Airline People

Airline People screen title.

Documentary (1977)

Production:
Alan Barker (Writer and Director)
Mimi Warshaw (Writer)
Christoph Gray (Editor)
Vaughn Obern (Producer)
Ramsgate Films (Distributor)

This color educational/promotional film is about the people who work in various departments for Western Airlines and United Airlines.

Boeing 747-122

Landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX). See discussion tab
In current colour scheme of the time, Rainbow Double-U Saul Bass Tulip (1974/1988).

Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

2x Boeing 747 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways to the right, 2x Boeing 727 of United Airlines in the far background to the left.

Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Final taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX). See discussion tab

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of Western Airlines.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Western's maintenance hall at LAX.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of Western Airlines.

Boeing 747SP-21

To the right a Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

Boeing 747SP-21 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.

Registration N901WA, c/n 46908/95. First flight in March 1973. Delivered to Western Airlines in April 1973, named 901. Sold to American Airlines in April 1985, registered N166AA named 166. Sold to Category:FedEx Express in August 1999. Bought by Aviation Management Systems Inc. in May 2002. Broken up at Phoenix Goodyear USA (KGYR/GYR).

Reg.N901WA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 901 of Western Airlines.

Boeing 727-247

Registration N2801W, c/n 20263/750. First flight in August 1969. Delivered to Western Airlines in October 1969, named 801. Sold to Faucett Perú in May 1987, registered OB-R-1301, re-registered OB-1301 in December 1988. Leased to Haiti Trans Air in March 1989, named Santa Marta. Returned to Faucett Perú in September 1994. Wfu at Lima, Peru.

Reg.N2801W Boeing 727-247 801 of Western Airlines.

Flight attendants training

Reg.N2801W Boeing 727-247 801 of Western Airlines.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Cabin crew.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of Western Airlines.

Boeing 737-247

Registration N4529W, c/n 20133/176. Delivered new to Western Airlines in June 1969, named 229. Leased to Frontier Airlines in May 1978, registered N7363F. Sold to Continental Airlines in November 1986, re-registered N14247 in february 1991. Sold to Aero Controls Inc. in July 1993. Broken up.

Reg.N4529W Boeing 737-247 229 of Western Airlines.

Pre-flight check.

Reg.N4529W Boeing 737-247 229 of Western Airlines.

PSA's Boeing 727 to the left background.

Reg.N4529W Boeing 737-247 229 of Western Airlines.

Boeing 727-214

Taxiing in the background.

Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.

Boeing 737-247

Flight crew takes duty. Note to the right a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 of Hughes Airwest and 2x Boeing 727 in the far background.

Reg.N4502W Boeing 737-247 202 of Western Airlines.

The aircraft is different than the previous one.
Registration N4502W, c/n 19599/39. Delivered new to Western Airlines in June 1968, named 202. Transferred to Delta Air Lines after merge in April 1987, named 341. Leased to Braniff International Airways in November 1987 until February 1990. Broken up in January 1994 at Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave USA (KMHV/MHV).