Thanks for watching! This wonderful aircraft is on display at the HARS Aviation Museum in Albion Park (just south of Sydney) and everything I have done today including the tour with a 747 pilot, aircraft engineer and customer service manager can be done through the museum. Just make sure you book a week or two in advance as they book out quickly. Their website is www.hars.org.au
You can’t totally grasp the size of the 747 until you see it in person. Just by looking at its sheer size alone you’d never think that beautiful bird could ever get off the ground.
I worked for the now vintage airline, TWA. Though a smaller aircraft, I'll never forget the first time I pulled a jetway off of a 767. It was jaw-dropping! Unfortunately, by the time I transferred from reservations to the airport (1998), TWA had already retired the 747 and the L1011. 😔😔😔
I frequent the Frankfurt airport, and every time I take the shuttle bus from one terminal to the next. It's an inconvenience for some, but I love it, because the bus rides along ground level past the noses of mostly Lufthansa 747's and the A380's. A view from a terminal is cool, but nothing like seeing their massive height and scale at ground level.
Drawings for the sheet metal in the structure are done full size on mylar to facilitate making tooling. Keeping track of what location is being shown on the drawing and how the rearby parts fit together was a real mind bender.
I was born in 1958 and I used to live fairly close to Schiphol, Amsterdam. I remember the first 747s flying over. My whole family emigrated to the US in 78 and in 2019 my wife and I flew to Amsterdam in a KLM 787 and on our return to NY we got to fly on the 747-400 . My 2 dreams had been fulfilled. Flying KLM on a 747 just before it was retired.
The 744, my favourite aircraft. I worked as cabin crew for 25 years, and I loved to work on them. All those hours spent in that crew rest somewhere over Siberia or South Atlantic or the Sahara Desert, or a quickie from BOS to FRA with a flight time of just over five hours with a super strong tailwind, so we had to push and rush the dinner and breakfast service through. Good times, I am grateful for. I wouldn’t want to do the job nowadays, anymore. But I have my memories, and all those stories we encountered up in the air, and downvote at the destinations. Buenos Aires was my favourite. Perhaps some viewers here remember that crew lounge in the hotel. All major airlines had their crews staying there. What a fantastic time that was, late 90s. Thanks for this great video.
It just makes me so sad to see these icons retiring. My first 747 experience was as a small child my class was taken on a field trip to SFO. While there, they took us on a tour of a Pan Am 747. This would have been around 1975. I had the opportunity to sit in the pilots seat for just a few moments and I've been hooked on the 747 since. The 747 brought me home safely from both of my overseas deployments during my military days. I've had several other opportunities to fly on the 747 and they are all very good memories. Once again, I learned a lot from one of your videos. Thank you so much for the work and passion you put into your channel.
You gotta bow down to these engineers that make our modern world possible. We'd still be pulling wagons with mules without their brilliant minds. They are the true "Creators"
I know, right?! Tours like these and ones you see on massive cargo ships are humbling, to say the least. Sometimes I wonder how it's possible that I am a member of the same species of people who created these technological wonders. It's just mind boggling.
@@Ry_Guy delusional. You'd be dead from a disease without modern technology. You wouldn't be typing this without modern technology. And you wouldn't be able to go anywhere in the world in a few hours if not for these amazing pieces of engineering.
The 747-400 was the first plane I ever flew on. In 1994, I took a 27-hour journey from Europe to New Zealand with Singapore Airlines, all on 747s. I often sat on the jump seat by the aft doors, gazing down at the earth. I love this airplane-truly the Queen of the Skies!
@@brettbanta2100 another wild thought it that there were just under 66 years between that first flight at kitty hawk and the eagle setting down on the moon
Having been a pilot for 20 years, these birds bring back great memories. Hell, if the passengers I flew back then knew how hungover me and my co-pilot were from a night a-partying with the flight attendants in cocktail bars in dozens of different cities across the Americas, they would be stunned lock-jawed. Back then if I didn’t have a beer in my hand, it was always a Folgers black. I miss the eighties. Best decade next to the 70’s.
"Quirks and features". Doug DeMuro would be proud. Edit. What a freakin' awesome tour. I enjoyed every second of this vid. Outstanding work Paul. Must have been cool sitting in the left seat of the cockpit, on a plane that you've flown on, with a pilot that flew it, explaining everything!!! Love it.
"THIS is a Boeing 747-400, and it is truly the Queen of the Skies." "I've borrowed this 747-400 from the HARS Aviation Museum in Australia. Special thanks to all the wonderful staff there for letting me review this remarkable plane." "Now we'll start at the front of the plane and you can see the distinctive Boeing 747 hump in the front of the fuselage. The interesting thing with this plane, however, is that the cockpit is located on the second floor! Yes, that's right. This plane's cockpit is located on the second floor of the iconic Boeing 747." "Now flying the Boeing 747. Taxiing onto the runway, and lets do a full power takeoff. Alright now V1 and rotate, positive rate, and you can really feel the power of thos Pratt and Whitney engines." "And so that was the Boeing 747-400. And now it's time to give it a Doug Score. Acceleration was a little slow, 0-60 in 15 seconds so it gets a 2 out of 10. Handling is not that good, since the plane feels extremely heavy when turning. However it is very responsive to controls so it gets a 3 out of 10. Fun factor is high since flying in the cockpit in a 747 is definitely fun so it gets a 4 out of 10. Cool factor is very high since this plane is easily recognisable and is one of the most iconic planes in the world so it gets a 7 out of 10. Praticality is low, since the plane consumes a lot of fuel and cannot be parked in your personal hanger. However cargo room is large and there is seating everywhere so it gets a 4/10."
