Probably the most majestic, stable and comfortable aircraft ever produced it was a pleasure to fly in one, sad that their time has come but will not be forgotten.
Amazing!! I’ve worked as Cabin Crew on this aircraft since the day it went into service at BA. Such a fitting end to the most definite Queen of the Skies ❤️ Thank you so much for making this video. It means a lot to all of us who’ve flown her.
@richiea1 Ah thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad the film catches the moment - there was almost an air of celebration, especially after the go-around - the crowds were whooping with delight. As you say, a fitting end for this lovely aircraft. Best wishes Steve
The excitement of boarding this Big Bird and flying the world from young man to now has been one of life's great experiences. Truly an iconic piece of aviation history.
@Aviation LBA Yes - because we still haven't had confirmation the CIVB IS definitely to be preserved - BA are still being "coy" about confirming if it's true or not......
Amazing video! I'm so glad this 747 is living a new life along with her older sister G-BDXJ. Very well done for making the travel there! Hopefully you all had fun there :D
Good to see the TOGA switch on the throttles is still working as it should do!!! Awesome go around a BIG THANK YOU to the flight crew for carrying that out👍👍. If VICTOR WHISKEY COULD TALK IM SURE IT WOULD BE SAYING ON THE GO AROUND “YOU AIN’T LANDING ME YET THERES STILL LIFE IN ME LEFT”🤣🤣👍
Flew this one several times to JFK and to Washington. Gutted to never fly these beauties again. Will treasure the memories and delighted this one is saved from scrap
@Jon Cooke Great that you had the chance to fly on this actual aircraft - amazing when you hear the ATC commentary after the landing (7:16) "Total landings 11,424" - you were part of that!
@@HeathrowAircraft it’s crazy to think it’s all part of history. The 747 is forever iconic and there will never be anything like it again. I’m sad to see the age of trijet and quadjet planes come to a close.
@MrFlashjet- The Heathrow Airport Archive. Thanks v much Dave - it is quite surreal isn't it as you say, a "Chatham Dockyard" liveried 747 in leafy Surrey!! :-)
@Rico4you. Thank you - glad you liked the film and it is great news isn’t it. Let’s hope more good news is on the way for the Landor and BOAC 747s......
@@HeathrowAircraft Yes keeping such an Epic plane like the 747 sure is great news! Let's hope BA also reacts with Concorde at Heathrow and takes more care.
@Steven Medlock 🤞No pressure then 🤣. It looks like easterly wind direction if tomorrow so I’m not sure I will be able to get the kind of shot I did for CIVW which came in from the west on runway 25... let’s see what tomorrow brings ...
Stunning footage! That unmistakable profile of which you speak has been with me for 50 years, when I saw a (then) brand-new Pan Am example. Economics demands large twins. At least we can preserve the memory of the Boeing 747 - and (as I write this) British Airways has preserved four examples for us to admire for another 50 years.
@Daniel Berek. Thanks very much indeed for watching and sharing memories. Like you I can remember the first 747s and also when the TriStar came into service. Happy days! Here is the Landor 747 arriving into Dunsfold on her final flight too! Happy Christmas! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kf6QeKZX4qQ.html
It’s great to see G-CIVW joining the older G-BDXJ at Dunsfold for a new life ahead of her as a museum piece and filming location - I live by the Thames in Maidenhead, just over 10 miles away from LHR as the crow flies, and so right up until the pandemic clipped their wings I’d see the entirety of BA’s 747 fleet flying over my house pretty much every day, CIVW being among them. The U.K. had been overdue for another preserved 747, so it’s excellent that we now have one to join VH-OJA at Longreach and N661US in Atlanta. Here’s hoping one or more of the retro jet trio get preserved too, hopefully over here as well!
