I used to do this at LHR in the 90's, but with the older style push back tugs. Great job. Even managed to push back and tow Concorde when BA were on strike (again).
I don’t think we realize enough just how iconic the 777 has seriously been over the last couple decades! You cannot without a doubt realize how important this aircraft is in modern aviation history
@@ecastel1977 actually davcini did. There’s arguments for 3 people that actually built and flew the first types of planes. Gustave Whitehead was before both the Wright brothers and Dumont.
I do this everyday with A320/321, 737-800/900 and E175s and it’s pretty cool to have this responsibility but it is something you cannot get too comfortable or even lax in. When I do my exterior walk around prior to push I get to see people looking at me through the window and they’re probably thinking that I’m doing the best I can to make their flight safe and to me that’s worth it.
@F. A. Airplane tires are specified to 32-35% continual deflection, unlike car tires which follow completely different specifications set instead to 12-14%
not so true hahaha many people on flights are not usually aviation enthusiasts and just fall asleep or scroll through social media before the wifi gets turned off.
I never have my music on when sat in my seat waiting for start up,how could you not miss those engines starting up , the shear power gives you goosebumps.well done Boeing for this incredible Aircraft and it will be a sad day when these are retired.😮
Until recently I lived about 8 miles directly across Boston Harbor, and could hear the Cathay 777 startup every night (inside my apartment) - that sound really carries!
For a second there, I thought you were going to push the plane to its destination! 🤣 Awesome video, it’s a shame there isnt anything for scale next to those massive GE90-115’s, a single engine generates more than TWICE the entire output of the Titanic. Nearly 11’ fan diameter. 😳
Beautiful plane. My favorite, actually. One of my favorite airports too. :O) Cool to see how the fan speed almost perfectly matched the shutter speed/frame rate of the camera.
Suddenly the tractor driver is temporarily blinded by the sun suddenly appearing in his eyes and going dark just as quickly and he hears the captain say, "Sorry, wrong switch" when the main landing lights come on.
ETOPS = Engines Turn Or People Swim ;-) This was told to me by one of the test pilots when the 777 was going through certification and was testing at KIWA in Arizona.
Yes it is. The 777-X is even bigger! The wingspan is so long that each wing tip raises the first 15 ft 90° upward bc there would be too many airports that would not have the required wing clearance as far as taxiways and gates.✈✈
Amazing to see it from this angle. I always wondered how much torque/power do those things have to be able to push the plane back line that. Anyone know?
They’re geared for torque and low speed - I’d venture a guess that many decent SUVs or pickups with low-range gearing could probably move this aircraft. The issue is momentum - once you get that thing moving, you’d just be along for the ride. Similarly turning would likely prove difficult. I remember a VW ad ages ago where their new Touareg (I think it was the V10 turbo diesel) towed a 747. I think they had to put more lead ballast inside of it than the entire vehicle weighed in the first place, just to get traction.
Just beautiful, yet terrifying. Makes me wonder how close you can get without being sucked in. I marvel in human engineering to develop such beautiful aircraft, but I’m also just as humbled for the risk that there is a real risk of danger if one isn’t paying attention to what one is doing to not get sucked in. I’m jealous with envy because it would be such a huge honor to push this beautiful aircraft back and out to get ready for take off. Beautiful video, 👍🏼.
That’s usually when the fuel valves open on the engines; before that they’re just spinning up to the required RPM with bleed air (but aren’t “running” yet).
No, not always. Pilots can choose which engine to start first depending on noise procedures, locations of nearby aircraft of people and any other number of reasons. Also, most airlines have a schedule they like to (try to) stick to where they let each engine take turns starting first in order to not put strain on one engine too much in an "unbalanced" way from a maintenance perspective.
I'm currently training to be tow certified at a regional airport here in the US, and I've worked with both the "scoop" types like you see here and towbar pushbacks. Scoops are fairly simple, you just have to learn that when you turn left the tail goes right and so on. It's similar with a towbar (that hooks onto the nose gear and then gets hitched onto a tug) but a towbar is all weird angles (you turn left and the tail goes right but then the towbar goes more to the right pulling the tail to the left and...,) its taken me days of practice with a GPU to get reasonably good at it!
