EXTREME close-up air to air race between a B747 and an A340!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2015
- What an awesome experience to have such a cool air race! I filmed this on my flight to Boston in october over the atlantic ocean! We were on approximately 37000 feet and the virgin Atlantic aircraft which was enroute to Newark airport was on 36000 feet and as we were 30 knots faster we won this small "race":D
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I just think it's amazing that such a huge bunch of metal can stay for so long in the air...
A massive tube of metal with some engines strapped on while carrying a few hundred people can go across the Atlantic, it’s incredible
@@Ethan-zq5ry
It’s a lot more complicated than that.
When you look at the specs of these vehicles you’ll begin to realize how unspectacular these vehicles really are. Their turbofans are more or less ducted propellers connected to a turbojet by a shaft, the fan itself being powered by some of the power of the turbine heat, allowing more thrust to be produced from the engine than a turbojet normally would provide while not sacrificing aerodynamic deficiencies like turboprops.
Also that they somewhat are the result of stagnation and aviation microoptimizations of the past 60 years with…marginal improvements in efficiency considering the 60 years before 1962.
On the dot. Yes. Its just philosophical to see the metal thing suspended in air. Man has come a long way. I bow.
Maintaining such speed, as well.
The 747 obviously wasn't stock... i could hear the cold air intake...
lmfao
Ahh always an expert !
Jesse from Jerzy! From KN😂😂😂
Also you can hear VTEC kick in.
Mafless
747 wing sweep angle is greater. She was designed at a time when fuel consumption wasn't as important as it was when the A340 was designed. Now both of these are considered gas guzzling dinosaurs.
I trust an Airbus over anything Boeing every day of the week
@@supporterofeverythingyouli6255 why's that? Plenty of both have crashed. Hell there was that airbus that tried to kill itself thanks to faulty data. Over reliance on automation can be a bad thing.. thats what Boeing did with the max.. then told them nothing about a critical brand new system that can take your control away over 1 bad sensor... one that broke easily and there was no training over it.. sigh..
@@supporterofeverythingyouli6255 The 777 has been very reliable, same with the 787. But true, the 737 max makes you wonder.
@@supporterofeverythingyouli6255 that’s a stupid statement. You should take it back.
@@FlyingAceAV8B Unfortunately for you child, the Boeing 737 is the most dangerous plane. Hold on to your panties cause that's a FACT! I'm sure you're one of those that can't handle facts, guess what? I don't care!
really cool sadly you don’t see those beautiful four engines aircraft so often anymore .
I do: I see the mighty Il-76 almost every day :D
I fly emirates as I live in Dubai. So I’ve flown the A380 many times. I just love that plane, so quiet, fast and comfortable
I see A380s maybe once a week, they're always flying into Heathrow. Emirates/BA mainly. It's great that BA moved all 12 of their A380s back into service!
@@jammydodgerman just saw one of those 13 at Chicago O'Hare yesterday! I didn't know they flew them into there, but there is was at a gate as we taxied by.
@@roberthoffhines5419 That's funny you should mention that! I read very recently BA only started sending A380s to Chicago in June of this year
Absolutely stunning...I'm an aviation geek, this is just incredible to watch.
No you're not because I already am. Don't even try it dude. 😊
@@jrock5995 🧐🙄
@@andybaistow9368 Oh now you're going to project your shortcomings on me? How dare you! With the smug monocle emoji, and the other emoji doing horrible things.
@@jrock5995 Errrrrrm, fair enough, whatever Trevor.
Oh man...I thought jrock was being funny/sarcastic.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speeking. As you can notice on our right side, Virgin A340 is challenging us for a race. So I turned the fasten seat belt sign on because shit is about to get real now!"
even if the Commander of the 747 didn't make that PA, there is a very high likelihood of her/him having thhought of it or discussed it with their cockpit crew!
To the copilot: "Here, hold my beer....." LOL!
