Thanks for watching everyone and apologies if I didn't reply to your question in the 'live chat'. I didn't realise it was time limited and would close! What can I say, what a sad sad day. It's understand during the current financial climate although it's still a very sad way to see the 747 retired without much fanfare. If you haven't already seen them, please check out my other recent Qantas Boeing 747-400 videos including my last ever flight (trip report from Sydney to Melbourne: th-cam.com/video/pEn0ahrdwL8/w-d-xo.html and my trip report from Sydney to Brisbane: th-cam.com/video/9KakKVYHaVw/w-d-xo.html ). And finally, please comment and let me know what the Qantas 747 means to you and like/subscribe...etc...etc Cheers! :)
Great tribute Paul. My last 747 trip was on a Qantas -300 upstairs from Heathrow beck to Australia in 1988. Thanks for giving us the best window seat to aviation on TH-cam. Keep safe!
Okay. The money to buy the plane spent. Get a brain on. Put on efficient engines luxuriate what is marketable and get the imported goods Aussies want. No brainers. Cargo.....
Great to hear from you Captain and many thanks for a fantastic flight over the harbour. We're all very sorry that Queen has been retired early although there's understandable circumstances. :(
I've never flown Qantas but saw them parked at SFO many times. They are beautiful, graceful aircraft. The 747 is a part of the fabric of my life and I truly am sad to see them being phased out.
Thank you Paul for that beautiful video. Certainly painted the Queen of the Skies in every way she deserves to be remembered, not just as the flagship of QANTAS for the many many years they kept her in service flying countless safe miles around the globe, but to the mainstay of international travel as we know it today....she'll never be forgotten to all, her elegance as her GE's spooled up roaring her into life, and her most beautiful of touch downs meeting terra firma once again, truly one of the most impressive sights to behold....thank you once again!!!!
I've probably flown on these birds across the Pacific at least a dozen times. I remember my first flight on one as a kid in 1988 from HK to LAX. My dad told me, "this is a 747, the biggest airline in the world." it was so massive inside. The last time I flew on one, I was 30. I'll always miss the large, comfortable cabin, seeing the sun set on the clouds below the 2 engines on the wing. I don't want this to happen. The golden age of air travel ended in 2001, this seems like the final blow.
zerberus500 amen to that 🙏❤️🥂🌹many a pillow fight in the OHCCRF - magic times and even in an emergency she sailed thru and kept us safe due to the professional pilots
We flew in this very aircraft in March 2020 from Tokyo to Sydney. The announcement of the fleets retirement was made during our flight. The captain invited those interested to view the flight deck after arrival in Sydney. Too good an opportunity to miss, so wife and I went for a look and spoke briefly with the FO. Got the obligatory photo of me in the Captains Seat. This was our one and only time in a 747. So glad I got at least one flight in a 747. It always saddens me to think of these incredible aircraft being flown to a desert in the US, shut down and left to decay. Not just the 747's but any aircraft really. These amazing examples of engineering and technological brilliance being parked up and basically forgotten. Isn't it amazing how humans get so emotionally attached to what is essentially a flying jigsaw. A collection of pieces brought together and assembled in a particular way. It has no feelings for us and yet we love it and grieve for it when it goes.
Boarding a 747 at Kingsford Smith with all the excitement of a journey where the outcome is uncertain is one of life's truly great pleasures. Sitting in the terminal with that inescapable feeling of adventure in your heart, knowing you are about to cross the globe and see and do amazing things. Then, when the journey is complete, that mighty bird descends into Sydney and you see our harbour and our home spread out before us....then the wanderlust is replaced with gratitude that in a few short minutes the wheels will touch down and we are back in our country, the greatest country. I've crossed the world many times in a 747 and those mighty birds are the greatest aircraft ever to take the skies.
Dripping with nostalgia and good memories - some great footage and well chosen music enhanced the theme. I have had the privilege of flying in the 747 a number of times - the first time back in 1975.. the end of an era.. Well done Paul.
Thank you very much Paul! I live in Italy, but I'm also Australian ... Watching this video every time I go back in time! When I lived in Brisbane with my parents and they traveled with the Qantas to return to Italy! ♥ ️
This just isn’t fair seeing such a beautiful Australian aircraft like this going off into the great wide open for the very final time. Many times I’ve flown with qantas( once with virgin) this plane ✈️ will always feel like home 🏡 to me. She’ll always have a special place in everybody’s hearts 💕 & minds forever. The video was beautiful & sad 😞 lovely tribute as always.
