Hope you like this classic re-created vlog. I am bringing back many more of my classic trip that previously never shown before during the downtime of covid-19. The next vlog coming is the "Most Scary" flight I've ever flown, with bomb threat onboard Siberia Airlines IL-86
Syrianair 747 SPs were a regular sight in Delhi in the early 90s, together with Royal Jordanian L1011s, Iraqi 747 200 and Japan Airlines and Ariana Afghan DC 10 30s ( During Najibullahs time ). Aeroflot IL 96s were fairly common. Also Royal Nepal 757s and PIA A 300 B4s. Gulf Aif had a daily direct from Bahrain or Muscat using a 767 300. Not many Airbuses in those days. In the 90s mostly A300B4s and a few 320. Boeings and L1011 and DC10s and MD11s were the rage, back then. I used to live in Chicago back then and 727s and DC 10s and MD90s/ DC9s ruled the skies. Flew from Ohare to Sydney in 93 via MSP, SFO and HNL on Northwest all the way on a DC10 30s. Bet you cant do that now!!!!!
Hi Sam, I am from India. I got to know that our country is purchasing 2 special Boeing flights for prisedent and Prime Minister. It's Boeing 777 VVIP flight from USA , please make a vedio on this particular flight . Thank you
R.A.H Mavyyev Well there is the fact that USA is responsible for many thousands, if not millions of civilian deaths as a result of their insane drive for global conquest.
@@lipton5428 Why is he stupid? There's literally hundreds of US military bases all over middle east. Fine, you wanna kill terrorist then kill them, why did you need to destroy infrastructure and kill civilians for that?
More like: The -100 and -200 is the Sedan version The -300 and -400 is the Hatchback version The SP is the Limited Production Coupe version The -8i is the Crossover version
Great trip story. I toured in Aleppo in 2010. It was a marvelous place with incredible history and monuments. The Syrian people were very friendly and the food was superb. It makes me ill to see the damage there and the destruction of their heritage that took place. I hope that someday they can recover.
Thanks for sharing this, Sam. My first flight ever was in October 1985 on a SyrianAir 747SP! I was 5 years old, and I still remember it. I have a few photos somewhere, but in those days smoking was allowed in-flight, and on a long-haul flight passengers got THREE hot meals (even in Economy), boiled sweets before take-off and before landing, and the seats even in Economy Class were like the current Premium Economy Class seats (very spacious). I again flew a SyrianAir 747SP in 1999 (from London Heathrow to Damascus, and then to New Delhi via Sharjah), and this time in Business Class- for a Middle Eastern airline in those days, it was one of the best airline experiences - great service, punctual, clean, and very spacious old style Business Class seats...and plenty of food! Still remember the strong Arabian oud smell in the cabins. I do remember when we re-fuelled in Sharjah, a lot of Indian expats (mostly those working in the construction industry I guess) boarded the flight and they had a lot of luggage (like quilts, TVs...the lot!). That was my last flight ever to India and the last time I flew on a 747SP. Unforgettable.
Many years ago I enjoyed a couple of London - New Delhi return trips with cheap and cheerful Syrian Arab Airlines on their 747SPs. On the first journey to India the wheels were not deployed for landing! Luckily the error was noticed just before contact with the runway and we went around again. I was also seated in the front section of the 747SP for the second return journey and we had an unscheduled 24 hour stop-over in Damascus. I really enjoyed the opportunity for a little exploration of the ancient city and we had a wonderful meal in a very atmospheric old Arabian restaurant. You were lucky to see Aleppo when you did Sam.
I would love to have photo's of my first flight back in 1952, I was 7 years old and we as a family flying back to the UK after my father finished an 18 month tour of duty in the Gold Coast now Ghana. We flew in a small prop plane from Secondi to Accra, then a BOAC 4 engine prop plane to London Heathrow via Tripoli and Rome. The seating was railway carriage style with seating each side of a centre table so two passengers faced backward. Heathrow was ex RAF buildings with bus transport to and from the airplane. Previous to flying home transport out and back was by ship that took 10 days, so we had the ship out and the plane home. I followed my father and spent my working life in construction around the world and have travelled in a lot of aircraft with a lot of airlines. The last airline I used before the lock down was Emirates and in the fantastic A380, will be sad to them go.
