Thanks for watching everyone! This is my first proper attempt at making more detailed tours around aircraft and I hope to do more of these in the future. If you identify any technical errors I've made, please let me know as I'm very happy to hear constructive feedback. Over the next two weeks I'll have videos out on the Super Constellation and Boeing 707 so make sure you've subscribed and hit the notification bell. Cheers.
Beautifully presented with such detail Paul. Love this so much and what an incredible amount of engineering went into this beauty back in the ‘60’s. Love from Tasmania
Brings back memories. Worked as a flight attendant for a major airline back in the early 80s. The movie projector holds a continuous reel of film and there are 4-5 projectors--1 in each section. All passengers watch the same movie and we use mechanical headphones which are nothing more than tubes. Love the spiral staircase :)
@@PaulStewartAviation I flew on a Boeing 747-400 as a domestic passenger between Sydney and Melbourne. It was only a 90 minute flight, but it was most enjoyable.
Back in the 1970s I had never even flown in a plane. I was a projectionist at the local cinema. Then British Airways and Air Canada introduced new summer Trans Atlantic flights but the company responsible for Inflight entertainment had no staff at Prestwick Airport to maintain the projection equipment so contacted the cinema where I worked for help. Myself and a workmate took up the challenge. What an experience. I was hooked. Working on 747s with both airlines. Air Canada also operated a Lockheed L1011 TriStar with inflight movies also. The 747 was effectively 4 cinemas 1 in each of the sections and the projectors were stowed in the roof space, slid down on slide runners for maintenance and rewinding the 16mm film, 2 full length movies on each reel. One for outbound and one for inbound. Being the 1970s the technology was cutting edge being another 30 years till we got the DVD. I also had free run of the flight deck, the location of circuit breakers we needed.
This is nice..the airplanes are on the ground sitting on their landing gears in a dignified way. This is a great video..I will give it a like and I will gladly subscribe. I personally dislike to see large jetliners on stands like if they were scale models or on top of buildings..like the museum in Germany or the united dc8 in California..or airforce one 707 in the Ronald Reagan museum. Keep them on the ground in a dignified way..just like they were wgen they were active. Who agrees with me? That's my opinion and I welcome yours.
Those were the days when you could just request to view the cockpit and chat with the pilots, mid flight! That was before all the "security stuff" ruined everything for people today. I was 8 years old back in 1986! 😁
My first time seeing a "jumbo jet" was at the airport waiting to travel on one! My first ever flight was on a 747. I was so impressed with the size! It became my favourite aircraft despite all the different ones I travelled on. Hate to see them being retired, but glad some museums are preserving them. I think they truly deserved to be called "Queen of the skies"!!
My first flight on the 747 was in 1980. I was 8 years old traveling to Jamaica from Toronto with my family. Flew on it again a few times throughout the 80's and 90's when they were widely used around the world. Didn't think I would ever get to fly on one again before they went extinct but luckily just this past Oct (2023) I was able to fly from Vancouver to Frankfurt on a Lufthansa 747-400. A definite highlight of my trip for sure.
747 upper deck was the only place where a flight attendant went down the slide first in the event of an emergency to prove to the passengers that followed that it was not a steep path of death. I flew on a 747 that was ferrying an engine once. My Mom, a very nervous flyer, was relieved that her airplane had 5 engines!
That was great Paul. It was good to see the spiral staircase on the 747 again, I flew from Canada to UK in Wardair's 747-100 in 1974 and as a ten-year-old that was fantastic, I had no idea the 747 flew with RB211's! What a great sound they made on start-up 00 Lockheed L1011!
That aircraft is not in it's original configuration. The nose cabin looks like the original 1970's F class (6 rows 2 X 2 with approx. 40inch pitch) but after seeing the second cabin with the 2 X 3 X 2 seating I believe this aircraft has at some point been re-fitted in a 2 class JY configuration with the nose and 2nd cabin as J. The Y class seating is also a more modern 1980's 3 X 4 X 3 rather than the original 1970's 2 X 4 X 3 Y class configuration. I have flown on a QF original configuration 747 with the 2 X 4 X 3 Y seating but unfortunately in Y not F so never actually saw their Captain Cook lounge on the upper deck for myself. I have flown on all models of the 747, including the SP, except the latest 747-8. I think it would be fair to say that it was always my favourite long haul aircraft. Although when seated in row 1 you can rightly claim to be sitting forward of the pilots, row 1 would not have been my seat of choice, especially in the original 6 row F class configuration with the pull down movie screen because you are far too close to the movie screen.
Happy New Year, Paul. Amazing details in you video, and it was lovely that it was still explained simply enough, that an old gal like me could understand it ! 😂 Looking forward to your next adventure .
Qantas had 10 windows, however the 100 and 200 series shared the same upper deck dimensions. The 300 and 400 share the same upper deck dimensions. Pan Am only had 3 windows in the early 747 compared to Qantas with 10.
My parents used to take my brother and I out to Sydney Airport to watch the planes when I was a kid back in the early 80s. My favourite was always the 747. It's sad that Qantas no longer flies the 747 but I was really lucky to get on Wunala for her last passenger flight from Sydney, which was an awesome day I'll always remember.
Wonderful! I flew on this aeroplane from Singapore to Brisbane in early July 1996 as part of first long haul trip to Australia. We had to fly BA from Manchester to Heathrow, then Heathrow to Singapore on a -400 then this older 747. The service on Qantas was very good, even then. I remember plenty of free drinks being dished out by the crew and menu booklets in economy. The main meal came with a real porcelain dish with foil, as they serve in business class today. Flying was fabulous in that the service standards and crew were far superior compared with that of today’s standards....the QF crew were so down to earth and lovely with such strong Australian accents and called you ‘love’ not like the likes of today. I kept the boarding cards and menu booklets to this day but lost the in flight magazine which was reflecting on Qantas 75 year history.
