How The Boeing Jumbo Jet Changed The World | Engineering Giants | Spark 

Absolutely love this documentary but next time please watch the music versus the commentary. The music is way too loud even my closed caption couldn't accurately determine the words being said. Other than that - amazing video!! Please make more. I'd love to see an entire series on airplane engineering!

Hard to follow, the music overpowers the narration

I lost words out of my mouth, engineering technology and science humans brain is more than what I can imagine. I'm very emotional, lots of love and hugs to all of you engineers, technicians that worked on this Boeing 747. You guys just awesome.

My Dad worked directly for Boeing as a electrician for the planes on the maintenance crew, I am so proud of his 15-20 years he served to make sure that all electrical components were wired and functioned correctly cause the electrical is the life blood of what can keep a plane up in the air as well as take off and landing. His by the book attitude when it came to working on these behemoths makes him a very respectable, I inherited his same attitude when it comes to doing any job.

Umm it sounds like the voice channels were turned down and the background music is at a default level. Sounds like what they need is an editor with a passion for editing.... correctly.

I might of watched ALL of this had it not been for the audio level rising and falling. Too bad.

I've been a design engineer for the engine build-up (EBU) since 1991. And after so many new projects from the ground up and re-engining programs, it still fascinating and blows my mind how those engines are able to push the heavy bodies through the air for so many hours non-stop. Kudos to those women and men that put them together and to maintain them in such a good condition!

Fantastic video. Shame about the poor audio mixing! Same with other videos in the series.

I was working 1988 for Cummings Engine based in Columbus, Indiana. And just arrived at Sea-Tac and on my way into Seattle. I was surprised by a Boeing 747-400 coming in for landing at Boeing field next to and along the I-5! It was a magnificent view to see so close! A few years later I had my first opportunity to travel on the upper deck of a new Korean Air 747-400 from JFK roundtrip to Seoul, Korea. Those 15 hr flights on this aircraft were certainly a lifetime experience! I received once a free upgrade to first class in seat A1 from Dallas-Ft Worth to Tokyo with an American Airlines 747-400. Actor Angela Landsbergis, in "Murder she Wrote" had seat B1. She was a very pleasant and interesting travel companion. My seat A1 was special! I was sitting so far in the furthest part of the nose cone that I had a view forward. I had a great view when we landed in Tokyo! American Airlines service from Dallas-Ft Worth to Tokyo in first class is a unique experience and about the best I have experienced! A British Airways flight on a new 747-400 from Dulles Washington to Heathrow was also a great experience. It was easy to notice how happy and proud the crew was on that new 747! That made the flight so much special. I am concerned if an epic epoch in air travel will be over when other aircraft are replacing the 747-400?

Imagine the satisfaction of building it in the first place. Concept, design, build, test flight....

I've been an aircraft technician since my days in the US Air Force and then into my civilian career. The amount of dedication to excellence that goes into keeping these awesome machines in service never ceases to amaze me. Hats off to all of my colleagues around the world! I love you all. We all have the safety of our passengers foremost at heart.

She will ALWAYS be the "Queen of the Skies". I actually got a little teary eyed by the end of the video. To see and feel the pride of these engineers in seeing their charge taking so beautifully back to the skies. (The audio was atrocious, though.)

I couldn't help but drop a tear when seeing the 747 demolished at the end.

Just looking at that Queen Of The Skies take off gives me goosebumps!

I’ve always been fascinated with the airline industry. This video has reinforced my love for the industry.

My favorite Jet in this life, no jet will ever top the 747.

What a fantastic documentary about the 747 Jumbo Jet and particularly those excellent British engineers who put this fantastic flying machine safely back to flying millions of passengers around the world , I am very greatful to all those British Engineers who I belive are the BEST or One Of The Best in the world

as a first year 6th former that aspires to become an engineer in the flight industry this was a very entertaining and educational video, it isnt every day that you get to see the insides of these planes and i hope to one day be carrying out some of these jobs myself. it is unfortunate that the audio from the music was overpowering at points but still a very entertaining video and i applaud the effort that has gone into it

"I have never heard of a 747 getting down to flying with those 3 instruments, there is a huge amount of redundency". Not a 747 but the United Airlines crash of a DC-10 had complete hydraulic failure. This was so unexpected that there was not even a checklist for it.

