Boeing 747 Takes Off Sideways In Dramatic Crosswind 

I bet the pilots giggled like schoolgirls

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Looked normal in a crosswind. What am I missing?

@@M6Cabriolet it looks cool for us normies that aren't avgeeks or pilots.

Horrible take off

I wouldn't be surprised if some crew sees this and uses it. Thumbed. I was thinking he might be yearning for B52 type steerable main gear. Go watch one of those landing in a significant cross wind. It's really cool, and probably also much heavier and definitely much more costly.

I've been in a landing where I could see nearly the full length of the runway out of the side window.

@@Aeronaut1975 who was the pilot? Tom Cruise?

@@tom201090 It was a very windy landing at Amsterdam's Schipol airport in the early 90s, that's all I remember!

​@@MrJdsenior ... not really. The 747 is a big bird. Go look up the size and weight statistics.

Imagine calling a 747 "modern"

​@@demeter1793 Yes, I can not only *imagine* doing that, but actually *do* that. To me, it's modern enough. Is your modern-modern airliner, apart from dropping a couple of engines, really *so* much different & ultra-modern compared to our ancient-modern Jumbos of 50 years ago? If so, how? Are the engines rockets instead of turbofans? The wings producing lift by low pressure under them rather than on top?

@@villiamo3861 airplanes are about 120 years old and the 747 is 54 years old. So the invention of (working) airplanes is about twice as long ago as the first flight of the 747, which means yes, it's old. It's not modern. By your logic cars from the 50s are modern because "oh they have wheels and a combustion engine so they're really not that different from modern-modern cars"

@@demeter1793 Imagine using the most overused word on the internet: "imagine."

​​@@demeter1793 The 747 has been upgraded with better avionics, engines, even landing gear has been modernized. Too, the last one built, wasn't that long ago. So, yeah. It IS a modern aircraft.

The roar of the 211’s still sounds so familiar!

Wind: I blow you off course 747: I laugh at you.... Pilot: I didn't spill my coffee did I

That was my thought too. It pretty much stopped on a dime. They are amazing planes.

Did he? I was just thinking that the runway was very wide, and very short.

That's how they do!

That hard flair at the end helps a lot, seen several do that.

Having flown on Twin Otters the stopping distance is amazing! But the G force too when on board is also amazing lol

Planes get most of their lift from, about, the front 25% of the wings. The curve causes the air to move faster, over the top of the wing, causing lower air pressure above the wing, than below. The low pressure, in the right humidity and temperatures, causes the condensation. The rest of the top of the wing is designed to return the air, back where it was, as efficiently as possible. 😊. 👻☠️🗽💯🙏

​@@williamtsmith9668 Don't be silly. It's obviously caused by their chems not trailing! 😂

Came here to lay down the same thoughts. Fabulous aircraft and you got to particularly love the BA Speedbirds :)!

How about the GREAT pilots that did the amazing takeoff!!!!!!!!!

Not a patch on concorde or the De Havilland Comet...

Whiz air lines sound like it came from a comic book.

i dont like a 747,its a very bumpy airpocket prown plane,in comparion to a Airbus, i prefer flying in a Airbus,it just glids,747 hits evry airpocket there is

​@@eisbeinGermany how do u now that

There is a reason it's called the queen of the skies I guess. I personally think they are intimidating, it's a lot more to handle compared to a 737.

According to pilots on the type having flown also other liners including heavies, it was really like a big Cessna 172 to fly. Easier to fly than many airliners. There is a video somewhere on the tube where a 747 instructor makes Cessna 172 instructors fly it with circles to land after a little bit of manual flying. All in a row ! And guess what ? Every instructors land it at the first time and say it's really like a Cessna 172. The height of the flight deck and the latence of the engines response were the biggest differences they noticed but overall it was like a flying club aircraft. It was designed to be flown like this. This era is over. What a beautiful plane !

I got tired of counting the markers after 5000'. That must be a LONG runway.

​@@Fast351 13,000'.

Sydney 16R is over 12000 feet long. He flared a bit early and held it off. No big deal as he wasnt carrying speed. 1000 to 2000 in is ok.

Because EUROBEAT INTENSIFIED 😈🔝😂

@@Paul-kw1og He touched down around 3500 feet in, not 1000 or 2000.

yep, was giving the stop signal but it never stopped

Easy? You call that easy? They let us go.