GPWS: *OVERSPEED OVERSPEED WHOOP WHOOP TKTKKTKTKKTK*
I wanna know if they flipped each other the bird as they passed 😂
Super sonic going faster in the air gotta fast
I love the feeling of flying, always love window seat and look outside for hours, just love it!
I am totally with you in this, crazy for flying with a window seat and never, ever sleeping
We leave for vacation in 24 days and I can't wait for our flights!
The A340 Captain hit that Nitro boost too early... Rookie !
Paul would be proud
(F&F reference)
I wonder if anybody filmed you too on that A340.. :-D
Bayu Anandavi no
lol
Bayu Anandavi I'm actually the a340 is what u were seeing the camera was filming from the 747
Bayu Anandavi kmn
The Unwanted Guy ja
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How come we never seem to get any UFO footage anywhere near as good a quality as this 😂😂😂
Because ufos are blurry.
Joe Waplington Because they aren't any!!!!!
I too wish to see buddy..
But government never opens up with public regarding UFO's .
In Himalayas(India-china border) UFO's base or some sort of work is going.
Both the Army people thought spying drones or somthing blamed on each but later many tourists spotted some UFOs landing taking of but the exact location is between India-China no one are supposed to go nor do any kinda camping there its a Mutual Agreement between Ind-Chin .
As these sightings were strange able to see but they were not detected on radars both chinese and Ind govt officials had a discussion on this, some scientists from Russia, USA were also participated but later they have removed some videos from internet and no news were out abt what's happening there and what are those..
In India now people are not allowed to some areas which are actually tourist attractions and people used to go before.
I still wonder why they keep so secret regarding UFO's and their tech.
Because it doesn't exist. There are people who see UFOs. And there are sober people.
Because as soon as a UFO is close enough to make pictures like this, you can recognise it and it's not a UFO anymore, but an IFO
Do you think that the pilots were talking to each other? Lol!
Yep
Can they do that ?
Mike Jones I think if it’s the same airline they can
They can talk to eachother if they are on the same radio frequency. And im sure they said hello. Nothing to do with the airline in any case.
smallpicture of course they are they have to
incredible photo op, the light is perfect too. though as expected the 74 is absolutely tanking the A340 with its higher cruise speed.
Altitude makes a difference too, the 747 being higher up it can go faster. But true that the 747 is faster overall.
@@Kalvinjj
Good analysis on this. I was gonna make the same comment regarding altitude.
@@Kalvinjj like a thousand feet difference. For performance sake they were essentially at the same altitude.
@@JamesAMG
Yes. In essence however we don’t really know how much drag the a340 had on it or not on top of the fact that the 747 is indeed faster.
@@Kalvinjj so, if the virgin atlantic plane (i'm assuming THAT'S the a340) were the higher plane, the other plane wouldn't have been able to catch it??
Wow this is so amazing dude! I would love to see this one day.
+Dj's Aviation It was awesome to see! Incredible!
Dj's Aviation Quite a common sight if you fly often across the pond to Europe.
Dj's Aviation was not expecting to see you here hahhaa
I once took off from shannon to JFK, and a few minutes later, another flight went from shannon to Boston. We flew alongside each other for over an hour.
I had just gotten a fancy camera (present from the Mrs)
The pictures were breathtaking.
ok, wut you commented here 3 years ago before your channel got big :O
Such a cool sight to see, stunning close-up views of this A340 in flight. Great footage!
+TheHDAviation Thank you very much!
What is a foot?
37,000 feet = 11.2776 km
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@@HannoverSpotter Sir I want to ask you a question.When the two aircrafts fly like this Do not ATC Staffs on duty instruct both the pilots to be alert so that unfortunate accidents do not take place?
Incredible. Kudos to the filmmaker who captured the moment. Would love this experience
A race between commercial planes filled with passengers must be so exciting.
I never used this word in my life but this was EPIC
Now I want to see the film someone took from the 340.
Me too!!!
I don't.
@@gavinjames8749 Yeah, no one gives a shit what you have to say.
