Fabulous instructional movie??
 

Pace

It was fantastic, right up to the point where they lit up their cigarettes next to an aircraft that had recently been losing fuel from a main tank. :ugh:

Yes but that was in the days when smoking was a butch manly thing to do and I think they got cigarettes as part of their ration : ) The days when men were men and public liaibiity did not exist but still an amazing film !!with amazing insight into a different era.

Pace

Well I learnt that they used to call their APU a "Putt-Putt". Also funny when all the spectators go back inside looking disappointed when they landed okay.

EDIT: Anybody know where the term "Putt-Putt" came from? I can't find anything on Google. Is it maybe just to do with the sound they made?

As far as I know 'Putt putt' is based on the the noise the single cylinder engine makes when it is running bit like your average lawn mower. ::O:O

Also interesting was the early two crew operations with the first officer sorry co pilot then :E dealing with radio calls and gear! not sure about the thumbs up for gear up from the Captain and god knows who dealt with Nav as in those days very basic and hard work compared to the all singing and dancing GPS displays today.
But still a lovely insight into the pioneering days of aviation and IMO a must watch even for modern pilots.

Pace

What's your point. Everybody knows the rule is no drinking within 150 feet of the aircraft and no smoking within 8 hours of the flight. :E

A great clip from the days when sex was safe and flying was dangerous :ok:

Interesting: co-pilot says "runway 1-4". When did that change to "runway 14"?

That appears to be a US specialty, different from ICAO. The runways also don't have the leading zeros in the US, it's "7" instead of "07" found in most parts of the world. The French also pronounce the runway numbers the "natural" way.

PS: The other day I did a flight review in the US and my CFI was not familiar with the term "QNH" nor "QDM" or "QDR". Wonder why we can't call it "altimeter setting" as well...