Great video Paul, thanks for sharing this! I love the old analog cockpits. There's a complete 727-20.0 cockpit at the aircraft museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and the volunteers let me step inside, sit down and looked the other way while I flipped some switches! The biggest surprise was how comfortable it was. Although it was old, tattered and grey, much like the flight deck shown here, the seat was phenomenal! I was also surprised by how high up from the instruments the pilots sit. Perhaps I've been corrupted by the default seating position in flight sims, but you have a pretty good view out the window and really need to look down to see the instruments, and I'm a fairly average height.
I grew up in Chicago. I was 14 in 1970. The 747 made a distinctive engine sound. We would run outside to watch them fly over our house. We were 4 miles from O'Hare and the looked enormous flying.
All that Collins equipment brings back memories. I've repaired a couple of thousand Collins black boxes for the KC-135 tanker, which was based on the Boeing 707. Mainly the boxes and displays for the instrument landing system, ASQ-141. That includes the ADI, HSI, radio altimeter, a couple of cockpit switch panels and all the associated black boxes that sit down in the equipment bay.
This is the most beautiful and detailed airplane review I have seen. Other people review cars, my man here is reviewing PLANES. And not just any but the queen of the skies. You keep the video short instead of an hour or so long, but still convey a lot of information. In language simple enough to make even the layman understand, I might add, while people in flight school still find it useful as well. Absolutely stellar work, keep it up. Bringing knowledge about vehicles to people have used them, but never really knew how they worked.
I flown in one in 1978. It was operated by Pan Am. Definitely a different time back then. Flying was a whole different experience. It was a long flight from San Francisco to Honolu. We got three decent meals, even gotten a menu to pick what we want to eat. Upper deck was a lounge with a bar. We continued from Honolulu to Guam, but it was in a 727 MAC flight. On the way back in 1980, we flew both legs in MAC flights. But even then we got decent meals, even on the military flights.
Oh, and we didn't get to choose what movies to watch but we got to choose whether to listen to them (headphones). On our flight they played Oh, God!, and Herbie goes to Monte Carlo. Both were movies still in theaters at the time. As movies back then would be in theaters for about a year, if not longer if they were still making money.
The -200 has always been my fav of the 747 models, I find it more proportional looking with a shorter upper deck. It’s also my fav plane in general. First plane trip I ever took was a JAL 747-200 to Japan from Canada. Narita airport was packed with 747s during the 90s so as a kid it was really cool to look at.
The longer 400 style hump is actually more performant at transonic speeds - it has to do with Area Ruling (the reason why fighter jets get flatter in the middle), which was not completely understood back in the early 747 era. Now, I personally have a soft spot for the 400, which I've spent at least 24 hours aboard as a happy passenger, which means, by internet standards: Your opinions are totally null and void, and your taste in aircraft is wrong and offensive!! XD -- J/K, the 74' is a beautiful Queen, in all her dynasties.
Old economy class are seriously much more comfortable than now, I wish I could’ve try it. But I’m sticking with the new economy Sears with IFE for long haul 🤪
Amazing aircraft but unfortunately for me the worst ride of my life!, xmas eve travelling from london to Sydney in 98 aged 10 in economy, no tv, no entertainment and 22 hour journey just dragged so badly. Never again
The first time I saw a "jumbo jet" was at the Ezeiza international airport .... While I was about to board a bus whose was taking me to a gol´s boeing 737 ... I could see a Boeing 747-400 from Aerolineas Argentinas parked, that aircraft was gigantic from my point of view.
I flew my 2 seater sport aircraft up from Brisbane(YCAB) recently and parked it in front of this B747. My plane looked insignificant, but it could fly !!
>the only surviving 747-200 with RB211 engines. Incorrect. Geo Sky has two of them, still active. Rolls-Royce has one as an engine testbed, but it will soon be replaced by a QF 747-400. Of the three I imagine the RR plane will most likely end up being preserved - Pima loves taking in these kinds of things.
I first saw the Queen of the Skies when I was on vacation in Austin Texas (summer of 2017. We were driving by KAUS and I was looking at the airport and there was a British Airways 747-400. Latter in September of the same year a Atlas Air 747-400I (gold livery) landed at my home airport.
i tell recreational pilots that i was a flight engineer type-certified on the boeing 747-400 rarely am i called out on it. it's cool to see the 747-200 though. man that was forever ago. in-flight movie was "the natural". the next time i flew with an in-flight movie they showed forrest gump. i flew several times in the intervening years, but those are the only 2 flights i recall showing a movie.
The -200's upper deck may or may not have had a bigger interior than the -100, but it certainly was NOT bigger on the outside; it just had more windows. It wasn't until the -300 until the upper deck actually became larger.
QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: When fully pressurized, what is the weight of the air inside the aircraft? SECOND QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: On a narrow body aircraft, how much weight does the aircraft gain at altitude and why?
The first time I saw a “jumbo” was when I had the pleasure to travel on a Qantas -200 from Honolulu-Sydney as an airplane obsessed eleven year old on 1997. Looking at the iconic double deck with the flight deck up top was a dream, as the 747 was my favourite plane!
Very nice 👍 My shortest flight on board a 747 was from Charles de Gaulle CDG to LBT le Bourget in Paris for the end of the 747-400 Air France in 2017. The aircraft was opened to the public during a week-end and il was a pleasure to comment the visit.
it is a BIG VERY BIG AIRPLANE you better know what you are doing if want to safely fly it! I mean everything aviation weather, mach speed, autopilot, crew co-ordination, jet engine, weight and balance, hydrolics, electrical systems, hand signals, radio communication, world navigation, emergency evacuation, control wheel system, yaw damper, speed brakes, reverse thrust, apu, runway planning, take-off calculation, fuel calculation, fuel tank system, emergency situations, landing requirements, gmt calculation, radar use, all the light swiches
I flew to HK from Sydney back in '92 I think (?) on Qantas's last and oldest '200 - upper deck Biz cabin. Also into Kai Tak in those days. Also flew on plenty of '400's.
I flew on this model but it was air Canada from Glasgow to Toronto in 1993 I was travelling myself going to family in Calgary so I was upgraded and walked up those spiral stairs my seat was 61 J my first time on a 747 returning from Canada I was at the rear of the aircraft it was a magnificent time greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Had a visit to the 200 flight deck on a Malaysia Airlines 747 in 1991 from KL to London via Dubai. Great experience. Does the 200 have crew rest areas?