I went back and watched the original I had recorded when it was broadcast in 2012, and the volume of the music is much quieter in that version - you can hardly hear the music when they are talking. Seems like somewhere between the original production and this RU-vid version the audio mix was messed up, as whoever created the original audio did the job just fine. I wonder how that happens?

Brilliant documentary and very fascinating to watch! But yeah, as so many have said, the music simply was interfering too much with the narration, it's a shame. Apart from that it was awesome!

The music frequently wipes out the voices. Might as well watch it with the sound off.

Airplane demolition makes me so sad... Rest in peace you beautiful bird!

I love seeing one of these things taking off at Heathrow.

What a beautiful big bird....I'll always love the 747..

The ending was so nice. When she takes to the night sky with the staff watching

One of those few last places where qualified workers are doing quality work...

The 747 is not "affectionately known as the 'jumbo jet'". That is what it's actually called. It's affectionately called the "Queen of the Skies"! Good documentary ruined by very poor audio mixing.

For me the 747 is the most wonderful plane ever!

After watching this, I will never take flying for granted again..

the original is perfectly edited, this is knocked off

The Jumbo is a wonderful plane.

Loved this, one of the best aviation videos I've watched, nothing like getting under the nuts & bolts of these beautiful aviation wonders.

So thats how the wheels fit after takeoff. I have always wondered how they would fit underneath the airplane. Now my childhood question has finally been answered after 32 years.

I took my first 747 when I was 4 traveling to Riyhad, Saudi Arabia from the US. Then flying back home when I was older. My father was stationed there in the US Army.

who would want to listen to this when you hear music so loud you cant understand a word people are saying 3 minuites was enough to ruin possibly a very interesting documentry

The sound mix is all over the place; the voice over is sometimes so low compared to the music, that you cannot understand the words. My suspicion is that this show was originally mixed for TVs with surround speakers, and when converted to plain stereo for uploading to RU-vid, the surround channels were given the same volume as the center channel, and that changed all the levels.

Man, the things that humans make are INCREDIBLE.

Seems pointless to pile on, but yeah, the interesting information is covered up with music.

I can’t believe the 747 is naw retired. I’m crying because it’s gone. I’m lost with words I can’t believe it

Thumbnail says king of the skies Yet the 747 Is the queen of the skies

Would have nice to have you visit BOEING in Renton, Washington USA to witness the construction of the 747!

I love the 747s. I think everyone has a great love and fondness for them. They are as loved as Concorde. Icons. Sad they are being phased out.

An exciting and educational video, thank you SPARK.

I have many wonderful memories traveling aboard the 74 Jumbo queen of the sky will Alway's be my favorite

Watching in 2020 as all the airlines are retiring their 747 fleet. I wish I could have flown on one, I've never flown overseas, so never been on the queen of the sky's.

That deafening ROAR when them engines turn on and take off is a RUSH!

Great video of the 747-400 highlighting the complexity of the Queen of the Skies. Waaaaaaaay too loud background music drowns out the narration and conversation to the point of being inaudible. Hint to the producers.

Seems like an interesting documentary. Would love to see a version of it where the narrator isn't buried -40dB underneath the plane sounds and weird synth msuic. I love aviation history and I bet the stuff he's saying is super interesting. They should let a non-insane person mix the audio!

I love how the show a 747 throttle quadrant but then a 737 cockpit

Tedious work!!!

For your information , the Jumbo Jet is still build in the Biggest construction building on Earth , near Seattle . Something that still makes me feel astonished by

I painted 747's in the 90's, best job ever.....

Very interesting. I flew by first class on the upper deck on a British Airways 747 from St Lucia Caribbean. This is my favourite plane with the Airbus A380 coming 2nd. Great quality video. Thanks for sharing

Great doc however, when the back ground music is playing the narrators voice becomes obscured & I was listening to it thru my wifi into my hifi @ high volumes. Perhaps headphones may have helped.