We have a friend who is a director of maintenance for a major US air carrier. He had always offered my dad and I the opportunity to come down to the airport at night and he would let us climb through anywhere on a 747 that we wanted. We could spend the whole night going anywhere we wanted. We kept saying we would do it and then 9/11 happened and the airport locked down and we couldn’t do it. I wish we had just made the time to go! Thank you for making this video so at least I could live vicariously through your tour. I will definitely check this plane out when we get to Australia!
Love this great aircraft, I managed to get on the last 747 flight from Sydney. I have also been to the HARS museum and it is a great museum to see some REALLY cool aircraft.
The nerd in me rejoices!! In 2008 I had a chance to play around in the Victorville boneyard which is northeast of Los Angeles, California. It was both thrilling and sad. I was able to walk around on some very iconic 747s and even walked on a 200 series which had recently flown in and been retired. I was able to see it before it was completely gutted. I've been lucky enough to crawl around in some lesser known areas but NOTHING compares to this well preserved example here. I've only flown on a 747 a handful of times, 4 times that I can remember. They are truly unique aircraft and it's nice to see this level of care and preservation. I would fly to Australia solely to take this tour in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing all this with us. I'm an instant subscriber!
The 747 is my all time favorite airplane and I've flown them a lot. This documentary is by far light years above the rest. I can't believe I happened into this presentation. Thanks for bringing it to us.
Thanks for the in depth view of this very impressive aircraft. I’ll never forget the one time I flew in the British Airways 747-400 from Vancouver to London Heathrow. It is my favourite flying experience so far. I sat in premium economy, which did offer very comfortable seating, but it was the flight itself, especially how smooth the entire flight was, which made it so good.
The 747-400 was the first plane I ever boarded for getting airborne. In 1994 I booked a journey / vacation trip from Europe to New Zealand, having never been flying before. So I went on a 27 hours trip, all on B747s operated by Singapore Airlines. Whenever possible I seated myself on the small jump seat next to the aft-doors and looked down onto the earth. I love this airplane, it's really the Queen of the skies! 🥰
Thanks for this super detailed walkaround of my fav commercial aircraft ever, the 747 is so beautiful and I love it specially for what it represented back when it was first introduced and how still is one of the easiest planes to visually identify and still fits in so perfectly with more modern ones.
Really enjoyed this, Paul! My first ever flight was on a 747 back in 1972! Flew on a few other 747's after. I call it my favourite aircraft!! Never realized how much electronic stuff was under foot! An amazing plane for the time it was conceived!
Thanks for this tour! I have only flown on a 747-200 and that was back in, I believe, 1974 (back when they had Spiral staircases up to the flight deck). I was a kid back then, but the 747 remains my favorite aircraft of all-time!
Many years ago when I was 9, I was a passenger on one of the first American Airlines 747s. It was a surprise my father arranged for my mother and I when we were flying home from Los Angeles in 1971. I asked the stewardess if I could see the lounge on the second level. Unfortunately, it was for first class passengers only. She did tell my mother we were welcome to use the lounge at the rear of the plane. I had to use the rest room, so I did a little exploring. When I walked through the wall divider, I was shocked to see a lounge area with club seats, tables with chrome mushroom shaped lamps on them, and a full bar against the rear wall with a bartender. I quickly used the rest room, then went back to tell my mom what I’d discovered. At first she thought I was exaggerating, but I insisted she come back to see for herself. She was surprised, but we both took a window seat. My mother ordered a whiskey sour, and I had a Coke. We enjoyed our drinks looking down at the Grand Canyon. My dad was smiling as my mom and I exited the plane. He asked if we liked our surprise. I said it was the best part of our vacation. Unfortunately, it was the only time I flew in one of those beautiful planes, but I’ll never forget that day in August of 71.
Beautiful aircraft. I worked for Qantas for 32 years, catering centre in Sydney, been on this aircraft hundreds of times servicing catering on this baby. And used to love flying business class with my family
What a brilliant tour through this beautiful old bird. It's clear she's seen better days taking all types of people for countless reasons up into the great blue yonder. How good was talking to the Captain and have him run through the flight deck with you? So very cool. Viva la Queen of the Skies.
I love this plane so much the body is such a classic iconic look. Really sad they don’t really fly commercially for passengers but you can still catch them flying cargo around the world. What a beauty!
My FIRST airline ride was in this 747-400 when I flew to Hawaii in 1980. I sat on the port side of the plane by the window. While taxing out to the flight line I could see the long wing flapping up and down as the landing gear wheels traveled over the bumps of the tarmac. Boy, that mad me nervous. Later, I asked a good friend of my who flew for NW about those wings. He told me that is normal for any jets wings.
I first flew in a 747 in 1974 ... I was so excited ... It was spectacular. TWA Chicago-Honolulu. Ten hours of goodness. Still mammoth today ... fifty years ago, imagine what it was like then. It was epic. In '74 TWA had actually 26" horizontal reels of film, projectors in the ceiling, projecting wide-screen. Coach had three individual systems ... screens being on the bulkhead wall of the galley areas. For sound, the "stethoscope" air tubes delivered the soundtrack to your ears (speaker in the armrest). It was so futuristic... mind-blowingly cool. (btw; The Way We Were, and Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ... as a young man, way too excited to watch a damn film!)