I was admiring the classic QFA 707 video... and thinking I may have ridden her back in the 1960s when my family was based in east coast AUS for several years
Did this aircraft have the lower galleys? I know it was an option that not all the airlines had. I think I read that Qantas did have them. The best part of my trip to and from Australia was being seated by the first class galley, and watching the elevators go up and down That was on a united 747-200.
I live in Pensacola Florida and the first time I saw a 747 here in Pensacola is when Air Force One lands at NAS Pensacola. I was born in 1976 and I’ve been a Boeing fan since I first flew on a Boeing aircraft in 1980 when I was 4 years old.
I appreciate you nice video of the 747-200. I worked at the Boeing Everett plant that produced the 747's from 1988 until 2017 when I retired after just over 29 years. I worked on the first through the last 747-400's the last -200 the last -300 and then on the 777 line doing the interior fitments on both lines. It sure bought back memories seeing the queen of the sky
@@PaulStewartAviation What so many folks do not realize that those aircraft were so much hand fitted together. When the -200 planes were built we had tools to fit it together but it also took a lot of adjustments to make as close to perfect as possible.
He said “release fuel if they have to lower their landing weight” like it happens all the time. If you didn’t know this already it’s only done and emergencies and rarely happens.
Thanks for posting! I'm glad that Qantas pays tribute to the flying kangroos that Aussies used to have to use in order to fly to other parts of the world before airplanes were invented with the that logo on the tail.
That aircraft was chosen for the QANTAS Founder's Museum because it bought back to Australia the survivors of the Bali bombing. It only had enough fuel for the flight from Sydney to Longreach; strong head winds on the way meant that it only 1 chance of landing with next to zero fuel for a second attempt. It landed with the outer 2 engines shut down because the runway at Longreach isn't wide enough and they would have sucked up gravel; damaging the engines.
I believe that aircraft was also leased to Air Pacific for some time and was painted in Air Pacific livery and was registered as DQ-FJI. It was then returned to Qantas after the 2000 coup.
Paul, thank you for this extremely comprehensive tour of this wonderful flying machine! I have flown many miles in the 707s and 747s throughout the world. The 747 was the most innovative aircraft, providing a level of comfort previously not known. In the days of Pan-Am, when we would see the logo from a distance, it was like a piece of Americana in those far-flung locales. I am a retired foreign service officer. The systems you break down on this tour were beyond comprehension to many of those passengers. Thank you again for this terrific UA-cam presentation. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to any of your future offerings, as I make my way through the ones you have previously posted. This was my first of your videos and I, like others, am quite impressed by your delivery. DJ in Tennessee
That was a lot of fun. My dad ran catering for SAS in North America starting in the 1950s through the early 1970s. My dad, sisters and I got to see the very first Pan Am 747 at JFK when he loaded us into a company van and drove out onto the apron to get a good look. I remember him saying that it looked more like a ship than an airplane. He would know as he sailed as crew from Copenhagen to Saigon in 1945. A few years later, I started working catering as a summer job driving the lift-body truck that serviced either the first class or economy galleys. The 747 first class service included supplying the bar in the upstairs lounge. All of the liquor, beverages, glasses, silverware, etc. were loaded into aluminum boxes that weighed up to 25kg each. I routinely carried two at a time up the spiral staircase. We had very little time to complete our work (I had a helper). I loved working at the airport. One slow day, one of the mechanics gave me a tour of the below-deck avionics room, we climbed up the ladder from the lower access hatch. Very cool! Being from an airline family, I’ve flown many, many times in my life. One curious note: In 1970, we took a vacation to Trinidad, flying on a BWIA 707 which had, originally been delivered to Quantas. The interior panels had various Australian images as part of the design including kangaroos, something I found a bit humorous on a Caribbean airline. Perhaps it was the 707-138 in your other video? Thanks for these great videos, they bring back some of my favorite memories. One small point of correction: DME isn’t based on radar. It’s passive, using a radio receiver that measures propogation delay of a radio signal sent by VOR stations (those installations that look like white bowling pins surrounded by golf balls). DME is line-of-sight which limits its range. It is most often used for instrument approaches. Yes, my love of flying and airplanes led to my becoming a pilot later in life.
In 1971 what became known as the "747 Hangar" was being completed at the QANTAS base at Sydney airport in preparation for the arrival of the company's first 747. The business for which I was working at the time was progressing with the installation of the "tail-maintenance lift" - a small (one man and his toolbox) traction elevator which gave access to two or three stages at the tail of the aircraft and the fin, thereby allowing easy access to those areas and items which needed attention when required. A work-colleague and I were aeronautical enthusiasts and would find any excuse to inspect the progress of the lift installation. The week following the arrival of that first 747 we visited the site - the aircraft was parked out the front of the hangar, with steps leading up to the forward entry. There was not a single QANTAS employee within cooee of the aeroplane and the security that we take for granted today was non-existent back then. Garbed in our white dust-coats, and with one of us holding a clipboard, we simply walked up the stairway and spent an hour in that 'plane, inspecting it from top to bottom, cockpit to tail, without any interruption whatsoever. It was amazing back then and, looking back from the vantage point of 50 years, it seems even more amazing now. VALE the Boeing 747 - a magnificent airliner.
Great video, Paul. I also did the walkthrough of this aircraft in 2014, however I didn’t spend the extra on the wing walk, sadly. I was struck by how low to the ground this aircraft was. Closest I’ll ever get to flying in a 747.
I live in Johannesburg South Africa and very close to Rand Airport which is home to the SAA Museum. They have both the 200 and SP on display. If you ever visit Johannesburg I highly recommend a visit. The 200 ZS-SAN Lebombo is the same aircraft that flew over Ellis Park when we won the rugby world cup in 95. Happy new year!!