Farewell Queen of the Skies! A fitting tribute to her. I'm grateful I got to fly Qantas on a 747 from Vancouver to Sydney and back in December of 2018. Probably my final 747 flight. Stay well Paul in these turbulent times and I look forward to many more posts when life returns to 'normal'. happy landings!
We are spending very sad days for the world that also affect aviation. It is always with great sadness that I see the withdrawal of a plane like the B747-400. This work is a well-deserved tribute to the Queen of the Skies, thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Please take care, pay attention to your health the world is going through very sad days with no end in sight.
I'm not ashamed to say I got a little teary watching this. I flew a brand-new Qantas 747-400 to Sydney in the early nineties and still remember it as being a fantastic experience, even though the guy sitting next to me on the return flight had strep (which I came down with two days later). I also flew a new Northwest 747-400 to Sydney a couple years after that but it just wasn't as memorable an experience. Must be that Spirit of Australia that was the difference! Thanks, Paul!
Paul, that was beautiful. She will be missed. An icon of opening the world. Thanks. Im sad she disappears like this... a whimper hardly noticed in the craziness of today. Thanks
Wonderful video mate - you have captured not only the grand old Queen of the Skies but also the incredible beauty of flight - absolutely stunning! thank you on what is a sad day for aviation. #QF747 #KLM747
It's very touching to me how so many of us cherish these old birds. I find it a very human thing to do. After all, some of them soared the skies longer than I've been alive. Irreplaceable pieces of aviation history. They deserve a fitting and fond farewell.
OMG..this is so sad...good bye my Queen..Thank you to QANTAS and KLM for taking a good care of her,after all these years..She will always be the Queen of the sky..Epic and Awesome video ,sir..Love from Malaysia.
Thanks Paul - cracking video. Still my favourite plane to fly on. They’ve all been memorable but 2 come to mind. Jagged an upgrade to 1J (F?) on the way to LA one time - great view forwards through the window. Also got bumped to the top deck with my wife on her birthday on a flight to LA to start a holiday. The staff were brilliant and really looked after us for what ended up a very long birthday
Great tribute Paul, thanks for putting it together! I'm old enough to remember the days when Qantas was the only "All 747" airline in the world and I still prefer the paint scheme of the -200's and SP's from the 70's. Anyway, I saw a tweet that though they may be grounded now due do the "Zombie Apocolypse", Qantas hasn't decided to retire them just yet. Hopefully they might fly again!
what a sad day for australian aviation, makes me tear up when I realise that I will never see a passanger 747 service flying in australia. She will always be in a special place of our hearts. Thanks for an amazing tribute video Paul!!
This aircraft has a special place in my heart. I was 7 yo when I flew Qantas' Queen. It was my first ever aircraft and my first ever Intl. flight. Thank you Queen Of The Skies for your contribution to Qantas and all our memories. Wish you all the best!!
Very sad to see the last of the Jumbo jets for Qantas. Never flown on a B747 but this aircraft has revolutionised the travel around the world. Will never be the same without the 747
One of these old beauties flew me and my mum safely home to Sydney from Singapore when I was a teenager. We flew through a shocking storm with terrible turbulence over Darwin and truly thought we were going to die but our lovely big bird brought us safely home. Thank you, beautiful queen.
Excellent work, beautifully put together with a very suitable audio background which added to the emotions you wanted to convey. Great vision. Well captured. Thank you.
A very sad day indeed . I’ve been privileged in that I have flown many times on the 747 , although only a few QF flights on the beautiful lady . I shall miss her , but like you Paul , we can always pay a visit to OJA . Without any doubt one of your very best videos ever . Cheers mate and good luck in these difficult times we face .
As a child I remember my father (who was a Qantas pilot) taking me to Mascot to see Qantas’ first 747 that had just arrived in Sydney. It was inside the hangar next to a 707 and to a small boy the size difference was astonishing! Beautiful aircraft - dad went on to fly them for CX, SQ, AF and Cargolux as a captain and loved flying them.
Back in the 70’s while working in Madrid, I flew TWA 747 between NYC and Madrid many times, it was always enjoyable, I miss TWA and I will miss the 747.
