0:53 was the 747 that went down while operating as flight 123 (JA8119), worst airliner disaster involving one passenger aircraft. May the 520 souls rest in peace...
Before I expire to this world, I’m getting over to Frankfurt to do a 747-8 trip. Wish British Airways had bought them - I always thought it was a given. Remember as a kid spotting at LHR T4 seeing Landor 747-100, 200 & 400s all lined up at the gate together. Amazing memories.
One of my first trips to Japan had a JAL flight on Tokyo-Haneda - Osaka-Itami. 747-400D. Felt odd having such a large plane and so many people for such a short flight.
I grew up with the 747 and it’s one of my favorite aircrafts of all time. It’s so sad that Boeing has discontinued the production of this legendary Titan, and that most 747s have all been retired. I understand that we now live in an era where twin engine wide body aircrafts are the future of airlines but not even the A350s or 777s can take away the legacy that the 747s made for all of us. I wish I for just once I can take a ride one of those 747s before they’re all retired from the skies. It would be an amazing experience to fly on a 747 and admire the majesty that this legendary aircraft has built during it time of service.
I was lucky to get to fly on many 747s belonging to Pan-Am, TWA, VARIG, British Airways, KLM, Alitalia, Nortwest Orient, Tower Air, TAP - Air Portugal, Air France, Lufthansa (-200, -400, --8i), South African Aw, and Transaero. Thank you for the memories! Long live the queen of the skies!!!
One of my early flights was a 747 flight to Australia on now defunct Canadian Airlines in the early 90s. That flight was in the back and I loved it. My last 747 flight was a few years ago Thai BKK to KIX in F. I loved that one too. Out of 100s of flights only two other trips were on 747s. ICN HND on UA (fifth freedom) and FRA BKK on TG.
This day is really weird About the time this video was released I was at the airport of Sarajevo spotting Atlas Air s 747 400 This day is very special First time i saw the 747 in person taking off😄😄
Not surprised about JAL having had a lot of 747s at all. Qantas also had a lot. 77 across the -100, -200, -300, -400/400ER and SP. They had 30 -400s (24 +6ERs) at the peak before they started retiring them. Qantas currently has 2 747-8Fs which are operated by Atlas.
The 747 will always be an icon. Having flown all the variants except the 747-100s, it was just always a nice airplane. That being said, for comfort and low noise levels, the Airbus A-380 was arguably better but it never managed to achieve the same iconic feeling as the 747. The 747 will for me always be that special airplane that took me around the world for almost 30 years. My favorite airplanes today are the Boeing 777-300ER and the Airbus 350-900. I don't know why but the Boeing 787 has never really pushed my buttons. It's a very good airplane but the feel is just not there for me.
There was a mistake in stating JAL was the 747(-100) launch customer, as it was Pan Am. I’m pretty sure Northwest was the launch customer of the 747-400 and if we look at the 777 we can see that United was the launch customer there! There probably were many other US launch customers, so I’d say US Airlines are well represented!
Kalitta Air had the first 747 Japan Airlines bought from Boeing back in 1976 I believe. Was converted into a freighter and still had the original engines.
Thing you need to about Japan is its way spread out, if you laid the country out along the eastern US seaboard, the northernmost island of Hokkadio is up in Newfoundland CA. Okinawa is in Cuba. Its a huge geographic area with a huge population, so the biggest jet of the 20th century makes a lot of dollars and sense there.
Why don't long-haul airplane seats have Bluetooth built-in? It would make people bringing their own headphones have so much of an easier time and would help mitigate the worry on the airline's behalf on people using/taking those headphones
Shoutout to american airlines 2 747s that just went to and from tokyo lol also living outside of ORD i see boat loads of atlas (and other) 747s that just go to and from anchorage all day.
