BOAC Retro 747 Departs Heathrow. 20th June 2020. G-BYGC.
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2020
- With the recent announcement that BA are suspending all training and recency for the 600 or so British Airways 747 pilots, the future looks very uncertain for the BA 747 fleet.
It was very poignant therefore that the beautiful BOAC retro 747; G-BYGC was listed to position to Cardiff Wales for storage today, so I headed up to Heathrow to catch what could possibly be the last time we see this magnificent aircraft operating out of Heathrow.
Enjoy the sight and sounds - full ATC comms as per usual and filmed in 4k.
The old liveries simply have class!
@dfolt Yes you’re right. If you want more of all 4 of the retro liveries take a look at this film on my channel : ua-cam.com/video/0XWCMj6V_04/v-deo.html
Splendid catches indeed! - Thank you very much!
Loved the BOAC livery. And just wondering, did they paint a 747 in Imperial Airways? This I'd love to see.
dathpo Hi no they didn’t. That would have been great. Here are the 4 retro liveries on a film I made a few months back ....ua-cam.com/video/0XWCMj6V_04/v-deo.html
Totally agree - much more special than the current livery - remember flying on these as a child to Australia and the UK from Asia
Sorry, BEA customer here! As a child I flew on turbo-prop DC-4s and DC-6. And I can still remember the soft mint candies handed out by the stewardesses (no nonsense about air hostesses back then,) and how they would always let us children put our hand in the basket and get a few more of those delightful chewy mints!
@Anna Tamparow That’s a nice memory. My first was flying on a Cambrian airways Viscount from Liverpool to Belfast. Still remember the really big windows on the viscount which seemed even bigger to a small child. Happy days!
Sad to See The Queen of the Skies being Slowly Ditched... Bring Them Back... She Served US Well
The unmatched Queen of the Skies was Concorde. It will never equaled for its beauty or its speed by a commercial aircraft. It was the real 'Speed-bird'.
My fondest memory as an 8 year old flying with my family in a BOAC VC10 from Perth to Sydney in 1973 .,, the courtesy bags,the children’s club book and badges .. mini skirted dolly bird hostesses .. we were treated like VIPs
The best and most classy colour scheme on a plane ever!
It worked perfectly on the 747-400
Nice colour and design better new British airways colour
Beautiful livery for a beautiful queen! Just so glad that she's being preserved.
@chez84. Yes I totally agree - will be amazing when we can visit in Wales and see her again!
B-747. The most majestic airliner ever built.
*Concorde.
@@Dave-hu5hr Concorde was made for the privileged few..This one has brought continents closer for hundreds of passengers. No comparison..747 has changed the world of civil aviation .
I will always remember BOAC,Negas and Landor 747's
Glad you decided to go! Thank you very much! Amazing as usual!
@Planes and Games. Thank you! I’m glad you persuaded me to go 😄✈️
Sad times thanks for posting 👍
Listen to those engines sing, sweet music to my ears. Great video as usual.
@Stephen Stewart. Thank you very much. I think we were extra fortunate as the wind was coming towards us, bringing that amazing RB211 sound with it. If it is the last time we see her, I’m glad she gave a good farewell to us .....
@liar fighter , Absolutely. Flew out to New York in January on CIVT and returned on BYGG. The roar at take off is something I will never forget.
@@MrStu2582 that roar is so special. You don't get it from the newer aircrafts. These are my chidhood memories.
Wow best with headphones. Miss them already.
@Neil Carter. Yes I agree with you on both counts! 👍
Hi Steve! Superb capture of her leaving and here’s to hopefully we will see her in the air again soon?🤞 plus it was nice meeting you and learning about your BA career
@Andy C. Hi Andy. Thank you so much. I’m glad you liked the film. It was a privilege to meet you and hope we meet again at the airport. I will look out for your Mini JCW👍. Take care and thanks for watching / subscribing. Best wishes Steve
At least she and her retro sisters will still be here for future generations!