@RCT3Crashes100. Yes it’s great news isn’t it. And living not too far from Dunsfold, hopefully you will get the chance to see VW once things are in place. Let’s hope the rumours circulating about the 3 retro liveries potentially also being saved, become a reality too. Best wishes Steve
@Geoffrey Hansen. Yes really good news. And of course G-CIVB - at Kemble Cotswold. Official announcement earlier this week. See my film here for more info! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQN4iK3ll20.html
Proudly i can say and write that i flew on it, Victor Wisky. the most iconic and beautiful aircraft. Falling in love since the first i saw, 1975....until today...
@@HeathrowAircraft yep, i'm french, i flew my first trip on Jumbo in november 1990, British Airways, B747-400, the economy class was on upper deck, Heatrow-Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro, MAJESTICK
@@kakbajoo5440 Beautiful. My first -400’series was in 1992 to Montreal. The flight crew described it as a fantastic new aircraft with so many features that were an upgrade from the -200 series. Sad they have all gone now….
Thanks so much for uploading this video. I’ve been fortunate enough to operate for almost 32 years on these wonderful aircraft & crew are so upset to see their demise. I doubt there’ll ever be another like her ever again. She was definitely the best in my eyes.
@Tricia Cox. Thank you very much Tricia. That must have been amazing to work on these aircraft. You must have some amazing and wonderful memories. Glad you enjoyed this film too. Best wishes Steve.
I only ever flew on a 747 return trip Manchester to Toronto. Air Canada back in 1984 . Fantastic planes plenty of leg room let’s hope as many 747s can be saved
@Stephen Curran Yes let’s hope that more are saved. 2 confirmed so far - G-CIVW and G-CIVB. Rumours about G-BYGC too (BOAC retro livery) but not officially confirmed yet by BA. Ditto “Landor” livery G-BNLY.
We’re all still waiting BA for one to return to HEATHROW to retire next to Concorde. Hurry up and make the decision on which beauty will be returning to its home for preservation!! Bring back G- CIVB!!
@@HeathrowAircraft It certainly would be great for one of the retro jets to join Concorde - two icons, both of aviation as a whole and flying in the UK, standing together to bid farewell to those flying out of Heathrow, and welcome those arriving!
Nice to see this big bird has come back to roost just like a racing pigeon.. Funding for filming and siteseeing at the museum has got to be a visit. Thank all at St. Athan and the buyer for saving such an iconic plane. Will she be able to do the occasional fire-up and taxiing on the runway like they do at Bruntingthorpe.??
@Bill Seidel. Thank you - yes a bittersweet occasion. But good news too for G-CIVB (Negus) which is also saved. Official announcement earlier this week. See my film at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQN4iK3ll20.html
Fantastic video and great to see her saved from the scrap men ... best part was the engines spooling back up for the go around. Airports will never sound the same ever again 😢🧱👍🏼
That go around of the Jumbo was amazing to watch. Nice to see another BA Jumbo saved (I flew on this particular jet, G-CIVW,from JFK in 2018), but very heartbreaking to think that we won’t ever see a 747 in the BA livery at the airports from now on. Britain, and the world will miss them dearly
@Jay’s Trip Reports and Plane.. Yes you are right - just in this last year we have lost from Heathrow the Virgin A340 fleet and the BA 747 fleet. Sad times....
Brilliantly captured and bonus with the ATC too. I knew you’d never fail to deliver great footage. Was a momentous day and no footage can do it justice for seeing this happen in person, but this comes close! Excuse the pun!
To think this machine has 14 TONNES of ENGINE hanging off EACH WING IS MIND BLOWING combined with all the torque and thrust loading the pylons and wings have to deal with it’s just hard to get try and comprehend!! MASSIVE WEIGHT!! Truly Amazing!!
Amazing video!! Thanks for capturing!! Historic moment right here! Epic go around followed by a landing on the airfield which I only know because of Top Gear.
Thank you so much for that. Great that you were able to record it. So sad, although I suppose this is the lucky one at least she’ll be around for a few yet. All the best. Stay safe Mick🇬🇧
@Mick Boakes - Thank you very much Mick. As you say, she is so far the only confirmed lucky one, as from what I understand, nothing is confirmed yet for CIVB...let's hope there are more that find permanent homes across the UK and not just in leafy Surrey!