I’ve been wanting to fly on a 747 for as long as I can remember and every time we fly back to Germany to visit my wife’s family we book Delta but we’re flying Lufthansa this time and finally, as long as WWIII doesn’t break out, I’m going to fly on a 747. Last time we did fly on the new Dreamliner which was cool but it’s not a double decker.
I will never forget the first time I flew on the 747. Also a 400 series. British Airways from LHR to LAX around ‘93. We got a free upgrade to business class on the upper deck. The size of the interior was impressive to say the least. Amazing experience.
Great video, thank you for letting me relive the memories of flying her on the SIN - LHR route, which I have done on a number of occasions. She has retired now but the majesty of the Queen of the skies will never go away.
Such a special plane in aviation history the last 747 flight I was on. I was in the way back and we had some pretty ruff patch’s of turbulence over the Atlantic on untied airlines
What a marvelous craft! I had the fortune of flying on many a 747 in the 1980s. Especially on the Pan Am "clippers" (it's how Pan American named their planes, Clipper of the Sea, Clipper Columbia, etc...). Once, back when security was much more lax than the paranoid times of today, I got bumped up to first class!! That was a memorable experience; I recall the stairway to the upper level, complete with free bar service, tasty foods and a lot of space to stretch out and relax. What a plane, the nickname Jumbo Jet was totally apt for this behemoth. I always wondered how it managed to take off...LOL The "magic" of flight! ✈
Many thanks from Canada. I flew on QF 747s (including 747-100SP once) so I really aprpeciated the "full" tour. Now, when allowed again, I need to go down and visit this museum. Great to see the plane is kept in a state where equipment can still be powered up.
You might not see this but I thought I would try my luck. You’re a great youtuber and you thank you so much for using your money for your aviation and recording your flight, you’re great.
Great tour! There is a former PIA B747-300 (AP-BFV) here in Karachi, Pakistan. It has been turned into an Officer’s Mess for the people working in ASF. The complete upper deck and the nose section of the cabin is kept as it is, while the remaining lower deck has been turned into a sort of lounge. You need special permission to visit that aircraft, but I’m trying my best as a civilian/AvGeek to go and visit the classic queen of the skies.
I remember as a kid the introduction of this plane. In all my life I never got to fly on one. But still admire it. Another great plane I would have love to take to the sky's on was the iconic 727. Love both these birds.
This is amazing, seeing such a significant aircraft being preserved. Here in Malaysia we have no preservation mindset - case in point, the first Malaysian 777, which flew the record breaking flight from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur eastbound in 1997, was unceremoniously scrapped. Luckily someone got a piece of it to make into commemorative airtags...h
In my day I was in Combat Arms with the Marine corps. One of my side jobs was embarkation. Ended up going to embarkation school in Ft. Bragg north Carolina. It is amazing how much weight these 747's can carry. I've traveled around this world over twenty times, but landing in Oslo Norway was the scariest experience I ever had. 45 minutes to land, circling, and bouncing seemed like an eternity. When we finally landed, every one was shocked as to how this was even possible. The crew didn't even look stressed!
Many thanks Paul, I'm so glad I've found your channel as I'm a aviation nut myself and I'm a volunteer at the Norwich Aviation Museum specialising on the Vulcan there.
Thanks mate! I am actually looking for a Vulcan to film in March next year. Would it be possible to get inside the one at your museum? Please email me at pstewart001@gmail.com Cheers!
16:56 hahahahaha tbh if you weren't an aviation geek you probably wouldn't have got it I can't tell you how much I appreciate your work that goes into these videos!! Happy New Year!!
How much I miss the Queen of the skies…. This is absolutely brilliant to have such a detailed tour of this iconic aircraft and to understand the designs and how everything evolved through the series. Great to see the old school setup as well, although I might be showing my age if I told you my very first business experience on the 747 Roo was in the old cradle seats….! A huge amount of work went into this vlog so thank you for sharing! 🙏
I am, was a ramp rat, 12 years.. Loaded many of these aircraft, and all the way down to a 19 seat British Aerospace Jetstream. fun days! thanks for the memories!!
I recall a public view of the inside a 747 Jumbo Jet that was stationary in Mascot airport in 1973 as a young boy. I was so excited and realized how big it is inside too.
I watched VH-OJA coming in to land at HARS, my neighbours & I were all out in our yards watching her cruise gracefully over the back of Dapto. Some of the neighbours were up on their roofs to get a closer look. Was certainly an exciting morning for the Illawarra. I also was outside the airport when VH-OEJ did a fly-over of VH-OJA on her retirement flight QF7474. I've gone to HARS to see OJA a few times since
If you really are interested you can book one of HARS Premium Tours (referred to incorrectly as a platinum tour). It’s around $210 we need about 7 to 10 days notice. Phone HARS reception for more info. We also do wing walks. Cheers
I've never been on a big plane, and probably never will be. This was so incredibly interesting to watch! Thank you for this detailed tour around and inside the QUEEN OF THE SKIES!
