BA Landor 747 is saved! Final flight into Dunsfold. G-BNLY. 5 December 2020.
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Runway Centre Line viewpoint. Saturday 5th December 2020. Earlier this week and building on the success of the #SaveLandor campaign; British Airways officially announced that the Landor livery747, G-BNLY would be preserved at Dunsfold Aerodrome, the home of fellow 747 G-CIVW which flew here on 22nd October 2020. (See film on my channel).
Today G-BNLY left Cardiff airport where it has been in store since June and took the 40 minute flight to Dunsfold as flight BA 9154. The aircraft flew around the airport before making the approach and landing into the prevailing wind, landing on Runway 07. I've captured these moments in this film standing at the dead centreline viewpoint from Runway 07/25.
This aircraft began life in the Landor scheme, so it is especially fitting that it should have been preserved, representing perhaps the finest period in BAs aviation history:- "The world's favourite airline".
At the end we hear Dunsfold Tower welcoming the crew and giving a fitting testimony to this beautiful aircraft. Enjoy this short film capturing this historic occasion.
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Great footage! Since all three retro 747s, and one Chatham Dockyard 747 are going to be preserved for future generations to see, I think we can call that a win.
@Aviation LBA. Yes it’s a great outcome isn’t it. Much better than we all feared 3 months ago....
Time will tell. I distinctly remember reading somewhere the owners of Dunsfold saying they wanted to sell the land for housing as aviation wasnt important so I'm hoping they've changed their minds or its liable to be another Bruntingthorpe situation.
@@HeathrowAircraft Indeed. Now we have to send the BEA A319 to a similar fate. Just a shame they'll never fly again. We must make some new BA RETROJETS!
@@WarhammerWings Maybe one of the 789s (like what El Al did) and perhaps a 777, let alone an A350...
Beautiful lady Perfect filming Will miss the BA 744 and the sound of the gorgeous RB211s
@Jane Chapman. Thank you so much Jane. Nothing beats the sight and sound of one of these does it... ❤️
I love watching your videos. This was a belter! You got A fantastic position to see this beauty land. One of the best landing videos I’ve seen. Dave
Hi Dave, that's kind of you - thank you very much :-) I got there 3 hours before time to "bags" the spot. Getting too old for this lark hah hah
Nice filmed, budy.. And enjoy your new life and retired place, G-BNLY.
@Muhammad Nurriza. Thank you very much- I’m glad you liked it. Great a new home has been found for LY 👍
Glad they save all the retro jets especially Landor they are too good to scrap. I'll try to visit these aerodrome in future
@Raj Nirvan Yes good plan Raj. Access is quite restricted to Dunsfold but I'm sure once Covid is on its way out and the aircraft are opened up as a museum piece, it will be much easier to visit. The airfield is being re-developed for housing over the next year or so, with plans to create a purpose built museum where I understand these aircraft will then be stored- so you may be best waiting a couple of years until they are indoors and on display!! Cheers, Steve
That is one superb piece of historic footage my friend. Well done for capturing and posting.
Keep up the good work.
@Rod McCourt. Thank you very much for your kind words Rod. I’m glad you liked the film. I also filmed G-CIVW landing for the final time at Dunsfold (link at end) plus quite a few of the final departures of individual BA and Virgin 747s on my channel if you haven’t seen them. Here is G-CIVW - a longer film looking also at the aircraft in general “life” over the last 2 years. Thanks again for your comments. Best wishes Steve ua-cam.com/video/byOjcx1s6zQ/v-deo.html
Nice shot of the landing
@Peter WIlliams Thanks very much Peter. A group of BA 747 pilots were standing (socially distanced!) nearby me - one of their phones went off just at the end of the landing roll out - hence the slight cut in the film..apart from that I was pleased with the location!! Cheers, Steve
Lovely video again 👍. Thanks for capturing it 😄
@Jonathan Leake. Thank you very much Jonathan- and for commenting too. Best wishes Steve
Just hope that they keep to their word.There can never be finer examples of airframes going to a museum than those two.Long may they live.J.