@Jeremy Gordon. Thank you very much -I’m glad you liked it. It is great to know VW is saved and that in the future we will get the chance to see her in the new museum. Thanks for commenting. Best wishes Steve.
Couldn't agree more. I was gutted when they messed around with the engines on G-BDXJ. I knew that once they did they it would never be out back as it was.
@Ian.S Thanks very much Ian. Yes there is planning permission for housing on the site isn't there I understand, so that the new museum to be built will be south of the existing airfield - that's where VX will eventually go - let's hope it does all come to fruition as you say.....Best wishes Steve
@Planespotting Ringway. Thanks v much mate. Yes she is for the next couple of years going to be used in filming (like ex BA 747 G-BDXJ already on the airfield) and in the longer term when the new museum is developed, this is to be preserved there -still in the Chatham Dockyard livery. 👍👍
Hello, do you have any idea on the fate of G-BNLY (if you are not aware the G-BYGC BOAC will be transported to St Athan to be kept), delivering the Landor to its fate.
@BJBoddy - thank you very much! The crew gave us all a special treat with that - and it definitely showcased all that is great about the 747. As someone else said, it's like VW didn't want it to end just yet....!
@William Dixon. Thanks very much William. I hope it brings back good memories for you. You have worked for some of the most prestigious and celebrated airlines that’s for sure! Best regards Steve.
There’s not one thing on these machines that looks ugly they are just so photogenic, and I have to say they look so smart in the BA LIVERY it was if it was just all meant to be FOREVER!!!!☹️☹️☹️sadly NOT.
@Planes and Games. Interesting point - may not be able to as most of Wales is in a tight lockdown....let's see what transpires in the next month or so......
Yaass yeah yeah yeah soo powerful pilot a real king. watching dis from here with my rock playlist crancked to 11. Delta Parole and other rock band etc. LIT LIT LIT!
Trust the aircraft with the reg ending with VW is retired to what is known by most both in and out of the Aviation industry as the Top gear test track. Looks like they are road testing a new VW on the track.
3:09 - 3:59 in particular is absolutely stunning work, Steve... thanks for capturing this. Your videos just get better & better and always a celebration of the aircraft... unlike certain other channels 👀
Great footage there mate!Sad to see these leaving the fleet.Looks like boring samey twin jets at Heathrow in the future (who knows when that will be...)😎💕👍
@Melvyn Cox. Hi Melvyn good to hear from you. Thanks for your comments. Yes Heathrow won’t be the same will it. In less than a year we’ve lost the 747s and the iconic A340s from Virgin too. Very sad. Keep in touch. Best wishes Steve.
@Aymen Benamor. Lufthansa are retaining some of theirs still but most other airlines have withdrawn their passenger versions of the 747 because of the downturn in passenger numbers since COVID.
Well done great to see. Just sad she will not fly again. The big question is apparently shes going to be used as film prop , but going to be left outside in various weather conditions , which means she's going to suffer deterioration of the fuselage ect . Unless of course their are plans to put this aircraft undercover and cleaned now and then. Great however that many will have a chance to look inside and around her , So who's going to be responsible for this 747 . And if they are looking for people to volunteer to keep her clean and show folks around I like many others would gladly drive down from Hertfordshire to help . Would love a BA 747 placed at Duxford . More so the 400 in BOAC livery. We can only hope .
True and I wish they leave it in genuine condition and don't remove the engines and so on like they did on the 747-200. Wish they put it inside a building so it is preserved in perfect condition and protected against weather impact and doesn't rot away outside over the years.
@Steve Mellor Yes I agree with you - from what I understand, there is planning approval for a new Aircraft museum, to be built to the south of the existing airfield (which itself has planning approval for housing re-development) and in the interim period before it is built, G-CIVW will be used as a film prop. That would also tie in with the comment picked up on the ATC after she landed, about wishing her a safe and happy year or two filming......
