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The
early 1970's were magical times for commercial aviation. Commercial jet
aviation, just barely over ten years old, had firmly taken over from the
prop planes that preceded them, and passenger loads were on the uprise.
The original work-horses of jet aviation, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8,
were beginning to reach thier peak and fade. The promised bigger and better
Boeing 747s, McDonald Douglas DC-10s and Lockheed L-1011 Tristars were beginning
to make their way onto center stage, and commercial jet aviation would change
forever. Most of the photos on these pages were taken on the runways at
JFK International, New York, with a few taken at LaGuadia and Newark. Most
of these planes have long since made their way through the scrapyards, perhaps
the can of soda you are drinking today contains aluminum from one of these
planes.
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