Paul this is the Most Beautiful Tribute Video i have ever seen, Although i am more of an Airbus Fan, I Surely do love the B747 a great reliable airplane that is built tough to last unlike those Horrid B787 Crap)Liner POS, Its great that we still have the A380 the KING of the skies, but the B747 is the most appreciated airplane and it will have a special place in my heart, This video you made made me cry because its sad too see such a Beautiful Iconic airplane to go Replaced by More Modern Aircraft, RIP to the Queen of the Skies you will be sadly missed !!!!
Wow, what a stunning send off video the queen, the one and only 747. Who'd ever thought not long that ago that she would be retired many months early, due to a pandemic : (
The plane that got me hooked on my fascination with aeroplanes. That bump and I used to watch them land at Harare International airport not knowing that decades later she would fly me to my new home Australia.Go well Queen of the Skies.Will always be the best plane to ever come from Boeing and grace the skies
What a fantastic tribute video Paul! I never head the pleasure of riding on Qantas' 747's but have on numerous other airlines (Northwest, United, Delta and Lufthansa) and they will be sorely missed across the board. Cheers!
I’ll never forget the times I rode the Queen (although it was via PAL) from Manila to San Francisco and vice versa. The 747 is the one plane I can identify when I was a kid, and what my dad always taught and asked me what plane we rode to SFO. It’s sad that she’s retiring early, but still happy she carved out a legacy that will last forever
your a legend for providing this information to us Aussies ... Were all proud, full stop. Qantas will always and forever be in my heart. from a pilot who wishes he one day got to fly one. R.I.P 747 In my heart always
Sad times are the least flight of any aircraft, loved the 747, since saw my first one at Heathrow many years ago as a child enthralled by all aircraft, but the Jumbo will have a place in my heart forever.
Feel privileged to have flow the Qantas 74's to Tokyo, Los Angeles, Bangkok and London over the years. What an aircraft! Great video Paul, she'll be missed.
Paul, a wonderful compilation that certainly does justice to the Qantas Queen’s. Hard to see the five remaining Queen’s return to commercial service post-Covid, but you’ve captured some great memories here.
Paul Stewart , as always, you nailed it! Watching Insiders, and at 9:40, “Parkes” flew overhead. WTF. Could they not wait until 10? Down to four Queen’s Treasure them!
My last trip on a 747 was in 2013 SYD-DFW and was lucky enough to be in business on the upper deck. I was really hoping to have a trip on one last month. Very sad to see them go. The sight of a Qantas 747 always had me carrying on like a child (according to my wife)!
Our royal highness of the sky, we salute you. I'm fifty-six and I recall as a little kid, them being launched to much fanfare and excitement. We drove out to our local airport, with what felt like half the city, to welcome the first one to arrive at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1972, IIRC.
Thank You Paul... I have to admit I teared up a bit mate, thinking back to all my trips to your wonderful Australia. I hope to travel once again to Australia when this dreadful COVID-19 clears up. The QANTAS Boeing 747 will forever remain Queen of the skies in my eye and heart. Cheers mate!
Thanks Paul for the farewell video. The only 747s I have ever flown on were the Qantas 747-200 and Qantas 747-400. Flights I will always remember. Very sad to see the Queen of the skies being retired at Qantas.
Enjoyed my flight on a Qantas 747 from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand then onto Cairns, Queensland Australia. Very professional and friendly. Look forward to returning there someday.
19 years ago I had the pleasure to be on one of their longest flights from Buenos Aires to Auckland in the upper deck in 13k in the 747-400. What an experience to sit in this majestic plane and travel between continents. Farewell to this wonderful Queen of the skies! She is more than just a milestone in aviation.
omg 747 is the most elegant lady of the skies, sad day to see her parked up and not in the skies, thank you gorgeous machine for taking care of all in times past. xxNZ
Great filming Paul. Such wonderfull memories of the queen of the skies. Those screaming enginges will be nomore. Qantas 747 I salute you. Thank you for the many business class memories you really were a lady of beauty. Stay safe Paul
Regret seeing the 747 gone, the best long range flights. Especially with those carriers that had the business class on the upper deck! Will always remember the luxury!
Well done Paul a very fitting tribute to an aircraft that brought travel to so many more people than would have been possible before. I just hope this damn virus does not do the opposite.