I'm Syrian and I've flown several times on board Syrian air and my experience was nothing short of excellent I'm sorry that you had such an experience and I wish that you can come visit Syria soon❤️
Sam has really been at the right places at the right time! Getting to fly a 747SP and seeing Aleppo before the unfortunate events really started. Times have since changed and not for the better when it comes to classic 747s and Syria. Hopefully peace will return to Aleppo.
It is a shorter version (ie the fuselage ), so is lighter and has very long range. Was great for those very long hops that the Airbus 380 and 777 are currently performing.
Interesting story and Long Live Syria!!!!! I have flown Syrian Air when I was a kid, and have been to Damascus. One of the best and smoothest landings that I can remember was on Syrian Air when landing in Damascus. I still remember that after all these years!
Awesome Sam! Brings back so many adventurous memories of the past from the 80' while traveling the world (3 times around the globe... ) :) Thank you for you great VBlogs all the best to you. Lovely greetings from Switzerland.
Absolutely love watching your videos and looking back at your flights years back. Love seeing how developed and different the airports are now compared to back then. It will probably change again post a covid 19
Your review reminds me to my visit to this country 2 times before the war. I flew by EK. It is actually a beautiful country, and I hope the situation there will be back to normal soon. Nice to travel by land from Syria to Lebanon or to Jordan.
I'm a big fan Sam. I recently just got into your videos about a month ago. I never knew some of the planes had the accommodations that you show us. never knew there was full size beds and shower facilities on some planes. It's amazing. Your camera work is unbelievable also. Please be safe during these times.
Thank you brother Sam for the video and welcome to Syria , there are a lot of beautiful places in my country you could visit , I wish if I have met you at that time , I will show you interesting amazing villages and places where you can enjoy the nature , food , historical castles and communicating with good kind people , am sure that the things will get much better soon as we keep our faith 🤲 , May God bless you
@@gladbro4049 ….isis were never even close to aleppo. But to answer your question Isis does not control territory anymore. Their territory is now in control of the kurds
Another awesome video sam. I bet it has been really hard for you these past few months not being able to travel. Hopefully the airways will reopen this month allowing you to bring us more excellent content.
Sam, this was really interesting to watch. From today’s perspective a flight on a Syrian Airlines 747SP seems to be such a unique experience...as if someone was telling a story of flying in the 60s...and this was just 12years ago.
I remember getting on this beauty when i was 3. I ran upstairs and the kind attendant brought me down to my parents. Truly a memorable maiden in the Syrian Air fleet that will never be forgotten.
i am from Aleppo. and now live in Europe . i hope that you enjoy the Aleppo Food . it is the best in middle East. to be honest i had a lot of bad experince with syrian air lines too
Sam Chui, thank you very much for your videos! My first flight ever was on a Syrian Air 747-SP from Munich to Damaskus in 1976. It was great! Since that time the 747 is my favorite plane. I think your first flight was with a 747, too.
Nice video Sam. Brings back memories of Aleppo. I worked for an oil exploration company in Syria in 1998 based in Deir Ez-Zour (which later became an ISIS stronghold) and because they needed me to make a boat journey of about 50 metres to survey a tiny island I had to prove I could swim to satisfy health and safety regulations. That meant doing a swim test in the nearest swimming pool which happened to be in Aleppo around 400 kilometres away. So we spent a whole day driving to Aleppo, went straight to the swimming pool, swam one length of the pool, spent a night in a hotel and drove back the following day all so that I could make a 50 meter boat trip. Madness!
Wow Sam, fatigue, hours and hours of delays, fights breaking out among Arabs, security watching you, the plane diversion to Alleppo....It's amazing you love to fly so much after such "scary experiences". WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR CHANNEL IS THAT YOU'RE SO OPTIMISTIC! NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING, AND YOU NEVER SOUND RATTLED. YOU SIR ARE AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING! Doc David, San Antonio, Texas
Oh Gosh! as Syrian, I'm not proud at all of what you've seen! but to be honest, Syrian Air crew did their best to keep this plane operational as they were under unfair sanctions banned the aviation improvement in Syria, but I'm glad that you was on board the YK-AHA one of a time! welcome to Syria after 12 years of your flight!