Cheers Garth! Yep I would love too see a SP in the metal! Other than a brief look at SOFIA in Christchurch, I'd like to see one as they look unusual in the photos
The first time I saw a “jumbo jet” in real life was at Atlantas it was called something jackson international airport can’t remember but anyway I saw it coming down for a landing the gear down and everything and I was just in awe and amazed on how big such a monstrous monstrosity could even float it was just huge and was just a great sight
Is it the only RB211 747-200 around? I think there is still that ex BA / European 742 at Dunsford in England (mostly famous for being on Top Gear) still around
What an interesting video. Wish I had a Jumbo parked out back to play on. Fingers crossed once again aviation will be up and running in 2021. Looking forward to your future travel especially when you get to fly on Air Calin Paul. Happy New Year lets hope it's a goodie 👍✈️
You have a good clear voice for narration, good work, great to see these airliners are preserved for posterity, a retired Australian Airlines/ Qantas pilot friend of mine (now retired) flew 737’s domestically & since 9-11 everything changed forever as l was invited to fly from Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport to Hobart Airport & return to Melbourne with the pilots in the jump seat a 737-400 & l have cherished that experience ever since as those days are well & truly over for good.
Great tour, thanks Paul. I remember travelling to Kingsford Smith with the family just to see the first 747 to arrive here. It was a Pan Am and Dad commented on its slightly grimy appearance! Longreach is on my destination list, but for now HARS at Albion park will be my next place to visit. Happy and safe new year.
Very nice tour thankyou! As a former Flight Attendant for Pan American World Airways I spent many hours on the Boeing 747 series 100 and 200s. I remember our crew bunk room located just behind Gally 2.
When I was in my later teens (30 years ago now!) we flew with Qantas from the UK to Australia. I remember catching sight of the 747 we were to fly on and I simply thought 'WOW!' at the sheer size and impressiveness of it! I also remember thinking 'WOW! when the engines were being powered up for take off!! The whole aircraft felt as though it was alive. The one in your video was in service at that time, however I don't know if it was ever used for flights to/from the UK. If it was, maybe I flew on that very aircraft?!? Now that would be amazing :)
My first ever flight on a 'jumbo' was on a Boeing 747-200, but not with Qantas. I remember being incredibly excited just before boarding! Super video thanks.
Awesome.. my mate flew B747 's for Qantas and B707.... he flew a B707 into Saigon and was shot at it during the Vietnam War!... thanks from across the ditch 👍🇳🇿
Wow...what an awesome museum. I had no idea it existed but will definitely visit it if I’m in Qld. It reminds me of the Museum of Flight in Seattle WA, I went there in 2016 and it’s awesome. They have the prototype 747, 737, 787 and many other planes including an SR-71..and an SR cockpit section you can sit in. Totally recommend it for anyone visiting Washington state. Thanks for the tour Paul!..
Thanks for watching everyone! This is my first proper attempt at making more detailed tours around aircraft and I hope to do more of these in the future. If you identify any technical errors I've made, please let me know as I'm very happy to hear constructive feedback. Over the next two weeks I'll have videos out on the Super Constellation and Boeing 707 so make sure you've subscribed and hit the notification bell. Cheers.
Beautifully presented with such detail Paul. Love this so much and what an incredible amount of engineering went into this beauty back in the ‘60’s. Love from Tasmania
You did a fantastic job sir. Pretty cool the curators opened the cargo bay access hatch for you to go into
Hey Paul, check out my new video on HARS...
HARS Aviation Museum, NSW, Australia - A must visit for aviation enthusiasts!
Hi Paul what’s happened to 380 no one wants that plane ?
Brings back memories. Worked as a flight attendant for a major airline back in the early 80s. The movie projector holds a continuous reel of film and there are 4-5 projectors--1 in each section. All passengers watch the same movie and we use mechanical headphones which are nothing more than tubes. Love the spiral staircase :)
you see that Boeing? Double Pitot Tubes and Double AOA Indicators. So many lives could have been saved if the MAX had it
That's back when Boeing was run by engineers.
I see 747s every day, as they get rarer and rarer I appreciate them more.
I fully agree. I'm very glad that I took advantage of a few of the domestic Qantas 747 flights that took place over the last two years.
All Boeing 747's have been retired in 2020 :(
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Not as Cargo carriers
@@12yearssober yep still plenty of 747 freighters around. The 747-8i will be back too.
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I flew on a Boeing 747-400 as a domestic passenger between Sydney and Melbourne. It was only a 90 minute flight, but it was most enjoyable.
Sensational video mate - you're a natural at this type of video so keep them coming.
Cheers D
Waiting for Paul to go inside and see Dennis in business class, PJ's and warm nuts!!! "Here's to a Great Flight"
Most detailed walk through of a 747 I've ever seen, great tour. Good onya mate cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it. More coming :)
You are a cut above Paul. Looking forward to your work in 2021!
Cheers David
Back in the 1970s I had never even flown in a plane. I was a projectionist at the local cinema. Then British Airways and Air Canada introduced new summer Trans Atlantic flights but the company responsible for Inflight entertainment had no staff at Prestwick Airport to maintain the projection equipment so contacted the cinema where I worked for help. Myself and a workmate took up the challenge. What an experience. I was hooked. Working on 747s with both airlines. Air Canada also operated a Lockheed L1011 TriStar with inflight movies also. The 747 was effectively 4 cinemas 1 in each of the sections and the projectors were stowed in the roof space, slid down on slide runners for maintenance and rewinding the 16mm film, 2 full length movies on each reel. One for outbound and one for inbound. Being the 1970s the technology was cutting edge being another 30 years till we got the DVD. I also had free run of the flight deck, the location of circuit breakers we needed.
This is nice..the airplanes are on the ground sitting on their landing gears in a dignified way.
This is a great video..I will give it a like and I will gladly subscribe.
I personally dislike to see large jetliners on stands like if they were scale models or on top of buildings..like the museum in Germany or the united dc8 in California..or airforce one 707 in the Ronald Reagan museum.
Keep them on the ground in a dignified way..just like they were wgen they were active.
Who agrees with me?
That's my opinion and I welcome yours.