Hello Paul, thank you for sharing this wonderful vid. It's heart breaking really but to be honest that is life changing. Not due the fact of the crisis but in other terms aswell. I love the 747 for anything. It's a master piece of it's own and that also thank to Joe Sutter (RIP) for everything. Sure there will be some flying around but for passengers getting more and more rare. Had my first longhaul flight on SQ from ZRH - SIN and back. Simply amazing. Cheers
Great tribute Paul and loved the vision and the music. While watching I tried to recall where I have flown with Qantas and Air New Zealand in a 747 - 300 -200 and 400 !! Auckland...Los Angeles 1st Class...home from Atlanta on a charter after the Games....Johannesburg...Bombay....Bahrain...London (many times) Hong Kong and then London with Cathay....and vice versa....San Francisco and return with United ..... Santiago and return after the Rio games....(Qantas) but the best was flying over Antarctica in a 747 400...what a trip !! Well done as always mate and take care during these most troubling of times !! Oh and of course Singapore !!
Will miss B744 QF27/QF28 crossing New Zealand on way to Santiago. A pity that Sydney was almost deserted of aircraft on her arrival back today. She deserves more accolates but for all airlines thay have been great aircraft. Flew once on the B747 Classic Trans Tasman back in the 80's. End of an era. Great video you made .
Very very sad Paul, sort of puts a dent in the plane spotting and travel, but thank goodness you were able to capture these moments on camera. Great aircraft!
Thanks for watching everyone and apologies if I didn't reply to your question in the 'live chat'. I didn't realise it was time limited and would close! What can I say, what a sad sad day. It's understand during the current financial climate although it's still a very sad way to see the 747 retired without much fanfare. If you haven't already seen them, please check out my other recent Qantas Boeing 747-400 videos including my last ever flight (trip report from Sydney to Melbourne: th-cam.com/video/pEn0ahrdwL8/w-d-xo.html and my trip report from Sydney to Brisbane: th-cam.com/video/9KakKVYHaVw/w-d-xo.html ). And finally, please comment and let me know what the Qantas 747 means to you and like/subscribe...etc...etc Cheers! :)
Is this the flight from Santiago, Chile to Sydney as flight 28. Which landed about an hour ago ?
Great tribute Paul. My last 747 trip was on a Qantas -300 upstairs from Heathrow beck to Australia in 1988. Thanks for giving us the best window seat to aviation on TH-cam. Keep safe!
@@bilalahmed2123 yep
Just a few tears😭
JB Aviation same
Best aircraft in the world. Amazing video!! Farewell Qantas 747 😢😢
Very sad times as two of the oldest airlines QANTAS and KLM are retiring their jumbos BUT she will always be the Queen of the skies😭
strop2444 they’re only stored in quantas case
Okay. The money to buy the plane spent. Get a brain on. Put on efficient engines luxuriate what is marketable and get the imported goods Aussies want. No brainers. Cargo.....
I just captained the last Qantas B747 , VH OEE , QF 28 , Santiago - Sydney today. We did a harbour fly by then landed 34L at 1730 local.
Great to hear from you Captain and many thanks for a fantastic flight over the harbour. We're all very sorry that Queen has been retired early although there's understandable circumstances. :(
What was the load like?
Chatta299 We had 188 on board
Keith Marriott what will you be flying in the future?
Chatta299 Good question . I’ll just wait and see what the company offers when we all return to work
I've never flown Qantas but saw them parked at SFO many times. They are beautiful, graceful aircraft. The 747 is a part of the fabric of my life and I truly am sad to see them being phased out.
I flew on the Qantas 747 several times, SYD-LAX, LAX-JFK, JNB-SYD, MEL-LAX, BNE-SYD.
A brilliant tribute and farewell to the Qantas Queen Of The Skies. Job well done Paul.
Farewell Queen. You have changed the world and touched most people on Earth in some way. *sheds a few tears 😭
Thank you Paul for that beautiful video. Certainly painted the Queen of the Skies in every way she deserves to be remembered, not just as the flagship of QANTAS for the many many years they kept her in service flying countless safe miles around the globe, but to the mainstay of international travel as we know it today....she'll never be forgotten to all, her elegance as her GE's spooled up roaring her into life, and her most beautiful of touch downs meeting terra firma once again, truly one of the most impressive sights to behold....thank you once again!!!!
Thank you lady of the skies. Was indeed a pleasure to work on you for so many years..how blessed and lucky we were to know you
I've probably flown on these birds across the Pacific at least a dozen times.