@rudevandriver. Very true J. Yes fingers crossed.
Excellent video, the flypast was so special
@Casey Planespotting. Thank you very much. Your film is superb. We must have been quite (socially distanced) close to each other without knowing it yesterday! Best wishes Steve.
Very nice footage. Thanks for posting it.
@knightster27. Thanks a lot - much appreciated! Best wishes Steve
Amazing stuff Steve! Thanks for sharing :)
@Matteo Mariano 🙏Thank you very much Matteo. It’s great that it is now safe! 👏See you at LHR soon! Steve
Expertly done great tribute and good to see her saved from the scrappers 👍🇬🇧
@Ian. S Thanks very much Ian. It did get quite cold after standing for nearly 3 hours I have to say! I’m getting too old for this game 🤣 Cheers Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft I think I'd freeze after the first hour since I can barely stand a (for you in Britain) quite warm 20ºC 🤣
@Planes and Games. 😂😂 Well it was 5 degrees there yesterday and today it is 2.5 degrees 🥺
@@HeathrowAircraft I know the feeling 🥶
Beautiful head on view !
@Topfelya Thank you!! I had to get there super early to secure the place but it was worth the cold, waiting!!
@@HeathrowAircraft From where did you get the info about her arrival ? I don't know how I did missed it
@@topfelya Hi I kept an eye out on the Dunsfold Facebook page. They updated it when BA formally announced that the landor would be going to Dunsfold. There is also the FB page for the BNLY preservation group which gave lots of up to date info......
@@HeathrowAircraft I see ! Thank you for the info
@British Airways Boeing 747-436 CIVB is at Kemble Cotswolds. They have a dedicated FB page for updates and “walk on” tours of the cockpit. Worth checking out.
Great catch
@Aviation Gamer. Thanks very much! It was flipping freezing cold on that day and I had to get there 3 hours ahead to get that centre line view - but I’m glad I did it all the same! 🥶
Been playing catch up on your videos and thanks for this video as well as all the others but this one is special Cheers Fella .
@Malafor 745. Thank you very much for that! If you have a “spare” 2 plus hours then I’ve got a new one out charting the last 2 years on the 747 fleet; catching all 36 across the airport at different times - plus the final flights too. Glad you liked this one. Thanks again! Cheers Steve 👍
@@HeathrowAircraft I will defo watch that video as well :)
Excellent video
@Mark Jones. Hi Mark - thanks very much- I’m glad you liked it. Catch up soon! Stay safe. Best wishes Steve
Thank you Steve another time for this GREAT video that explane how many is MAGNIFICENT BEAUTIFUL and GORGEOUS the BOEING 747‼️
@Alessio Silva. Thank you so much Alessio. I’m glad you enjoyed the film and better still, it is great that this lovely aircraft is to be saved. 👏
@@HeathrowAircraft I agree with you‼️ Long LIFE to THE QUEEN OF THE SKIES 👑
Super. Thanks for posting
@bobsurgranny Thank you! Glad you liked it and thanks for watching👍
Fantastic footage. You have created a wonderful 747 flying legacy.
Ah thank you my friend. I had the company of 3 BA skippers (2 747 and 1 A320) "socially distanced" standing nearby - you can hear their critique of their colleagues' landing prowess if you listen on the approach. Unfortunately one of their mobiles went off on the landing roll out, hence the slight cut / edit out as BNLY comes to a stop :-)
Yay it’s saved! Great video! Rip the other BA B744s tho :(
@SAK 51106 Aviation spotter 2. Thank you! Yes it’s great it’s saved. Plus Negus and the BOAC 747 and of course G-CIVW. So that’s 4 - not bad considering a few months ago we thought they might all go for scrap. But yes it is a shame they aren’t still flying though 🥺
@@HeathrowAircraft you’re welcome, yeah and ooh
Perfect spot! Face to face with her on the landing!
Thank you! Had to get there early to "grab" the spot. Bit precarious with a fast road literally one step behind me :-)!!