She is not the "King of the Sky". She is the "Queen of the Sky"! And I agree, they need to do better then having the narrator talking over the hosts! Terrible!

No, the venturi for the emergency slide keeps everything from freezing from the co2 and yes uses less co2.

Congrats on the "how it flies" segment at 23:00 All pilots get the Bernouli version which is WRONG - it explains how we have so many stall, LOC, and AOA accidents JR

I'm from South Wales and I laughed when the man said "Bampi"! It's South Wales slang for Grandfather.

Queen of the skies. She's a beaut!

The biggest best airliner ever that can be completely destroyed by a single piece of duct tape

And the 747 of Qantas is almost Retired, Im gonna Miss It So Much

Why did they need a resister for the lighting test?

What a fab video, love the 747 big like from me 👍

What purpose does the LOUD dramatic music serve?

I'm watching this Video Now on The Boeing 747's which is Interesting to watch fa sure Awesome Video!!!!

Well done. Says this Canadian pilot/engineer.

Great insight into how BA do their refits. I fly a lot of RC stuff and I get nervous after rebuilds :) 😂 I can imagine how they felt............

I guess old topgear music director found his way to spark

I love these shows

The Mars Intro from Terry Devine King amazing

So... You play dramatic music and the plane is good as new. Thats what I'm learning from this video. lol

To the people who complain about the ads, get a ad blocker or pay for RU-vid red. As for the sound, understand it's too defeat RU-vid's algorithm.

Music is WAY too loud. We can barely hear the speaker. It’s a shame someone put together a one-hour video demanding so much work, but that I did not make it to the 4-minute mark. And aviation is my favourite subject.

THANK YOU

Olympic sized swimming pools, the weight of (insert number) double decker London buses, the length of (insert another number) of football pitches, the weight of (another one) adult elephants etc etc etc...... If only there were some sort of numeric system to represent the values of size and weight. Something should be done. P.S. Whoever mixed the audio for the above should consider learning about the decibel scale of ratio measurement.

The 747 is a wonder of engineering considering that when it was designed slide rule was king. The computer programs to manufacture the plane was developed in the 50's and Boeing had to load their IBM 360's with micro code that emulated the older 50's era IBM computer on which the programs were developed; the programs ran at night so that the 360's could be used natively during the day. It required rows and rows of tape machines; the computer operators used roller skates to go about changing tapes.

16:53 He looked a bit suspicous there and in the second scene it almost looked like he was about to pull out a random wire or something haha

There are a few times where the narration is drowned out by the music and sound effects is it happening to anyone else?

Question what is the music in the beginning?

loveeeeeee this plane 747

Can this video be reworked for a better audio track?

Hey, my dad most likely worked on the wings on almost every 47... If they were made in Renton/Auburn he built 'em. At least until he passed in 1983

I agree. Kept turning down the volume trying to quiet the background music. I lasted about 4 minutes.

I love the royalty free buzzfeed unsolved music

Anyone know which recording of Verdi's "Va, piensero" is used at 42:30?

We do this same job on 737s and wow! I’d love the chance to work on something so much bigger. Makes the 737 look like nothing.

7:19 "There's no garages at 36 thousand feet !" That's right, but you can pull over anywhere up there and call a recovery truck for help.

They talked about safety, safety, safety a lot, but yet there's a deadline and "pressure" to meet the deadline?

It seems like it is going to be amazing, but it has lackluster audio... which kills the whole thing... i am bummed.

26:00 dont forget about saint elmos fire

That's awesome jop amazing

The audio fluctuations were the stain on the documentary. Otherwise, very informative.

This looks so much of work and costs so much money to airlines if this planes have to go through check every five years

wonderful review

Crazy, take it all apart, and put it all back together, just in time to go back into service. I suppose the ferry flight from maintenance back to its operating hub, and its 1st flight with passengers is the most important and nerve racking one. Where and if anything is scuffed, well itll be apparent then.

Would be nice when someone edits these videos that they make the music quieter then the voices when their talking instead of making louder where we can’t hear the people talk

The music is too loud

Not sure if anyone from production reads this, but the score is too loud around 35:30, making the narration very difficult to understand.

God bless the Queen of Sky..