Classic footage of the Swissair Boeing 747-300 filmed in 1997 at Zurich Airport. Download the full 2 hour film for just $15 at www.justplanes.com/ClassicAirp...
Huge thanks for sharing this epic video. A little history about this Boeing 747. According to Airfleets.Net, this Boeing 747 started flying with Swissair in 1983, until 2000. On September 2000 was transfer to South African Airways until 2004. It change hands several times, flying with Air Atlanta Icelandic, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Iberia Air Algerie, Air Atlanta Europe. It was put in storage on June 2008, and it was scrapped later on.
SR111 was a tragedy but it didn't cause Swissair's demise. It occurred years before their bankruptcy and to suggest that a single, albeit tragic, crash caused their demise is ridiculous. Swissair died because of it's ridiculously high ambitions.. It was too big to survive in Switzerland alone and too small to compete with other European carriers, which is why they then adopted their ultimately fatal hunter strategy, purchasing unprofitable airlines after failed merger and partnership attempts with bigger ones... Their already growing debt on top of which came the aviation crisis following 09/11 led to their demise...
yes i ve been working in first class in this 747 many years, i couldnt believe it, this was a mafia connection responsable for the grounding and its name is EU
These old girls are undeniably the greatest aircraft of all time and deserve the title of the Queen of the skies. I also think the A380 and A350 from airbus and Boeing's 777 and 787 are awesome and in time, will also have a place in the same category as the Queen. I still get those butterflies in my stomach when I see a B747 just as I can remember feeling when I was a 4-5 yo boy. Is there anyone out there who has flown on the B747 who does not have a place for her in their hearts?
Brings back wonderful memories to my flights to Hongkong and back. The 747 will always has a special place in my heart.Just an awesome aircraft,a lot better than the plastic crap that flies nowadays.
Took a flight of Swissair 747-300 from Hong Kong to Seoul (Gimpo Airport) back in 1994 Feb. The upper deck was configured with economy class seats. Quite a new experience for me!
Thanks very much for the great video, I become nostalgic when I watch it 'cause I flew so many times with these great 747 from Zürich to New York, those were the days my friends...
Awesome video. I was wondering if you guys knew how to get access to the airport tarmac to film, I'm filming a short documentary and I was wanting to get closeups of aircraft at the gates, I can't with the way DFW airport is situated from the observation deck.
So sorry... But the Boeing 747 is the "Queen of the Skies"... If one were to decide to infer gender onto an aircraft, female would be the obvious choice for airships, and by extension the logical one for smaller aircraft like planes.
What's up with that first Swissair 747 that we see in this video? it doesn't have that grey belly. I guess if Swissair was still around today, this could have been its current livery, since it's so popular today.
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The most underrated and forgotten about variant of the 747: the -300 :P
Canadian Plane Spotter and SP
And not just any 747 300, a combi
Huge thanks for sharing this epic video. A little history about this Boeing 747. According to Airfleets.Net, this Boeing 747 started flying with Swissair in 1983, until 2000. On September 2000 was transfer to South African Airways until 2004. It change hands several times, flying with Air Atlanta Icelandic, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Iberia Air Algerie, Air Atlanta Europe. It was put in storage on June 2008, and it was scrapped later on.
0:12 3 Jumbos next to each other, today we can be happy if there are 3 A321s standing there :(
SR111 was a tragedy but it didn't cause Swissair's demise. It occurred years before their bankruptcy and to suggest that a single, albeit tragic, crash caused their demise is ridiculous. Swissair died because of it's ridiculously high ambitions.. It was too big to survive in Switzerland alone and too small to compete with other European carriers, which is why they then adopted their ultimately fatal hunter strategy, purchasing unprofitable airlines after failed merger and partnership attempts with bigger ones... Their already growing debt on top of which came the aviation crisis following 09/11 led to their demise...
yes i ve been working in first class in this 747 many years, i couldnt believe it, this was a mafia connection responsable for the grounding and its name is EU
correct ! :-/
These old girls are undeniably the greatest aircraft of all time and deserve the title of the Queen of the skies. I also think the A380 and A350 from airbus and Boeing's 777 and 787 are awesome and in time, will also have a place in the same category as the Queen. I still get those butterflies in my stomach when I see a B747 just as I can remember feeling when I was a 4-5 yo boy. Is there anyone out there who has flown on the B747 who does not have a place for her in their hearts?
