Amazing Look Inside 1961 Boeing 707 Cockpit!

The Boeing 707-321 was regarded as the world's first true commercial jetliner, flying medium and long-haul flights transatlantic. In Dromod, Co. Leitrim, in Ireland, Philip Bedford has been restoring an original cockpit of a Boeing 707 jetliner. Here is an inside look at the cockpit of that revolutionary aircraft.

[RustyAimer]

I love your toy Philip!
I flew that magnificent plane in the 60s and 70s.
One small correction; we didn’t fly all the way with the throttles “firewalled.”That would burn up the engines pretty quick.
We cruised at M.82 with the cheap fuel, and later at M.80 with the more expensive fuel.

[benc]

Early in my flying career we navigated transoceanic with a sextant through the ceiling in a USAF KC-135. And flew low levels with just a chart, compass and clock at 400 kts at less than 200 ft. Now, as a recently retired American Airlines Captain, I realize that navigation has come a long way. But a lot of other things have gone backwards. I'll take the good old days, thank you.

[claudio]

Wonderfull vídeo, congratulations, my father was a navigator on transatlantic flights, he used sextants on flights in L-1049, CV 990, DC-8, SUD CARAVELLE and B-707

[sundar]

Great story! They were flying faster back then but never with throttles fully forward but faster because of a wing design for higher airspeed

[jackmeyhoffer]

Awesome. That was the golden age of aviation. Going on an airplane was actually exciting and fun and people dressed up. Quite a difference from the greyhound buses we fly in today.

[lelabodemichel]

Thank you for this video, I love the technology used back in the days.

[tijuanabrassman]

Awesome!!!
Phil is this in your back yard?
Can you show another video of the outside ??
What a wonderful tribute to the greatest jetliner on earth!

[David-lbte]

5:35 nonsense. The PWJT3 had max continuous limitations as well as Mach number limits.

[johncantwell]

You don't fly with full throttle (5:30): most engines have a time limit of about five minutes for applying takeoff power. Overheating and engine damage can occur if power is not reduced to climb thrust.

[cruxstationalis]

Wow!!! Following the STARS to navigate!! So cool!

[wapitude]

Well done on the preservation and restoration. Nothing like having the real McKoy to visit, admire and get educated about. A tad like Classic Cars. Indeed, well done all round - 😉👍👏👏👏👏🙏🇮🇪🙏

[adenpoller]

Very insightful and interesting. Thank you!

[TheWholeTruth_]

Awesome job on the restoration! I need one of these in my spare bedroom. FYI (for anyone who cares), you don't fly any aircraft at full throttle all of the time, especially jets and especially turbojets - which is what the 707 has. Everything was set according to EPR (pronounced "eeper"). So you had an EPR (engine pressure ratio) setting for takeoff, one for cruise, and one for landing. There are structural limitations (maximum mach) for every aircraft out there, and flying at max power would not only blow up your motors but likely exceed maximum airframe speed (MMO).

Just some fun facts for the peanut gallery.

[obriets]

I still remember being ushered forward to a BOAC 707 cockpit to receive my plastic wings and have my log book signed by the captain. You can’t do better PR than that.

[laudennn]

it's incredible to think THAT THE PILOTS would have been sitting here WITH THEIR HEADPHONES ON TALKING BAAACCKCKCK to the tower

[alexpaar]

I want to buy a cockpit and put it in my garage.

[davis]

Wonderful story. Fact check. It was the 747 that opened up air travel to the " man in the street" and not the small capacity 707. In 1967 it cost 230 USD to fly one way from London to NYC. That is ten fold adjusted in todays figures.

[alkorzeniowski]

My first position at Pan Am , flight engineer

[leilanurena]

only one aircraft ever flew at 100% engine power and her name was Concorde

[christianbenn]

Sadly the 707s legacy has ended & it was a beauty in aviation back then.