I remember my first flight on one as a kid in 1988 from HK to LAX. My dad told me, "this is a 747, the biggest airline in the world." it was so massive inside.
The last time I flew on one, I was 30. I'll always miss the large, comfortable cabin, seeing the sun set on the clouds below the 2 engines on the wing.
I don't want this to happen. The golden age of air travel ended in 2001, this seems like the final blow.
She will remain the QUEEN OF THE SKIES forever and will always have a special place in our hearts ✈️💕✈️❤️️
zerberus500 amen to that 🙏❤️🥂🌹many a pillow fight in the OHCCRF - magic times and even in an emergency she sailed thru and kept us safe due to the professional pilots
As I say, she has a special first class in my heart 💖 😭
💕💔😪
Farewell oh gracious one. I salute you. You were simply, the best.
We flew in this very aircraft in March 2020 from Tokyo to Sydney. The announcement of the fleets retirement was made during our flight. The captain invited those interested to view the flight deck after arrival in Sydney. Too good an opportunity to miss, so wife and I went for a look and spoke briefly with the FO. Got the obligatory photo of me in the Captains Seat. This was our one and only time in a 747. So glad I got at least one flight in a 747. It always saddens me to think of these incredible aircraft being flown to a desert in the US, shut down and left to decay. Not just the 747's but any aircraft really. These amazing examples of engineering and technological brilliance being parked up and basically forgotten. Isn't it amazing how humans get so emotionally attached to what is essentially a flying jigsaw. A collection of pieces brought together and assembled in a particular way. It has no feelings for us and yet we love it and grieve for it when it goes.
Flew the 747-400 for all of my 30 years in Q. Empty feeling. Well done Keith, Rod, mike and Alex for bringing her home --built to last, built to fly.
Boarding a 747 at Kingsford Smith with all the excitement of a journey where the outcome is uncertain is one of life's truly great pleasures. Sitting in the terminal with that inescapable feeling of adventure in your heart, knowing you are about to cross the globe and see and do amazing things.
Then, when the journey is complete, that mighty bird descends into Sydney and you see our harbour and our home spread out before us....then the wanderlust is replaced with gratitude that in a few short minutes the wheels will touch down and we are back in our country, the greatest country.
I've crossed the world many times in a 747 and those mighty birds are the greatest aircraft ever to take the skies.
I remember being taken out to Melbourne airpot as a young boy to see the arrival of Qantas's first 747 in Melbourne, it looked huge after the 707's.
Dripping with nostalgia and good memories - some great footage and well chosen music enhanced the theme. I have had the privilege of flying in the 747 a number of times - the first time back in 1975.. the end of an era.. Well done Paul.
Thank you very much Paul! I live in Italy, but I'm also Australian ... Watching this video every time I go back in time! When I lived in Brisbane with my parents and they traveled with the Qantas to return to Italy! ♥ ️
The Queen of the skies, such a beautiful airplane, gone before her time.
This just isn’t fair seeing such a beautiful Australian aircraft like this going off into the great wide open for the very final time. Many times I’ve flown with qantas( once with virgin) this plane ✈️ will always feel like home 🏡 to me. She’ll always have a special place in everybody’s hearts 💕 & minds forever. The video was beautiful & sad 😞 lovely tribute as always.
Farewell Queen of the Skies! A fitting tribute to her. I'm grateful I got to fly Qantas on a 747 from Vancouver to Sydney and back in December of 2018. Probably my final 747 flight. Stay well Paul in these turbulent times and I look forward to many more posts when life returns to 'normal'. happy landings!
I wish the 747 could fly forever. The newer 787's are fine but no way can it be as graceful as the mighty 747.
Seeing this was the only time I wished I was born into the era where this was revolutionizing air travel. She will forever be the Queen of the Skies.
A true legend! Farewell beautiful! The one and only true queen of the skies !
We are spending very sad days for the world that also affect aviation. It is always with great sadness that I see the withdrawal of a plane like the B747-400. This work is a well-deserved tribute to the Queen of the Skies, thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Please take care, pay attention to your health the world is going through very sad days with no end in sight.
The iconic plane, I wish I got to ride on one before they were all retired.
That was my plan aswell
I got to fly an Air New Zealand one before they were retired but that was the only 747 I went on
@@p4m209 yeah I only went on a Qantas 747-300 15 years ago 😢
BA but be quick
dave smith I wish but I’m here in the Philippines though and with the situation, idk if it’s happening any time soon.
