The Queen of the skies never disappoints. She gave a great run through all those years to the people all over the world. She’s so iconic and be-loved. The whale was truly a plane so majestic that many will never forget her.
So great to see so many people wanting to see the dramatic landing of a truly dynastic plane such as the Boeing 747. The sky is empty without the Queen.
The Sunset Beach Bar SXM has a live streaming web cam aimed at the beach right where the planes land. If you monitor their webcam and flightradar24 you can know when the planes are about to land. Really cool. Some planes come in very very low, especially the private jets and Sky High Airways Flight SHH972.
So beautiful....I remember when KLM briefly had 747-400 service to Baltimore Maryland's BWI Airport...I would watch them come and depart with total wonder and pride that they chose my city to initiate service direct to Amsterdam.
I never get tired of watching 747's taking off and landing...My father loved watching any jets but the 747 left him speechless. He used to call them "lumber wagons" and he was in awe at how easily they would get them off the ground with such ease!!!!
A few years ago we stood at that spot and take it from me, this 747 was quite high compared with some other landings. It felt as if you could reach out and touch the wheels when a really low one came in! Somebody said that the fences were actually clipped by the planes now and then!!! Take-offs were even wilder. Some folks were hanging onto the fence and being blown horizontal by the thrust from the engines. Fantastic! (I bet there's a video of that somewhere : I must look to see that again even if it will never be quite the same as being there).
You have got to be kidding. I work ground crew and i could tell you first hand you could seriously get hurt when these engines at]re at maximum thrust.
I enjoyed very much !! and we replay several times ;) :) . It was nice to search for the very very little spot in the distance ....... and to follow it till the big KLM-bird passes by for the last time ! thank you for the very beautiful movie !
The Boeing 747 is such a beautiful beast of graceful flight, in this age of identical looking twin engined jets. The 747 puts the hulking A380 to shame... I will miss the Queen of the Skies sooooo much, long live the 747!!!
Great video and thank you Maëva for capturing this historic aviation footage! Now for those interested, the 747 is not dead. The Queen lives on in 747-800F livery for air freight companies. I live in the north Atlanta suburbs and saw the last Delta -400 depart for the scrap yard a few years ago that my retired Delta captain uncle flew. All is not lost however as about three or four times a week I can hear a Cargolux -800F overhead at about 10,000 AGL departing to the north on climb thrust. You know the sound of a heavy and it never goes away. The 777 is a great aircraft which my uncle retired with, but there is no sound comparison to a four holer!
The only time I went to St Martin was with my parents when I was about 11. We stayed at the Little Bay Beach Hotel and I loved looking through the window of the rafts at the angelfish. Our plane's engine caught fire coming from St Thomas or St Croix. I remember the flames, but my dad was a pilot for EAL so I wasn't scared and loved flying.
Snapper Organs so then you go, “well I guess you’ve never landed at Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal, huh?” Yeah. That’ll do it. And not to mention the plane is nearly as long as some older carrier decks, so THAT would be a great stunt for a finale. Land one on an aircraft carrier. Even if it’s (the deck) is modified lightly. That would be a sight to behold. If they could go out and find a really stable and strong headwind to sail into, the plane would have that much more air speed over the wings but less actual landspeed so it won’t require as much runway. Awesome.
Even QANTAS still operates those aircrafts, right? For the record, “The Flying Kangaroo” is my third favorite airline, after Air Tahiti Nui and Air New Zealand. (I am Tahitian, now residing in Europe).
Maëva Roquebert it's simply dangerous because you increase the chance of having greater sink rate at that low of an altitude with airspeed bleeding off. Landing on the chevrons and piano keys is completely unnecessary for a runway that is 7,100+ ft long.