@@csn6234 Oh gosh,really?But that really hurts,I thought everyone wanted my views,they are so very clever,like-"no-one gives a s**t what you think".ut te ipsum.
@@gavinjames8749 bru🤣🤡
I flew Captain on the B747-400 for 10 years to Southeast Asia from Canada. Routinely passed the A340 exactly as you see in the video. My cruising speed was Mach 86 compared to Mach 83 on the Airbus. The A340 is a good aircraft but I’m a Boeing fan
You flew a Captain?
What did he have to say about all this?
Well, that was a little bit of awesomeness right there! Love the A340!
Without a doubt one of the best videos I've ever seen. Bar none. Opportunities like this just don't happen all the time. Outstanding in every way. Thank you so much and again for Not adding music.
Spectacular Air to Air footage !!!!!!!!!!
+SKBenergy Thank you :P
The 4 Jet Engine planes and their contrails. Will miss it. Thank you!
The A340-600 will always be the definition of an airplane. Elegance 10/10. Like a perfect girl in her 20s.
Like a 20 year old Virgin ....
a thousand feet difference Man it look so much closer than that
Agreed 💯
For the record, from an aeronautical engineering point of view, the 747 is much more efficient moving through the air than the A 340 as a result of its teardrop design. Boeing HAS actually flown versions of the 47 at Mach 1. They did so on a MASH flight to Egypt and back. The 47 was equipped as a MASH unit, flew to Egypt and broke Mach 1 on the way over the Atlantic, and broke it's own record on the way back.. This airplane, or more appropriately, powered glider, is one of the best airplane ever built in the history of aircraft manufacturing.
Both A380 and 747 are really fast both already broke mach one but 747 will remain the queen of the skies
Two very beautiful and graceful aircraft. The A340-600 and 747.
Excellent footage of that Airbus. What a great capture i think the pilot of the A340 pulled back at the end for a reason.
Wow, incredible. Some people have good luck when filming videos like this. good job.
This is an awesome video. I wonder if someone was simultaneously recording from the A340. That would make an incredible split screen video.
There's something ya don't see every day ! So cool , keep posting
This is so soothing to watch and listen.
The Boeing 747 has an amazing 37.5 degree wing sweep back (A340-600 31 degree sweep) designed for higher mach cruise speed and about any other airliner.
It's interesting that the bigger aircraft 747 can fly faster Ordinarily you would expect it to be slower?
@@super_organist Yeah
Stunning video mate! Awesome view and filming!! :) Thanks for sharring!
+Chambert Spotter Thanks!
I guess they were simply going the same way. I was once in a TWA plane with 2 engines (forgot what plane) and we got passed by a SWISSAIR DC10. And it looked exactly like this. Awsome.
Awesome video. Aviation is truly amazing!
This is a premier footage. Much credit to the film-maker for excellent camera control within operating limits of the camera, editorial and operating decisions that had to be made without pre-planning - sustaining the drama by cinematographic reportage for 1min 24secs of pure class. This is a lesson in resolute concentration, focus and maintaining narrativity, for many who wish to post on TH-cam.
In other words, nice video.
Great footage. The A340 is such an elegant aeroplane (imo)
Yes... My favorite alongside with the 737 200 and the A350
especially the A340-6!
Superb footage! Thanks for sharing!
These air to air shots are awesome!
Those A340s are desperately pretty. There’s just something so _right_ about their lines.
big well proportioned aircraft . and a big blast from the past w/ those 4 big engines.
The 600 that is
@T38 Talon except they don't kill people. 😃😃😃😃
@@kingpins9 Bollocks. I'd never fly Boeing ever. Liars and murderers who tried to cover it up. Do you work for them.?? As a toilet attendant. 😃😃😃
@@kingpins9 and Boeing copied all the ground work from de Havilland..
I have seen it on my way from Montréal to BC! The plane was right next to us and we could see the plane windows and name for 45 minutes... very closed!!