@@58HUSTLER If your thinking TWA 800 that 747 example was really old which should’ve been retired and add to the fact the fuel tanks weren’t checked for loose wires associated with how old it was and because it had been sat in the sun all the day the fuel expanded so during takeoff the fuel ignited the wires. Planes shouldn’t be in service as long as that example unless fully checked over which TWA didn’t do.
@@filledwithvariousknowledge1065 No, I was referring to the fact, like Pan AM, TWA had a lot of gas guzzling early model 747s that, according to several documentaries I've seen, helped bring about their demise.
Yes I was kind of surprised by that fact about J.A.L and the number of Bs-747 they used to have!. Although I understand that Japan is not are known maker of AirCrafts,and maybe the Huge wounds from the Fukushima & Nagasaki Nuke Bombs (launched from Boeing'sAeros)have already healed?.🧐🇺🇸✈️💥💥👩👩👧👨👩👦👦👨👩👧👦👨👩👧👦👨❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨🇯🇵
At one point Qantas' entire international fleet was made up of 747s. They were just the perfect fit for a sparse and distant continent. Never got the chance to fly on one unfortunately. Have heard they were amazing.
At the time, the entire Qantas fleet was 747s. Qantas was an international only carrier at the time, while another government owned carrier (Trans Australia Airlines, later renamed Australian Airlines) was domestic only. Qantas and TAA were merged then privatised in the 90s. Between 1979, when Qantas retired the 707 fleet, and 1985, when they got some 767s, the entire Qantas fleet was 747s.
It's the first time I hear someone pronounce "JAL" like a word. People around me always say "J-A-L", just like you didn't pronounce "SIA" as "sia". I just find it interesting, is there anyone else who pronounces it as "jal"? Or does anyone say "ana" instead of "A-N-A"?
Does anyone say e-t-o-p-s? Or just read it as ETOPS? And Europeans read EASA as a word rather than e-a-s-a. There’s no strict rule, it varies on who you ask and what the acronym is
0:53 was the 747 that went down while operating as flight 123 (JA8119), worst airliner disaster involving one passenger aircraft. May the 520 souls rest in peace...
Good eye there
Noticed that as well. It's a really commonly circulated picture of the aircraft before the crash.
Even in popculture you still see 747s used even when they’re not as widely used anymore, the queen has made an impact.
There is a bloody german song that is literally titled „747“. But they completely failed to show even 1 747 and instead showed an A320neo…
Die hard 2
Executive Decision
Air Force One
Airport 75 and 77
The Boeing 747 is one of the most famous planes ever existed!
Not one of. The best
Yes !
Yes along with the a380. Those 2 made so many holidays memorable
It just make me so sad that airlines seemed to forget all about the 747 overnight. Long live the queen!
Before I expire to this world, I’m getting over to Frankfurt to do a 747-8 trip. Wish British Airways had bought them - I always thought it was a given. Remember as a kid spotting at LHR T4 seeing Landor 747-100, 200 & 400s all lined up at the gate together. Amazing memories.
I'm an airbus guy, but the 747 has a special place in me. all airline liveries look great when put onto a 747!
It’s not surprise JAL was the biggest 747 operator. In addition NRT had more 747 flights than any other airports.
My personal favorite was the KLM B747. Nothing like seeing that big blue machine flying through the sky!!
Got the privilege to be on Maho Beach in St. Maarten during a landing and takeoff of a KLM 47. Incredible experience.
@@58HUSTLER i bet...
Yep klm 747 looked good but my most favourite livery on the 747 was of PIA Pakistan international airlines
I love the 747. My first ever flight was on a 747-400.
So was mine 👍
Me also
Same
I have only flied in small planes but i believe that my parents travelled in a 747
@@rishenreni7618 The 747 is such a great plane
It looks like it’s going fast even at the gate . It’s the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft ever designed , it’s just pure beautiful.
That's why she's known as Her Majesty The Queen of the Skies !
Just three weeks ago I was on a Lufthansa 737-800 flying from Frankfurt to Newark. What a treat.