Pushing back the aircraft, that is the time when you realize the importance of the yellow lines because if you swayed a bit and ended up hitting the other aircrafts.
![Boeing 777-300ER Pushback with Descriptions [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oAYUvaZZTZ4/mqdefault.jpg)
Everyone knows 777 engines are big, but when you actually get on the plane next to them, the scale is mind blowing.
Worked on the 777 program at Boeing, until I retired in 2017. It’s a great aircraft!
When was the -9 first kicked around at the facility as a proposal?
Thank you for your contribution to this wonderful airplane. 😊
good job!
I used to do this at LHR in the 90's, but with the older style push back tugs. Great job. Even managed to push back and tow Concorde when BA were on strike (again).
Kick ass video! As a pilot I’ve never seen this perspective
@F. A. ikr
which plane do you fly?
I don’t think we realize enough just how iconic the 777 has seriously been over the last couple decades! You cannot without a doubt realize how important this aircraft is in modern aviation history
If the wright brothers could see this....
Maybe they do see this, from another dimension. And they also read our comments on YT. And they are thinking: If you only knew.
Santos Dumont invented planes.... but the Wright are also somewhat important
@@ecastel1977 actually davcini did. There’s arguments for 3 people that actually built and flew the first types of planes. Gustave Whitehead was before both the Wright brothers and Dumont.
@@SeanPGribbons then there's also the claim that some guy in Timaru or somewhere in New Zealand invented the plane before the brothers lol
Coincidentally, the distance between the nose gear and main landing gear on the 777 is the same distance of the Wright brothers first flight…
I’m definitely addicted to this aircraft.
Legend has it they're still pushing back...
It's so surreal, that you are in your truck pushing this beast with everyone sitting up there on their phones or recording out the window. 😃
I do this everyday with A320/321, 737-800/900 and E175s and it’s pretty cool to have this responsibility but it is something you cannot get too comfortable or even lax in. When I do my exterior walk around prior to push I get to see people looking at me through the window and they’re probably thinking that I’m doing the best I can to make their flight safe and to me that’s worth it.
@@mrodriguez4829 Now THAT itself is indeed the motivation for any job, the trust of everyone around you. 😊
@@mrodriguez4829 ....I imagine it's more difficult to maneuver at night despite airports of this size being lit up like Christmas trees.
@F. A. Airplane tires are specified to 32-35% continual deflection, unlike car tires which follow completely different specifications set instead to 12-14%
not so true hahaha many people on flights are not usually aviation enthusiasts and just fall asleep or scroll through social media before the wifi gets turned off.
I enjoy seeing this from the ground crew's perspective
Although camera shutter speed can be confusing how fast the fan engine is running, the central spiral is the one that can catch the speed.
I never have my music on when sat in my seat waiting for start up,how could you not miss those engines starting up , the shear power gives you goosebumps.well done Boeing for this incredible Aircraft and it will be a sad day when these are retired.😮
What a beautiful plane, very long pushback .. Great job 👏 and thank you for sharing …
4:10 That deep sound vibrates the entire 777 cabin and can be heard in the terminal
This sound comes when fuel starts to burn in the combustor.
Until recently I lived about 8 miles directly across Boston Harbor, and could hear the Cathay 777 startup every night (inside my apartment) - that sound really carries!
@@jimlerific I live 5 miles away from the airport and I can hear 777s starting up their engines from time to time
@@jimlerific I live 10min Drive from YYZ can hear all of Air Canada's 777's fire up
Doesn't get any closer than that.What a beautiful bird....I love my job!
Such a beautiful plane. KLM chose the right colours for their livery.
One of my fave liveries...KLM
For a second there, I thought you were going to push the plane to its destination! 🤣
Awesome video, it’s a shame there isnt anything for scale next to those massive GE90-115’s, a single engine generates more than TWICE the entire output of the Titanic. Nearly 11’ fan diameter. 😳
Th GE90-115B or the GE9X have a slightly bigger diameter than the fuselage of the Boeing 737
@@KAF345 GE9X, this engine is Just to B777X...(GE9X mexican engineering)
right Alex? push backs at my airport are like 45 seconds... not 5minutes. lol
Thanks for getting us to our destination!