As a teenager in 1986, I was lucky enough to be invited by the crew to sit on the flight deck of a new 747 from Perth to Sydney. Awesome !
Those were the days when you could just request to view the cockpit and chat with the pilots, mid flight! That was before all the "security stuff" ruined everything for people today. I was 8 years old back in 1986! 😁
Did the Captain ask you about gymnasiums or gladiator movies?
@@andydporter5136 Love the reference: very niche !!
@@747-pilot Glory days !
Did you see Otto flying the plane
My first time seeing a "jumbo jet" was at the airport waiting to travel on one! My first ever flight was on a 747. I was so impressed with the size! It became my favourite aircraft despite all the different ones I travelled on. Hate to see them being retired, but glad some museums are preserving them. I think they truly deserved to be called "Queen of the skies"!!
Absolutely! I feel honoured to have flown on them as there will only be a few airlines still flying them in the future.
My first flight on the 747 was in 1980. I was 8 years old traveling to Jamaica from Toronto with my family. Flew on it again a few times throughout the 80's and 90's when they were widely used around the world. Didn't think I would ever get to fly on one again before they went extinct but luckily just this past Oct (2023) I was able to fly from Vancouver to Frankfurt on a Lufthansa 747-400. A definite highlight of my trip for sure.
747 upper deck was the only place where a flight attendant went down the slide first in the event of an emergency to prove to the passengers that followed that it was not a steep path of death. I flew on a 747 that was ferrying an engine once. My Mom, a very nervous flyer, was relieved that her airplane had 5 engines!
That was great Paul. It was good to see the spiral staircase on the 747 again, I flew from Canada to UK in Wardair's 747-100 in 1974 and as a ten-year-old that was fantastic, I had no idea the 747 flew with RB211's! What a great sound they made on start-up 00 Lockheed L1011!
Wardair - that's a name I haven't heard since I was a kid!
That aircraft is not in it's original configuration. The nose cabin looks like the original 1970's F class (6 rows 2 X 2 with approx. 40inch pitch) but after seeing the second cabin with the 2 X 3 X 2 seating I believe this aircraft has at some point been re-fitted in a 2 class JY configuration with the nose and 2nd cabin as J. The Y class seating is also a more modern 1980's 3 X 4 X 3 rather than the original 1970's 2 X 4 X 3 Y class configuration. I have flown on a QF original configuration 747 with the 2 X 4 X 3 Y seating but unfortunately in Y not F so never actually saw their Captain Cook lounge on the upper deck for myself.
I have flown on all models of the 747, including the SP, except the latest 747-8. I think it would be fair to say that it was always my favourite long haul aircraft.
Although when seated in row 1 you can rightly claim to be sitting forward of the pilots, row 1 would not have been my seat of choice, especially in the original 6 row F class configuration with the pull down movie screen because you are far too close to the movie screen.
Happy New Year, Paul.
Amazing details in you video, and it was lovely that it was still explained simply enough, that an old gal like me could understand it ! 😂
Looking forward to your next adventure .
Cheers, HNY to you as well
Qantas had 10 windows, however the 100 and 200 series shared the same upper deck dimensions. The 300 and 400 share the same upper deck dimensions. Pan Am only had 3 windows in the early 747 compared to Qantas with 10.
My parents used to take my brother and I out to Sydney Airport to watch the planes when I was a kid back in the early 80s. My favourite was always the 747. It's sad that Qantas no longer flies the 747 but I was really lucky to get on Wunala for her last passenger flight from Sydney, which was an awesome day I'll always remember.
Wonderful! I flew on this aeroplane from Singapore to Brisbane in early July 1996 as part of first long haul trip to Australia. We had to fly BA from Manchester to Heathrow, then Heathrow to Singapore on a -400 then this older 747. The service on Qantas was very good, even then. I remember plenty of free drinks being dished out by the crew and menu booklets in economy. The main meal came with a real porcelain dish with foil, as they serve in business class today. Flying was fabulous in that the service standards and crew were far superior compared with that of today’s standards....the QF crew were so down to earth and lovely with such strong Australian accents and called you ‘love’ not like the likes of today. I kept the boarding cards and menu booklets to this day but lost the in flight magazine which was reflecting on Qantas 75 year history.
The one time he says ok instead of yep 😂
haha
I’ll never tire of seeing the 747.
It’s so sad they’re being phased out, Because I never got the privilege of flying in one
When I first saw a jumbo jet, I was shocked. Usually we never see a lot of jumbo jets in my country. So yeah
12:15, the kind of humor I can expect from one of Pauls videos :)
haha
Great video Paul, thanks for sharing this! I love the old analog cockpits. There's a complete 727-20.0 cockpit at the aircraft museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and the volunteers let me step inside, sit down and looked the other way while I flipped some switches! The biggest surprise was how comfortable it was. Although it was old, tattered and grey, much like the flight deck shown here, the seat was phenomenal! I was also surprised by how high up from the instruments the pilots sit. Perhaps I've been corrupted by the default seating position in flight sims, but you have a pretty good view out the window and really need to look down to see the instruments, and I'm a fairly average height.
Cheers glad you enjoyed it. My 707 and Super Constellation video will be out in coming weeks.
I grew up in Chicago. I was 14 in 1970. The 747 made a distinctive engine sound. We would run outside to watch them fly over our house. We were 4 miles from O'Hare and the looked enormous flying.
Enormous and seemed to fly slow. Beautiful planes.
what a beautiful plane it was anyway. Too bad he is retiring almost everywhere
There's hope the 747-8 will be flying for many more years to come!
All that Collins equipment brings back memories. I've repaired a couple of thousand Collins black boxes for the KC-135 tanker, which was based on the Boeing 707. Mainly the boxes and displays for the instrument landing system, ASQ-141. That includes the ADI, HSI, radio altimeter, a couple of cockpit switch panels and all the associated black boxes that sit down in the equipment bay.
