Don Francisco remembers what his first plane trip was like: “People were very scared”

The renowned Chilean television presenterMr. Francisco He has shared a trip back in time with his followers, in a video in which he remembered his first plane flight from Santiago de Chile to New York.

The 83-year-old producer, philanthropist and businessman is alsouploaded a video to TikTok in which he evoked what it was like to travel by plane before.

The audiovisual, which is going viral, begins with a photo from the trip, where you can see a twenty-something Don Francisco, in a suit and tie, with a hat and suitcases in both hands, posing on the plane steps.

The popular presenter said that the first trip that took him from the Chilean capital to the Big Apple lasted 27 hours.

“They were propeller planes, they made many stops. The plane started in Santiago, then went to Antofagasta, Arica, La Paz, Quito, Guayaquil, Panama, Miami, New York, it took 27 hours,” he recalled.

“It was flying at a lower altitude than now. The plane moved a lot, people vomited a lot, they were very scared," he explained. “And finally we all arrived destroyed at the other point.”

“Today that same flight takes eight and a half hours,” he said.

The video has provoked reactions and comments from thousands of the presenter's followers, some with jokes about the time in which the events he recounts occurred and others who recall his extensive and prestigious career on television.

Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld, which is Don Francisco's real name, was born in Talca, a city in central Chile, in 1940.

He hosted one of the most popular programs on Hispanic television in the United States for 53 years,Giant Saturday, which was broadcast in more than 40 countries.

After saying goodbye to the show in 2015, the presenter returned to the small screen the following year withDon Francisco invites you, which aired on SundaysTelemundo and?the chain canceled in 2018.

In 2021,He returned to television at the age of 80, to hostDon Francisco: Reflections, a special series of conversations inCnn in Spanish with personalities from the scientific and cultural world.

The popular presenterreceived three Guinness records in 2023 related to his professional work and his extensive career.

Guinness World Records He gave him two personal record titles and one for his best-known show. The first, asolder television (variety) show host.

The second for theLongest professional career as a television show host (of varieties), which has been 60 years and 277 days.

And the third forGiant Saturday, a show that was always hosted by Don Francisco. He received the record aslonger-running television (variety) show hosted by the same entertainer. It was on the air for 53 years and 42 days.

Last October, in an interview given to the Spanish newspaperThe country, Don Francisco confessed that he would love to know Cuba, where he never traveled out of respect for the exile community in Miami.

“I would love to know Cuba. I think I know it more than any country without having been. I know her through hundreds of stories. My dream was to one day go to Cuba with 10 people who had left 50 years ago and return to the places where they were children, where they went to school, where they had their first kiss,” he commented.