Allow me to give you my two cents. I witnessed an incident myself back in the 90s, when Air France was still operating the 747s in Saint Maarten. I was at the airport watching the 747 that was coming from Paris and that we would use later to go back to France, and the pilot missed the landing big time. The plane was flying so low that the tail hit the fence, we saw the flames and everything. Thankfully there was no further damage and the plane was able to land safely, but it got grounded for 3 days for repairs on the tail after the episode. I can tell you I was downright scared getting on that same plane after they fixed it, especially when some weird alarms went on mid-flight and the crew seemed to panic...Shortly after the incident, AF stopped using 747s in Juliana Airport.
Gary Wrong. Aerobus is selling fewer and fewer A380s,while Boeing's 747 sales have remained steady. The 747 is far more versatile simply due to the large number of variants available. Smaller versions,longer versions,passenger only versions,cargo only versions, combo versions,wide variety of engine choices. The 747s will still be flying after all the 380s are retired. The plane that is really selling right now is the 787. A gulf coast airline just bought 40 of them.
Vendo esse video novamente chega dar ate um arrepio quando ele passa sobre as pessoas "devargazinho". Só quem gosta muito da aviação sabe oq é esse sentimento
I cried and cried and cried. What an experience that these people will never forget. Wish I could have been there. The sexiest and most beautiful airplane ever built!! ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
My family & I have been to Sint Maarten 3 times & we stood on the shores there watching the planes land at Julianna Airport. What a RUSH. (We called it Saint Martin.)
It's obvious guys. The point of the video is last video of 747 in Saint Martin and Radiation Nuke is upset that he will never see a 747 in Saint Martin
@@ohwell2790 unfortunately not true, a couple of weeks ago the pax fleet and px combi fleet of the klm 747 got retired, they will be sent into the desert to be scrapped
(Rire). On dirait que tout le tourisme de Saint-Martin (Hollande) tourne autour de ça. Magnifique attérissage de ce 747 de la ''Royal Dutch/KLM''. Avec des spotters passionnés toujours à l'affût pour immortaliser ces moments.
My beautiful...SXM island beautiful beaches & night life so many nice hotels and also so the french side marigo and delicious Caribbean food I miss my friendly island st.maarten st. Martin everyone loves to see how the planes is coming to Land on the airport so close to the Sea SXM...I love you 😘 God bless this beautiful Caribbean island❤️❤️🙌
I'm betting that the flight crew REALLY ENJOYED the crowd on this day?! Always wanted to experience, seeing this happen, but could never afford to go there.
The Queen of the skies never disappoints. She gave a great run through all those years to the people all over the world. She’s so iconic and be-loved. The whale was truly a plane so majestic that many will never forget her.
So great to see so many people wanting to see the dramatic landing of a truly dynastic plane such as the Boeing 747. The sky is empty without the Queen.
Absolutely beautiful place! Been there 2 times and watched planes land here!! Amazing! We love st. Marteen
I love this video and all my amazing memories of flying KLM’s 747’s over the years. Thanks for the great ride KLM!
The Sunset Beach Bar SXM has a live streaming web cam aimed at the beach right where the planes land. If you monitor their webcam and flightradar24 you can know when the planes are about to land. Really cool. Some planes come in very very low, especially the private jets and Sky High Airways Flight SHH972.
That plane seemed to just float in the sky. It was beautiful to watch.
So beautiful....I remember when KLM briefly had 747-400 service to Baltimore Maryland's BWI Airport...I would watch them come and depart with total wonder and pride that they chose my city to initiate service direct to Amsterdam.
The most beautiful plane ever in all its majestic glory. Thank you for sharing
Ik heb in 1993 met de KLM 747 gevlogen naar Curacau prachtig was dat,dat zal ik nooit vergeten heb veel respect voor KLM piloten,en ander personeel.
A standing ovation for a true beauty..
I never get tired of watching 747's taking off and landing...My father loved watching any jets but the 747 left him speechless. He used to call them "lumber wagons" and he was in awe at how easily they would get them off the ground with such ease!!!!