@@HeathrowAircraft Shame that the runway will be built over (?) which will prevent the gradual addition in future of other retiring or withdrawn from service aircraft ... which wont be able to be flown into the new museum.
@That One Swedish Aviator. Yes and even better now that we know the Landor and BOAC livery 747s have also been saved. Official announcement from British Airways released today.
@Oliver Simson. Don’t know if you’ve had a chance to look at my commentary in the film but it has been selected to eventually go into the new museum that will be built at Dunsfold. Before then it will be parked behind the other 747 on the airfield and will be used for film companies needing aircraft interior and exterior footage. It will stay in Chatham dockyard livery. It won’t fly again though.
Concorde should have done at least one missed approach on its last flights... I wonder if the pilots considered it - must have been tempting to punch forward the throttles and hit the reheats one last time.
It’s so hard to think this politically driven virus has finished off such a beautiful fleet of machines!! So so sad. At least IVW has survived the culling process👍👍 good on you girl!! She’s a big old girl looking as gorgeous as ever!!!
@@HeathrowAircraft I've only been on the 747-100 but was treated to a visit to the flight deck. They still had 3 on the flight deck. It was pretty cool
@Planes and Games. I knew about 3 weeks ago but it was incredibly confidential so couldn’t be released. It did give me time to get the tribute films ready (after the Dunsfold scenes) ✈️
@@HeathrowAircraft Oh btw this one was 4K fine. Maybe you could try reuploading the Virgin 747 takeoff and the VB/VY LHR farewell? (First as unlisted so that you can see if 4K goes or not and avoid making people get a maybe uneeded notification)
@@PlanesAndGames732 Yes I don’t understand what had been going on for the Virgin film. The VB VY film wouldn’t upload in 4K because in part of it there is the old film from 1989 which would not convert to 4K. I will try and re do Barbarella as a private link for you rather than everyone (if I still have it - may have deleted it now as they take up so much space on the PC 😫)
@Colin Miles. Yes I think you are right. An insider who had tipped me off about this a couple of weeks before the announcement said it was “crew playtime” and I think that’s a good description!
Hey, here's an idea. Maybe the pilots did the go around because this was a VFR approach on to what is effectively a decommissioned runway with no operational landing aids. Maybe they decided it was a good idea to perform a visual inspection of the entire field and vicinity before landing because they valued their lives. Grow some brain cells.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you are not right this time. That go around was just for the hell of it, a last “hurrah” for the benefit of those watching and the crew before the end. And just for the record, in a go around all you see from the flight deck is sky so your runway inspection would come to nothing. 🛫
@peterbunting8485 Hi Peter - I believe the engines were removed and replaced with unserviceable units after it arrived at Dunsfold - so I suspect not. There was also some talk a while back about whether it could safely depart out of Dunsfold even if airworthy, because of the relatively short runway length?
@@HeathrowAircraft oh right I see. Such a shame as I'm guessing she will end up being scrapped at some point in the not too distant future. Thanks for your reply and the info.
@peterbunting8485 Thanks Peter. Your prophesy I think will come true over the next 2-3 years as I know there are plans to close the airfield and redevelop it for housing. Evidently a museum was supposed to be included as part of the planning gain -but will it be large enough to accommodate 3 747s plus a VC10 - all of which are located at the airfield currently?? 🤷🏽
@@HeathrowAircraft I just think as the management moves onto new generations the respect for history gets put well below cash gains. I'm very interested in the BA 747s, is there more than 2 still mostly complete in the UK? As I saw on a list somewhere that maybe 4 in total are classed as in storage still.