Sad to see most of em gone
I remember when jal had 25 flights a day during golden week all to hawaii and all 747
One of my first trips to Japan had a JAL flight on Tokyo-Haneda - Osaka-Itami. 747-400D. Felt odd having such a large plane and so many people for such a short flight.
I grew up with the 747 and it’s one of my favorite aircrafts of all time. It’s so sad that Boeing has discontinued the production of this legendary Titan, and that most 747s have all been retired. I understand that we now live in an era where twin engine wide body aircrafts are the future of airlines but not even the A350s or 777s can take away the legacy that the 747s made for all of us. I wish I for just once I can take a ride one of those 747s before they’re all retired from the skies. It would be an amazing experience to fly on a 747 and admire the majesty that this legendary aircraft has built during it time of service.
Cool video
I was lucky to get to fly on many 747s belonging to Pan-Am, TWA, VARIG, British Airways, KLM, Alitalia, Nortwest Orient, Tower Air, TAP - Air Portugal, Air France, Lufthansa (-200, -400, --8i), South African Aw, and Transaero. Thank you for the memories! Long live the queen of the skies!!!
0:48 man I thought pan am was the 747-100 launch customer, surprised to see JAL
It was...
They probably were confused with the SR and 100, as you said Pan Am was the first
I dont understand how they've got that fact wrong. I thought that was plane enthusiast 101
One of my early flights was a 747 flight to Australia on now defunct Canadian Airlines in the early 90s. That flight was in the back and I loved it. My last 747 flight was a few years ago Thai BKK to KIX in F. I loved that one too. Out of 100s of flights only two other trips were on 747s. ICN HND on UA (fifth freedom) and FRA BKK on TG.
I thought BA were the largest operator of the 747. Apparently not
BA had the most in service at the same point in time, but not the most in total.
Loved seeing the KLM 747’s
the queen is my favorite plane for now and will be forever :D, no one will forget you queen,
Beautiful
0:48 is this an error
This day is really weird
About the time this video was released
I was at the airport of Sarajevo spotting Atlas Air s 747 400
This day is very special
First time i saw the 747 in person taking off😄😄
Not surprised about JAL having had a lot of 747s at all.
Qantas also had a lot. 77 across the -100, -200, -300, -400/400ER and SP. They had 30 -400s (24 +6ERs) at the peak before they started retiring them.
Qantas currently has 2 747-8Fs which are operated by Atlas.
The Boeing 747 is the most iconic airplane EVER!!! It will be a sad day when they stop making the queen of the skies.
The 747 will always be an icon.
Having flown all the variants except the 747-100s, it was just always a nice airplane.
That being said, for comfort and low noise levels, the Airbus A-380 was arguably better but it never managed to achieve the same iconic feeling as the 747.
The 747 will for me always be that special airplane that took me around the world for almost 30 years.
My favorite airplanes today are the Boeing 777-300ER and the Airbus 350-900. I don't know why but the Boeing 787 has never really pushed my buttons. It's a very good airplane but the feel is just not there for me.
that kinda give you the sheer size comparison of Emirates dominating fleet of over 100 A380s!
Not surprised with Japan airlines.
Long live the queen. The most beautiful plane.
United Also operated 11 747-SPs, 10 747-200Bs, and 23 747-100s.
When you realise even 747-8 are retiring
Thats not for a while
They’re not..
@@EvanAviator some are in victorville
@@BoxInThisLapVR46 They are just temporarily stored. No 747-8s will be retired for many years yet.
@@TonyM132 Covid caused some to be parked. Pretty sure Lufthansa was operating all 19 of theirs before the "pandemic".
Best I have ever flown on, even compared to todays A350 and Dreamliners.
My favourite 747 was the Boeing 747SP. Albeit built in small numbers, its tall tail made a big statement.
That’s interesting because pan am was always first to be mentioned when 747 was in conversation
Piękny 747-400 jest konstruktywnie całego ma układu sterowny jest lotu piękny
Pretty impressive that Japan had large percentages of the SP models despite the success of the Shinkansen.