My fav is B747 I love the queen of the skies
A blast from the past! Thank you for these great moments
Amazing old footage!
when swissair were a great airline
Thankyou JustPlanes, it never ceases to amaze me how these masive planes ever get off the ground.
Brings back wonderful memories to my flights to Hongkong and back.
The 747 will always has a special place in my heart.Just an awesome aircraft,a lot better than the plastic crap that flies nowadays.
Ohhh WOW Swissair B747 :) Fantastic good old memory vid! Thank you very much for sharing!!!
Took a flight of Swissair 747-300 from Hong Kong to Seoul (Gimpo Airport) back in 1994 Feb. The upper deck was configured with economy class seats. Quite a new experience for me!
Thanks very much for the great video, I become nostalgic when I watch it 'cause I flew so many times with these great 747 from Zürich to New York, those were the days my friends...
Da werden Erinnerungen wach 😊 War als Bub oft auf der Zuschauerterrasse um den Stolz der Natiomn abheben zu sehen 👍🏻
Perfeito! Adoro esses vídeos classicos de 747, obrigado Justplanes!!!
Huge thanks for sharing this epic video! :-D
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Awesome video. I was wondering if you guys knew how to get access to the airport tarmac to film, I'm filming a short documentary and I was wanting to get closeups of aircraft at the gates, I can't with the way DFW airport is situated from the observation deck.
I flew from Zurich to New York in 1997, Boeing 747, flight 100 ✈️
king of the skies
So sorry... But the Boeing 747 is the "Queen of the Skies"...
If one were to decide to infer gender onto an aircraft, female would be the obvious choice for airships, and by extension the logical one for smaller aircraft like planes.
@@PolBacquet Indeed, it's the Queen of the sky. Well, Concorde was still the Goddess..
Fully agree !!...
Top!
I believe the facelift cheatless livery jumbos had IFT's fatal IFE installed during this period.
SWISSAIR🇨🇭❤🇨🇭
Seems ages ago that Swiss Air flew 747's.
Three different livery's at once woe
Es war einmal.....
Swissair 😍😍😍
What's up with that first Swissair 747 that we see in this video? it doesn't have that grey belly. I guess if Swissair was still around today, this could have been its current livery, since it's so popular today.
when was this filmed?
sunsirel 1997
Wish Swiss would have kept them after taking over SwissAir
Da gab es im Winter noch viel Schnee in Zürich...
Ah, the 747 100BSR.
Genau so han ich es mir vorgestellt
Amazing, the last 747-3 cleared the entire runway before going airborne!
Yes... The longest takeoff run I have ever witnessed (and measured) myself on board a B747 has been 56 seconds, full load, full throttle.
B747-300?
Yes
old engines...
They're Pratt and Whitney JT9Ds to be specific. Very old indeed.
and their high performance on those days... helped so much on making much better ones today
Do you think that modern engines are less powerful?
I am just convinced that their fuel consumption has been far being reduced !...no doubt !...and that's due to their feedback !
Wordlees.
Why couldn’t they just keep the Boeing 747’s?
747-300 with 747-100/200 engines?
The 747-300 never got new engines anyway
@@novemberdelta1282 🤔VARIG of Brazil🇧🇷 flew 747-341 with GE CF6-80 from 400's series...
@@jw9968 oh wow, interesting
@@flightfernando Never heard about this
There are some -300s with GE CF6s engines or RR RB211