Skydrol From Canada, joined Oct 2003, 859 posts, RR: 11 Posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2308 times:
Typical situation, the radio played a song I haven't heard in more than 20 years, so I searched Google with parts of the lyrics to identify the artist and song title... what I find next, the video is on YouTube.
Looks to me like parts of this video were filmed in the abandoned Surfridge neighborhood to the West of LAX. It's been years since I've driven west of LAX to the Dockweiler beach area, so I can't be certain, but I believe it looked like this. Can anyone can confirm if I am right or wrong?
chrisair From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1769 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1826 times:
Yep, that's Surfridge. Nice to see LAWA is so concerned about those butterflies that they let a film crew traipse around up there. Pre-9/11 you used to be able to drive up there on a couple of the roads that connect Pershing Drive to Vista del Mar.
Skydrol From Canada, joined Oct 2003, 859 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1628 times:
Quoting chrisair (Reply 3): Yep, that's Surfridge. Nice to see LAWA is so concerned about those butterflies that they let a film crew traipse around up there.
Maybe when the music video was filmed in 1985 the legislation had not been passed to use the Surfridge area as a nature reserve?
Thanks for the link, excellent information. Sad that people were forced to leave that neighborhood, even if they didn't mind the airplane noise and enjoyed the location.
nutsaboutplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 319 posts, RR: 6 Reply 5, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1566 times:
Isn't that a 747-300? The photo says its a 200.
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Started life as a 747-200, converted to -200(SUD) in 1984 according to the remarks for the photo on the left. The view of N1295E takeoff in the video is likely only months after the conversion to SUD, but from the angle it is impossible to tell.
nutsaboutplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 319 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1474 times:
I had no idea that they did that to 747's.........after 20+ years of being an commercial aircraft enthusiast.......this is the first that I have heard of a 742 upper deck conversion program!
Guess you never stop learning
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Newark727 From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 1172 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1402 times:
Quoting nutsaboutplanes (Reply 7): I had no idea that they did that to 747's.........after 20+ years of being an commercial aircraft enthusiast.......this is the first that I have heard of a 742 upper deck conversion program!
Guess you never stop learning
Not many frames were converted in this way. I've only heard of UTA and KLM doing it. But maybe there were other customers, and it's my chance to keep learning.
chrisair From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1769 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 1274 times:
Quoting Skydrol (Reply 4): Maybe when the music video was filmed in 1985 the legislation had not been passed to use the Surfridge area as a nature reserve?
Well that would probably explain it. Seeing how I am not a 1980s R&B connoisseur, I probably should have read the video description.
B737-112 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 880 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1136 times:
nutsaboutplanes, you're not the only one, trust me! The video below caused this issue to pop up in the comments and created a mess.
nutsaboutplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 319 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1102 times:
That is funny, I love youtube arguments.....people get so heated!
I had no idea that this program ever existed and would not have thought that it was structurally possible (then again look at the Dreamlifter).
I really appreciate you taking the time to look up this video, this has been bugging me for a couple of days.....I know it shouldn't but it does.....I feel like an amateur
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aa61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 12, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1020 times:
I lived in El Segundo for a year then Playa Del Rey for a year, drove past this area daily on my way to work. I was told it was supposed to be a neighborhood, but the idea was scrapped when the real estate developers had the wise idea not everyone would have enjoyed living 1,000 feet off of RWY 24/7. Then they opted to eventually turn it into a 'sanctuary' of sorts.
johns624 From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 765 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1005 times:
Well, that was 4 minutes of my life that I'll never get back...
chrisair From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1769 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 836 times:
Quoting aa61hvy (Reply 12): I was told it was supposed to be a neighborhood
nutsaboutplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 319 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 827 times:
Wow, nice neighborhood
I think you have another picture of the KLM 742 in picture 1061.....wonder if its the same plane!
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chrisair From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1769 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 795 times:
Well, at the point the photog went in there, most of the houses had been vacant for some time.
Plus it was originally built in the 1920s through to the 60s. I can assure you if there were houses on that site today, they wouldn't look at all like they did in the 1960s. They'd all be as big as possible, butting right up against one another...a la Manhattan Beach.
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Pre-9/11 you used to be able to drive up there on a couple of the roads that connect Pershing Drive to Vista del Mar. 
They'd all be as big as possible, butting right up against one another...a la Manhattan Beach.
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