Humans have never been innocent and the Gulfwar had ended a couple of years before this and soon wars would start in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo... in which the US, Canada and NATO participated in some of them I can't think of a single thing better about back then... except for the state of the environment and how airplanes were better looking and more comfortable.
Brings back lovely memories from the late seventies. I used to go to school under the flight path to Kai Tak. One of my favorites was watching the Pan Am B747 SPs. Seemed to recall the afternoons were the rush hour while we out playing football or rounders on the playing field.
I flew into Kai Tak many times in DC8's but by the time I transitioned to 747's the place was gone. Kind of miss it and kind of don't. Hong Kong was always one of my favorite layovers with Anchorage being #1.
I flew a corporate BAC 1-11 into Kai Tak a few times in the 80's. Have to admit it was both fun and scared the crap out of me. Now, Kai Tak is no more. Like me. Retired .
The tail fin on these SPs has got to be one of, if not the biggest one ever put on a commercial airliner. It's a funny looking plane, but I've always had a soft spot for the SP for some reason.
i was fortunate enough to be able to ride one of these on a trip to asia back in the 90's...beautiful airplanes...i think there's only one or two left flying today if i'm not mistaken
N4508H, operated by Mandarin Airlines in this video was cut up in 2008, and parts used to support NASA 747, the Sophia observatory. www.aussieairliners.org/b-747sp/n4508h/n4508h.html
I've seen quite a lot of Kai Tak vids over the time but I never saw any vid capturing landing from the angle as the one starting at around 3'' - and it is the best angle IMO well done JustPlanes !!!
747SPs were absolutely fantastic (and they're cute) until the new(er) 747-400s been launched. I would like to keep watching the 747SP but sadly many airlines are flying Boeing 787s or even 777 - 200ERs which are more feasible option.
The 747SP was a "shorty" version that was engineered for maximum range at the cost of passenger capacity. Only a few dozen were built due to its small market niche.
Nice video JustPlanes, I thought this model 747SP was only created in FSX simulator, but I am wrong, it actually existed the shorter version of current 747 series
Mark Mckay For the reasons of 1.maintaining a sterile cockpit 2. to not have anything to distract the pilots British Airways, Air New Zealand and Qantas will not allow filming within the cockpit. Those reasons have been found to be the cause of many, many air craft disasters. The fact that JustPlanes and Qantas having a personality clash seals the fate of any filming ever happening.
I have like this love hate relationship with the 747sp it looks cute with that little size but it makes it weird I don't know I like it but I don't know what I like about it do I have a condition
Ananda Daffa I promise you, it stands for special performance. However when Boeing was making it they were calling it the 747 SB for short body. It stands for special performance because the shorter fuselage removed weight, which allowed for a greater range. The tail is also taller than a regular 747, hence the special performance. Pan Am asked Boeing to make this plane to compete with smaller widebody jets at the time.
Edin Nyange additionally it was also designed for Iran Air(when we were in love with country😊), to satisfy their need for a Tehran-Kennedy nonstop and for South African Airways(SAA) to fly from Joberg nonstop to Europe while circumnavigating interior African countries who would not allow that airline to overfly their countries due the to their then apartheid regime.
