Your attention please. I am thy captain. The flight thou art making today is the same which Abraham, Moses, John, Peter, Paul, and all of those redeemed before have made. Enoch and Elijah joined us in mid-flight, without passing through the Gate of Death. We shall be flying today at altitudes unlimited and at a speed never known to thee before. Flying time to the New Jerusalem is not considered, for thou are now in the realm known as Eternity, where Time is no more. As we left the Earth, the weather was stormy with heavy overcast, but the report from the New Jerusalem is, as it always will be, a beautiful day without a cloud.
For those who wonder what it would be like if God ran His own airline offering direct flights to the Afterlife, this record provides a “dramatic comparison.” Passengers need merely have their ticket stamped with the blood of Christ before making their way down the blood spattered sprinkled concourse to the Gate of Death. Your seatbelt is Psalm 23. No meals will be served on this flight, as you’re about to gorge yourself at the Great Banquet Table upon arrival (also, one assumes, because you are dead.) So pack your bags and let’s jet away from this moral coil! But don’t bother bringing your Earthly burdens, as these have recently been banned by the TSA.
This record was listed at Show&Tell for a long time, but now seems to have disappeared. Recently it sold on eBay for over $20. So, I figure now is a good time to release its full glory to the sharity world.
Excerpt: Your stewardess, the Angel of Mercy
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i need some friends in the usa who are going to be my closely related friends forever i want mostly females cax am a male
Just found one at a record store in Itaewon in Seoul. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for putting this on the internet. I have tried many times to find “Flight F-I-N-A-L”, and kept getting air crash investigation!
I want to add this to a web page I am creating on what the scripture says about after we die John 14:2-3.
There is a copy of Flight Final available on eBay right now.
I AM A DJ FOR 48 YRS STATION OWNER AND I GOT THE RECORD YRS AGO WENT IN TO OUR RECORD LIBARY AND COULD NOT FIND IT .MY SECTORY WENT ON LINE AND FOUND IT AND SENT FOR IT FOR ME . I WILL PLAY IT ON WHPB RADIO IN PHILIPSBURG PA.THANK YOU VERY MUCH I’LL BET I GET A GOOR RESPONCE.GOD BLESS
I recently just found this in playable condition at a thrift store in PA. Just curious if there’s any record on the web about how many of these were pressed/sold?
There is another on eBay now!
I got this in not-bad condition for about $3 at a used record store in Rhode Island. No idea it had actual value, but it’s too funny to let go of!
A friend of mine got me this while he was in Canada as a birthday gift.
Forgot to mention the record itself is in near mint condition.
My grandpa is Ted Conner! 8-) the man on the far left of the picture!
My dad is Dr. Harry Russell! He’s the man on the far right of the picture. He went on to be Division Chairman of the Speech Dept. at Mid America Nazarene Univ. until he retired a few years back. He now keeps himself busy teaching Sunday School and also teaching off/on at College of the Ozarks in Branson, Mo. On a side note: He is an instrument rated pilot… but not on Flight Final; yet… just kidding, dad :]
I am Harry Russell, the person on the far right in the picture. I was the record’s producer with responsibility for casting and rehearsing the speaking and choir parts. Mine is the voice speaking over the supposed intercom in the “Terminal of Life.” At last record, Rev. McCullough reported that 750,000 copies had been pressed. It is likely that, by now, over 1,000,000 have been pressed and sold.
I came to know Jesus shortly before I was introduced to this – WOW, I have been turned on ever since to Bible prophecy and looking foward to that day – since 1970 at the age of 12!
Thank you for keeping this one alive!
I knew Forrest McCullough personally when I was a kid, I am now 63. He would come to our Nazarene Church to hold revivals.
He was a great evangelist of his day. I bought and still have a copy of Flight Final I bought from him during one of those revivals.
I grew up listening to this album. I am still moved by the story. Thank you for this website.
Back in the 1960′s, I traveled with a Southern Gospel Quartet. When Flight Final was introduced in our area, our group started selling it. We sold hundreds of this long-play album. This Flight Final Project should be released again, Right Now, in the day that we are living. It would be right on target. Cliff Chamblin
Forrest McCullough was the best as far as I am concerned. He was a wonderful man, I was saved during one of his meeting in Houston in 1968. I would love to hug his neck one more time on this side of heaven.