But Simple Flying has already made a video about it
yes i was surprised 😂
Quite Interesting. Thanks Team Simple Flying for sharing knowledge with us. Japan Airlines! WOW! why any US airline never be the launch customer?
There was a mistake in stating JAL was the 747(-100) launch customer, as it was Pan Am. I’m pretty sure Northwest was the launch customer of the 747-400 and if we look at the 777 we can see that United was the launch customer there! There probably were many other US launch customers, so I’d say US Airlines are well represented!
@@spongebubatz Thanks for the right information
Thank you.
Northwest Orient used to have lots of 747s using LAX.
Kalitta Air had the first 747 Japan Airlines bought from Boeing back in 1976 I believe. Was converted into a freighter and still had the original engines.
JAL was once the largest fleet of 747s
Makes sense when i think about it!
Where were they all made? Just in the US?
Yes, all in Everett!
I think making bigger version of GE9X or making new engine like GE10X and making 747-Tw twin engine 747 will save the queen
0:45 Correct is: one hundred eight!!
The 47 is my second favorite aircraft of all time, maybe the third:) The DC3 (C47) is number 1, and C130 is number 2.
Air Atlanta Icelandic have had 137 on their books over the years.
What I found is that they had 91 747s, may I ask where 137 is stated?
I flew on Lufthansa 747-400 business class once. You don’t even feel the take off or landing.
Not surprised JAL had the most but shocked PanAm TWA or QANTAS didn’t make the list....
0:55 JAL 123 R.I.P
Repeated video I guess, Writing this before watching and I knew from your Previous videos that its JAL.
I wish I was in the 1980s to fly the 747.
I am surprised JAL had the most, but I’m not surprised they would take the title since Japan was obsessed with 747s
0:49 bro you included a picture of flight 123. Damn.
747 is cool especially 747 8
It would be cool if jal also operate the 747sp as well
And the -8!
It’s a shame they didn’t operate the 747SP and 747-8 😅
Yes i was suprised, tbf i thought it was ba which had ordered the most
I thought it was SIA!
wow! I think Lufthansa now has the biggest passenger 747 fleet!
Exactly
RIP 😔
Which looks better the JAL livery or the current Japan Airlines livery
I like the one before. Looks quite nice. But the new one is nice as well.
Did you include Northwest Orient in airlines using 747s ????
NWA had 64 747s !!!!
Am i the only one who knew that it was JAL due to them doing so many Domestic flights
No, no you’re not.
@@aviationlba747 well i didnt really wanted anyone replying so idk why u replied lol
@@Lee247Jamaica If you stopped commenting ridiculous things on every video under the sun, then maybe you wouldn’t have to deal with people replying.
@@aviationlba747 if people like you werent on youtube thats why i wouldmt have problems with any other people replying
@@Lee247Jamaica You comment ‘yeet’ on every video you watch. It’s about time you look at yourself and establish how pathetic that actually is.
Thing you need to about Japan is its way spread out, if you laid the country out along the eastern US seaboard, the northernmost island of Hokkadio is up in Newfoundland CA. Okinawa is in Cuba. Its a huge geographic area with a huge population, so the biggest jet of the 20th century makes a lot of dollars and sense there.
Would’ve been nice if you added who had the most amount at the one time
That would be quite a long video with a lot of changing first places
i swear you made a video exactly like this like 9 months ago...
UPS is now the largest operator of 747s (30 if Wikipedia is accurate) , cargo, not passenger
Singapore International Airlines still flies seven 747-400F's.
BA had the largest fleet of 747-400's so, wahey!!!🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌
And Atlas Air use their 747 passenger aircraft for US service personnel transport.
I already knew that Haha 👌🏻
Why don't long-haul airplane seats have Bluetooth built-in? It would make people bringing their own headphones have so much of an easier time and would help mitigate the worry on the airline's behalf on people using/taking those headphones
Wow i have never tougth of Japan Airlines as the biggest B747 operator in the world i tougth it was Cathay Pacific Cargo.