This is the most beautiful and detailed airplane review I have seen. Other people review cars, my man here is reviewing PLANES. And not just any but the queen of the skies. You keep the video short instead of an hour or so long, but still convey a lot of information. In language simple enough to make even the layman understand, I might add, while people in flight school still find it useful as well. Absolutely stellar work, keep it up. Bringing knowledge about vehicles to people have used them, but never really knew how they worked.
I flown in one in 1978. It was operated by Pan Am. Definitely a different time back then. Flying was a whole different experience. It was a long flight from San Francisco to Honolu. We got three decent meals, even gotten a menu to pick what we want to eat. Upper deck was a lounge with a bar. We continued from Honolulu to Guam, but it was in a 727 MAC flight. On the way back in 1980, we flew both legs in MAC flights. But even then we got decent meals, even on the military flights.
Oh, and we didn't get to choose what movies to watch but we got to choose whether to listen to them (headphones). On our flight they played Oh, God!, and Herbie goes to Monte Carlo. Both were movies still in theaters at the time. As movies back then would be in theaters for about a year, if not longer if they were still making money.
THREE meals on a flight from SFO to HNL?
The -200 has always been my fav of the 747 models, I find it more proportional looking with a shorter upper deck. It’s also my fav plane in general. First plane trip I ever took was a JAL 747-200 to Japan from Canada. Narita airport was packed with 747s during the 90s so as a kid it was really cool to look at.
The longer 400 style hump is actually more performant at transonic speeds - it has to do with Area Ruling (the reason why fighter jets get flatter in the middle), which was not completely understood back in the early 747 era.
Now, I personally have a soft spot for the 400, which I've spent at least 24 hours aboard as a happy passenger, which means, by internet standards: Your opinions are totally null and void, and your taste in aircraft is wrong and offensive!! XD -- J/K, the 74' is a beautiful Queen, in all her dynasties.
Old economy class are seriously much more comfortable than now, I wish I could’ve try it. But I’m sticking with the new economy Sears with IFE for long haul 🤪
Thicker cushions but not TV haha. Also the leg room didn't look particularly good?
@@staralliancefan1245 no no it was good, food were so much better as well
Amazing aircraft but unfortunately for me the worst ride of my life!, xmas eve travelling from london to Sydney in 98 aged 10 in economy, no tv, no entertainment and 22 hour journey just dragged so badly. Never again
The first time I saw a "jumbo jet" was at the Ezeiza international airport .... While I was about to board a bus whose was taking me to a gol´s boeing 737 ... I could see a Boeing 747-400 from Aerolineas Argentinas parked, that aircraft was gigantic from my point of view.
I flew my 2 seater sport aircraft up from Brisbane(YCAB) recently and parked it in front of this B747. My plane looked insignificant, but it could fly !!
A hole on the floor for someone walking around with a camera, perfectly safe! haha 😅 Wow the size of the flight computers back then. 😳
Cheers glad you enjoyed it. My 707 and Super Constellation video will be out in coming weeks.
>the only surviving 747-200 with RB211 engines.
Incorrect. Geo Sky has two of them, still active. Rolls-Royce has one as an engine testbed, but it will soon be replaced by a QF 747-400. Of the three I imagine the RR plane will most likely end up being preserved - Pima loves taking in these kinds of things.
I first saw the Queen of the Skies when I was on vacation in Austin Texas (summer of 2017. We were driving by KAUS and I was looking at the airport and there was a British Airways 747-400. Latter in September of the same year a Atlas Air 747-400I (gold livery) landed at my home airport.
i tell recreational pilots that i was a flight engineer type-certified on the boeing 747-400
rarely am i called out on it.
it's cool to see the 747-200 though. man that was forever ago. in-flight movie was "the natural". the next time i flew with an in-flight movie they showed forrest gump. i flew several times in the intervening years, but those are the only 2 flights i recall showing a movie.
Hey great job! Really informative video. Has inspired me to plan a visit
Cheers glad you enjoyed it. It's definitely worth a visit. My 707 and Super Constellation video will be out in coming weeks.
The -200's upper deck may or may not have had a bigger interior than the -100, but it certainly was NOT bigger on the outside; it just had more windows. It wasn't until the -300 until the upper deck actually became larger.
QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: When fully pressurized, what is the weight of the air inside the aircraft?
SECOND QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: On a narrow body aircraft, how much weight does the aircraft gain at altitude and why?
The first time I saw a “jumbo” was when I had the pleasure to travel on a Qantas -200 from Honolulu-Sydney as an airplane obsessed eleven year old on 1997. Looking at the iconic double deck with the flight deck up top was a dream, as the 747 was my favourite plane!
What an amazing aircraft, may I ask what Background music you use for your videos?
Cheers mate - the audio is from epidemic sound
Thanks Paul!
What is the song called?
Very nice 👍 My shortest flight on board a 747 was from Charles de Gaulle CDG to LBT le Bourget in Paris for the end of the 747-400 Air France in 2017. The aircraft was opened to the public during a week-end and il was a pleasure to comment the visit.
it is a BIG VERY BIG AIRPLANE you better know what you are doing if want to safely fly it! I mean everything aviation weather, mach speed, autopilot, crew co-ordination, jet engine, weight and balance, hydrolics, electrical systems, hand signals, radio communication, world navigation, emergency evacuation, control wheel system, yaw damper, speed brakes, reverse thrust, apu, runway planning, take-off calculation, fuel calculation, fuel tank system, emergency situations, landing requirements, gmt calculation, radar use, all the light swiches
I flew to HK from Sydney back in '92 I think (?) on Qantas's last and oldest '200 - upper deck Biz cabin. Also into Kai Tak in those days. Also flew on plenty of '400's.
I flew on this model but it was air Canada from Glasgow to Toronto in 1993 I was travelling myself going to family in Calgary so I was upgraded and walked up those spiral stairs my seat was 61 J my first time on a 747 returning from Canada I was at the rear of the aircraft it was a magnificent time greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Had a visit to the 200 flight deck on a Malaysia Airlines 747 in 1991 from KL to London via Dubai. Great experience.
Does the 200 have crew rest areas?
Thanks for the tour Paul. I imagined hearing Al Stewart's "Time Passages" as you looked this 200B over. Cheers.