Exact.🤏 Because of this ban.Syria couldnt buy any thing for its planes to repair.They build kind of their own parts to repair their plane.I am very sad to hear those bad things about my country.I hope for all u guys a piecful life and I hope that u will never have this ssd experience which I had with my country syria.I hope that syria will have peace again.
I am sure these delays had something to do with sanctions. People should appreciate the tenacity of the aircrew and maintenance people trying to do these repairs and fix these problems under the most difficult of circumstances.
mrs.X 510 so they’re story would have gone along the line of “ as soon as we landed, we were picked up by two burly security guards”. Scored before we hit the strip! 🤣
Hey Sam great content, I just joined ur channel. Not only do u provide us with very useful information, u always have such an upbeat personality.Thanks for for all that u do.
It’s amazing that you were at the right place, at the right time (or is it wrong place at the wrong time.......... 😃) to bring us this interesting recollection. Good job!!!
It's terrible that the Syrian people have been thru so much and have had their name dragged through the mud. I really feel for them and am extra-proud of my country (Netherlands 🌷🇳🇱) for taking our share of refugees. They are grateful to be living in a peaceful and prosperous country and their gratitude is all that I need...it's beautiful to see.
Imagin the first electric tram ran in New York in 1904 and in Damascus in 1907 ! Syria got electricity around the end of the 19th century. But the catastrophe happened when Asad family came to power in Syria they removed the trams and throw the country back many years instead of developing it. What happened to Sam gives a simple hint on that. Syrians started their revolution to put the country on the track and live the freedom and democracy again and you know the rest.
Hi Sam, thanks for posting this video, I wish that oneday I can fly on Syrian Air when things get back to normal. Very nice aircraft. Thanks again. 🙂👽🇵🇲🇨🇳🇫🇷🇰🇭🇪🇺🇦🇫🇨🇦🇪🇦🇩🇿🇰🇵🇺🇳🇲🇶🇱🇦🇲🇳🇲🇫🇲🇶🇵🇲🇸🇾
Awesome story Sam! I wish you could have captured that fight on video. Only fight I've seen in-flight was on that Aeroflot IL-96 flight from Bangkok to Moscow.
In 2018, I was about to fly from London Heathrow to Doha on a Qatar Airways Airbus A380. Then we heard the flight was delayed. My family and I waited and waited until the flight was cancelled. We were re-assigned to another A380 and we took off at about 2 in the afternoon, when we were supposed to leave at 8 in the morning! We missed our connecting flight back to Australia, obviously. Luckily for us, Qatar Airways took good care and there were porters, at 12:00 am waiting for us, to take us to our included 5 star hotel, where we stayed for the night. We got to explore Doha and then we were off, a day late. While we were late back home, we won in the end with an unforgettable stay and Doha stopover!
From Japan. 3:05 I can see a sign written in Japanese("非常口",which means emergency exit). Also,maybe the characters written on overhead bins are "窓側"(window side)"通路側"(aisle side) .Was the PanAm experience converted from a Japanese domestic 747(747SR)? Anyway,the video is great and I enjoyed very much!
I had a situation similar to you Sam. In 2016 in Istanbul our Turkish airlines 777-300er had a technical delay. One of the passengers hit a flight attendant and got arrested. A few hours the coup attempt happened.
These days the rules are strict. They will put you in the slammer if you act up. In the plane, at the airport, inflight. Everywhere. You cant even vent your anger
I'm not well English speaker,Your speaking English is so clear so very easy to listen and understand for me. so,I can enjoy your excellent movies with comfortable like as relaxing in first class :D thank you!!
@@rhodium1096 open your mind as much as you open mouth and you will one day understand what we need. We have a corrupt dictator that is killing people at this point there is no difference between him and Taliban.
@@abnalsham9662 Look at Libyans...they have rid of Gadafi and continue fighting!..sorry but Arabs countries are not European countries...and always Dictators and Satrapies will continue rule that countries so they have stability...unless you chose to live under ISIS califate!..
@@rhodium1096 then why didn't spain remain under Franks thought after his death and why didn't Germany remain under Hitler's ruling and why did the french revolution happened, the answer to all these questions is also the reason arab spring began, because living in a country with a dictator is worst then living in hell. If you like Assad so much i welcome you to live there for a week and stay sane afterwards.
