Mega Power KLM 747 Take off St Maarten 

Excellent! who needs music on their phone?

Dez Rosswess the sound is music

You're right! 747 is my all time favorite plane...

COOORRROOOONNAAAAA

Town would be in lockdown

+S a ud Siddiqui

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what? on the mountain side?

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Yeah, they dont make em' like this anymore.

Meanwhile, the 380 was short lived and it never had a chance at becoming the queen of the skies.

Hi

Beasts!! What a roar

mrwhodatallday504 Yes that's because this plane isn't fully loaded. They fly to Curaçao first, then they are fully loaded to Amsterdam.

How do you know what sex this aircraft is?

@@sprintbass All Boeing planes are females while Airbus be males.

oAc H卂LĹucᎥNAtinǤ I agree

@@sprintbass Ships and planes are females. I never heard of a ship or boat referred to as "he" loool

Because it's old school! When planes had style and character.

Bet that keeps the beers cool!

@@DezRosswess Super chilled really. LOL

😂😂😂😂😂

So do my GE LED bulbs

+Michael Hollier Just like the Ultravox song! (Hymn)

Ya, Good call Dez, have a great day!!

Right on Michael, you can add GE to that also.

+Jim Jesko and thanks for watching it and commenting!

Yes, waiting to board the more modern aircraft just doesnt have the same appeal now.

I was at London Heathrow waiting to board a Pan Am 747 to JFK in New York. It was at the old part of the airport and the gate windows were lower than modern ones. The nose filled the windows and was positively huge looking up at it. I took some 35mm photos of it. I also took pictures over the Atlantic in the afternoon where the clouds below were gold, orange and purple. It was a glimpse of Heaven. The plane was named Pan Am Clipper Maid of the Seas. Years later, I was watching a news bulletin. Lying on its side on the ground at Lockerbie, Scotland was the nose of Pan Am Clipper Maid of the Seas, taken down by a terrorist's bomb December 21, 1988. This chokes me up even now.

Yes these were the glory days at SXM! I agree long haul flights that I've had since don't have the same excitement. Thanks for giving it another watch good that YT is still putting it out there.

How it should be!

+Rodney Brown Yes it's a great view when you're on it.

Willie Gilligan 116,000 lbs of pure KICK ASS!!! how something so big and heavy can look so graceful in the sky, is beyond me. this is one of the coolest videos on here.

Better with Pratt & Whitney's.

John Street nope. Better with cf6

Better with Rolls Royce.

Who would win? A CF6-80 that powers a 747-400(ER) A GE90-115B that powers a 777-300ER

GE9X

+Peter Casserly Agreed!

Yeh man

Awe what about the A350? :(

If you were a takeoff junkie you would know that these engines are actually on the A330 too.

Then you'd love the sound they make when those engines are tested

same

Love those engines..!

Carlos Krueger love them too but Rolls Royce rb211 sounds better on the 747/757/767

+Carlos Krueger Even crashes?

No..no crashes...

***** glad you enjoyed it thanks!

Because they are exactly made to flex so much. Indeed this is why they rarely break up

And thanks for enjoying it!

+Geoffr524 this is probably the only place where a 747 carrying passangers has to do it, not just because it can.

+deltavee2 and thanks for watching it!

Timeless!

+D Heyes So you've been there, have you been recently? nothing really changes apart from traffic and beach condition sometimes.

+Dez Rosswess I'm usually there at least once a year. I love the Caribbean because of the laid-back, barefoot beach life.

Nice to see people still enjoying this!

@@DezRosswess absolutely I wish I could've gotten a 747 on my channel

Good to see people still enjoying this!

Thanks for watching and enjoying it!

+Adam S Not to mention the immense forces of lift and gravity that are also acting on the wing at any given time. Aircraft wings are extremely tough structures, it's insane.

Great!

Will not be forgotten!

TheMarcogoon49 thanks

Glad I went when they were still active there!

Good that its still being watched thanks!

And thanks for watching and enjoying it!

you should seen the wing tests done, it can take like 600x its limit its insane. only thing id be worried about is metal fatigue causing the wing to snap, but that would take a long time and it would definitely be noticed

There are so many regulations and protocols for maintenance of those planes.. like, the same mechanic can't work on both engines of a two-engine plane. It scares me too sometimes, but honestly, over 100,000 flights a day and all we ever hear about are the crashes. The only safer form of transportation is the elevator. The only part that scares me anymore is the landing. I don't know why, but I'm always afraid the gear is gonna snap under the pressure and roll the plane. But up until now my fears have been 100% unfounded.

Charlie Harper lol actually landing is the easiest part for me because I look through the window to see how close are we to ground which makes me feel or think "well ...even if we fall we may still survive at this height" lol ...

Enigma ___ same

A Plane can stand way more then you think. Oh, and a popped tire won't make your plane crash and fly out of control ad land upside-down.

Yes, trying to concentrate on filming until it makes the turn it is pretty strong.

+Jake Jones GE engines power Klm's 747s

+Dez Rosswess Guess a lot of things have changed through the years. :)

327 chev me too with dolby atmos at full blast

I was wearing an earphone

It was probably the pilot.

3 am...3 am.... 3 am....3 am...

Eternal

No longer flying but the sound lives on!

jelmerpilotHD thanks Jelmer, yes was an enjoyable journey.

+johan274 lol

+Francois Gauthier and thank you for watching it!