A few years ago we stood at that spot and take it from me, this 747 was quite high compared with some other landings. It felt as if you could reach out and touch the wheels when a really low one came in! Somebody said that the fences were actually clipped by the planes now and then!!!
Take-offs were even wilder. Some folks were hanging onto the fence and being blown horizontal by the thrust from the engines. Fantastic! (I bet there's a video of that somewhere : I must look to see that again even if it will never be quite the same as being there).
You have got to be kidding. I work ground crew and i could tell you first hand you could seriously get hurt when these engines at]re at maximum thrust.
Beautiful video in all aspects. Thank you!👍
I enjoyed very much !! and we replay several times ;) :) . It was nice to search for the very very little spot in the distance ....... and to follow it till the big KLM-bird passes by for the last time ! thank you for the very beautiful movie !
Thanks for this movie... Greetings from Holland
its a shame most 747s are being retired now, best bird ever to take to the skies
They aren't fuel efficient anymore compared to the dreamliner.
So sad Hugh, I miss seeing them flying around Heathrow
I thought it was the 727
They're not being retired for freight service - just passenger service.
And the 757 are dying....
Zo'n prachtig toestel uit de vaart halen zonde mooiste toestel ever ❤️
Nice video!
The Boeing 747 is such a beautiful beast of graceful flight, in this age of identical looking twin engined jets. The 747 puts the hulking A380 to shame...
I will miss the Queen of the Skies sooooo much, long live the 747!!!
Gary Allen So the 747 as whole is being grounded??
@@swaggerific005 no they still use them for cargo
I have been there many times on that fence and at the sun set bar to see the 747 land and take off it was amazing !
Start at the 5:20 mark, you'll avoid an eternity of boredom.
Thank you
And a lot of wind!
For airplane/airline enthusiasts as myself it is not boredom but excitement and expectation!
Rode my first 747 to Japan in 1979. Long long flight. Nice 👍
One of the most beautiful moments in aviation :)
Exciting! I loved it!
That plane is so beautiful that even the sea was wearing KLM colours
Nothing compares to the iconic Aircraft
Well described
@@hendrikhardung1083 I agree with you 100%
Get lost
@@RobertSmith-iu3kc nah don't think so mate
Majestic. Like the beautiful cars from the 50s - 70s, we’ve unfortunately lost this sense of grandeur
Great video and thank you Maëva for capturing this historic aviation footage! Now for those interested, the 747 is not dead. The Queen lives on in 747-800F livery for air freight companies. I live in the north Atlanta suburbs and saw the last Delta -400 depart for the scrap yard a few years ago that my retired Delta captain uncle flew. All is not lost however as about three or four times a week I can hear a Cargolux -800F overhead at about 10,000 AGL departing to the north on climb thrust. You know the sound of a heavy and it never goes away. The 777 is a great aircraft which my uncle retired with, but there is no sound comparison to a four holer!
The ocean is gorgeous!!!!
Great landing of KLM's legendary Boeing 747, this video is and will be rare
A Magnificent Beast, truly an engineering marvel.
Magnificent Queen of the Skies
The only time I went to St Martin was with my parents when I was about 11. We stayed at the Little Bay Beach Hotel and I loved looking through the window of the rafts at the angelfish. Our plane's engine caught fire coming from St Thomas or St Croix. I remember the flames, but my dad was a pilot for EAL so I wasn't scared and loved flying.
Passing by....what's the story behind this video? Why is the 747 not flying anymore?
Because it's old and expensive on fuel.
@@matthewbryson2349 Got it. Thanks, Matthew.
So majestic on final approach!
amazing!!! i would love to see it in person !!
Has to be one of the great views of a landing anywhere. Fantastic!
Perfect landing for a short runway I would never be that close to many things can go wrong
Theresa Myers too
Guess you never were on an aircraft carrier
Theresa Myersfrench speaking
Chris S yeah, the same can be said of just about everyone.