@The Shipwrecker. 👏 yes you’re right. Here she is at St Athan btw ua-cam.com/video/6_7gZ-hdzuM/v-deo.html
It looks so modern and so sleek compared to others
Thanks for this I was lucky enough to fly on this from Chicago on the upper deck. Gordon brown was on board too. Up front obviously
@MrKobayashi Fabulous- great to have flown on it - and the favoured Upper Deck too !! 👍❤️
B4 joining Jerry's lot- I was in Chicago as A&Emech for a contract firm working ORD for client- Frontier Airlines- Was able to see BOAC classic livery one afternoon as it left ORD eastbound for LHR. Some years before- 1972- I was at BOS as a teenager at Terminal C (North terminal) as a BOAC 747-100 left for their trip home that day, as we were out on the Observation Deck- YES- Thats what I said- OUTSIDE on top of a terminal, back before the security clamp downs all began and rendered outdoor observations from a terminal extinct :)
Beautiful footage, just love your videos! The scheme brings back sweet memories of flying on BOAC B747-100 in 1971 from Johannesburg/JHB to Nairobi/NBO before the 1974 merge with BEA to BA.....I really hope BA keeps her in a museum!
@Greg Lebona. Thank you very much. I’m glad you liked the film - and that it brought good memories of the old -100 series 747s. I too remember watching them leaving from Heathrow to far flung destinations back in the early 1970s before the merger. Good memories!
@@HeathrowAircraft Indeed, amazing memories of pre-flight passenger safety announcement and demonstration (including movies) projected on the 'big screen' at the front of the cabin long before the 'seatback' IFE was introduced! (lol)
BOAC. A very classy paint scheme. Looked even better on the VC10.
@Geoffrey Wilton. Yes it does looks classy doesn’t it!
A short take off.just like that a piece of cake.wow
Thank you posting this video, the reality is it's probably unlikely to fly again. So sad to see the end of the road for these brilliant 4 engine planes.
@David Herridge. Thanks for watching. Yes I think the landscape is changing so much that I fear you are right. The Tweet from one of the BA pilots that BA are suspending all 747 currency and training doesn’t paint a rosy picture either does it. ....
Very sad just like when Concorde went,heartbreaking!!
We have taken these beauties very much for granted over the last 40+ years but the sad fact is that they are disappearing at an alarming rate and very soon there will be none left. They are a magnificent aircraft and I well remember by first flight in one return form New York JFK. It stopped briefly at Shannon in those days before going on to Manchester and as we descended through low cloud and rain the runway suddenly appeared below very close. Without warning the aircraft stood on its tail and the pilot applied full throttle, I was sitting toward the rear and was looking up the aircraft at a very steep angle. It was an amazing experience how such a big aircraft could go almost vertical having almost landed. After touching down and taxiing in the Pilot spoke on the intercom to apologise for the aborted landing in a laconic and cool voice "we are sorry for the excitement folks only as we were about to land we realised that there was a tractor on the runway" GULP
@Tango6nf Amazing experience- and definitely one not to forget! Yes we have very much taken these iconic aircraft for granted. I am pleased that I managed to catch all the BA 747 fleet from 2018 onwards until the untimely suspension of most of them in March 2020. Take a look at this “box set” of the complete British Airways 747 fleet if you have 40 minutes or so spare! Thanks for sharing your reminiscences......ua-cam.com/video/vZnCrnCGq3Y/v-deo.html
This 747 was the highlight of the show last year at the royal international air tattoo flying with the red arrows. It's a stunning retro livery. Would be great to preserve her somewhere in the UK. Those RB211 engines sounded awesome. Thanks for uploading this video. Fantastic.
@Rocket Rob thank you very much! I’m glad you liked the film. There are lots of other 747 films on my channel if you need another fix of RB211s! 👏 Best wishes Steve
I will definitely check them out. Thanks.
That was always a gorgeous colour scheme! Kind of what we should have gone with for the new ROYAL Air Force One jet we've just rolled out.
The 747 in aviation is like the beatles in music, pele' in football.... Never going to be overshadowed
Beautiful retro bird. Glad some Queens are in the air
@DOMINICA AVIATION. Thank you and like you, I hope we continue to see them flying 🤞
Plenty of Queens near where i live!!😆😆
Christopher Fisher 😂 naughty !
Ay Big Jet Tv photo/video bombed you 😂 great video hope to see it return and not be scraped
@Dillon Hutchinson. 😂 Thank you - glad you liked the film and the bonus of a glimpse of Jerry from Big Jet too! 👍
Haha i knew you'd be there! I was there earlier to record the moment too. Hopefully we see her again. Those RB211s were 👌
I sorta had to convince him in the last video...