Happy to see they have kept at least one for their museum . Guess I must be old, as I distinctly remember hearing about this new airplane being developed. The 747. Now there slowly going away, I was lucky enough to have gotten a set of seats as well as window section of fuselage from OEJ. It was sadly cut up in Tupelo, MS.
Love your videos of my favorite aircraft ever! I won an art contest in 4th grade by drawing the 747-200 in excellent detail! Simply amazing aircraft with a MTOW of 895,000 lbs! Wow!!
Phenomenal. Thanks Paul for such a comprehensive video. It makes me very nostalgic as I flew between MEL/SYD to LHR and LAX 4-6 times a year in the 90s/00s with QF. I’m somewhat amazed how old the aircraft appear now.
I was fortunate to not only fly in a 747 many times in the 70's but was invited to the cockpit on a leg from Hawaii to Sydney. Quantas was a customer of the avionics company that I worked for at that time. I drank coffee and ate pineapple with the crew. I asked the pilot about the long hours and his reply was that the $1.00 per minute helped. So $60.00 per hour in 1979. We crossed the equator while I was in the cockpit. It was a memorable experience for sure.
This was so interesting to watch! I flew on a 747-700 in November 2019 and I was one of them people going "no, something this big cannot fly... Omg we have taken off, what the hell? How is this flying?" Never saw the crew bits, so this was really interesting to see! I'm glad I got to fly on one before the pandemic hit, since that's when British airways binned all of theirs with no final flights for the public!
Probably the best video I've ever watched...... I got my ppl 11 years ago and done my jetline ATPL at Bournemouth UK.. 737 where my thing, and Im an aviation geek... Trying to get my son interested in flying, took him with my in a PA28 from Cambridge UK.. Anyway back to this channel..... Definitely one of the best on TH-cam great content and amazing information... Thank you.. ( New sub ) and I'm now off to binge watch the rest of your content.. 👍
I used to see one every spring and summer evening climbing from JFK heading to LAX and then to SYD. Then Qantas replaced it with the 787-9 either in late 2018 or early 2019 but I don't know because it always got dark earlier in the day around that time of year. I also received a 1:400 diecast model of a Qantas 747-400ER for Christmas 2021.
Thanks for watching! This wonderful aircraft is on display at the HARS Aviation Museum in Albion Park (just south of Sydney) and everything I have done today including the tour with a 747 pilot, aircraft engineer and customer service manager can be done through the museum. Just make sure you book a week or two in advance as they book out quickly. Their website is www.hars.org.au
WOW!!! JUSTWOW!!!
Will do, Mate! Thanks Paul ✈️
Isn't ironic. I'd have to take a 13 hour flight on a similar aircraft just to visit this museum.
I saw it heading to Jervis bay
You can’t totally grasp the size of the 747 until you see it in person. Just by looking at its sheer size alone you’d never think that beautiful bird could ever get off the ground.
namesake flew over my hometown huge like in slo mo
I worked for the now vintage airline, TWA. Though a smaller aircraft, I'll never forget the first time I pulled a jetway off of a 767. It was jaw-dropping! Unfortunately, by the time I transferred from reservations to the airport (1998), TWA had already retired the 747 and the L1011. 😔😔😔
I frequent the Frankfurt airport, and every time I take the shuttle bus from one terminal to the next. It's an inconvenience for some, but I love it, because the bus rides along ground level past the noses of mostly Lufthansa 747's and the A380's. A view from a terminal is cool, but nothing like seeing their massive height and scale at ground level.
Drawings for the sheet metal in the structure are done full size on mylar to facilitate making tooling. Keeping track of what location is being shown on the drawing and how the rearby parts fit together was a real mind bender.
Bullshit. It's smaller than I thought
I was born in 1958 and I used to live fairly close to Schiphol, Amsterdam. I remember the first 747s flying over. My whole family emigrated to the US in 78 and in 2019 my wife and I flew to Amsterdam in a KLM 787 and on our return to NY we got to fly on the 747-400 . My 2 dreams had been fulfilled. Flying KLM on a 747 just before it was retired.
Who was your captain. Vanzantz?
VERY VERY COOL!
KLM and 747 together always triggers one thing in my mind......Tenerife ☹️
The 744, my favourite aircraft. I worked as cabin crew for 25 years, and I loved to work on them. All those hours spent in that crew rest somewhere over Siberia or South Atlantic or the Sahara Desert, or a quickie from BOS to FRA with a flight time of just over five hours with a super strong tailwind, so we had to push and rush the dinner and breakfast service through. Good times, I am grateful for. I wouldn’t want to do the job nowadays, anymore. But I have my memories, and all those stories we encountered up in the air, and downvote at the destinations. Buenos Aires was my favourite. Perhaps some viewers here remember that crew lounge in the hotel. All major airlines had their crews staying there. What a fantastic time that was, late 90s. Thanks for this great video.
It just makes me so sad to see these icons retiring. My first 747 experience was as a small child my class was taken on a field trip to SFO. While there, they took us on a tour of a Pan Am 747. This would have been around 1975. I had the opportunity to sit in the pilots seat for just a few moments and I've been hooked on the 747 since. The 747 brought me home safely from both of my overseas deployments during my military days. I've had several other opportunities to fly on the 747 and they are all very good memories. Once again, I learned a lot from one of your videos. Thank you so much for the work and passion you put into your channel.
Glad you enjoyed it David
I never did fly on a 747...makes me wanna scream...
