Exploring an Abandoned Boeing 747 

Are there other planes that have the nickname Jumbo jet?

@@KnoppersBomber Jumbo was a generic term assigned to the early widebody transports. The B747, the Lockheed L1011, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Airbus A300, etc. The term fell out of use as more and more "jumbo's" hit the market.

Sorry but the newer 2 engine long haul aircraft, B777, B787, A350 are much cheaper to operate, this makes them demonstrably better.

@@KnoppersBomber any wide body jet, Tristar, DC10 in their day.

@@HansCSchellenberg It makes them more economical to operate, but not necessarily better. Hypothetical question for you - When you're halfway between Australia and Los Angeles, or Tokyo and San Francisco and you lose an engine, would you rather be strapped into a two-engine airplane or one with three or more engines? Not everything comes down to dollars.

As a now retired ex BA Cabin Crew member, this aircraft used to be my office and place of work for a couple of decades. What a wonderful aircraft it was, and how sad to see it in this condition. Many happy memories.

Great thanks, sharing your memories. I can almost hear the engines revving up....

Probably Lufthansa will keep the -8 for quit long because they will get new first, business und Premium Economy class

Lufthansa still has high yield routes with high demand where the 747 is a proper airplane. For example FRA-JFK. The fuel consumption per passenger isn't that bad if there are enough passengers.

it's an ocean, you total putz bi0tch.

Couldn’t agree with you more… but it looks like we’ve lost the battle. If it were up to the public the 747 would be manufactured for decades into the future! Everything is known about it, it’s a safety validated design to the highest possible level. However, the airlines and manufacturers want greater fuel efficiency of two engine designs with plastic carbon fuselages instead of the 747’s proven safety, quality and superior quad engine redundancy-and they sadly make the rules and decisions in which we have no say. We’ll long love the superb, safe true Queen of the Skies :-)

Same here. What a glorious aircraft and what wonderful memories this brought back. Terribly sad they're no longer around.

Yes, I worked hundreds of flights on her over the years.

So different seeing this aircraft in this sad condition, I like to remember them full of passengers, life and possibilities ♥️🇬🇧♥️

Have you tried Lufthansa/ Korean air?

That's exactly what I thought when I first flew in a Pan Am 747-100 from JFK to LHR in 1971 (my honeymoon). The plane taxied slowly to the runway, then a tremendous thurst was felt and presto we were airborne! Unforgettable experience, which was followed by many other 747 journeys. It's an aircraft that made history by itself. Best wishes from Uruguay

@@ivanlussich8146 Same to you! Happy 2024!

Or as a water bomber over large forest fires?

I dont think that the mold on those beds is result of lack of sanitizing. There is no direct sunlight, small almost closed space in those bunks so perfect enviroment for mold.

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I work at Mariana , we part out and store about 75-80 747-400’s year, Believe me! The glass cockpit , avionics bay , even toilets are still worth BIG MONEY!

I know right?! I’d love to dismantle the yoke and throttles and attempt to convert it into my sim setup.

I fcked this plane in the ass... Sad to see it so proper now.

On another note, its all outlined in the video description. 🙄

@@eat_a_dick_trudeau Thank you. How would I ever have known?

All 747-400 had a 2 person flight crew and glass cockpit. I worked at Boeing on the first 747-400 and then worked on the 747 program for the next five years. Then the first 777 and retired when 777 when line 1,500 was delivered which was the last one I worked on.

Spot on,Tony. I don't have specialised knowledge of the 747 but like a lot of of travelling past Kemble Airfield in The cotswolds who take an interest when driving past it was a sad day indeed when at least 6 BA Jumbos took to the air for half an hour or less from around London and flew in to this former WW2 bomber base, well before schedule, to be taken apart. There appears to be a very well organised business here, where seats, part of airframes etc are recycled into stuff you can purchase for the home etc. Engines and other parts are reused in the industry. When picked over the most poignant sight is witnesing the fuselage being cut up by specialised cutting gear on excavators, like huge can openers

@@matthewcoldicutt5951 Like old buildings, retired airplanes have a story to tell. If only they had a voice. And yes, it is indeed difficult to watch an aircraft that once took families on vacations and reunited lovers being cut up into pieces.

Who cares? You're just arguing over semantics and it doesn't change anything.

@@MrRobarino actually… taking anything off an aircraft is a felony. If there is or was an airworthiness certificate and you remove anything used for that aircrafts ability to fly… can get a life sentence.

@@thatguy7085 not true

@@thatguy7085life sentence 😂

Well Lufthansa is Retiring the 747 400 by the mid 2020s but Lufthansa will Still keep there 747 8 for mqny years to coke it said that the way Lufthansa Oporates the still have the 747 until 2035

clearly

Some 747s had a flight deck lavatory too but it was carrier-specific.

Cool explore mate

G-BYGA

yes and yes!❤❤

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@@lunam7249 do you know how much it went fot and how long do the take bids for it after the auction start is it like eBay 7 days

The planes were to be replaced by the brand new Boeing 777X by 2024, but the Covid pandemic accelerated the retirement of the British Airways Boeing 747 fleet, British Airways also wanted to cut cost and remove the dedicated maintenance cost associated with the old Jumbo Jet, as they didn't expect travel demand to return to 2019 levels for at least 4 years by which time they would've have the 777X planes entering service. IAG (the company that controls British Airways) was losing a lot of money any excuses to remove an obsolete or redundant aircraft was taken with one such example being Iberia Air's Airbus 340's being quietly retired during the pandemic, another victim was the British Airways Airbus 318 baby bus that flew Business Class only transatlantic flights from London City Airport. It should be noted that Lufthansa did the exact opposite with handling their old 747's with the airline putting half of their old 747 jets back into service, Lufthansa did however retire its Airbus 380 fleet and plans to remove its Airbus 340-600 fleet soon.