I was admiring the classic QFA 707 video... and thinking I may have ridden her back in the 1960s when my family was based in east coast AUS for several years
Did this aircraft have the lower galleys? I know it was an option that not all the airlines had. I think I read that Qantas did have them. The best part of my trip to and from Australia was being seated by the first class galley, and watching the elevators go up and down
That was on a united 747-200.
Very professional presentation! The 747 will always be the queen of the skies.
cheers - glad you enjoyed it
I live in Pensacola Florida and the first time I saw a 747 here in Pensacola is when Air Force One lands at NAS Pensacola. I was born in 1976 and I’ve been a Boeing fan since I first flew on a Boeing aircraft in 1980 when I was 4 years old.
Such a fantastic tour Paul!
Glad you enjoyed it
I appreciate you nice video of the 747-200. I worked at the Boeing Everett plant that produced the 747's from 1988 until 2017 when I retired after just over 29 years. I worked on the first through the last 747-400's the last -200 the last -300 and then on the 777 line doing the interior fitments on both lines. It sure bought back memories seeing the queen of the sky
Fantastic! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I hope to get back to Seattle soon and refilm my Museum of Flight video.
@@PaulStewartAviation What so many folks do not realize that those aircraft were so much hand fitted together. When the -200 planes were built we had tools to fit it together but it also took a lot of adjustments to make as close to perfect as possible.
Ooohhh theres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 wheels on the jumbo, they keep on rolling rolling rolling rail point let's back it up.c
Amazing video!! I'm addicted to Felis 742 and this video just showed how majestic the 742 was!
Love this videos so much; great work mate.
He said “release fuel if they have to lower their landing weight” like it happens all the time. If you didn’t know this already it’s only done and emergencies and rarely happens.
The 747 is such a superior plane to the A380, the correct answer is to bring back the 747s and turn the A380s into shit haulers.
Thanks for posting! I'm glad that Qantas pays tribute to the flying kangroos that Aussies used to have to use in order to fly to other parts of the world before airplanes were invented with the that logo on the tail.
That aircraft was chosen for the QANTAS Founder's Museum because it bought back to Australia the survivors of the Bali bombing. It only had enough fuel for the flight from Sydney to Longreach; strong head winds on the way meant that it only 1 chance of landing with next to zero fuel for a second attempt. It landed with the outer 2 engines shut down because the runway at Longreach isn't wide enough and they would have sucked up gravel; damaging the engines.
I believe that aircraft was also leased to Air Pacific for some time and was painted in Air Pacific livery and was registered as DQ-FJI. It was then returned to Qantas after the 2000 coup.
That's right
Yep, this is the aircraft. Qantas continued to maintain the aircraft for Air Pacific.
Paul, thank you for this extremely comprehensive tour of this wonderful flying machine! I have flown many miles in the 707s and 747s throughout the world. The 747 was the most innovative aircraft,
providing a level of comfort previously not known. In the days of Pan-Am, when we would see the
logo from a distance, it was like a piece of Americana in those far-flung locales. I am a retired foreign service officer. The systems you break down on this tour were beyond comprehension to many of those passengers. Thank you again for this terrific UA-cam presentation. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to any of your future offerings, as I make my way through the ones you have previously posted. This was my first of your videos and I, like others, am quite impressed by your delivery. DJ in Tennessee
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it. My 707 video will be out tomorrow :)
as a 5 year old - 1971 Amsterdam Schiphol KLM's first 747 arriving :)
Was endorsed on that but never got to operate as in work on it. Fond fabulous memories thank you for the tour..so going there this year 2021
That was a lot of fun. My dad ran catering for SAS in North America starting in the 1950s through the early 1970s. My dad, sisters and I got to see the very first Pan Am 747 at JFK when he loaded us into a company van and drove out onto the apron to get a good look. I remember him saying that it looked more like a ship than an airplane. He would know as he sailed as crew from Copenhagen to Saigon in 1945.
A few years later, I started working catering as a summer job driving the lift-body truck that serviced either the first class or economy galleys. The 747 first class service included supplying the bar in the upstairs lounge. All of the liquor, beverages, glasses, silverware, etc. were loaded into aluminum boxes that weighed up to 25kg each. I routinely carried two at a time up the spiral staircase. We had very little time to complete our work (I had a helper).
I loved working at the airport. One slow day, one of the mechanics gave me a tour of the below-deck avionics room, we climbed up the ladder from the lower access hatch. Very cool!
Being from an airline family, I’ve flown many, many times in my life.
One curious note: In 1970, we took a vacation to Trinidad, flying on a BWIA 707 which had, originally been delivered to Quantas. The interior panels had various Australian images as part of the design including kangaroos, something I found a bit humorous on a Caribbean airline. Perhaps it was the 707-138 in your other video?
Thanks for these great videos, they bring back some of my favorite memories.
One small point of correction: DME isn’t based on radar. It’s passive, using a radio receiver that measures propogation delay of a radio signal sent by VOR stations (those installations that look like white bowling pins surrounded by golf balls). DME is line-of-sight which limits its range. It is most often used for instrument approaches. Yes, my love of flying and airplanes led to my becoming a pilot later in life.
cheers Peter. Thanks for the extra thoughts and clarification with DME which I'll correct in my next video :)
What happened to Qantas business class video on the 747 from Sydney to Haneda? that video was incredible
I remember seeing my first 747 at JFK around 1970 (I was about 5 yrs old). I loved it!
I like the amount of dead space that's above the main passenger cabin of the 747.
Awesome cockpit experience - would for sure be a great museum to visit!
Thank you Paul you explain complicated stuff plainly and interestingly
Great to see the new roof, it wasn't there when I wing-walked that 747 in 2016!
DME is still used to ensure an accurate ADIRS position.
Great video!
I used to pump the lavatories out and fill up the blue juice. I developed a strong stomach.
I really enjoyed your commentary. Great work and kept me interested from beginning to end.
Great level of detail Paul! Thanks. I can’t wait to tell someone about the naka vents!