Planes and Games Yes you did didn’t you! I wasn’t going to go .....
@UK Aviation Transport. I know 🥺 and I said I wasn’t going to go. I’m glad you managed to see her go ......
The RB211 bankrupted Rolls Royce back in the day.........
@@charlesdale5965 And the plane this engine was being manufactured for (L-1011) also nearly bankrupted its manufacturer (Lockheed)
majestic take off
WOW! That's An extremely powerful takeoff. Outstanding Video!!
@Mike5890 Hi Mike thanks very much. I was actually in 2 minds whether to go that day. So glad I did with the subsequent news the following that the fleet were being retired with immediate effect. Sad…..
@@HeathrowAircraft The 747s will truly be missed. I still remember seeing G-CIVK takeoff with no passengers using a very short portion of the runway At Bangalore.
@@Mike5890Aviation wow I bet that was amazing to see Mike. Great memory!
First flew BOAC in 1952 Accra to London via Tripoli and Rome, as a kid I remember those huge fans on the wings, a roaring fire in Tripoli's departure lounge and police on camels parading by.
Heathrow was but a few RAF concrete sheds and a Bedford coach that was taller at the back than the front.
Wow now I've seen B747s come and go along with Concorde, later scared the whatsit out of me, when it took off with me under the bonnet of my car west of the airport. I jumped at the roar knocked the bonnet stay and the lid came crashing down on my nut. The air then turned blue!!!!!!
Have flown in several 747s but none of them BOAC/BA. One was a Pan Am on a California Fly Drive Holiday, had a great time and the PA girls looked after me very well.
@Good Moaning Vietnam Now those are what you’d call memories! Put them down in a vblog - sounds like you’ve had some great aviation experiences ....!!
@@HeathrowAircraft Thanks, I worked on the construction of Heathrow Express Terminal 4 station, as Senior Inspector of Works for BAA's consultant. After the collapse in the central area. I had just returned from a tunnel job in Canada, my girl visited me there and on her return got stuck in traffic due to the collapse. Wow isn't it a small world.
I love that livery
Wow! What a beautiful plane!
Sheer class - painted in Dublin !
Just so majestic.
@mark cooke there is nothing quite like the sight and sound of one of BAs RB211 747s is there? If you want a 20 minute “fix”, have you seen the 4 retro liveried aircraft on my channel? ua-cam.com/video/0XWCMj6V_04/v-deo.html
Funny to see how quickly an empty plane can get to rotate speed.
MrAmberol 😂😂
@Nick Sinclair. Yes you’re right. Have you seen my other film of 2 empty BA 747s taking off empty from Heathrow last summer? ua-cam.com/video/sfo0pMlYsDE/v-deo.html
@@HeathrowAircraft have now and agree. The relative position of each plane to the Nene Rd sign means take off 2 on the other vid wins
@Nick Sinclair. Yes you’re right 👍✈️
Heart breaking they’ll soon be gone. I remember spotting at LHR T4 as a lad and seeing 747-100s, 200s & 400s all lined in the Landor livery. Happy days.
I like the looks of this beast !
Nice catch, subscribed
There is a very good reason why I have chosen my username as RollsRoycePower..... & this video demonstrates it perfectly. The sound when they spool up is to die for, not to mention the classic RB211 buzzsaw roar!!!! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!!!
@RollsRoycePower I totally agree with you. If you need more RB211 power have you listened and watched my complete “box set” of the entire BA 747 fleet? ua-cam.com/video/vZnCrnCGq3Y/v-deo.html
three spool instead of those crappy two spool US engines!!
I saw this one about three weeks ago, think the livery is lovely......
@Dave S I agree with you; it does look really stylish doesn’t it....let’s hope we continue to see it - preferably flying- in the future....
You nailed this moment to perfection. Sadly I could not be there today, but I was there yesterday and filmed her from the bus - I have lots of great footage of all the retros I have shot over the past months and will upload them in due course...
I think BA will withdraw all the 747's soon officially. The passenger numbers will simply not be there to justify the aircraft flying. It is possible the A380's could go sooner too...?
Are you on a ladder Steve? If not you are very tall! LOL
Hi my friend - thank you very much and for your comments. I fear your predictions are right - a very sad time. Catch up soon - and yes I have a handy stepladder 😂. Best wishes Steve.