I was living near Heathrow when the first 747 came in. Went over on my Honda 50 to take a look!
@@Vessynikol I know the feeling! I'm saving up to hopefully fly on one of Lufthansas 747's before they are retired as well.
My very first flight on a 747 was on Pan Am 'Clipper Storm King' in 1973.
You gotta bow down to these engineers that make our modern world possible. We'd still be pulling wagons with mules without their brilliant minds. They are the true "Creators"
I know, right?! Tours like these and ones you see on massive cargo ships are humbling, to say the least. Sometimes I wonder how it's possible that I am a member of the same species of people who created these technological wonders. It's just mind boggling.
Lol
Like Muslim countries
We'd be much better off with the technology from the 1800s. Everything is ruined now, including the human soul. These engineers failed the human soul.
@@Ry_Guy delusional. You'd be dead from a disease without modern technology. You wouldn't be typing this without modern technology. And you wouldn't be able to go anywhere in the world in a few hours if not for these amazing pieces of engineering.
‘The crash axe, to help the crew fix any disagreements if they both wanted the same meal options’ 🤣 That’s classic! Cracked me up.
:)
The 747-400 was the first plane I ever flew on. In 1994, I took a 27-hour journey from Europe to New Zealand with Singapore Airlines, all on 747s. I often sat on the jump seat by the aft doors, gazing down at the earth. I love this airplane-truly the Queen of the Skies!
Keep in mind that this engineering monument was built a mere 70 years after the Wright Brothers took the first shaky steps of getting airborne.
Wow, I never really thought of that. Amazing
Using SLIDE RULES to design her..................NO computer design back then!!!
@@brettbanta2100 another wild thought it that there were just under 66 years between that first flight at kitty hawk and the eagle setting down on the moon
Having been a pilot for 20 years, these birds bring back great memories. Hell, if the passengers I flew back then knew how hungover me and my co-pilot were from a night a-partying with the flight attendants in cocktail bars in dozens of different cities across the Americas, they would be stunned lock-jawed. Back then if I didn’t have a beer in my hand, it was always a Folgers black. I miss the eighties. Best decade next to the 70’s.
I remember flying that one Sydney to LA in 1991…Magical memory
Great memories! I flew in her to Tokyo and Johannesburg
1991 as well, London - Singapore.
"Quirks and features". Doug DeMuro would be proud.
Edit. What a freakin' awesome tour. I enjoyed every second of this vid. Outstanding work Paul. Must have been cool sitting in the left seat of the cockpit, on a plane that you've flown on, with a pilot that flew it, explaining everything!!! Love it.
Cheers, yep I was awesome to climb through the aircraft with former airline employees who worked in it.
"THIS is a Boeing 747-400, and it is truly the Queen of the Skies."
"I've borrowed this 747-400 from the HARS Aviation Museum in Australia. Special thanks to all the wonderful staff there for letting me review this remarkable plane."
"Now we'll start at the front of the plane and you can see the distinctive Boeing 747 hump in the front of the fuselage. The interesting thing with this plane, however, is that the cockpit is located on the second floor! Yes, that's right. This plane's cockpit is located on the second floor of the iconic Boeing 747."
"Now flying the Boeing 747. Taxiing onto the runway, and lets do a full power takeoff. Alright now V1 and rotate, positive rate, and you can really feel the power of thos Pratt and Whitney engines."
"And so that was the Boeing 747-400. And now it's time to give it a Doug Score. Acceleration was a little slow, 0-60 in 15 seconds so it gets a 2 out of 10. Handling is not that good, since the plane feels extremely heavy when turning. However it is very responsive to controls so it gets a 3 out of 10. Fun factor is high since flying in the cockpit in a 747 is definitely fun so it gets a 4 out of 10. Cool factor is very high since this plane is easily recognisable and is one of the most iconic planes in the world so it gets a 7 out of 10. Praticality is low, since the plane consumes a lot of fuel and cannot be parked in your personal hanger. However cargo room is large and there is seating everywhere so it gets a 4/10."
He didn't give it a Doug score
Who dafaq is Doug
@@isimonsez just a nerd automotive reviewer with 4.35 million subs.
Definitely the most beautiful passenger plane ever made, never will be matched.
We have a friend who is a director of maintenance for a major US air carrier. He had always offered my dad and I the opportunity to come down to the airport at night and he would let us climb through anywhere on a 747 that we wanted. We could spend the whole night going anywhere we wanted. We kept saying we would do it and then 9/11 happened and the airport locked down and we couldn’t do it. I wish we had just made the time to go! Thank you for making this video so at least I could live vicariously through your tour. I will definitely check this plane out when we get to Australia!
Love this great aircraft, I managed to get on the last 747 flight from Sydney. I have also been to the HARS museum and it is a great museum to see some REALLY cool aircraft.
HARS is fantastic
The nerd in me rejoices!! In 2008 I had a chance to play around in the Victorville boneyard which is northeast of Los Angeles, California. It was both thrilling and sad. I was able to walk around on some very iconic 747s and even walked on a 200 series which had recently flown in and been retired. I was able to see it before it was completely gutted. I've been lucky enough to crawl around in some lesser known areas but NOTHING compares to this well preserved example here. I've only flown on a 747 a handful of times, 4 times that I can remember. They are truly unique aircraft and it's nice to see this level of care and preservation. I would fly to Australia solely to take this tour in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing all this with us. I'm an instant subscriber!
