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A visitor from - posted Sun October 2, 2011: It's a great shot!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sun October 2, 2011: Fantrastic shot, those old straight jets crying out loud, using water-injection to get the power-settings right. A real smoker.....
A visitor from Denmark posted Fri August 12, 2011: *Over the PA System* Please keep in mind that this is a non smoking flight* hahaha
A visitor from United States posted Tue May 24, 2011: - evidence of poorly refined [kerosene-based] jet fuel and, as would be expected, older combustor design as part of a great aircraft which iirc superceded planes such as the prop driven DC-6D.
A visitor from United States posted Thu March 17, 2011: It shows the early history of the jet age---and just how far we have progressed in 50 years!!!!
A visitor from - posted Wed March 16, 2011: This remind me of why i was proud of being an american airlines employee-- i remember when they took off and said"there goes one of my babies"..when i worked at the hangar at o'hare and saw one roll out and then take off--i had a sense of accomplishment...
A visitor from United States posted Thu February 3, 2011: The vision of power and control while retracting the wheels at a low altitude gives the feeling of confidence in the crew. Thanks for the shot. Dan K.
A visitor from - posted Fri January 21, 2011: Maybe time for an oil change??
A visitor from United States posted Sat November 13, 2010: A great photo of a waterwagon. i started my career in Los Angeles air traffic control tower and there were still some of them around. I retired from the FAA and ATC in 2002.
A visitor from United States posted Sat July 17, 2010: Days long gone - when you could go to the airport and see jets that were fast and furious. They looked fast, and sounded and smelled like a rocketship blasting into space! They were the reason I became an airline pilot!
A visitor from - posted Sun May 9, 2010: Noise abatement!?! we don't need no stinking noise abatement! This was the first P&W wasp-waist, split spool turbojet. Tested in the navy a-3d skywarrior in '53 as the j-57. comm version was the jt-3. f-8 had one of these with an afterburner. what a great screeming engine it was.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu April 8, 2010: I Miss those days, with all the no extinct airlines and planes
A visitor from - posted Thu January 21, 2010: This reminds me of my days with SAC. I loved to get to the end of the runway and watch those B-52's B47-s come off, screaming, billowing (water) smoke as they climbed to the heavens to protect the lives of Americans.
A visitor from United States posted Sat January 9, 2010: Very impressive...reminds you of kc135's or b52's
A visitor from United States posted Sat January 9, 2010: He sucked the gear up over the numbers. Of course it's a "he". Back then there was only one kind of pilot. No bypassing turbofans back then, just good old cast iron coal burning J-57 screamers. (From an old pilot, born before WWII who knew Igor Sikorsky and flew helicopters with wooden rotor blades. Yeah, what I write will "stand alone as a comment" and it will "make sense to" those who have been there and done that.)
A visitor from Canada posted Thu January 7, 2010: The combination of the visible exhausts from the four engines, the height above the runway and the partially retracted landing gear, conveys action - you can almost hear the engines roaring.
A visitor from United States posted Fri January 1, 2010: POWER!!!!!!!! THE PLANES, PILOTS, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD IT.ACTION WAS THE TICKET TO EVERY FLIGHT. M.G.DAVIS EAL
A visitor from Mauritius posted Mon December 28, 2009: It might just have made the 35 foot screen height
A visitor from United States posted Fri December 25, 2009: Great shot just as the gear is coming up with a huge smoke trail!
A visitor from - posted Sun December 13, 2009: Now Boeing is making a plastic airplane..this one is a REAL AIRPLANE!
A visitor from - posted Fri November 20, 2009: Holy #@#* thats a lot of smoke
A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu November 12, 2009: Holy Smoke!! What an amazing sight, I love to see these pictures of the good old days!
A visitor from United States posted Wed October 14, 2009: The wheels and the plumes of smoke give you a sense of power and force and balance. The plane looks like it just left the ground but already is far away because of its magical way of flying.
A visitor from - posted Wed September 2, 2009: Them was the goog old days!
A visitor from - posted Tue August 11, 2009: Bit slow with the gear!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun June 28, 2009: Wonderful colour of image
A visitor from United States posted Sat January 10, 2009: Gotta love the smoke! :P
A visitor from Ireland posted Thu November 27, 2008: Great Shot, however they used to use water injection in the engines back in the day to increase the density of the air going into the engine, this makes for a more efficient burn.
A visitor from United States posted Sun July 13, 2008: It captures the raw power of this classic jet...