I hope they don't withdraw the retros. Also I had to convince him to go
I flew on a 747 in the mid the early 1970s in the Boac colours. Awesome experience.
Can watch her all day. Just beautiful.
@007esq Yes they do make a lovely sight don’t they. If you need a “fix” have you looked at my 40 or so minute upload of the complete BA 747 fleet; uploaded just as we entered lockdown? ua-cam.com/video/vZnCrnCGq3Y/v-deo.html
I was 6. The year 1960. BOAC Comet 4 from London Airport (Heathrow) to New York with my parents. Oooh the memories.
@dusam1955mr Great memories I’m sure. It must have been amazing as a 6 year old to travel all that way. I still remember vividly my first flight at 7; nothing like as glamorous as BOAC to New York; a Cambrian Airways Viscount from Liverpool to Belfast. Funny isn’t it how those early memories stay with us.....
Sheer nostalgia! My cousin worked on these planes at New Delhi for years!
@Sunil GANU I am envious of your cousin! Must have been a great experience to work on them. If you want to see some more of the retro livery aircraft, why not take a look at another film on my channel : ua-cam.com/video/0XWCMj6V_04/v-deo.html
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. Thanks. I shall. I have found aircraft fascinating all my life, especially after I started traveling on my own, at 14, between India and Zambia. And later to the US and UK and France.
Delightful. State-ownership of our own airline. Now BA a total tenuous operation.
I must say I am a fan of the GE90s, however the RRs are pure aviation opera!!
Used to have a bag in the 70’s from the airline.
The best retro 747-400er ever. Sadly will be missed forever. Word has it this bird will be retired from the fleet. Utterly depressing if true!
@Leon Nichols. Yes I agree with you. There is a lot of speculation going around due to the announcement by BA that they are suspending training and currency for the BA 747 pilots. Some of that group themselves think it marks the end of the fleet. Rumour mill is that there may be an announcement soon .... things v much “up in the air” ( bad metaphor there) at the moment......
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. Why can’t they paint a new Dreamliner or a350 in BOAC livery and one Llandor? That would be beyond anyone’s wildest expectations.
Leon Nicholls Yes good point again. I remember the BA 777s in the original Landor livery for instance. Write to BAs public relations team with your idea! 👍
When the national carrier was U.K. owned.
@MARTIN A1. Yes - I’ve got a short film showing when the first -400s were delivered to BA. Have a look - different world then....ua-cam.com/video/FwP7oJ6Rpn8/v-deo.html
Great livery, fantastic ‘plane, awesome soundtrack. 😢
@Andy Longfellow Thanks very much. It does look amazing in that livery doesn’t it...and the RB211s sound like nothing else!!
@Andy Longfellow Here is another short film I took last year when the BA pilot strike was operating. 2 empty BA 747s were positioning empty for Maintenance to regional airports. Take a look! ua-cam.com/video/sfo0pMlYsDE/v-deo.html
Such a beautiful aircraft in that retro livery!
@Anthony Furnival. Yes I agree it looks great - but which is better - BOAC or Landor? Hard decision!
@@HeathrowAircraft such a cruel question! It’s like asking a parent which of their kids is their favourite! 😂 I think having now been on Landor I’ve got more of a personal connection to it and whilst I do love the BOAC colours a lot, by the most minuscule margin it’s Landor as that was also the scheme I remember as a kid! How about you?
@@AnthonyFurnival I know it was a mean question! 😂 Bit harder still for me as when I was a kid I remember the BOAC 707s and VC10s Planespotting at LHR with my Dsd. But I worked for BA in the Landor era…. So on balance I’m with you, it’s Landor that wins! (Unless and until we get to an open day on the BOAC 747 of course! 🤣🤣
@@HeathrowAircraft haha true! The only livery I didn’t like of BA was when they painted the tails weird colours - I was a kid at the time and hated it then and still hate it now!
@@AnthonyFurnival 😂Yes they were not popular were they? I had just left BA at the time. There was a big backlash against Robert Ayling who was seen to be the idea behind the Re branding. I don’t think he stayed too long after that in his role as C Ex. 👀
A Far more beautiful livery than the current one
watching a 747 take off has always been one of those bits that make life beautiful. Never stop wondering how this mountain of steel can get off the ground!!!
