SCENIC Corsair BOEING 747 Sunset Approach & Landing in Guadeloupe!! LOVELY Engine Sound!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Super Scenic!! This was for sure one of the most beautiful approaches I've seen. I've included in the video a map view with our trajectory until touchdown (video captured from Flightradar). And the fact that I was seated on the left side of the aircraft offered me a perfect view on the "Butterfly" - as we call Guadeloupe due to its shape. The sunset lights added even more beauty to this approach.
The copilot made a visual approach which made us pass near the Pointe de la Grande Vigie, and the town of Anse-Bertrand during the downwind part. The approach then offered a stunning view of the two largest islands of the archipelago: Grande Terre (the Eastern part of the butterfly) and Basse Terre (the Western Part, recognisable thanks to the mountains). The little island of "Fajou" can also be seen. The trajectory then made us overfly the towns of Sainte-Rose, Morne-Rouge and Le Lamentin, before passing over Mahault Bay in short final. On the left side of the aircraft we also had a perfect view of the wonderful seabed and the heavenly turquoise water. We ended the flight with a firm landing, just as I like it.
Corsair International operates the last three Boeing 747s in France, as Air France retired its own Jumbo Jets in 2016. The aircraft that operated my flight (reg: F-HSEA, previously owned by United, N188UA), which was a 25-year old baby at the time, just returned from China where it underwent a Check D in order to extend its lifetime beyond 2020. Corsair International does not seem to have plans to replace the three 747, and it's very good news for us, avgeeks!!
Flying in a Boeing 747 and hearing its melodious engines (Pratt & Whitney PW4000 here) is always an inestimable pleasure, as you'll hear in this video, even more now that these birds are getting rare. French West Indies airports are lucky to see the 747 still operated, as Corsair primarily sends them to Point-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France, along with Saint-Denis (Reunion Island) and Maurice.
My flight had a 2 hours and 40 minutes delay (not the airline's fault tbh) which made me miss my next flight to FDF. But the good point is that it allowed me to see the sunset! I hope you'll enjoy this video!
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MORE DETAILS:
Airline: Corsair International
Aircraft: Boeing 747-422 (ex-United Airlines)
Registration: F-HSEA (ex N188UA)
Flight No: SS926
Origin: Paris Orly - ORY
Destination: Pointe-à-Pitre - Pole Caraibes - PTP
Time of departure: 2:00 pm (2h40 late)
Time of arrival to the gate: 3:00 pm local time (2h05 late)
Flight duration: 8h05
Seat: 25A - Economy
Camera: GoPro Hero 5 + Suction Cup, Nikon D3100 + 18-55mm lens
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Really beautiful approach!
Indeed mate!
AWESOME approach and landing in Paradise...BIG like!
Thanks a lot for your comment!
LOVELY baby noises🤣🤣🤣
Great landing!
Fantastic scenery on approach! LIKED
Awesome quality of onboard filming
Cheers mate!
merveilleux de bien belle image et de bonne qualité merci pour cette évasion de 15 minutes dans les air pour le prochain vol sera Dubaï Bangkok en a 380/800 emirates
Merci beaucoup pour votre sympathique commentaire! Content que ca vous ait plu. Très bon vol à vous, l'A380 est un appareil merveilleux pour un passager.
Awsome man!
Thanks a lot!
Strange the slats were still deployed after the engines were cut off. Were the flaps not retracted at all after landing?
They were fully retracted after engine shutdown. Very unusual indeed!
Probably to better let you hear the whining sound of the hydraulic pumps. :) Or some checklists were skipped after landing...
ususal at 744
Benjamin Robert maybe it is a company policy or something
Superbes images !! Ca donne envie et ai hâte d'y être ... dans 10 jours ;)
Les enfants ont-ils été aussi agréables durant tout le vol ? C'est pas cool pour le confort, mais il ne faut pas oublier que nous avons eu leur âge ^^ Après c'est aux parents de faire le nécessaire.
@ bientôt
Pendant le vol ca a été. J'ai pu dormir sans trop de difficultés. Et j'ai connu bien pire! Merci pour le commentaire!
The kid's ears are probably hurting from the pressure change
Magnifique approche. Rares sont les avions qui font une approche sur la Grande-Terre parallèle Terrain pour l’atterrissage, est-ce dans un soucis de gains de temps ou d’économie de fuel?... en tout cas les lumières sont magnifiques..
Merci pour le commentaire!
Je n'en ai aucune idée, mais concernant le retard, il était assez conséquent oui.
quality vid !
Siempre un crio que llora y un jodido que tose...infaltables
Nice video! A Norwegian 737 there?
Yep. Every year between November and March Norwegian operates flights from Guadeloupe and Martinique to Fort Lauderdale, JFK and Providence. They will probably operate flights to Buenos Aires or Cordoba soon ;)
Thanks for your comment!
They do! They will start flights to/from LGW with 788-8 and they will also cater the domestic and regional market (neighboring countries) with 737-800s.
Indeed every winter season as there is less activities in Northern countries,and to avoid to ground aircrafts Norwegian decided to position sole aircrafts in French West Indies and fly out there to USA , and soon to Canada. And it seems that the strategy has paid, cause it works perfectly.....
flygwada971 Great! Thanks for the info
Awesome approach. I prefer arrivals at dusk, it offers better lighting. Great filming though....
Indeed. I've not had this opportunity yet. Thanks!
Comment sa s'appelle les reacteur du boeing 747-400
Once upon a time, before they worried about making aircraft engines quiet, you never heard screaming kids on planes.... amazing how even in French , they are painful. 😎
That poor baby sounds terrified. I hope he / is ok
nobody clapped their hands during the landing, guess the passengers ain't french lol
Do you know what spoilt this video!
Darn kids. Screaming ruins the lovely landing.