I'm not ashamed to say I got a little teary watching this. I flew a brand-new Qantas 747-400 to Sydney in the early nineties and still remember it as being a fantastic experience, even though the guy sitting next to me on the return flight had strep (which I came down with two days later). I also flew a new Northwest 747-400 to Sydney a couple years after that but it just wasn't as memorable an experience. Must be that Spirit of Australia that was the difference! Thanks, Paul!
Paul, that was beautiful. She will be missed. An icon of opening the world. Thanks. Im sad she disappears like this... a whimper hardly noticed in the craziness of today.
Thanks
Wonderful video mate - you have captured not only the grand old Queen of the Skies but also the incredible beauty of flight - absolutely stunning! thank you on what is a sad day for aviation. #QF747 #KLM747
It's very touching to me how so many of us cherish these old birds. I find it a very human thing to do. After all, some of them soared the skies longer than I've been alive. Irreplaceable pieces of aviation history. They deserve a fitting and fond farewell.
Absolutely! I hope you saw my vlog from onboard the final commercial flight in Canberra. :)
@@PaulStewartAviation I did watch it! What a special flight. Never got to fly in one of those giants, but I wish I had. Cheers.
OMG..this is so sad...good bye my Queen..Thank you to QANTAS and KLM for taking a good care of her,after all these years..She will always be the Queen of the sky..Epic and Awesome video ,sir..Love from Malaysia.
Thanks Paul - cracking video. Still my favourite plane to fly on. They’ve all been memorable but 2 come to mind. Jagged an upgrade to 1J (F?) on the way to LA one time - great view forwards through the window. Also got bumped to the top deck with my wife on her birthday on a flight to LA to start a holiday. The staff were brilliant and really looked after us for what ended up a very long birthday
Beautiful plane
Beautiful video
Cheers paul
Great tribute Paul, thanks for putting it together!
I'm old enough to remember the days when Qantas was the only "All 747" airline in the world and I still prefer the paint scheme of the -200's and SP's from the 70's.
Anyway, I saw a tweet that though they may be grounded now due do the "Zombie Apocolypse", Qantas hasn't decided to retire them just yet. Hopefully they might fly again!
This just brought me to tears. So emotional. So sad. Thank you Queen for your hardwork!
what a sad day for australian aviation, makes me tear up when I realise that I will never see a passanger 747 service flying in australia. She will always be in a special place of our hearts. Thanks for an amazing tribute video Paul!!
This aircraft has a special place in my heart. I was 7 yo when I flew Qantas' Queen. It was my first ever aircraft and my first ever Intl. flight. Thank you Queen Of The Skies for your contribution to Qantas and all our memories. Wish you all the best!!
The bird that Coronavirus killed early....not fair.
Thank you and farewell queen.
AUmarcus but not true for quantas...
They’re only stored in case of quantas!!!!
Very sad to see the last of the Jumbo jets for Qantas. Never flown on a B747 but this aircraft has revolutionised the travel around the world. Will never be the same without the 747
wonderful tribute to a truly beautiful aircraft... thank you Boeing for the 747 !
A wonderful tribute! Thank you Paul!
I've cried a lot watching this video, this plane Is Part of our life 😢💔
One of these old beauties flew me and my mum safely home to Sydney from Singapore when I was a teenager. We flew through a shocking storm with terrible turbulence over Darwin and truly thought we were going to die but our lovely big bird brought us safely home. Thank you, beautiful queen.
Beautiful tribute, Paul. A lovely graceful plane. Lucky to have flown a similar plane many years ago.
Excellent work, beautifully put together with a very suitable audio background which added to the emotions you wanted to convey. Great vision. Well captured. Thank you.
Thanks for this Paul. It is truly the end of an era. A very sad day in aviation to lose both Qantas and KLM's queen services.
A very sad day indeed . I’ve been privileged in that I have flown many times on the 747 , although only a few QF flights on the beautiful lady . I shall miss her , but like you Paul , we can always pay a visit to OJA . Without any doubt one of your very best videos ever . Cheers mate and good luck in these difficult times we face .
As a child I remember my father (who was a Qantas pilot) taking me to Mascot to see Qantas’ first 747 that had just arrived in Sydney. It was inside the hangar next to a 707 and to a small boy the size difference was astonishing! Beautiful aircraft - dad went on to fly them for CX, SQ, AF and Cargolux as a captain and loved flying them.