All this guy does is push the plane….that’s it.
Never tire of see this unbelievable aircraft.
Should fly for years to come. 👍🏴
Watching the turbines spool up will always bring out the big kid in me
Interesting view. Always wondered what it was like to drive those and push a commercial aircraft
Beautiful plane. My favorite, actually. One of my favorite airports too. :O)
Cool to see how the fan speed almost perfectly matched the shutter speed/frame rate of the camera.
36ŷ 70's
Big salute to the push back drive 👍🏻
What a pleasant sight!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing view with us!
Lúcio, from Brazil...
This is so f**kin cool! Thank you so much for posting it. It’s so great to see what the tug driver sees!!
Crossed the Pacific in one of these in '07. I liked the two isle wide body better than 747. Those massive GE-90s are impressive.
how, it is literally narrower
Great video! Absolutely love this plane
The fact the tag takes the front wheels of the ground astounds me
Awesome video ... didn't realize plane nose wheels are not on ground during this procedure.
Some are, but not the larger ones
Depends on the tug being used. This one, the nose tires are always off the ground regardless of aircraft.
Those engines look as big around as a fuselage!
This ge90 engines are huge! The size of a 737 fuselage
Suddenly the tractor driver is temporarily blinded by the sun suddenly appearing in his eyes and going dark just as quickly and he hears the captain say, "Sorry, wrong switch" when the main landing lights come on.
Really enjoyed this and I love my Boeing 777-300 ER
I would LOVE to do an airside job like this!
Holy crap, that was such a small space and I didn’t see wing man plp. Great push!!
those engines are massive!
Very beautiful video !!
i love the airline everything i love this video....
Schiphol was always one of my favorite airports in Europe to fly into and out of.
What a beautiful plane!!
ETOPS = Engines Turn Or People Swim ;-) This was told to me by one of the test pilots when the 777 was going through certification and was testing at KIWA in Arizona.
The Boeing 777 is one BIG bird!!
Yes it is. The 777-X is even bigger! The wingspan is so long that each wing tip raises the first 15 ft
90° upward bc there would be too many airports that would not have the required wing clearance as far as taxiways and gates.✈✈
Asombroso! Que trabajo tan interesante., me gusta.
Pushback..nice vidio
1:22 RIP Jet airways.
Bear in mind that those engines have the cross section of a 737 cabin. That will give you a good perspective of how big those really are.
This plane is so badass, the engines sound amazing to
wooh, I love it ! I love engisn songs ! thank you !
Superb view ! Ge90s growl !
Das muss auch ein richtig geiler Job sein!
For anyone who might not know about the scale of a 777 engine…they’re about the same circumference as a 737…
…fuselage…
This was so satisfying I wish they did that here at NY JFK
👍🏼 *nice look*
Apparently at full thrust.....each fan blade has 9 tons of pressure on it!...👍
That jet airways plane in the background...
Great video. Why was the pushback so far?
Some FOD on that taxiway just behind the nose gear ? Something with a black cable?
That was a long pushback.
That's what she said
@F. A. aren’t you*
@@luma8212 you can edit comments
@@BKeane22 ik
Wow... Many airlines, I know one of airlines logos at video only Garuda Indonesia..
I thought the tug was going to push it all the way to its final destination.
Amazing to see it from this angle. I always wondered how much torque/power do those things have to be able to push the plane back line that. Anyone know?
up to 400+ hp and 1500+ lbft or 2000+ nm of torque i believe for the largest one
They’re geared for torque and low speed - I’d venture a guess that many decent SUVs or pickups with low-range gearing could probably move this aircraft. The issue is momentum - once you get that thing moving, you’d just be along for the ride. Similarly turning would likely prove difficult.
I remember a VW ad ages ago where their new Touareg (I think it was the V10 turbo diesel) towed a 747. I think they had to put more lead ballast inside of it than the entire vehicle weighed in the first place, just to get traction.
