Classic gold.....beautiful.

The BOAC VC-10 brings back memories of when I flew on it to Scotland in the early 70’s out of JFK. Thank you for sharing this!

I grew up in Rockaway, across the bay. I can remember the 747's well. I want to say it began in 1970!

That IL-62 at the end.  Fantastic!

7:08 BOAC VC-10 👍 My first ever JFK arrival (in fact my first ever time arriving in the USA) was on 15 September 1969 on BOAC flight number 505, a VC-10 G-ASGN - operating LHR-JFK-NAS-MBJ. My mother and I were flying to NAS, to join my father in his new job.

As a fanatical young teen plane spotter at the time JFK was like all my fantasies rolled into one.

Two things of note - one relating to the particular aircraft, one relating to JFK. G-ASGN, having been hijacked, was sadly blown up in Jordan almost one year to the day later.

At JFK we had to disembark and then re-board the aircraft. From viewing this video I believe we must have walked through the International Arrivals Building. The notable, and upon reflection highly unusual, thing was that I distinctly remember at one stage we were escorted by ground staff OUTSIDE the terminal building and then back inside again - I remember seeing a queue of yellow cabs. I didn’t think it unusual at the time, but in more recent years I thought that anyone who might have wanted to enter the USA illegally could have very easily done so.

Fantastic! Lots of memories! My first ride out of Idewuld was on a DC'-6. Had  many rides in and out after the name change. Many 707s and 747s and a few 880s and one Caravelle.

So beautiful brings back so many memories thank you for sharing

I love the old footage, I flew for Eastern from 1976 to 1989 also worked as a skycap before I was an F/A based in SJU - MIA- FLL.

So much great footage!

I was born in 77 and am from the Isle of Skye in Scotland.  Closest I’ve ever come to see a tri-jet or a beautiful 4 engined beastie is when they’d pass 6 miles above my wee home on the way to or from the USA/Canada or Heathrow/Europe.  I wish id had the chance to fly any classic airliner but I’ve missed out on even the MD11s and 747/4 and unless I can find a sugar daddy who likes pale, flabby Scottish women or I can sell a kidney, I doubt I’ll even get a go on the Lufthansa 747/8.  All I can manage is a crappy wee Airbus A319 from Inverness to Bristol and they’re naff compared to the real classic ladies of the sky!  Thank you for sharing this though - gives me something to drool over while I wait for a kidney buyer to come along!

Can we go back those days?

Great video, thank you for posting. I worked at the International Arrivals Building back in 1977 for a ramp service company named Triangle Aviation services. We handled KLM, SAS, Sabena and a few other carriers based right out of that central gate area in view of the tower. In fact , I got to work some of the flights shown in the video.  It was something special hearing those familiar engine sounds unique to that era ,quite a noisy time. While I didn't stay long enough to get a ramp level view of the Concorde,  I had a front row seat to the busiest time for 747 traffic in the country. On a sad note, a reminder of how dangerous the job could be occurred one evening, though the  date escapes me. A coworker, a young man named Alex Munreau, a husband and father , lost his life in an accident on the ramp at the IAB.  RIP.

Fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing it!

The BOAC Vickers VC-10 at 7:05 👀

Great video! Brings back many memories of early days of IDL and now JFK. The observation deck on the IAB watching the jets and then hoping over to the other terminals including the TWA one. ✈️ 😎

Oh my gosh, pure candy.

At 6:55 there's a Qantas 707 V-jet shown.  That was probably operating QF's SYD-NAN (Nadi) - HNL-SFO-JFK-LHR route (or reverse.)    Very cool video!

My first flight was aboard a United Airlines DC-8-61 series in "Friend-Ship" livery. Hard to believe now, but flying commercial was a fun and exciting experience. Even time spent laying over in various airports was fun. We were served full meals, even in coach/economy class, watched feature movies on long flights, and snacks/soft drinks were always available...for free...at the asking. For reals, I'm not making it up! All that was just standard operating procedure back then. Hell, you could even light up a cigarette after a meal, right there in your seat! No doubt, flying commercial was the absolute TITs back then. Today, however, it is ass.

wow incredible footage!

Love the comment bubbles!