De. Young museums John Singer Sargent

747 take off passengers: " AHHHHH, WE'RE FLYING SIDE WAYS !!!". pilots : " That was damn fun."😅

@@johnbockelie3899 I've ridden takeoffs like that before in a BA out of Heathrow and it was still smooth as silk!

They are our true heroes!

TIL plane spotting is a thing

Yea no fake thumbnail foolery

Well he might have skipped the fact that only inboard engines have thrust reverser 😁

​@Hilman Yeah but I'm sure there was plenty of runway 😅

It was crappy piloting skills. Too much airspeed.

@@williamtsmith9668 at least it was a safe landing 🤷‍♂a landing you can walk away from is a good landing

@@williamtsmith9668 could’ve been a wind gust. Didn’t look like he was too fast.

What’s the point of a wing Walker if the pilot ignores him?

@@billbrockman779 Exactly.

@@billbrockman779 the pilot didn’t ignore him. He probably can’t even see him. The wing walker is there for either the marshaller, if the airplane was under its own power, which I doubt. It was more likely being pulled by a tug and the wing walker was there for the tug driver.

I was in the airport in Auckland, NZ awaiting a flight to LAX. However, a wing on the plane on which I was scheduled to fly was hit by the wing of another plane... so, "sorry, we won't be flying in this plane.. you will be flying on another aircraft 8 hours from now...and you are NOT allowed to leave the airport in the meantime."

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 You can clearly hear the engines and the spool down after the hit. Looked like they were doing a 180 or so.

The approach from the opposite direction is very straightforward, but the wealthy people on the beach don't like the noise.

And B-52's! 👻☠️🗽💯🙏

Went on a VA 747 from Gatwick-Orlando and a VA A340 on the return trip in 2012. Was an amazing experience for 6 year old me

@Bercilak de hautdesert Hard to fully ignore when the moment the wheels lift off the entire aircraft leans on one side due to strong side wind when you feel the wing could touch ground. I still know that both the power of the engines and the skills of the pilot should be able to withstand those forces but sometimes I can’t help thoughts flashing in my mind for a second. That’s what makes it so nervewrecking on such occasions. Your tip is a good one and it probably helps to think that way. I used to read about a pilot’s thoughts on turbulence. According to him it is like sitting in a river raft where you just need to feel the waves in your body and kind of go along with the ride to smoothen it out. Ignoring the runway is another practical tip. I suppose when it comes to landing, pilots are trained to make decisions to go around and attempt landing one more time, whereas once already committed, again skills and engine throttle should still be trusted, so that the aircraft wouldn’t simply go tumbling because of a weird angle of wheels and wings :). I’m not super frightened but someone explaining helps.

the only thing terryfying was how much zoom was used so that we couldnt even really get a good view of the entire aircraft flying sideways. almost got a headache with how much it was zoomed in!

Having watched a C5-A Galaxy perform touch-and-gos at OGG in '83, I'll never forget the late, great Douglas Adams' words from HHGTG: "They hung in the air in much the same way bricks do not."

I don't bother wondering so much as long as they do.

Thanks for the memories, Bob...

Miranda: Hot - yes. Spring - rather. 4019 - maybe. 45 degrees: No !

@@andy99ish Take a flight to Wellington on a windy day!

@@mirandahotspring4019 Miranda: Taking a flight to NZ, to say, visit you - yes. Wellington -fine. Windy day - no :)

God bless. And stay safe. 👻☠️🗽💯🙏

That was my reaction too

Trying to make a landing smooth is a great way to float out of the touchdown zone 🤷🏻‍♂️

fehlrock, our greatest plane, our greatest engineering achievement. The Concorde was a beautiful bird, too. No one will equal these two planes. 😢

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😢 Hopefully an engine or two fly on...

it was scrapped because it got too sassy doing those crabbing take-offs

@@verifiedtoxicangel2411 poor sassy bird

But the best part it you wouldn’t have felt it. And if you didn’t have a window seat, you wouldn’t see it either.

@@stevenbeach748 Exactly. And no screaming on the plane.

I've ridden BA 747 takeoffs from Heathrow like that a few times. Never felt a thing!

You likely wouldn't notice it. Even the view from a window seat wouldn't startle a person unless they have enough general aviation knowledge to recognize what they're seeing.

Ground crew messed up bad not pilots. You can see him screw it up then trying to save face after strike telling him to stop well after strike

Nah. The two planes were making a pinky promise.