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Well, I worked and worked on this one and I did everything I could to try and improve the Q, but this was the best I could do so I wasn't going to post it. But then I checked the FA gallery and I discovered that although there are some pics of Convair 990s, there are NO shots of one wearing American Airlines attire. So I decided I'd put this one in.
This is a scan of a Kodak 620 film photo of an American Airlines Convair 990 Coronado on the bar after being pushed back for departure. The shot was taken in the mid to late 60s and I cannot be certain which of two airports I took it at ... I'm almost positive it was taken at Idlewild just a few weeks before that airport was renamed to the name it now bears: KJFK. But, I also visited Boston around the same time so this pic may have been taken at KBOS. The pic is old ... and so is my memory. (lol)
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thans for your comment!!
have some more old pics of tri jets out of the early 80 in Frankfurt. Scanning now from my old analog pics to upload.
greetings from Germany!!
uwe
This is a great shot! The grainy quality of this photo ads character and brings back memories of when air travel was a special experience and not just hauling cattle as it is today. Love the photo!
Mark T ... Hi, Mark. Thanks for the comment. I, too, truly enjoy seeing photos from the past, and the quality is of no concern to me when I view them. So I'll not worry too much about the quality of my old clicks when I think about posting them here. :-)
Joseph .... The 620 film was used in my Kodak Bullseye camera. But prior to my having THAT camera and using 620 film, I only had a Kodak Brownie, and it used Kodak 127 film. (Big Grin) Waaaay old school stuff. (lol)
Nwilcox ... Many Thanks to you for the comment and compliment. Your comment prompted a memory jog -- I remember when people dressed up to go on a flight: they dressed like they were going to a business meeting. No ripped jeans or pajama bottoms or shower clogs like I saw a few months ago, and DEFINITELY no profanity like the shirt I saw on the lady passenger next to me on my most recent trip: "Live like a lady, love like a wh--e." Interesting world we live in today. (Shaking head)
Juan ... I envy you. I've only got photos of those old Convairs. I never had an opportunity to fly in one of them.
Thank you to all of you for your comments. (High Fives)
Brings back memories of my days at American Airlines at JFK in the early to mid 60's days.
Thanks again!
Thank you to each of you for commenting. As mentioned above, I have one other pic of a CV990, a fairly rare snap of one in Northeast Airlines livery, that I am trying to resurrect to a state of worthwhile presentation. (To the best of my knowledge, there are only two pics of the NE Coronado that are already on the web; mine and one other).
Thanks for viewing my photo here of this AA CV990 and for letting me know you enjoyed seeing this pic. Thus far, I've posted three "oldies" and I certainly did not expect that any of them would be of very much interest to a 21st-century audience of viewers that is used to digitally-processed and Photoshop-edited ultra high quality pictures. I had shared several of these old photos a few years ago on a privately-owned website that has now folded its tent, and these old pics did not get the same enthusiastic "reception" they are getting here. I am thrilled that so many FA viewers want to see these.
Best Wishes for a joyous holiday season and a happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous New Year in 2016 to each of you, to all who have commented here, and to all FA members. ;-)
Thanx to all three of you for your comments. ;-)
Dwight, that is cool that your dad flew these. What airline did your dad fly for?
Hey, Alien, how ya been? I'm enjoying your "oldies" posts, too, so please keep them coming. (Wave and a High 5)
And Season's Greetings to all three of you. Have a super holiday and New Years, guys.
You've used a good amount of time and made this a good post .
I've seen a lot of information posted relating to the Douglas DC- 8 and the Boeing 707 and quite honestly seen 0 on these Convair 990.I intend to correct that issue and do some updating the info in my head ( which is empty according to all my friends ) .I do remember hearing about the aircraft back in the early 60's and if i not wrong my brother was then dating my sister in law who was a flight attendant . He would get 2 weeks leave and fly to see her and he was a Naval Officer and Seal in Vietnam at that time .I also remember also that he never came to be with family in Virginia but instead went to North Hollywood to be with her . I think i remember he speaking of it and now will have to find out , right . You know the saying that says "Curiosity Killed the Cat" . Well i'll meow in a minute .
And also Gary Schenauer , thank you for the posting and the photo also . When i saw it the 1st thing i thought was Wow , look how small that airplane is and thought for a minute was that the business jet that had the 4 engines and had been designed and built for long haul over the oceans. Back in it's era it was a fairly large airliners i suppose but it sure has small looks
Anyway ,
Thank you again and hope to see the other photo you have . Rick
This has got to be Idlewild / JFK just based on those very distinctive lights in the background!
I can't find anything like them in old Boston photos but they're all over in shots of JFK from around this time.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/45/44/9245440348a3a191d240f155999d15eb.jpg
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