First heard this played on WPCS FM, Pensacola, FL in mid-70s. Very nice allegory.
would like to get copy
There is a brand new cassette on ebay right now.
I do hope Flight F-I-N-A-L will be on DVD soon. I need such a copy.
Rev. McCullough held revivals in my home church in Indianapolis when I was a kid. My mom still has the album Flight FINAL ~ and the part I remember the most is the choir singing the Hallejah chorus at the end. WOW! Thanks for this site and for the memories!!
As a young boy I grew up listening to FLIGHT FINAL, but can’t find the album anywhere. Where can I purchase one?
I would like to know what became of Rev. Forrest McCullough? Can anyone tell me if he is still living? It has been nearly half a century since his “Flight Final” appeared. My wife still treasures the memory of listening to it as a girl.
I am a Nazarene minister and grew up in the church. Flight Final was a very effective evangelistic tool. I was always moved whenever I listen to it. Sadly, Forrest McCullough, for reasons known only to God, took his own life in the 70′s.
I know the owner of this site meant to mock Flight Final, but in reading the positive comments from very sincere Christians, I pray it will be viewed with the respect it deserves. God Bless.
I, too, knew Rev. Forrest McCullough through revivals at my home church and campmeeting during the 60′s. It was during this time “Flight Final” came into my life. “Bro.” McCullough was one of the most dedicated, humble Christians I’ve ever known. As I understand, he took his life after being hospitalized due to a severe emotional breakdown. I always felt this breakdown was because of the tremendous spiritual burden he bore for those to whom he preached. In my eyes, he will always remain one of the “giants of the faith” it’s been my privilege to know.
Unpleasant? Only to those who have no hope in Jesus!
The first time I saw flight final it left a lasting impression on me. I never forgton the feeling I had listening to it. I would like to get it again, so that I can show it to my other believing friends, and young people.
I spent my entire life searching for this amazing allegory. At last I’ve found it. It’s still relavant today, why don’t someone publish it?
[...] his glimpse of heaven. I think this record is as astonishing (if not as polished) as the legendary Flight F-I-N-A-L but is not nearly as well known. The cover artwork alone is worth the price of [...]
I’ve had two copies of Flight Final since before 1981. I will consider selling one.
Years ago I created a hoge poge collection of color slides to create a “slide presentation” to go along with the recorded message. I have always appreciated this record. Whenever I hear some of the hymns they bring back good memories of the record. I was hoping their might be a dvd or cassette available of same to play for my grandchildren.
My mom use to play this record when I was a little girl. I grew up listening to it. It doesn’t bother me at all. In fact it is a record I have grew to cherish. It makes me think of meeting my savior! Wow! What a Day that will be! If someone thinks this record gives them the creeps, it is only because they are not ready to meet their maker – Jesus. This is only what This record is talking about. Myself I look forward to this. I hadn’t thought about this record for years after I married. Yet, after My Father just died about 2 years ago, I found myself singing songs from this record [Going home, Going home, where I never rome... I see the lights of a city so bright, my home, sweet home. I woke up in the middle of the night with these songs tears streaming down my face; because I knew my dad was soon to leave this earth. I also knew he was going to to be with Jesus and that comforted me.]
I saw Forrest McCullough several times growing up attending revivals. I was in high school the last time I saw him and commented to my mother that I thought he was a very troubled man. It was not long after that he took his life.
I grew up in the Bahamas where I heard Flight Final played every night over the radio; it always made me uneasy at that time which I realized later in life that it was Godly fear and reverence; I always remembered Flight Final when I contemplated backsliding; thank God For Rev Mccullough and Dr. Russell I would like to re-use this anointed piece during sermons Praise God!
i recently found several copies of this SEALED PERFECT condition in Tennessee.
i have one listed on ebay right now starting at 1 cent
if anyone is interested in a perfect sealed copy let me know
you can find me on ebay under recordfred
or email me thru my website gratefulfredmusic.com
I too knew Forrest from 60′s church camp
in Iowa….I once quoted the 1st Psalm on stage with him at the age of about 8 years old…I really thought I was somebody….I’ll never forget the morning my father woke me to tell me of his death…I was devastated…My hero was dead…