Beautifully done, the Qantas 747 family truly honoured
Back in the 70’s while working in Madrid, I flew TWA 747 between NYC and Madrid many times, it was always enjoyable, I miss TWA and I will miss the 747.
Paul this is the Most Beautiful Tribute Video i have ever seen, Although i am more of an Airbus Fan, I Surely do love the B747 a great reliable airplane that is built tough to last unlike those Horrid B787 Crap)Liner POS, Its great that we still have the A380 the KING of the skies, but the B747 is the most appreciated airplane and it will have a special place in my heart, This video you made made me cry because its sad too see such a Beautiful Iconic airplane to go Replaced by More Modern Aircraft, RIP to the Queen of the Skies you will be sadly missed !!!!
Wow, what a stunning send off video the queen, the one and only 747. Who'd ever thought not long that ago that she would be retired many months early, due to a pandemic : (
The plane that got me hooked on my fascination with aeroplanes. That bump and I used to watch them land at Harare International airport not knowing that decades later she would fly me to my new home Australia.Go well Queen of the Skies.Will always be the best plane to ever come from Boeing and grace the skies
Thanks Paul. A very good tribute to the Queen. So sad she is gone...
Absolutely gutted that I will never get the opportunity to fly one last QF 747 flight.
So official sent off either - heartbreaking
Wonderful footage Paul, so emotive; brought back so many memories. There’ll only ever be one true Queen of the Skies. I miss her already.
What a fantastic tribute video Paul! I never head the pleasure of riding on Qantas' 747's but have on numerous other airlines (Northwest, United, Delta and Lufthansa) and they will be sorely missed across the board. Cheers!
Boeing deserves a service award medal for making those aircrafts definatly, even though they are struggling with the max .
I’ll never forget the times I rode the Queen (although it was via PAL) from Manila to San Francisco and vice versa. The 747 is the one plane I can identify when I was a kid, and what my dad always taught and asked me what plane we rode to SFO. It’s sad that she’s retiring early, but still happy she carved out a legacy that will last forever
your a legend for providing this information to us Aussies ... Were all proud, full stop. Qantas will always and forever be in my heart. from a pilot who wishes he one day got to fly one. R.I.P 747 In my heart always
I'm an Aussie too :) There's lot of flights around Australia on my channel :)
Paul Stewart thank you mate.. will check them out. Stay safe, stay well.
@@adamskypixelds6390 cheers. There's a few more Qantas 747 videos that I've linked to in the video description too :)
Sad times are the least flight of any aircraft, loved the 747, since saw my first one at Heathrow many years ago as a child enthralled by all aircraft, but the Jumbo will have a place in my heart forever.
Feel privileged to have flow the Qantas 74's to Tokyo, Los Angeles, Bangkok and London over the years. What an aircraft!
Great video Paul, she'll be missed.
Awesome footage here Paul. It's so sad it all ended so quickly and quietly. Thanks for your celebration. 🙏🏻
Paul, a wonderful compilation that certainly does justice to the Qantas Queen’s.
Hard to see the five remaining Queen’s return to commercial service post-Covid, but you’ve captured some great memories here.
Cheers Hamish. Sadly VH-OEG is flying out of SYD this coming Sunday to the USA. :(
Paul Stewart , as always, you nailed it!
Watching Insiders, and at 9:40, “Parkes” flew overhead. WTF. Could they not wait until 10?
Down to four Queen’s
Treasure them!
My last trip on a 747 was in 2013 SYD-DFW and was lucky enough to be in business on the upper deck.
I was really hoping to have a trip on one last month. Very sad to see them go. The sight of a Qantas 747 always had me carrying on like a child (according to my wife)!
So sad to see. But the crowning glory for me was having flown in it. Awesome aircraft. Thanks for the memories.
Our royal highness of the sky, we salute you. I'm fifty-six and I recall as a little kid, them being launched to much fanfare and excitement. We drove out to our local airport, with what felt like half the city, to welcome the first one to arrive at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1972, IIRC.
Thank You Paul... I have to admit I teared up a bit mate, thinking back to all my trips to your wonderful Australia. I hope to travel once again to Australia when this dreadful COVID-19 clears up. The QANTAS Boeing 747 will forever remain Queen of the skies in my eye and heart. Cheers mate!
Cheers mate. Yep I was tearing up editing it. It's interesting how such a plane can provoke such strong emotions!