Fantastic race between both of them. Awesome video
This is great footage. Someone most people don’t get to see every day
Great Video-.... I've seen it many times- Ah. The A340. - four engines...... That is a beautiful aircraft. it reminds me of the eternal B 707.
Excellent job 👍 enjoyed watching it.
Beautiful capture in the sky. Amazing.
Great video. Alot to be learnt from this...
Virgin CEO memo to all pilots: To hell with fuel consumption in future full throttle all the way!
Mel Brooks the 340 is known for its excessive fuel consumption at any speed
And also being pretty underwhelming in the power department. Ask any A340 driver.
Good one! Schnell, schnell!!!!
@@owainwright6055 200 and 300 maybe but the 500 and 600 have tonnes of thrust in reserve
@@owainwright6055 For the -200 and -300s, I hear their extreme displeasure. For the -500 and -600, haven't heart any complains yet.
*This looks so cool. I wish I could see this myself some day*
I could literally watch that on loop for hours!
You feel that way,but could you really?Have you?
Those streams behind the jet engines really help give a sense of how fast these planes are really flying, since normally, with the ground below being so far away, they appear to be moving much slower.
chemtrails
OMG what a great video!!! That's why I always pick a window seat!
A340 is a piece of art....just looking at it, brings happiness!!
Blackbird Then B747 is masterpiece of art
bobagopaaa , at least their ‘copy’ of the 737 doesn’t fall out of the sky
calais027 - it will with Ill-trained Asian pilots at the stick!
Yep A346 is ma favorite plane
@@chooch1995 i highly doubt that mate.
I remember encountering something similar when I took off from Atlanta. It made sense though because after all that is the busiest airport in the world.
Incredible footage, well done!
Beautiful A340-600. Thanks for sharing.
Wie genial ist das denn! :D Sehr schön gefilmt!
No,but the previous model was able to do that at lower altitudes,though at the cost of using all remaining fuel instantaneously which could potentially be dangerous if you are on or under the plane,otherwise it's perfectly safe.
a 747 is mighty impressive, but that A340-600... it's just something else, the proportions are so perfect and elegant. the best looking passenger plane imo.
Fantastic vid. Good job!
Amazing! Great shots of this A340 :-)
+Fsxflyer Thank you!
great shot from the 747 looking DOWn on the airbus (boeing lover:-) )
I've been on a few transatlantic hops where we overtook other jets. I've never seen a jet overtake us but they could have been on the other side. It is pretty cool. Going from Rome to Toronto, it took us almost 1 hour to pass United 767 (I think) while in Air Canada 767
To me, this is such a contrast to only a few generations ago when a ship under sail would have toiled for weeks on the ocean below to make the crossing. I picture the rows of passengers here jetting smoothly over the Atlantic in just a few hours.
Great filming...I have been on one of those Virgin A340 600's from LHR to EWR Newark - was a stand in for a faulty Dreamliner august 2015.. I never knew what we looked like from above.. I do now.. Always loved the look of the plane, seems to go on and on - like a modern day DC 8 Stretch - though far larger.
Awesome view.. what wonders or excite me is the ability of these great machines to fly steadily without any wobble or rotation at such high speed at that high altitude..
Great footage!!
+Premium Flyer Thanks!
@@HannoverSpotter 7
Wow !!! This is absolutely cool from that altitude close up of the Airbus A340-600 😎👍
Fascinating. I've been on both of these types of plane. The A340 was, in my experience, prone to bouncing ALOT when we hit turbulence. However, the 747 seemed much more gentle
so beautiful!
That A340: "I've mastered the art of flying so incredibly straight that I become invisible to the naked eye"
The best thing I have seen in TH-cam 🤗😁
This is a seriously cool video! Thanks for sharing!
That is a fantastic video! I often look for other aircraft when I’m a passenger. I love seeing the hot air engine trails here from the A340. By the time this Covid business is over I wonder how many (if any) 4 engined aircraft we will see in the sky?
I would guess mostly as freighters.