What an aeroplane xxx
Nice plane
wow, so awesome. About 26 seconds to take off
@tgscott00 Yes great to see them lift off when they are empty. Have you seen my other film of 2 empty 747s positioning to regional airports for maintenance last summer? ua-cam.com/video/sfo0pMlYsDE/v-deo.html
My favourite plane.going to miss the 747.Would be great if British airways got a great deal off boeing to purchase some 747-8.keeping my fingers crossed
@STEVE JESSOP yes that would be great but suspect with them suspending further training and currency ratings this week for their 600 BA 747 pilots, the further isn’t looking too positive ATM for any type of 747......
That sounded absolutely stunning on a pair of Shure 535 head phones.
@accobra427 Excellent. I think headphones really do it justice don’t they? Glad you tried it. Out of interest, have you listened to my Concorde film on headphones? Although it’s an old VHS film you should hear the sound of it starting the take off run at the other end of the runway, many seconds before you actually see it. Give it a go if you haven’t heard / watched it. Make sure the volume is up high to catch that chest rattling roar!! ua-cam.com/video/B9IWoIiZYZ0/v-deo.html
3:03 There Big Jet TV is! (UA-cam messed up the 4K again tho...)
If you wait a few more minutes it might go into 4K/ HD. YT uploads it in a more simple format first and after an hour or so the quality improves. .....
I saw this aircraft parked at Heathrow with many other aircraft around the roads through the airport and i took some photos
Jerry,have you not hot the hang of the auto focus yet!!?😁
So cool
@Aviation Gamer. Thanks. It was a good day. I nearly didn’t go - it was @planes and games who persuaded me to go. Glad I did! Who would have known that was the last time we’d see this aircraft at Heathrow 🥲
@@HeathrowAircraft oh wow luck well done on seeing it! :)
@@HeathrowAircraft lucky*,well done on seeing it
@@HeathrowAircraft just realised I saw it fly over on my way to Heathrow!. All the virgin A330s were lined up and grounded at the end of 09R
@@aviationin4k258 Hey - amazing. Another coincidence! ✈️
That. Is the sexiest takeoff ive ever seen
@Luca Nicaj Yes it was pretty special wasn’t it? I filmed a similar take off with 2 empty 747s last summer. Take a look! ua-cam.com/video/sfo0pMlYsDE/v-deo.html
@@HeathrowAircraft ive seen that video, it was amazing!
I miss Olympic, with the Olympic Rings on the tail fin.
Who else rathers the old liveries
@Jonahs Gang. Yes the old is the best isn’t it. But still can’t decide which I prefer..LANDOR or BOAC???
What a peppy takeoff; only 30 seconds !! Aarre Peltomaa
Missing the front black mask but that BOAC livery was the best ever
Awesome two-step throttle-up and no-cargo roll stunned the camera operator from ~3:40?! Don't blame 'em.
@Garth Drury. Yes it was a very fast takeoff run that’s for sure. I was perched on a ladder to “clear” the fence line of sight so it wasn’t the easiest of things to pan the camera and balance to stay upright ...the latter took priority unfortunately 🤣 !! Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft Understood: great footage!
@Garth Drury. Thank you very much! One more here for you if you wanted some more 747s on short takeoff runs! ua-cam.com/video/sfo0pMlYsDE/v-deo.html
For me flying BOAC will be remembered for flying on the Super VC10
@Liam Connelly Yes I agree. It was such an iconic airliner wasn’t it - it summed up what was good about BOAC. (Although super noisy to watch taking off I remember from the early 1970s !!)
I'm gonna miss this plane so much! Also whereabouts is that spotting place in heathrow?
BA should change to this colour scheme. The BOAC colours and the Speedbird logo are very stylish.
Love that aircraft. Looks like both the B747 and A380 will be gone.
'Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC!' (Lennon/McCartney) ❤🤘
Look back at an old Pan Am and that elongated nose, thinner body just reinforces the Queen of the Sky status for the 74s
..just stunning... pity it wasn't a VC10 though...
Sad that this one is scrapped now, Got a section of her fuselage so it can live on it some way…
@BritishLion2012 That’s good you have a piece of her fuselage - definitely a lasting reminder…..