I was expecting a cargo airline like UPS entirely
It is werid to hear JAL instead if J-A-L
I noticed that too. I always pronounce it as separate letters.
JAL is official, not J-A-L. A-N-A is official, not ANA.
I was expecting Air India on this list cuz I've seen many 747s in Mumbai
I was surprised it was JAL.
Japan, where you get aircraft versions with less range, instead of an ER or LR, nope, you get an SR.
Shoutout to american airlines 2 747s that just went to and from tokyo lol also living outside of ORD i see boat loads of atlas (and other) 747s that just go to and from anchorage all day.
YEEEEEET
The B-747 was one of the reasons that Pan Am went under.
Didn't help TWA for the same reasons, but deregulation didn't help either.
@@58HUSTLER If your thinking TWA 800 that 747 example was really old which should’ve been retired and add to the fact the fuel tanks weren’t checked for loose wires associated with how old it was and because it had been sat in the sun all the day the fuel expanded so during takeoff the fuel ignited the wires. Planes shouldn’t be in service as long as that example unless fully checked over which TWA didn’t do.
@@filledwithvariousknowledge1065 No, I was referring to the fact, like Pan AM, TWA had a lot of gas guzzling early model 747s that, according to several documentaries I've seen, helped bring about their demise.
@@58HUSTLER That makes sense now. TWA 800 was just the final icing on the cake
Been on the 747 200 of tower air
My 747 rides
UA
SIA
ANZ
Cathay
Pan Am was the launch customer for the 741, not JAL.. do you know something that the rest of the aviation community isn't aware of?
KLM had largest airliner 747
Yes I was kind of surprised by that fact about J.A.L and the number of Bs-747 they used to have!. Although I understand that Japan is not are known maker of AirCrafts,and maybe the Huge wounds from the Fukushima & Nagasaki Nuke Bombs (launched from Boeing'sAeros)have already healed?.🧐🇺🇸✈️💥💥👩👩👧👨👩👦👦👨👩👧👦👨👩👧👦👨❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨🇯🇵
How many 777 have ever been made!?
Around 1660 and still counting
@@spongebubatz And last year it reached the sales number of the year (2020 orders no joke from 10 or so additional orders)
It’s never the same without queen.
I don't wanna waste 3 minutes so I can just search on Chrome and its Atlas Air.... For the most operating it's Lufthansa.
It’s not about the largest fleet currently operating… it’s about largest fleet historically
Atlas air is who Kelsey from 74 gear fly’s for
Cargolux has the largest fleet.
I first also thought Cargolux would be the largest 747 operator today, but it is Atlas Air. Also in total, Cargolux had 60 and Atlas Air had 92 747s
Cargo planes
I thought it was Lufthansa
Was not suprise
At one point Qantas' entire international fleet was made up of 747s. They were just the perfect fit for a sparse and distant continent. Never got the chance to fly on one unfortunately. Have heard they were amazing.
At the time, the entire Qantas fleet was 747s. Qantas was an international only carrier at the time, while another government owned carrier (Trans Australia Airlines, later renamed Australian Airlines) was domestic only. Qantas and TAA were merged then privatised in the 90s.
Between 1979, when Qantas retired the 707 fleet, and 1985, when they got some 767s, the entire Qantas fleet was 747s.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines was not
The bigest 747 airline
Which was then?
It's the first time I hear someone pronounce "JAL" like a word. People around me always say "J-A-L", just like you didn't pronounce "SIA" as "sia". I just find it interesting, is there anyone else who pronounces it as "jal"? Or does anyone say "ana" instead of "A-N-A"?
Does anyone say e-t-o-p-s? Or just read it as ETOPS? And Europeans read EASA as a word rather than e-a-s-a. There’s no strict rule, it varies on who you ask and what the acronym is
Pan am no twa i dont know