In 1971 what became known as the "747 Hangar" was being completed at the QANTAS base at Sydney airport in preparation for the arrival of the company's first 747.
The business for which I was working at the time was progressing with the installation of the "tail-maintenance lift" - a small (one man and his toolbox) traction elevator which gave access to two or three stages at the tail of the aircraft and the fin, thereby allowing easy access to those areas and items which needed attention when required.
A work-colleague and I were aeronautical enthusiasts and would find any excuse to inspect the progress of the lift installation.
The week following the arrival of that first 747 we visited the site - the aircraft was parked out the front of the hangar, with steps leading up to the forward entry. There was not a single QANTAS employee within cooee of the aeroplane and the security that we take for granted today was non-existent back then.
Garbed in our white dust-coats, and with one of us holding a clipboard, we simply walked up the stairway and spent an hour in that 'plane, inspecting it from top to bottom, cockpit to tail, without any interruption whatsoever.
It was amazing back then and, looking back from the vantage point of 50 years, it seems even more amazing now.
VALE the Boeing 747 - a magnificent airliner.
Fascinating Ken! What a great story! Yes it was a magnificient airliner
Great video Paul. Another job well done
Cheers Lisa
@@PaulStewartAviation you're most welcome Paul.
Thanks for this video! It's nice to see someone with knowledge giving us a tour of this magnificent aircraft! Thumbs up
Cheers Nick
My [First] Experience on a 747 was when i was at London Gatwick when i was 7
I thought the 5th engine pod was to create drag on one side of the aircraft of they needed to ferry it on 3 working engines
My second international flight was on sistership VH-EBS. fond memories of a time when we could still travel unrestricted
Great video, Paul. I also did the walkthrough of this aircraft in 2014, however I didn’t spend the extra on the wing walk, sadly. I was struck by how low to the ground this aircraft was. Closest I’ll ever get to flying in a 747.
I live in Johannesburg South Africa and very close to Rand Airport which is home to the SAA Museum. They have both the 200 and SP on display. If you ever visit Johannesburg I highly recommend a visit. The 200 ZS-SAN Lebombo is the same aircraft that flew over Ellis Park when we won the rugby world cup in 95. Happy new year!!
Cheers Garth! Yep I would love too see a SP in the metal! Other than a brief look at SOFIA in Christchurch, I'd like to see one as they look unusual in the photos
Please do more videos like this with other aircrafts
Cheers I plan to 🥳
I first saw a Jumbo jet in the early 1980s I was amazed ever since I have had a fascination with aviation.
The first time I saw a “jumbo jet” in real life was at Atlantas it was called something jackson international airport can’t remember but anyway I saw it coming down for a landing the gear down and everything and I was just in awe and amazed on how big such a monstrous monstrosity could even float it was just huge and was just a great sight
Had the pleasure of Beijing a PAX over 20 years ago.
Is it the only RB211 747-200 around?
I think there is still that ex BA / European 742 at Dunsford in England (mostly famous for being on Top Gear) still around
Correct
Nice explanation nice tour inside this
Huge plane. Thank you
This is the most informative plane video I’ve ever seen. Thank you
What an interesting video.
Wish I had a Jumbo parked out back to play on.
Fingers crossed once again aviation will be up and running in 2021.
Looking forward to your future travel especially when you get to fly on Air Calin Paul.
Happy New Year lets hope it's a goodie 👍✈️
Cheers! Yep I was just saying to a mate that I'd like to fly Air Calin's A330Neo and have a tropical holiday
You have a good clear voice for narration, good work, great to see these airliners are preserved for posterity, a retired Australian Airlines/ Qantas pilot friend of mine (now retired) flew 737’s domestically & since 9-11 everything changed forever as l was invited to fly from Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport to Hobart Airport & return to Melbourne with the pilots in the jump seat a 737-400 & l have cherished that experience ever since as those days are well & truly over for good.
Cheers glad you enjoyed it. My 707 and Super Constellation video will be out in coming weeks.
Great tour, thanks Paul. I remember travelling to Kingsford Smith with the family just to see the first 747 to arrive here. It was a Pan Am and Dad commented on its slightly grimy appearance!
Longreach is on my destination list, but for now HARS at Albion park will be my next place to visit. Happy and safe new year.
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. The HARS tour through their 747-400 is brilliant. Enjoy! :)
Very nice tour thankyou! As a former Flight Attendant for Pan American World Airways I spent many hours on the Boeing 747 series 100 and 200s. I remember our crew bunk room located just behind Gally 2.
Cheers William, glad you enjoyed it.
When I was in my later teens (30 years ago now!) we flew with Qantas from the UK to Australia. I remember catching sight of the 747 we were to fly on and I simply thought 'WOW!' at the sheer size and impressiveness of it! I also remember thinking 'WOW! when the engines were being powered up for take off!! The whole aircraft felt as though it was alive. The one in your video was in service at that time, however I don't know if it was ever used for flights to/from the UK. If it was, maybe I flew on that very aircraft?!? Now that would be amazing :)
Qantas used the B747-200/300 on their Kangaroo route. Sydney - Bangkok - London.
Hey Paul, great videos!
I flew on a QF 747-300 from SYD to DPS in 1998, do you know if there's any 747-300's still sitting around?
Not that I’m aware of. The the USAF still fly a few -200s, though.
My first ever flight on a 'jumbo' was on a Boeing 747-200, but not with Qantas. I remember being incredibly excited just before boarding! Super video thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it Brent
Awesome.. my mate flew B747 's for Qantas and B707.... he flew a B707 into Saigon and was shot at it during the Vietnam War!... thanks from across the ditch 👍🇳🇿
Chur!
Wow...what an awesome museum. I had no idea it existed but will definitely visit it if I’m in Qld. It reminds me of the Museum of Flight in Seattle WA, I went there in 2016 and it’s awesome. They have the prototype 747, 737, 787 and many other planes including an SR-71..and an SR cockpit section you can sit in. Totally recommend it for anyone visiting Washington state. Thanks for the tour Paul!..
Glad you enjoyed it. The Museum of Flight is fantastic