Such a fab livery on that 747, shame that they could be retired very soon!
@Charlie Golf Aviation. Yes it looks stunning doesn’t it. And only 16 months in that livery too. Let’s hope it isn’t the end of the line - would be v sad to see it fly to Kemble or St Athan. You would hope it could be stored for display somewhere as some of the forums have been speculating...we’ll watch this space ....
I belive this 400 is going to be kept and in BOAC Livery. Well I hope so fingers crossed.
@Steve Mellor. Yes I have also heard that. Let’s hope so. Just need to wait for formal confirmation from BA press office like they gave for CIVB!!
@@HeathrowAircraft It was in St Athan yesterday, rather than Cardiff - I guess that means the end of the line for it?
I worked for BOAC/BA from 1968-1998 and BOAC was the best airline ever, and was never the same when it became BA in 1974. BA is now really a Spanish Airline called IAG. Also many BA departments have either been sold off or outsourced like the rest of the UK ! Even my old IT department is now operated from India, and the hardware by IBM..
IAG own Iberia, but surely that does not make IAG Spanish? Inevitably Spaniards will have an influential role in IAG.
Hope the 747s are not finished with yet,but l suspect they are......If this is the case,shame about the retro paint jobs.
Nice job Steve👌!
@Melvyn Cox Thank you very much Melvyn. Glad you enjoyed it. Let’s keep fingers crossed that they are NOT finished with yet. Best wishes Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft
Possible new life as freighters.Cargo riding high at the moment mate😎👍!
U power she got
F,Ying won’t be the same for long long time , awesome queen won’t be either sad really
Also I notice that security spoiled the moment for a couple of lads on 3:13
My god that is one heavenly roar.
@Keith Allen you are right there - nothing beats that sound!
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. 31 years ago today I was hired at America West Airlines - we were fortunate to have RB211 powered 757s and 747s in the fleet. I never for a moment grew tired of that sound!
Keith Allen Wow -That must have been an amazing job. I’m glad the sounds of this 747 have brought back good memories for you. The 757 was a lovely aircraft wasn’t it - such amazing take off performance - really pinned you back in the seat and climbed like a rocket didn’t it...
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. I was there five years and loved every second of it. I was 23 and the average age in the company was only 27. And yes, I rode the rocket-ship 757s every chance I got. They were my favorite fleet type. To this day I carry a key chain made from the fuselage of one of our 757s. It even has the tail number inscribed on it. There’s a company in the US that makes all sorts of things (even furniture) from planes sitting in the boneyard. Our four 747-206B were bought used from KLM and had all kinds of problems. We named one “Christine” after the Stephen King novel because it liked to randomly turn off all the cabin lights while in flight. But I loved them anyway despite their, uh, quirks.
Keith Allen Lovely. I worked for BA (ground not air sadly) and regularly flew on BA’s super shuttle across the UK. I used to time the take offs. On One lunchtime return flight from Glasgow to Heathrow with an empty load in a 757 we were rotating after 15 seconds. Nothing beats that sound and experience does it. I can see why you have a piece of that history to keep.
This was parked up in a line for months by the BA sheds.
This was the livery l flew (VC 10) as a kid from JFK NYC to Coolidge Airport in Antigua (ANU), West Indies.
@Carousel Red. Beautiful. You travelled in style - and on the iconic VC-10 too!
@@HeathrowAircraft Yeah, don't get me started on the VC-10, the most beautiful and fastest subsonic jet ever!
was it off to the scrapyard ?
@Tony Baines. Hopefully not - it was going for “ongoing storage” - time will tell.....
What years would that livery represent - the 1960s ?
@AH Benjamin - that livery was worn on BOAC aircraft until the merger with BEA to form British Airways. I remember it on the 707s and VC10s in the early 1970s..
Classy livery , when U.K. owned it own airline .
Was it going to Spain for scrapping?
@Adrian Osler No this was going to Cardiff Wales for further storage. There are 5 747s at Teruel Spain for “long term storage”. These are G-CIVA; VR; VS; VT and VX. The future for these 5 doesn’t look great that’s for sure.......
The sound of those RB211s no engine will best it
@Jane Chapman. You are definitely right- lovely sound isn’t it ....