A visitor from United States posted Sat July 12, 2008: Quintessential old 707 smoke pic, great position, great timing - wheels on the way up.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat May 31, 2008: Whoa! Smokey JT3's!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sun April 27, 2008: Great picture quality, because this photo was taken in 1960!
A visitor from Belgium posted Thu April 3, 2008: Nice!!!!!!!!!!!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sun December 23, 2007: Heroic!
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 21, 2007: Gotta love diesel planes, lol
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu August 9, 2007: Looks like its running on diesel! Looks better with a big cloud of black smoke behind it!
A visitor from United States posted Thu May 17, 2007: Neat photo. The black smoke just screams volumes about power.
A visitor from United States posted Sun April 29, 2007: Amazing quality and smoke to go with this beuty
A visitor from Finland posted Tue August 15, 2006: Golden age indeed! However, it would have been ecofriendly too
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sun August 6, 2006: Sometimes I just wish I could travel back in time.
A visitor from Canada posted Sat July 22, 2006: Excelent capture. I'd say this a/c alone has contributed to about 80% of greenhouse gasses. ;)
A visitor from Germany posted Mon June 26, 2006: Mmh, takin' a deep breath... I was wandering too about the so-called "waterburner". Found some info at wikipedia/turbojet: Some US jet engines in those days had the ability to inject water into the intaken air flow, cooling it down and preventing some fuel from burning (thus creating a lot of dark smoke). This would make the engine run cooler and prevent it from overheating, which would eventually lead to mechanical failure, i.e. melting the compressor blades...
A visitor from Sweden posted Sat June 3, 2006: Simply the best shot on airliners.net. I wonder what the passengers in the plane thought when they looked out their windows and saw all the smoke.
A visitor from Chile posted Fri May 5, 2006: Mmmmm! that's one reason for L.A. pollution. How many of these was taked of every day? (excluiding cars and industry). But, the photo is very clasical and nostalgic :D(even if I'm youger), I apreciate this revolutionary aircraft. Nice value.
A visitor from Canada posted Tue April 25, 2006: So nice, smoky and probably noisy too ! Not being an expert, can someone explain the purpose of "burning" water here : I mean, ain't water in the fuel supposed to be bad news ?
A visitor from Denmark posted Sat April 22, 2006: Lovely picture, i would like to see this in real and hear the sound too :) loong live b-707's
A visitor from United States posted Tue April 18, 2006: When you consider all the hub bub about air pollution caused by the Concorde (which flew for the first time only 9 years after this photo was taken), it is amazing how one-sided and politically motivated the US has been about foreign competition and invention. Unfortunately, you cannot hear the incredible noise the 707 made when it took off. Concorde was a lot quieter in my opinion. The Vicker's Super VC-10 was a far superior plane for subsonic long-haul routes --- although it was not until BOAC stopped flying that plane before VC-10's superiority became obvious. But the fact that the RAF is still flying the VC-10 today is evidence of what a wonderful aircraft it really was. You almost never see a 707 or KC-135 flying these days.
A visitor from France posted Wed February 22, 2006: The smoke engine is beautiful and 707-100 of American Airline ASTROJET is my favorite aicraft of this airline
A visitor from Canada posted Tue January 31, 2006: With smoking engines like these ones you didn't need cigarettes to get lung cancer. what a mess, thank god the laws have changed.
A visitor from Finland posted Mon January 23, 2006: Simply a non-healthy shot!
A visitor from United States posted Wed January 4, 2006: I love the pratt and whitney jt3C6 engines those were the days water injected power
A visitor from United States posted Tue December 27, 2005: Long live the water-burners
A visitor from Belgium posted Thu December 15, 2005: Great oldtimer... I love him too bad I never seen him in real life... Too young so I missed those beauties :(. Lot's of smoke...
A visitor from Costa Rica posted Mon November 28, 2005: Long live the good ol' smoky Pratt Turbojets! Sweet shot.
A visitor from United States posted Sun November 6, 2005: Oooo yea!! god bless america
A visitor from France posted Sat October 29, 2005: Excellent photo, the contrast with newest planes is amazing with all that smoke. I'd like to hear the sound too!
A visitor from United States posted Tue September 27, 2005: Great Picture! But why did it need 7000ft of Runway????
A visitor from United States posted Mon September 12, 2005: Love the picture.
A visitor from United States posted Sat September 3, 2005: Something for the environmentalist's? Nah.... look at that clean air!!
A visitor from Germany posted Sun August 28, 2005: Just a great picture!!!!!!
A visitor from United States posted Fri August 26, 2005: Nice shot, but look at all the pollution!

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