Thanks Paul for the farewell video. The only 747s I have ever flown on were the Qantas 747-200 and Qantas 747-400. Flights I will always remember. Very sad to see the Queen of the skies being retired at Qantas.
the 747 is forever the queen of the skies. farewell and thank you for all your work done to the world aviation.
A fitting tribute to the Queen of the Skies! Thanks Paul!
Enjoyed my flight on a Qantas 747 from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand then onto Cairns, Queensland Australia. Very professional and friendly. Look forward to returning there someday.
Excellent Piece Paul, will miss the Queen of the Sky, travelled several times in them.
Listened in to the 747's farewell flight over Sydney today and it flew almost directly over us, sad to see her go, had many great flights on 747's.
I worked at Air Canada, now retired, they were retired 20 odd years ago, I miss that bird! My fav!
19 years ago I had the pleasure to be on one of their longest flights from Buenos Aires to Auckland in the upper deck in 13k in the 747-400. What an experience to sit in this majestic plane and travel between continents. Farewell to this wonderful Queen of the skies! She is more than just a milestone in aviation.
Brilliant tribute to the queen of the skies
So many flights between Australia and the U.S. on the 747. Great memories from every one of them.
A sad day for any aviation buff.
omg 747 is the most elegant lady of the skies, sad day to see her parked up and not in the skies, thank you gorgeous machine for taking care of all in times past. xxNZ
Thank you 747 for taking us around the world .
Great filming Paul.
Such wonderfull memories of the queen of the skies.
Those screaming enginges will be nomore.
Qantas 747 I salute you.
Thank you for the many business class memories you really were a lady of beauty.
Stay safe Paul
Sad to see that another airline has retired the Queen of the Skies, and at this very tiring times. Thank you, Queen! Thank you, Qantas!
i honestly didn't think it was possible to cry from watching a video on you tube
Thank you, Paul, for sharing your wonderful video with us. Thank you!
I’m gonna miss these. Great video Paul!
So beautiful shape,Good engine sound. My last flight is SYD-HND last year.
Thank you so much!!! I will never forget you!!!
Regret seeing the 747 gone, the best long range flights. Especially with those carriers that had the business class on the upper deck! Will always remember the luxury!
Well done Paul a very fitting tribute to an aircraft that brought travel to so many more people than would have been possible before. I just hope this damn virus does not do the opposite.
So lovely moments with Queen of sky..
Hello Paul, thank you for sharing this wonderful vid. It's heart breaking really but to be honest that is life changing. Not due the fact of the crisis but in other terms aswell. I love the 747 for anything. It's a master piece of it's own and that also thank to Joe Sutter (RIP) for everything. Sure there will be some flying around but for passengers getting more and more rare. Had my first longhaul flight on SQ from ZRH - SIN and back. Simply amazing. Cheers
Fabulous video! Will be hard to watch more and more of these iconic birds flying off into the sunset.
Brilliant video showing the true, sheer beauty of the Queen of the Skies!
Well done!
Saw the first one fly into Sydney in the 70ts ,didn't get to fly in one until 2000 from Sydney to Cairns. So good
Fantastic video Paul, brings back so many memories.
the most majestic gal ever built
Such a beauty! Thanks for sharing this Paul!
Glad you enjoyed it my friend
Great tribute Paul and loved the vision and the music. While watching I tried to recall where I have flown with Qantas and Air New Zealand in a 747 - 300 -200 and 400 !! Auckland...Los Angeles 1st Class...home from Atlanta on a charter after the Games....Johannesburg...Bombay....Bahrain...London (many times) Hong Kong and then London with Cathay....and vice versa....San Francisco and return with United ..... Santiago and return after the Rio games....(Qantas) but the best was flying over Antarctica in a 747 400...what a trip !! Well done as always mate and take care during these most troubling of times !! Oh and of course Singapore !!
Will miss B744 QF27/QF28 crossing New Zealand on way to Santiago. A pity that Sydney was almost deserted of aircraft on her arrival back today. She deserves more accolates but for all airlines thay have been great aircraft. Flew once on the B747 Classic Trans Tasman back in the 80's. End of an era. Great video you made .
Some pretty amazing footage there!
Great vid Paul!
Very very sad Paul, sort of puts a dent in the plane spotting and travel, but thank goodness you were able to capture these moments on camera. Great aircraft!