I flew BOAC many times from Africa to uk when I was small. Filling two BOAC junior jet club books. I still have them. Flew on VC19 and B 747. Flying is not the same today. From London airport. I don't think Gatwick existed
Hi Michael, that's great to have flown on the VC-10. I am somewhat jealous! I have fond memories of standing on the perimeter road at Heathrow in the early 1970s having my ears blasted by the roar of the 4 Rolls Royce Conways on the VC-10. As you say, nothing is the same now aviation wise....
@@HeathrowAircraft and the air malawi vc10 from Gatwick to chikeka., Blantyre
@@michaelregan166 Wow. Very nice too!
@@HeathrowAircraft today the service is bad and too much security. I was flying EAA to entebbe when the plane was diverted to Nairobi because Israelis were rescuing hostages. Airlines today and airports not the same.
@@michaelregan166 Wow! That really was in the thick of it. I remember that. A real piece of history you’ve lived through!
I heard 20 of them are not getting scrapped. They're turning into freight!
@SouthLondonBuses. I hear it is only those that have 3 or 4 more years before their major checks - like BYGA and BYGD that are being “saved” - those that have gone recently to Kemble Cotswolds. Not those that have gone to Spain or St Athan....
I was sorry to to see this one in St Athan yesterday (rather than Cardiff) so I presume it is on death row now.
@Chris G. Hi Chris - no it’s good news for the BOAC retro 747 - it is being preserved at St Athan. In fact there are 4 BA 747s that are now safe - G-BYGC (BOAC); “Negus” retro 747 G-CIVB at Kemble Cotswolds (great on board tour of the aircraft with auxiliary power unit running - see my “Heathrow Aircraft past and present” Facebook page which has the link to the Kemble Cotswolds video - G-CIVW; which is being preserved at Dunsfold aerodrome in Surrey (see the final flypast; go round and landing at Dunsfold on my UA-cam channel at
ua-cam.com/video/byOjcx1s6zQ/v-deo.html plus “Landor” 747 G-BNLY which is also safe and to be preserved at Dunsfold (again see the final landing there on my UA-cam channel) So the picture is not as gloomy as we all first thought!
Finally if you want a “box set” 2 plus hour film of the complete BA 747 fleet then you can also find that on my UA-cam channel. Enjoy! Best wishes Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft Splendid, thank you for the update, Steve! I live near Kemble, so I can pop down for a look at that one too. Many thanks & best wishes, Chris
@@chrisg6086 Brilliant! Thanks Chris. Let me know how you get on when you visit CIVB at Kemble. They are planning to open it to the public in the early summer this year (covid restrictions permitting!). Very best wishes Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft Thank you Steve, I shall! Best wishes, Chris
I appreciate this may be inappropriate page but why did BA never operate the A340 ? I hope some of the refurbished 747 are kept in service when passenger numbers permit, some of the non refurb are pretty poor
@r12004rewy no it’s not an inappropriate page to ask that question and it’s a good one too. BA had committed to 777s by 1995 when the first -200s were delivered and then continued with that commitment with the order for the longer range higher capacity -300 series 777. Certainly when I worked for BA in the early to mid 90s, the culture was Boeing not Airbus. The first A320s that joined the BA fleet had been ex B-Cal orders which BA took on when they acquired that airline in 1987/8 - interesting question though. IAG group are now looking at retiring the Iberia A340-600s - so that looks like the end of the chapter for this aircraft type across the group....
Thanks for the reply, I think the A340 600 is one of the most stunning looking Aircraft of all time a shame that it was never seen in BA livery, unfortunately soon like the 747 to be a memory
r12004rewy Yes I think they have very attractive lines. For a “fix” have you looked at my 17 minute tribute to the last 3 Virgin A340-600s retired earlier this year? ua-cam.com/video/AK4b67EyXF8/v-deo.html
My brother was piloting this plane to Cardiff 💙
if shes retired would make a great gate gardening
A friend of mine introduced me to her father, who, as BOAC's then senior pilot, went to America,
'bought' the first Boeing 747 for his employer, and handed over a cheque for about six million dollars, then flew the plane back to London.
Inflation has changed that!
@Terence Field Wow that’s quite a connection to a piece of aviation history! Wonder if they have any photos from the time?
@@HeathrowAircraft Perhaps they have. I recall the name was Captain Mains-Smith. Maybe a family member has something?
Beautiful lady