Snapper Organs so then you go, “well I guess you’ve never landed at Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal, huh?” Yeah. That’ll do it. And not to mention the plane is nearly as long as some older carrier decks, so THAT would be a great stunt for a finale. Land one on an aircraft carrier. Even if it’s (the deck) is modified lightly. That would be a sight to behold. If they could go out and find a really stable and strong headwind to sail into, the plane would have that much more air speed over the wings but less actual landspeed so it won’t require as much runway. Awesome.
VERY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!!❤
The water so beautiful
Zo vaak gezien bij MulletBeach en de Sunset Beachbar steeds weer geweldig om te zien
Great to see such a turnout on what must be a momentous occasion. Sad to see but I guess time marches on. Thanks for the video.🇬🇧
Good flight.
Came from Tanzania to New York City.
Excelente video desde Chile abrazo me encanta los aviones 🇨🇱👍👍🤣
Me encanta Chile
It Was very sad 😔 to watching a a last landing this beautiful Queen of the sky !!! Thank you for sharing even it was sad 😔 Love from Australia 🤗🤗
The 747 still flying to other airports though =) I did see it live and it was amazing hopefully you did too
Also from Australia 🐨
Pedro Mejias You right 👍👍👍🤗
Even QANTAS still operates those aircrafts, right? For the record, “The Flying Kangaroo” is my third favorite airline, after Air Tahiti Nui and Air New Zealand. (I am Tahitian, now residing in Europe).
How cool👍👍. Subscribed
The A380...is a monster...but....The 747 is a BEAUTY....
never been there...thks for sharing...tears rolled over my eyes...
Long live the mighty 747. We a gonna miss you.
Queen of the skies!!! So beautiful. Sad one day soon they will be very few and far between
Luke Bartlett very true, I have flown in a 747 and they are great planes :)
It's just becoming better with the 747-8
Air Force one will be around for a long time, the batch that obama ordered have yet to be delivered.
@@maevaroquebert6691 UPS Airlines still use 747s
Curitiba na área. Ainda vou conhecer esse paraíso. Assistindo em maio de 2020.
Amazing 🤩
This is the proper approach path to land at this airport. The low level approaches is just arrogant and very dangerous.
Nice video!
Maëva Roquebert it's simply dangerous because you increase the chance of having greater sink rate at that low of an altitude with airspeed bleeding off. Landing on the chevrons and piano keys is completely unnecessary for a runway that is 7,100+ ft long.
flyer737sw no
Allow me to give you my two cents. I witnessed an incident myself back in the 90s, when Air France was still operating the 747s in Saint Maarten. I was at the airport watching the 747 that was coming from Paris and that we would use later to go back to France, and the pilot missed the landing big time. The plane was flying so low that the tail hit the fence, we saw the flames and everything. Thankfully there was no further damage and the plane was able to land safely, but it got grounded for 3 days for repairs on the tail after the episode. I can tell you I was downright scared getting on that same plane after they fixed it, especially when some weird alarms went on mid-flight and the crew seemed to panic...Shortly after the incident, AF stopped using 747s in Juliana Airport.
Gary Wrong. Aerobus is selling fewer and fewer A380s,while Boeing's 747 sales have remained steady. The 747 is far more versatile simply due to the large number of variants available. Smaller versions,longer versions,passenger only versions,cargo only versions, combo versions,wide variety of engine choices. The 747s will still be flying after all the 380s are retired. The plane that is really selling right now is the 787. A gulf coast airline just bought 40 of them.
Darryl Bernard lol the 747 is also dying
Tu y étais !! C'était génial les 747
beautiful plane, video n the people....
ryfarach su
@@maevaroquebert6691 Why do you thank him? You're not the one responsible for those factors. You should agree, not thank him.
Vendo esse video novamente chega dar ate um arrepio quando ele passa sobre as pessoas "devargazinho". Só quem gosta muito da aviação sabe oq é esse sentimento
Très belle vidéo merci !