The 747 is my all time favorite airplane and I've flown them a lot.
This documentary is by far light years above the rest. I can't believe I happened into this presentation.
Thanks for bringing it to us.
I worked on this aircraft here in LAX for years. Glad to see her preserved. Thanks for the tour
Thanks for the in depth view of this very impressive aircraft. I’ll never forget the one time I flew in the British Airways 747-400 from Vancouver to London Heathrow. It is my favourite flying experience so far. I sat in premium economy, which did offer very comfortable seating, but it was the flight itself, especially how smooth the entire flight was, which made it so good.
The 747-400 was the first plane I ever boarded for getting airborne. In 1994 I booked a journey / vacation trip from Europe to New Zealand, having never been flying before. So I went on a 27 hours trip, all on B747s operated by Singapore Airlines. Whenever possible I seated myself on the small jump seat next to the aft-doors and looked down onto the earth. I love this airplane, it's really the Queen of the skies! 🥰
Uhh ok? What's the King of the skies, then? ANSWER.
@@CooManTunes lmao chill out lil bro
@@sebastiannielson1952 I'm not your bro, half-a-brain.
@@CooManTunes lmaoooo that’s cute look at you get all angwy 😂😂
@@sebastiannielson1952 Your parents made a habit of spiking you.
I am old enough to remember being invited into the cockpit as a 4-5 year-old (yes, half-way to London). How times have changed.
Wow!!! What a delight to the the inside of The Queen Of The Skies. Beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for this super detailed walkaround of my fav commercial aircraft ever, the 747 is so beautiful and I love it specially for what it represented back when it was first introduced and how still is one of the easiest planes to visually identify and still fits in so perfectly with more modern ones.
Really enjoyed this, Paul! My first ever flight was on a 747 back in 1972! Flew on a few other 747's after. I call it my favourite aircraft!! Never realized how much electronic stuff was under foot! An amazing plane for the time it was conceived!
Glad you enjoyed it Brian
I was on a 747 in the 70's and I remember it looking more elegant.
Wow finally the Boeing 747-400
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Thanks for this tour!
I have only flown on a 747-200 and that was back in, I believe, 1974 (back when they had Spiral staircases up to the flight deck). I was a kid back then, but the 747 remains my favorite aircraft of all-time!
Never ever saw such a detailed tour of the mighty queen ! Thanks for sharing, enjoyed every second of it 😍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Many years ago when I was 9, I was a passenger on one of the first American Airlines 747s. It was a surprise my father arranged for my mother and I when we were flying home from Los Angeles in 1971. I asked the stewardess if I could see the lounge on the second level. Unfortunately, it was for first class passengers only. She did tell my mother we were welcome to use the lounge at the rear of the plane. I had to use the rest room, so I did a little exploring. When I walked through the wall divider, I was shocked to see a lounge area with club seats, tables with chrome mushroom shaped lamps on them, and a full bar against the rear wall with a bartender. I quickly used the rest room, then went back to tell my mom what I’d discovered. At first she thought I was exaggerating, but I insisted she come back to see for herself. She was surprised, but we both took a window seat. My mother ordered a whiskey sour, and I had a Coke. We enjoyed our drinks looking down at the Grand Canyon. My dad was smiling as my mom and I exited the plane. He asked if we liked our surprise. I said it was the best part of our vacation. Unfortunately, it was the only time I flew in one of those beautiful planes, but I’ll never forget that day in August of 71.
Thank you ! Gotta love Boeing in Seattle Washington with engineers second to none.
Worked this aircraft many times, was absolutely wonderful
Beautiful aircraft. I worked for Qantas for 32 years, catering centre in Sydney, been on this aircraft hundreds of times servicing catering on this baby. And used to love flying business class with my family
Are you kidding me with all the electronics! My favorite part of this video is the detailed explanation of the cockpit controls and screens.
What a brilliant tour through this beautiful old bird. It's clear she's seen better days taking all types of people for countless reasons up into the great blue yonder.
How good was talking to the Captain and have him run through the flight deck with you? So very cool. Viva la Queen of the Skies.
Cheers - yep it was awesome
I love this plane so much the body is such a classic iconic look. Really sad they don’t really fly commercially for passengers but you can still catch them flying cargo around the world. What a beauty!
My FIRST airline ride was in this 747-400 when I flew to Hawaii in 1980. I sat on the port side of the plane by the window. While taxing out to the flight line I could see the long wing flapping up and down as the landing gear wheels traveled over the bumps of the tarmac. Boy, that mad me nervous. Later, I asked a good friend of my who flew for NW about those wings. He told me that is normal for any jets wings.
great tour. the story of how this plane flew here was quite a feat in itself
I have not flown a lot and I have been amazed by the 747 aircraft. Thanks for taking me on a tour of this awesome airplane.
glad you enjoyed it Ray. many more similar tours on my channel :)
I first flew in a 747 in 1974 ... I was so excited ...
It was spectacular.
TWA Chicago-Honolulu.
Ten hours of goodness.
Still mammoth today ... fifty years ago, imagine what it was like then. It was epic.
In '74 TWA had actually 26" horizontal reels of film, projectors in the ceiling, projecting wide-screen.