There called cattails
Imagine if the Concorde was still there, there would be a footage of both of you from 55,000 feet.
Ha ha :D
If you could keep the rubber on the wheels at 240 MPH takeoff weight.
Haha
That is cool. Love the Virgin red.
Incredible footage.
That's beautiful ! Not everybody gets this opportunity to film another flight in air.
amazing catch!
+MidEast Aviation Thanks!
Queen of the skies is neck on neck with another beautiful quad jet!
I saw this on my first time flight from Kigali to MUmbai. So amazing
HOW COOL IS THIS?!
I'VE FLOWN A MILLION TIMES AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
Have you really flown a million times?Why did you count the flights?Did you ever lose count and have to start again?And after a million flights you have never seen this?It's called the Ocean and it's pretty cool to fly over as there are no hills to fly into.
@@gavinjames8749 No, I never lost count. Since my comment I have flown one million and ten times. How many times have you flown? It's fun to fly, isn't it?
@@drServitis I've flown maybe 50 times.It's brilliant to fly i agree.I don't think 10 million flights could dull the fascination.Let me know.
@@gavinjames8749 Well, I have a ways to go yet. I'm more of an amateur flyer. And with this Chinese corona virus it's harder to fly these days, so I'm not sure if I'll make it to 10 million flights. But I agree, it sure is fun. But the good old days were better. I remember when I was a kid flying from Europe to America at night. I would act like I was asleep and my arm was hanging down in the aisle so I could touch the pretty stewardess's legs as they walked by. Now the stewardesses are just fugly low paid nondescripts. Standards have gone down hill, but flying is still fun!
@@drServitis The good old days were definitely better.Not the most cheerful memory,but extremely vivid,I remember flying on a 747 to return to Australia from Malaysia with my mother,3 sisters and one other lady.And that was the complete passenger complement.Jumbo to ourselves,only way to fly(especially for an 8 year old,no hostesses though)And Santa roping out of a chopper with a sack of toys on his back,descending to us kids.Apologies,rambling memories.(father served in air force)
i want to buy a round trip ticket to live this scene ....:)
Beatiful view indeed.. nice shot
I'am giving it all shes got Captain, she wont take anymore!!!! Scotty, I need MORE NOW!!!
AMAZING
An exciting rarity when you encounter it. It makes you realize you truly are FLYING!
This is an amazing view i have seen ever
Very cool. I've seen one going the other direction before. That is crazy because it gives you some idea of the speed. I realize it's closing speed, but you are really moving.
Wow, das ist echt beeindruckend! Wäre zu cool, wenn es ein entsprechendes Video aus dem A340 gäbe! :) Liked!
+CSpotting Das wäre echt cool :D Sicherlich wird das irgendjemand gefilmt haben :D Aber wohl nicht auf youtube :/
Genau. Es ist unglaublich.
Extremely beautiful. 340 is better looking plane than 380.
True
basically a Cessna is better looking than 380 lol
What a very beautiful show !!!
such a rare shot...loved it
I had the best chance to capture a similar one last year when flying above Paris to Lisbon, but visibility was poor so do my seat angle :(
Virgin Atlantic plane is looking so beautiful
Really spectacular!!! WWWOOOWWW!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great addition to my new channel, thanks.
Excellent video!
Hold on! I've Just entered us into the Red Bull Challenge!
Very very lucky! Awesome video! Liked&Subbed :D
+TENERIFE „TENERIFESPOTTER“ SPOTTER Yeah, thanks a lot!
Fantastic capture
Amazing! A340-600 looks glorious while flying. Back in 2014 I flew Lufthansa Airbus A380 from Frankfurt to Miami and somewhere at the coast of Canada we had a United Boeing 777 flying close like that.
And a few months ago when I flew Norwegian Boeing 787 from Stockholm to Miami above northern Florida we had a Virgin atlantic 747 below us, not that close but close enough for me to see it being Virgin 747. Probably descended for Orlando.