comet 4B to Manchester in October 1969. Beautiful aircraft and equally, very powerful. Excellent flight and service. Engineering precision at its best! 🇬🇧🏴
Mid sixties I used to travel to Sweden,usually on the Comet but at times even on the Scandinavian Caravelle.Comet was a great plane and I believe the front part of the Caravelle was from the Comet
I flew on Caravelles to Italy ( Genoa ) back in the day. You are correct, I think it was mainly the front of the Comet plane, the cockpit that was adopted by the Carravelle. The windows on the Caravelle were enormous too and triangular which was odd.
I flew as a young boy back in the 60’s many times between England and Cyprus….remember the plane being so smooth in flight…..I did prefer the Super VC10 for that futuristic look and power, but…..my first jet was the Comet…..beautiful aeroplane from wonderful times…
If those pilot's had an alcohol breath test like they do these day's they would be saying 'Come on old Chum i only had 12 pint's of bitter last night in the 'Fox and Hound's pub in my village! Let's not make a Wizard bang out of it, I need to fly this cabbage crate over the old Briney and need to keep my children off of Scrooge's Gruel! Arf, Arf!' 😂 The Comet is a graceful aircraft though! 👍
I uesed to watch these BEA Comets on approach to Heathrow. I lay on my back on the garden path with binoculars checking the reg. number. The path was inline with their course and watford was a stacking area for Heathrow.
I did the same, watching the aircraft on approach and departing. They used to go right over our house. I also spent many a day sat by the runway or up the Queens Building ( we never paid to get in, we used to bunk in via the fire escapes! ) We lived in Hounslow West which nowadays is a total shit hole of a place and the only time I 'visit' is when I am 'above it' arriving or departing LHR, which is actually pretty frequent these days now I am retired... We moved to Devon 25 years ago and I do so miss watching the planes.
This is clearly the old Heathrow Terminal building, but am not sure what year (?) I assume late 50s or early 60s. Amazing that people could smoke on flights. I remember flying to Amsterdam in 1988 and asking for a no smoking seat. I was given one, but it was right in front of the smoking section. I stank of smoke by the time we landed. Really unpleasant. Things are much better today in every way; not to mention safer.
Well, that took me back, this is in the region of 5 years before I joined BEA since they are still using the yellow livery (MoA) on the ground vehicles. Flight Planning at around 1:30 mark and, possibly, Load Control later on.
@@campacolasworkshop6042 The WHO has the "science", and so have the idiots who believed them and got poisoned with the vaccine. I only have the common sense that derives from experiencing what used to be a very good catering service. At 64, I know what it used to be like in airliners, when you were treated as a human being .....
Avro of Canada actually had designed a prototype jet years earlier , using the same design concept as the Comet with the engines and cowling incorporated into the wing. They had to abandon the project as the Canadian government was being forced by Uncle Sam to have Avro engineers redirect their focus 100% on military aircraft during the start of the Cold War .. The jet was noted as the C-102 , and had a cruising speed of 800kph . Howard Hughes ended up buying the prototype and flew it for years as his own personal passenger jet ..
Comet 1 flew 13 days before the C-102, so were both designed around the same time, Nene-Lancastrian and Nene-Viking prototypes flew before both of them. If Avro hadn't decided to to change the engine specification, which caused delays, the C-102 would've flown before the Comet. Howard Hughes leased the aircraft for a while before it went back to Avro who then used it for a few months as a camera-ship for CF-100 in-flight testing before being scrapped in 1956.
the comet had a very clean design great looking plane but what i dont like about bit was the Dihedral tail plane, i know it was like that for a reason but it spoiled the whole look of it for me. modern all the way down till the tail then an old 40 /50s look
The hangars were there when I joined BA in 1983, however the Comet with BEA entered service at the end of the 1950’s but the film had no sign of the Trident which entered service in the mid 60’s, so likely very late 50’s/early 60’s.
The Comet 4 entered service in 1958 initially I believe with BOAC. I suspect they were offloaded to BEA starting 1959 with the 707-400 with RR Conways joining BOAC in 1960. I understand the Trident entered service in 1964 At the video end all the aircraft across the field look like long haul - including Super Constellation and 707s. I would agree with the commenter above that this is very end 1950s to early 1960s.
@@dcanmoreHaving buyers for your product that are not bankrolled by British government. Last time I recall,DC8, and 707 variants steamrolled the Comet. Had acceptable range ( for the times); and damn near every country had them.
Nice to see people respectfully dressed and acting like human beings. One only need see this short film to recognize the moral decline and progression of mankind’s Sin through the years!