Coach had three individual systems ... screens being on the bulkhead wall of the galley areas.
For sound, the "stethoscope" air tubes delivered the soundtrack to your ears (speaker in the armrest).
It was so futuristic... mind-blowingly cool.
(btw; The Way We Were, and Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ... as a young man, way too excited to watch a damn film!)
THANK-YOU VERY MUCH MATE, FROM CT. USA, BRINGS BACK MANY GOOD MEMORIES !!
I’ve been wanting to fly on a 747 for as long as I can remember and every time we fly back to Germany to visit my wife’s family we book Delta but we’re flying Lufthansa this time and finally, as long as WWIII doesn’t break out, I’m going to fly on a 747. Last time we did fly on the new Dreamliner which was cool but it’s not a double decker.
Nice. Enjoy your flight. I hope to get on a 747 before they are all decommissioned
OH MY GOODNESS!
That bit of Aussie humor at 17:00 floored me!
I will never forget the first time I flew on the 747. Also a 400 series. British Airways from LHR to LAX around ‘93. We got a free upgrade to business class on the upper deck. The size of the interior was impressive to say the least. Amazing experience.
Great video, thank you for letting me relive the memories of flying her on the SIN - LHR route, which I have done on a number of occasions. She has retired now but the majesty of the Queen of the skies will never go away.
Such a special plane in aviation history the last 747 flight I was on. I was in the way back and we had some pretty ruff patch’s of turbulence over the Atlantic on untied airlines
What a marvelous craft! I had the fortune of flying on many a 747 in the 1980s. Especially on the Pan Am "clippers" (it's how Pan American named their planes, Clipper of the Sea, Clipper Columbia, etc...). Once, back when security was much more lax than the paranoid times of today, I got bumped up to first class!! That was a memorable experience; I recall the stairway to the upper level, complete with free bar service, tasty foods and a lot of space to stretch out and relax. What a plane, the nickname Jumbo Jet was totally apt for this behemoth. I always wondered how it managed to take off...LOL
The "magic" of flight! ✈
Wow, I have to add that museum to my bucket list. What an awesome tour! Would love to go through that plane.
You should!
Years ago I taught at a university in China. I flew a 747-400 over and back from the US. It's an unbelievable amazing aircraft.
Many thanks from Canada. I flew on QF 747s (including 747-100SP once) so I really aprpeciated the "full" tour. Now, when allowed again, I need to go down and visit this museum. Great to see the plane is kept in a state where equipment can still be powered up.
You might not see this but I thought I would try my luck.
You’re a great youtuber and you thank you so much for using your money for your aviation and recording your flight, you’re great.
Cheers my friend
Quirks and features 😉
This is a great museum by the way - highly recommended for a family day out. Easy driving distance from Sydney.
Great tour! There is a former PIA B747-300 (AP-BFV) here in Karachi, Pakistan. It has been turned into an Officer’s Mess for the people working in ASF. The complete upper deck and the nose section of the cabin is kept as it is, while the remaining lower deck has been turned into a sort of lounge. You need special permission to visit that aircraft, but I’m trying my best as a civilian/AvGeek to go and visit the classic queen of the skies.
I love that the narrator recorded this while sat on the toilet 👍
what an incredible detailed explanation of ALL the switches, knobs and screens in the cockpit!!
I remember as a kid the introduction of this plane. In all my life I never got to fly on one. But still admire it. Another great plane I would have love to take to the sky's on was the iconic 727. Love both these birds.
The 747 . . . The most iconic, beautiful & historic aircraft in aviation history . . . imho.
Such memories - flew in the upper biz cabin many times, was lovely.
This is amazing, seeing such a significant aircraft being preserved. Here in Malaysia we have no preservation mindset - case in point, the first Malaysian 777, which flew the record breaking flight from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur eastbound in 1997, was unceremoniously scrapped. Luckily someone got a piece of it to make into commemorative airtags...h
Malaysia has much too humid an environment to preserve aluminum structures, especially aircraft.
The only 747 that I will ever board. Had a fantastic day at HARS in November 2020, fantastic place.
In my day I was in Combat Arms with the Marine corps. One of my side jobs was embarkation. Ended up going to embarkation school in Ft. Bragg north Carolina. It is amazing how much weight these 747's can carry. I've traveled around this world over twenty times, but landing in Oslo Norway was the scariest experience I ever had. 45 minutes to land, circling, and bouncing seemed like an eternity. When we finally landed, every one was shocked as to how this was even possible. The crew didn't even look stressed!
Many thanks Paul,
I'm so glad I've found your channel as I'm a aviation nut myself and I'm a volunteer at the Norwich Aviation Museum specialising on the Vulcan there.
Thanks mate! I am actually looking for a Vulcan to film in March next year. Would it be possible to get inside the one at your museum? Please email me at pstewart001@gmail.com Cheers!
16:56 hahahahaha tbh if you weren't an aviation geek you probably wouldn't have got it
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your work that goes into these videos!! Happy New Year!!
How much I miss the Queen of the skies…. This is absolutely brilliant to have such a detailed tour of this iconic aircraft and to understand the designs and how everything evolved through the series. Great to see the old school setup as well, although I might be showing my age if I told you my very first business experience on the 747 Roo was in the old cradle seats….! A huge amount of work went into this vlog so thank you for sharing! 🙏
This is the coolest video I’ve seen in a long time
I am, was a ramp rat, 12 years.. Loaded many of these aircraft, and all the way down to a 19 seat British Aerospace Jetstream. fun days! thanks for the memories!!
