Airplane Trip (1973)
Documentary(1973)
Production:
Gregory Heimer (Producer Director)
Tom Smith (Camera)
Paul Leimbach (Sound)
Harry Keramidas (Editor)
Educational film from edition Encyclopedia Brittanica film about an airline trip from Los Angeles to Miami of a father and his son in the early 1970s.
Various Aircraft
General view of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX).
1 - Douglas DC-8.
2 - Boeing 737-200.
3 - Boeing 727-22 of Continental Airlines.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 of Continental Airlines.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
6 - Boeing 747-124 of Continental Airlines.
7 - Douglas DC-8.
1 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 of Continental Airlines.
2 - Boeing 727-22 of Continental Airlines.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Boeing 727.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
6 - Unidentified Aircraft.
7 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
8 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
1 - Boeing 727-22 of Continental Airlines.
2 - Boeing 727.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Unidentified Aircraft.
5 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
6 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
7 - Unidentified Aircraft.
8 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9.
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
3 - Boeing 727-214 of PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines.
4 - Unidentified Aircraft.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
6 - Boeing 707-327C of Braniff International Airways in Panagra Green livery.
7 - Unidentified Aircraft.
8 - Boeing 707.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX).
One of the 16x DC-10 operated by National since 1971 until 1980 when merge with Pan Am.
Note the silhouette of a Boeing 747 just behind.
Some general photos in flight.
Inside.
Boeing 707-331
To the right background.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Registration N61NA, c/n 46701/16. First flight in August 1971. Delivered new to National Airlines in November 1971, named 61 Dorothy then 61 Dinah. Transferred to Pan Am in January 1980, renamed Clipper Evening Star. Bought by American Airlines in June 1984, re-registered N146AA, named 146. Leased to Hawaiian Airlines in May 1994. Returned to American Airlines in January 1996. Sold to Federal Express in December 1996. Wfu and broken-up in May 2002 at Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR/GYR).
To the right, nose of a Boeing 747-146 of Japan Air Lines.
DC-8 in the background.
Later at the end of the film, arrival at Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA).
Final stop.
Boeing 747-131
A 707 from TWA too on the left.
Seen from National's DC-10 cockpit.
From control tower of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX).
Douglas DC-8
Background right.
Background left.
Boeing 707
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Registration N60NA, c/n 46700/14. First flight in November 1971. Delivered new to National Airlines in November 1971, named 60 Barbara then Suzanne. Transferred to Pan Am in January 1980, renamed Clipper Meteor. Bought by American Airlines in January 1984, re-registered N145AA, named 145. Bought by AAR Engine Group in May 1997. Sold to Federal Express in July 1999. Wfu and broken-up in May 2002 at Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR/GYR).
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Registration N64NA, c/n 46706/38. First flight in April 1972. Delivered new to National Airlines in May 1972, named 64 Geraldine then Jerry Lewis. Transferred to Pan Am in January 1980, renamed Clipper Shooting Star. Bought by American Airlines in February 1984, re-registered N151AA. Leased to Hawaiian Airlines in December 1995. Returned to American Airlines in January 1996. Bought by CIT Leasing in January 1997. Stored at Pinal Airpark,Marana USA (KMZJ/MZJ). Bought by Omni International leasing in July 1997, and operated by Omni Air International in November 1997, registered N360AX. Stored at International (Tulsa KTUL/TUL) in July 2002 and broken-up in June 2003.
Douglas DC-8-51
Passing in front of 61 Dinah already mentioned above, at Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA).
Registration N877C, c/n 45642/172. Delivered new to National Airlines in September 1962, named Betty S. Sold to Braniff International Airways in June 1973, re-registered N813BN. Sold to Sonico Inc. in November 1982. Broken-up in January 1983.
Boeing 727-235
Through window of 61 Dinah taxiing at Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA).
Douglas DC-8 of National Airlines just behind, followed by 2x unidentified Boeing 727s.
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