This short film was made possible from some Film archives from my Grandfather. He was present during one of the flights and filmed the flight that day. The f…
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This short film was made possible from some Film archives from my Grandfather. He was present during one of the flights and filmed the flight that day. The f…
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Rich Eaton says:
February 9, 2015 at 5:16 pm (UTC 0)
That was fantastic! The best vintage gyro footage I’ve ever seen.
Joseph Tricarico says:
February 9, 2015 at 5:31 pm (UTC 0)
Cool video, but it’s not 30th St. Station. This was the Post Office, which
now belongs to the IRS.
AnonaMousetookmaname says:
February 9, 2015 at 6:08 pm (UTC 0)
I can’t thank you enough for sharing this marvelous piece of history. Thank
you for your diligence. Amazing to look this far into the past and glimpse
the promise of the future.
RealWorldDesign says:
February 9, 2015 at 6:38 pm (UTC 0)
Fantastic to see. I am here courtesy of James Chiles’ great book The God
Machine which I’m reading. He describes how he met Miller at his house in
Poughkeepsie when Miller was aged 99 and quoting from p85 of the book
“Miller showed me a home movie of the rooftop comings and goings taken by a
friend” I figured I might find that footage on YT and luckily I was right !
PFFCO. it seems quite clear that Miller played Chiles the very DVD you sent
him about a year before Chiles arrived. – Dean
Curt Hudson says:
February 9, 2015 at 7:07 pm (UTC 0)
The DC-3 must have been landing at Central Airport in Pennsauken, where the
Autogiro was heading from 30th St… You can see the Tacony-Palmyra bridge
sign in the background late in the clip. Great stuff!!!
PFFCO says:
February 9, 2015 at 7:55 pm (UTC 0)
I’ll check out the video. I had only spoken to John and sent him copies of
the DVD at the time. I was surprised to be getting email from someone over
100!. My video here came from several 16mm film cans that I had transferred
a few years ago. I had no idea of what I had sitting on those reels.
edlizard says:
February 9, 2015 at 8:18 pm (UTC 0)
This is too cool. Thanks for sharing!
erelprivat says:
February 9, 2015 at 9:05 pm (UTC 0)
I was about to ask if that was a dc2 instead of a DC 3.. great footage..Who
today would even wonder why they call that circle the airport circle ??
Love the auto gyro..thanks for sharing this rare footage…
Aprilmarcloud says:
February 9, 2015 at 9:32 pm (UTC 0)
Beautiful classic autogyro, pure joy to watch.
VanHustler says:
February 9, 2015 at 9:55 pm (UTC 0)
My father-in-law used to work at the 30th Street Station as a postman for
yrs. He told me there was a time when planes used to land on the roof. I
didn’t believe him until I saw this footage. Great video….thanks!
rivetguru says:
February 9, 2015 at 10:16 pm (UTC 0)
Excellent quality. Thank you for posting.
Fred Robbins says:
February 9, 2015 at 10:27 pm (UTC 0)
This film was also made available online several years ago along with a lot
of information about John. I knew John for many years and enjoyed
hangar-talking with (or mostly listening to) him. You can also hear my 1
hr. 40 min. recording of his stories from 2007. Apparently, YouTube does
not allow links here. But you can find my recording page which includes a
link to the history pages if you Google for ‘dutchess pilots john miller’
Fred Robbins says:
February 9, 2015 at 11:10 pm (UTC 0)
Great job. I just happened to find your copy mentioned in a Cessna170 forum
about John. Sorry I missed the mention of Gary’s site at the end.
David Vanderhoof says:
February 9, 2015 at 11:18 pm (UTC 0)
That is stunning!!! WOW !!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Don Dugas says:
February 9, 2015 at 11:29 pm (UTC 0)
@rivetguru I enjoyed watching this video very much. Thanks for posting it.
I was born in 1939 so the video was made the same year. Memories!!
BushPilot444 says:
February 9, 2015 at 11:45 pm (UTC 0)
Great. Only way it could possibly be better would be if the original sound
had been preserved.
ntesla66 says:
February 10, 2015 at 12:20 am (UTC 0)
I got to meet Captain Miller at the Oshkosh airshow one year. He came by
our booth in hanger c and needed to set down for a bit. He was 98 when I
met him, got my picture took with him as well. Thanks for the outstanding
video post !
oldgafirefighter says:
February 10, 2015 at 12:35 am (UTC 0)
That is actually a Douglas DC-2 at the beginning of the film, not a DC-3.
Note the engine cowling that tells tthe difference… Great Film!
Mark Conti says:
February 10, 2015 at 12:49 am (UTC 0)
Fantastic footage! I always heard that the main post office at 30th street
was able to accommodate trains, boats and air planes! This was so well
done, and the color. Thank goodness it sat in a very well maintained
environment out of harms way! This belongs in the Smithsonian!
Giovanniram22 says:
February 10, 2015 at 1:16 am (UTC 0)
Great video and also the first landing! The second one maybe because of the
video operator wasnt good
DC9727737757 says:
February 10, 2015 at 1:43 am (UTC 0)
AWESOME !!!!!!!!!
PFFCO says:
February 10, 2015 at 2:13 am (UTC 0)
@robbif I met Gary from DMairfield by way of this video. i started out on
google to find out the pilot based on the tail number of the autogyro at
the time.