So glad I got to fly on these.
It’s iconic shape has defined the history of modern commercial aviation.
Fascinating Paul. I was in -OJA back in 1993 and so nice to see it preserved today.
Magnificent video, Paul. Thank you.
I recall a public view of the inside a 747 Jumbo Jet that was stationary in Mascot airport in 1973 as a young boy. I was so excited and realized how big it is inside too.
I watched VH-OJA coming in to land at HARS, my neighbours & I were all out in our yards watching her cruise gracefully over the back of Dapto. Some of the neighbours were up on their roofs to get a closer look. Was certainly an exciting morning for the Illawarra. I also was outside the airport when VH-OEJ did a fly-over of VH-OJA on her retirement flight QF7474.
I've gone to HARS to see OJA a few times since
I was there too. What a morning and I can’t wait to see Travolta’s 707 arrive.
Quantas looks top-notch 🦘
Never knew until today that a 747 had a staircase in the back as well! This was a very entertaining video! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
If you really are interested you can book one of HARS Premium Tours (referred to incorrectly as a platinum tour). It’s around $210 we need about 7 to 10 days notice. Phone HARS reception for more info. We also do wing walks. Cheers
Awesome job on filming this video.
Feels like I'm ready to sit on one of those comfy seats and fly away on a flight somewhere !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Many memories working on that 747 :)
I've never been on a big plane, and probably never will be. This was so incredibly interesting to watch! Thank you for this detailed tour around and inside the QUEEN OF THE SKIES!
Great video of the 747, thanks for showing it.
Happy to see they have kept at least one for their museum . Guess I must be old, as I distinctly remember hearing about this new airplane being developed. The 747. Now there slowly going away,
I was lucky enough to have gotten a set of seats as well as window section of fuselage from OEJ. It was sadly cut up in Tupelo, MS.
I'm an MD 11 pilot / aircraft inspector but have always loved the B747 in all of its versions. Truly sad to see them go.......
Wow!
Thanks Paul - Albion Park just went up the bucket list.
This brought back so many happy memories ✈️😊✈️.
What a great video! I always was happy to see the Qantas 747-400 in Frankfurt, an appreciated ambassador from down under.
Thank you for such a detailed tour.
Super Cool Tour Paul! Great Video Footage! Amazing The Complexity Of The Aircraft!💖✈
This is just so amazing a Master piece of engineering
Love your videos of my favorite aircraft ever! I won an art contest in 4th grade by drawing the 747-200 in excellent detail! Simply amazing aircraft with a MTOW of 895,000 lbs! Wow!!
Oops, it's 875,000. How did I mess that up?!
Wow what a great tour!! Must have been such an added bonus having people who worked the 747 guiding you along.
Yes it was!
I am so incredibly envious
I work in the IT aviation industry and have to say I love your tours, brilliant. Great vid!
Phenomenal. Thanks Paul for such a comprehensive video. It makes me very nostalgic as I flew between MEL/SYD to LHR and LAX 4-6 times a year in the 90s/00s with QF. I’m somewhat amazed how old the aircraft appear now.
Lovely to see the cockpit powered up! Great tour!
Thanks for the tour. Well done.
I was fortunate to not only fly in a 747 many times in the 70's but was invited to the cockpit on a leg from Hawaii to Sydney. Quantas was a customer of the avionics company that I worked for at that time. I drank coffee and ate pineapple with the crew. I asked the pilot about the long hours and his reply was that the $1.00 per minute helped. So $60.00 per hour in 1979. We crossed the equator while I was in the cockpit. It was a memorable experience for sure.
This was so interesting to watch!
I flew on a 747-700 in November 2019 and I was one of them people going "no, something this big cannot fly... Omg we have taken off, what the hell? How is this flying?"
Never saw the crew bits, so this was really interesting to see! I'm glad I got to fly on one before the pandemic hit, since that's when British airways binned all of theirs with no final flights for the public!
Probably the best video I've ever watched...... I got my ppl 11 years ago and done my jetline ATPL at Bournemouth UK..
737 where my thing, and Im an aviation geek... Trying to get my son interested in flying, took him with my in a PA28 from Cambridge UK..
Anyway back to this channel..... Definitely one of the best on TH-cam great content and amazing information... Thank you..
( New sub ) and I'm now off to binge watch the rest of your content.. 👍
Cheers! I’m literally in Seattle filming more videos today :)
Love your videos, juts watched this one again. .. fascinating to see these aircraft in such detail.
Thank you…. I too have been on that plane…. Got there safely and enjoyed the service…thanks QANTAS
I used to see one every spring and summer evening climbing from JFK heading to LAX and then to SYD. Then Qantas replaced it with the 787-9 either in late 2018 or early 2019 but I don't know because it always got dark earlier in the day around that time of year. I also received a 1:400 diecast model of a Qantas 747-400ER for Christmas 2021.
Mind blowing width and # of seats , right now ! I had no idea.
Great video! Shame I live in Perth which is on the other side of all of the action in Australia!
Cheers Rory. Hopefully your premier opens up to the rest of Australia at some stage and you can come across and visit this great museum.
"Those fuel figures sound pretty similar to my old XR8" 😂🤣😂