Edit out the first five minutes!
Thank you.
Seriously! That's right
Thank you 🙏😄
No, that's also cool to see. Just skip?
fwd!!!!!!!!!! Stop complaining 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Absolutely beautiful! 😍
Goodbye KLM 747, farewell! 🛫🛫🛫
Beautiful!
Cool Video! Historical
The color of the water there is stunningly beautiful!!!
Notwithstanding the jet propelled aircrafts traffic
it's still a beautiful site.
Not so healthy possibly :-)
That was exciting! I fast forward to the landing! 😂
Definitely a bucket list item ✈️🌴
One of the best closeup landing
superbe vidéo!👌
The most beautiful airliner ever
J'étais sur cette plage il y a quelques années. J'ai attendu toute l'après-midi pour le voir atterrir👍👍
Skip to 5:20 to save yourself 5 mins
Thanks
Thank you
Thank s
Ok
Wtf
Minutes of beach
That was awesome shoot
Looks beautiful there
Beautiful Queen of the Skies 💯♥️
Linda 747-400 Azul! Eu também queria estar aí pra filmar!!✈️🛫🇧🇷
I cried and cried and cried.
What an experience that these people will never forget.
Wish I could have been there.
The sexiest and most beautiful airplane ever built!!
✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
good video! ;)
:)
My family & I have been to Sint Maarten 3 times & we stood on the shores there watching the planes land at Julianna Airport. What a RUSH. (We called it Saint Martin.)
So sad that ill never be able to see the queen of the skies land in St.Marten in person. :(
why brother?
It's obvious guys. The point of the video is last video of 747 in Saint Martin and Radiation Nuke is upset that he will never see a 747 in Saint Martin
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@@aaronarshad2903 Most of these will be converted to cargo and will still see them in the sky's for decades to come.
@@ohwell2790 unfortunately not true, a couple of weeks ago the pax fleet and px combi fleet of the klm 747 got retired, they will be sent into the desert to be scrapped
Absolutely fantastic
Good video
747 will never retire
B747 the most beautiful plane...😍
Wow que dicha poder ver en vivo éste aterrizaje !!!!
Such a shame she has been retired from the skies and from such a magical airport
That is not she. That in case you missed it is an airplane and airplanes do not have gender.
Oh well The plane is referred to as the “Queen Of the Skies” smart ass.
5:25 YAY! A plane landing at an airport! Whoooo
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Kyle Jonas maybe because it was its last landing mr clever guy
i love it!!!!
I love the landscape and klm
Amazing video 😍
Yassine o
Truely amazing
How beautiful, wish I could've been there!
(Rire). On dirait que tout le tourisme de Saint-Martin (Hollande) tourne autour de ça. Magnifique attérissage de ce 747 de la ''Royal Dutch/KLM''. Avec des spotters passionnés toujours à l'affût pour immortaliser ces moments.
My beautiful...SXM island beautiful beaches & night life so many nice hotels and also so the french side marigo and delicious Caribbean food I miss my friendly island st.maarten st. Martin everyone loves to see how the planes is coming to Land on the airport so close to the Sea
SXM...I love you 😘 God bless this beautiful Caribbean island❤️❤️🙌
The water is so beautiful
Beautiful my friends
Been here couple times... very nice place
Stunning!
🤟😎😯🇨🇱 abrazo desde Chile excelente video
Hello. What is the airport? What's the beach? Where can you see this?
Cool shot coming in but I got a sun burn waiting for it! 😄
Impressive landing, can't beat the 747! So which jet do KLM use now to Sint Marteen?
I think they use the a330
There are things that show us the power of the human mind.
But human stay always on need to debelope or he desapear dear
I'm betting that the flight crew REALLY ENJOYED the crowd on this day?! Always wanted to experience, seeing this happen, but could never afford to go there.
What aircraft replaces the 747 of KLm?