This is a conversion of an old analog videotape I made on Nov. 18th, 1990, when I flew on Eastern Airlines from Kansas City to Atlanta, GA.
I then flew from Atlanta to Charlotte, NC click here:    • AVIATION – EASTERN AIRLINES 727200 “...  
At the time, I was unaware that a labor dispute would end EAL on January 18, 1991, exactly two months later.

This video shows a somewhat historic flight.
(1) It was 10 years before 2 aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center, so no TSA screening of passengers. Prior to September 11, 2001, minimal airport screening was provided in the U.S.A. by private security companies contracted by the airline or airport.
(2) 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 became obsolete.
(3) 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.
(4) This flight was 2 months to the day before Eastern Airlines went out of business.
(5) 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.
(6) Notice the wide, clothcovered seats in the cabin. The dinners “appear” to be bigger, and no dinner or snack carts were wheeled in the aisle.
(7) The Captain tells the passengers about the sights on the ground.

0:12 –Eastern Airline’s Gate 50 in the old Kansas City Int’l Airport (MCI) on Nov. 18, 1990
0:25 –727200 Trijet interior
0:48 – Rear kitchen and rearfacing exit door
1:57 – Reverse thrust backing away from the gate
2:59: – Delta Airlines Boeing 727200
3:11 – Delta McDonellDouglas MD88
3:20 – Delta Boeing 727200, like the plane I’m flying in.
3:30 Flight safety announcements.
4:27 – A TWA Boeing 727200 trijet
4:48 – Conclusion of flight safety announcements.
5:04 Taxiing to the runway. We’ll be taking off in one minute.
6:04 Takeoff time – here we go
6:42 – Liftoff
7:08 – Below is I29 going back to Kanas City.
7:16 –Tiffany Springs Truman Medical Center & Baker University.
7:25 – Tiffany Springs Parkway & Skyview Avenue roundabout
7:53 – Rear starboard engine
9:02 – Kansas City, KS
9:12 – The Missouri River
9:18 – The Missouri River close up
9:37 – Downtown Kansas City, MO
9:48 – Downtown Kansas City, MO, close up
10:25 – The NFL Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium of the KC Royals MLB baseball team.
11:05 – Lake Tapawingo & Blue Springs, MO
11:12 – Serving lunch
11:32 – Mississippi River east of Cairo, Illinois
12:07 Mississippi River meets the Ohio River by Cairo, Illinois
12:40 – Mississippi River heading south
13:04 – Seeing how the Mississippi River meanders, it must have been one heck of a trip on the old paddlewheel steamboats.
13:18 – Kentucky Lake
13:30 – Highway 79 bridge and Big Sandy area
14:43 – Tennessee River
14:58 – Bellwood Quarry
15:05 – The Atlanta Int’l Airport (ATL) in 1990
16:29 – Another aircraft on final landing at the Atlanta airport.
16:40 – The wing spoiler opening.
17:14 – Turning base
17:32 – A view of downtown Atlanta
18:00 – On final approach to land
18:15 – Another view of downtown Atlanta
19:31 – Touchdown on the Atlanta runway
20:05 – The Eastern Airlines hanger
20:15 – Beginning our taxi to the gate
20:39 – Other aircraft on the taxiway
20:51 – Passing other planes at terminal
21:15 – Turning into the gate
21:29 – An Eastern Airlines Boeing 757225 (N501EA) and behind it a McDonell Douglas DC931 (N402EA). They are still flying today with other airlines.
21:56 I transferred to another Eastern Airlines 727200 flying to Charlotte, NC. Watch this video at:    • AVIATION – EASTERN AIRLINES 727200 “...   Thank you.
22:00 – Passengers get up to exit the plane.
22:05 – Flight Attendants.
22:10 – Thank you, LIKE and SUBSCRIBE

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