On Nov. 18th, 1990, I flew from Kansas City to Charlotte, NC, on Eastern Airlines. The red line on this first Google Earth screenshot includes the first leg of the trip, which can be seen on my YouTube channel AT THIS LINK:    • AVIATION  EASTERN AIRLINES 727200 “...  
This video you are watching is the second leg of the trip, marked in blue, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina.
At that time, I was unaware that a labor dispute would close down Eastern Airlines on January 18th, 1991, exactly two months later.

This video shows a somewhat historic flight.
(1) Due to FAA flight restrictions of twoengine commercial aircraft, requiring they be within 60 minutes of a diversion airport, the “Trijet” configuration of airliners was conceived to get around that restriction. As technology advanced more powerful, better fuel economy reliable engines the Trijet configuration like this Boeing 727200 became obsolete.
(2) Commercial jets today are pushed back from the gate by a tow vehicle. This is due to underwing engine damage and safety issues that could result if reverse thrusters were deployed to back the plane. In this video, the high location of the Trijet’s rear engines allowed it to back away from the gate using reverse thrusters.
(3) This flight was two months to the day before Eastern Airlines went out of business.
(4) The baggage handlers don’t scan a tag on each suitcase as they put it on the conveyor since baggage scanners didn’t exist at the time.
(5) Notice the wide, clothcovered seats in the cabin.

Video Time Line:

0:09 – Trip description and maps.
0:36 – Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport – Nov. 18th, 1990
0:42 – Baggage handlers.
0:42 – CAPTAIN Inflight announcement.
1:45 – Airliner backing up.
2:09 FLIGHT ATTENDANT Safety announcement.
5:30 – Main runway for takeoff – 27R
5:54 – Eastern Metro Express – British Aerospace Jetstream 31
6:13 – Start takeoff run
6:50 – Liftoff
7:58 – I285 north – The Perimeter roadway
8:52 – Savannah River – Richard B. Russell Dam – border of Georgia & South Carolina
8:56 – Snack time
9:18 – Accepting cash
9:56 – Monticello Reservoir
10:21 – CAPTAIN Descending for landing announcement.
11:52 – Catawba River
11:59 – Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad trestle rebuilt 1866, now Riverwalk Trestle, Rock Hill, South Carolina
12:06 – Nation Ford Chemical Co.
12:32 – Number One Settling Basin, I77, South CarolinaNorth Carolina border
12:43 – Downtown Charlotte, NC
13:20 – Johnston Lake
13:32 – Whitehall Estates
14:05 – Unidentified building
14:18 – Eagle Lake
14:54 – Highway 1255
15:10 – Touchdown
15:37 – FLIGHT ATTENDANT Arrival announcement.
16:56 – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport – November 18th, 1990
17:30 – Exiting the Boeing 727200

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