@peterbunting8485 Hi Peter yes you’re right re money before history, sadly. In terms of preserved a/c there is of course G-BNLY which is open from time to time. See onboard tour here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iG9MG8RXsfQ.htmlsi=SPFxKklNmY3kbmTy There is Negus G-CIVB at Kemble Cotswold - see onboard tour here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wc5LkUZ6ML4.htmlsi=jUU9YPCIH7GRIvF1 And re other BA 747s (apart from G-CIVW) the only others now are the 5 stored at Teruel in Spain. They flew out in April 2020 just after lockdown - 5 in convoy and have never flown since, although occasionally the transponder “lights up” on G-CIVR. They are: G-CIVA; CIVR; CIVS; CIVT and CIVX. From seeing photos over the last couple of years, they appear to be pretty intact - but who knows what their future holds??
Extrañaré mucho a esos maravillosos monstruos aéreos como los 747-400 que British Airways ha retirado de la flota activa. Cómo me hubiera encantado que aún tuvieran más vida aunque fueran como cargueros para seguir admirándolos. Les digo hasta luego, aunque estoy consciente de que su continuidad ha terminado. Saludos. 🥺👍🏻
@Jose Osorio ¡Gracias! Sí, como tú, realmente extrañaré estos increíbles aviones. El rugido de los motores Rolls Royce, especialmente con esa "aproximación frustrada" a la pista, fue asombroso. Pero al menos G-CIVW se conservará, primero para ser utilizado en películas y películas y luego en 2 años se trasladará a un nuevo museo y estará en exhibición para que el público lo vea. ¡Buenas noticias! Gracias por comentar. Los mejores deseos.
@Lee Ffrench. Top marks to you. Yes apparently the number 4 thrust reverser failed to close so had to be wound back afterwards. Very observant of you!!
@alistair scott. Let’s hope you are right. There were unfounded rumours a month or so back that Rossiya would be buying the G-BYGA- G series 747s from BA, but that was not confirmed by BA. Let’s keep hoping for an announcement.
I am very glad this aircraft has been saved from execution, too much of destruction and demolition in this world and we should preserve some of our inventions, although this plane was actually built in America , washington state at seattle.
BAW better save all the heritage B744s in Pegasus, BOAC and my all-time favorite BAW heritage livery in the Landor (G-BNLY) and store them into a museum for sure.
@Steven Medlock yes that’s right. It will be coming in from the opposite end of the airfield - where there is very little in the way of places to photograph from what I can see. It’s all narrow lanes and trees!!
@lightning 1975 Yes you are right. Apparently the new museum to be built is going to be to the south of the existing aerodrome - and G-CIVW will be stored there as a public exhibit. Until then it is to be used in filming...
If houses were built on Dunsfold, anyone living there would have one heck of a local landmark to call their own! If I was given the option to live there (and had the cash to afford a new build), I definitely would 😄
@Beech Lad...but at least not "goodbye" as we will hopefully get the chance to see her once she is installed in the new museum in a year or 2 time.....!
@Sky Bound. I hope that what we have been told remains the case; that for the next 2 years or so the aircraft will be outside and used for filming on ad hoc basis but that once the new museum is built on the south of the existing Aerodrome then it will become a public exhibition piece in the museum. Let’s see how it pans out ....
@Nicholas Restifo CIVA flew to Teruel Spain in April, along with CIVR, CIVS, CIVT and CIVX. The view is that these will be unlikely to ever fly again sadly.....
@@HeathrowAircraft aw man :( I have photos of a few different BA 747s but CIVA was the only one I got to walk up to and tour when she was in Phoenix :( poor girl
@Nicholas Restifo I know it is v sad isn’t it. If it’s any consolation I filmed all 31 747s in my “complete British airways 747 fleet” box-set film so you can see G-CIVA at 3 minutes into the film? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vZnCrnCGq3Y.html
@rickybrown5817 Hi yes they were all withdrawn from service by BA during the first wave of the Covid pandemic in July 2020. Only 4 remain now - the rest have been scrapped. There are also 4 at Teruel in Spain in long term storage but unlikely to ever return to flying service.
