Dublin - Montreal '67 yt clip - in an ALT 720 ( not a 707 ! )

3d4life

The last while I've been absorbed by all that Mackenzie Rough has put up on YT :)

Today I find he has yet another new clip. This one with a serious amount of it given over to a Dublin - Montreal ALT 707 trip in '67 :) :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-GLX6Ri9jE

( mods please feel free to append to an existing thread - I couldn't find one but know that there are / were some here ... somewhere :( )

Comhrá

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058309280/dublin-montreal-67-yt-clip-in-an-alt-707

I believe that aircraft is actually a Boeing 720-048. It was a shorter and lighter aircraft than the B707 and had a shorter range.

Aer Lingus had three of those aircraft, their first transatlantic jets. The first one was delivered in 1960.

3d4life

"I believe that aircraft is actually a Boeing 720-048."

Yup, I wondered about this. Before posting I did a quick trip around the interweb. It left me thinking if it was in '67 then it was a 707.

Tho' I still have doubts ...

720 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aer_Lingus#/media/File:Boeing_720-048_EI-ALA_Aer_Lingus_1965.jpg

OTOH, from https://simpleflying.com/aer-lingus-transatlantic-operations-history/

"As such, in 1964, the airline invested in the larger Boeing 707, which remained part of the carrier's fleet until the mid-1980s. With the advent of such aircraft, the Irish flag carrier also took the opportunity to expand its transatlantic network with the addition of flights from Ireland to Chicago and Montréal."

EchoIndia

And the aircraft is EI-ALC, as legible in the clip. The flight seems to be from Paris to London and then onwards LHR-DUB-SNN-YUL. Interesting footage and the quality is pretty good.

3d4life

"And the aircraft is EI-ALC" ... Well spotted. So it was a 720 :)

EchoIndia

The pure-jet JT3C engines with silencers are the most obvious give-away. The Aer Lingus 707s were all powered by the JT3D turbofan. Also, the 707s were leased out quite a lot during the 1960s, so the 720s served for a few more years before being disposed of as a couple of used 707s were acquired.

In fact, the Aer Lingus Boeing fleet of those times was always in quite a state of flux, given the very seasonal nature of the TA market and the opportunity to generate income from leasing, especially in the off-season.