The guys haul ass in these towing planes
Nice video ! Thanks for posting
Amazing Video. Tku very much!
At the turning point was our plane with dark blue and light blue tail colors, it was the Garuda Indonesia airline 0:56
Nice video !
Just beautiful, yet terrifying.
Makes me wonder how close you can get without being sucked in.
I marvel in human engineering to develop such beautiful aircraft, but I’m also just as humbled for the risk that there is a real risk of danger if one isn’t paying attention to what one is doing to not get sucked in.
I’m jealous with envy because it would be such a huge honor to push this beautiful aircraft back and out to get ready for take off.
Beautiful video, 👍🏼.
How smooth those bearings have to be to just windmill in so light a breeze.
Wow amazing ❤😊
Is the increased tug engine volume at 3:05 because of the engine thrust even during just the start and idle or because you were pushing uphill?
3:13 The deep sound is from the 777 and not from the truck
That’s usually when the fuel valves open on the engines; before that they’re just spinning up to the required RPM with bleed air (but aren’t “running” yet).
@@EstorilEmrequired rpm. It’s called max motor.
Great video. Thanks
Do you always say a prayer for the plane before leaving?
Was the Wright Bros 1st flight shorter than the length of this aircraft?
I like this b777 300er i like it
Guys gonna push him to the next airport, God damn
What a great push.
cool thank you for sharing
roughly 10 mins drive to heathrow and a380 a350 family 777 family 747 cargo fire up everyday and its insane
We miss the most important part of the video and that was how the tug disconnect from the plane 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Why didn't they push with a bar like other aircraft?
Jet Airways is standing at the back😍
Garuda In there
Orang amrik keknya ga pernah bilang wow delta here. Atau wow AA here.. atau parahnya lagi wow boeing proud americans 🤣🤣
ESTOPS means, if it lands on water “ turns into a Cruise Ship “
AIRFRANCE and KLM = ?
aint no way I would stand so close
First time hearing sound of push back tractor
Do they always start the right engine first?
No, not always. Pilots can choose which engine to start first depending on noise procedures, locations of nearby aircraft of people and any other number of reasons.
Also, most airlines have a schedule they like to (try to) stick to where they let each engine take turns starting first in order to not put strain on one engine too much in an "unbalanced" way from a maintenance perspective.
Some aircraft have a preferred sequence as generators, hydraulic pumps may only be on some engines. This applies especially to 4-engined aircraft.
That nace enjoying waching that video pushback the plane.
bali waching hallo from bali planes spotter
the wheels seems as bit flat, or not?
That's pretty cool. How do people train to push back these huge aircraft?
I'm currently training to be tow certified at a regional airport here in the US, and I've worked with both the "scoop" types like you see here and towbar pushbacks. Scoops are fairly simple, you just have to learn that when you turn left the tail goes right and so on.
It's similar with a towbar (that hooks onto the nose gear and then gets hitched onto a tug) but a towbar is all weird angles (you turn left and the tail goes right but then the towbar goes more to the right pulling the tail to the left and...,) its taken me days of practice with a GPU to get reasonably good at it!
@@TacticalOni Thanks, it sounds like an enjoyable job, except for when it's pouring rain ;)
It’s called a goldhofer. They aren’t “pushbacks” they are Tugs or tractors
Congratulacions you are skill on this
Imagine pissing off the pilot and he blinds you with the landing lights o.o
Can’t imagine why the pilot would be pissed off, he can’t seem to back his way out of the mess he got himself into.
if you’re doing something to piss off the pilot(s), you’re already doing something wrong. but yes, those lights are insanely bright at night.
Great view 👌🏼
Popular plane for long hauls all across the world.
That's not a view we get to see very often. Well done.
No wingwalkers? Why is that
You passed your reverse parking test
I don't know where this aircraft was flying but the plane name was Jasper national park.
How did you not get sucked in when you stepped outside
Sound engine 77w....eargasm❤️❤️
Pushing back the aircraft, that is the time when you realize the importance of the yellow lines because if you swayed a bit and ended up hitting the other aircrafts.
It’s aircraft….no S…we don’t say aircraftS in the business