Did you know the onboard engines are angled in by 2° to make use of air flowing around the nose to improve efficiency?!
Awesome video Steve! It was so cold wasn't it! I just put a video up of me getting emotional stood under her lol. Thank heavens she is saved :) x
Hi Evie, thank you very much for watching. It was SO cold wasn't it? I had 2 jumpers and hat plus hood and was still frozen. You must have been even colder out on the airfield! Love your video - amazing! :-) S. x
@@HeathrowAircraft Yes! But worth it for an unforgettable experience. Lets try and save some planes in tropical climates now ;) x
@@EvieAviation Definitely! Good plan. With extended stay before and after too of course! 😊 x
Awsome I was recording there to it’s on my channel now :)
@Aviation Gamer. Amazing. I will take a look. Thanks for sharing 👏✈️
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. No problem :)
Yay
Great to see - No guarantee of survival though - look at Bruntingthorpe! Historic airframes flew in there for preservation now soon to be scrapped to make way for car storage!
Hi David yes I get what you are saying. Hopefully the plans for the new aviation museum at Dunsfold will come to fruition. If I've got it right, the intention is to build it once the aerodrome is redeveloped for housing, so the aircraft would be stored indoors - in about 2 years time - so I've heard....fingers crossed!!!
@@HeathrowAircraft If they are stored indoors that would be superb! And an amazing achievement.
Great video, lovely but sad at the same type.
@David Herridge Thanks very much David. I know exactly what you mean. “Bittersweet”.
great video mate
@Paris Plane Spotting. Hi Julien -thanks very much - and for commenting too. Stay safe. Best wishes Steve.
I remember going on this british landor 747-4 on a flight from london to las vegas it was nice,are there only one of these planes with that livery?
Yes
@Asianboi Yes this was the only one with the "Landor" livery. 4 aircraft were chosen for "retro" paint schemes as part of the #BA100 anniversary last year. You can see the 4 aircraft and their liveries here on my channel ua-cam.com/video/0XWCMj6V_04/v-deo.html
Ok thx:)
Awesome awesome queen of the sky lay to rest. Sad sad I travel on BA from ord to Lhr queen winner
@Ricardo Sam. Yes Queen of the Skies laid to rest. A good description.....
Glad she landed safely, I just hope the proposed Housing developers save the aircraft rather than clear the site completely .
@Alan Gale - yes absolutely! Good point.
I was hopeful that a BA 747-400 would be used as a static display, along side Concord at Manchester international airport.
Is this still possible ?.
@Paul Palmtree Hi Paul, no I don't think it is now possible - G-CIVW is now safely at Dunsfold with G-BNLY. G-BYGC is going to Bro Tathan Business Park at St Athan Wales, where it will be maintained as a heritage piece by e-Cube solutions; and G-CIVB is at Kemble Cotswolds where it will be used for a variety of purposes including business, conferencing and private hire venue as well as a cinema and educational facility for local schools. That's it unless any of the remaining 747s now at Kemble Cotswolds are purchased.....
123000 hours???
@Sterlingjob. Yes that would be right. Most of the BA 747s had exceeded 100,000 hours - and BNLY was one of the oldest. G-CIVA had flown a similar number. One of the “youngest” in terms of hours was G-CIVW (also at Dunsfold - see my film on my channel for the go-around and final landing!) which had flown around 90,000 hours from memory and was in v good condition....
@@HeathrowAircraft I wouldn’t of thought any of them are in good condition. Everyone I looked around was leaking hydraulic fluid, gears and bays covered in all sorts.
I thought Dunsfold was sold off for housing ?
@Glenn Sheppard. Hi Glenn - yes it’s not clear cut atm. Originally there was a planning application for the redevelopment of the airfield with a proposal to build a museum to house the aircraft - but I’m not sure where the planning situation is at now. Also there is discussion about the ownership of “Landor”. There is a FB group you might want to look to join - G-BNLY preservation group - to keep up to date on developments? Cheers. Steve