Even though I started flying in the 50’s, I am still constantly awed by the power of those engines (except in those days, it was the different sound of propellers). I can’t understand how people can be so blasé about flying today..me? My nose is stuck to the window every time, and the power of those engines reduces me to welling up with tears of awe - and especially if it’s coupled with leaving a loved one behind. I LOVE planes...it’s a miracle these things can fly like a bird carrying all that weight. Same awe that a huge oil tanker made of metal actually floats and doesn’t sink to the bottom of the sea. I do understand the science behind it all, but I am still in awe...and how we can see and talk to someone on the other side of the world...I could go on!
Follower JC -- Me too .. Flying really turns my crank !! Even after ditching a plane in the middle of the ocean and floating for a week, I still love airplanes and always will.
Same here. You couldn't have summed it up better. My coworkers (accountants) look at me kinda weird when I get into the dynamics of how its totally freaking fascinating how something so big and heavy can be off the ground within seconds and defy the laws of gravity for extended periods. Just mind blowing to me. And you're moving so fast, yet so smooth. Getting goosebumps just talking about it.
My thoughts exactly. After years of flying I still get the window seat just in front of the engines, with my nose "stuck to the window" watching the engines and wing and lift off and flying thru the air!! I'm and engineer an have learned the theory, but like a child it's one of the most amazing things I can imagine. Come on people, have a little more wonder at things we in this day and age get to see!
What a famous Power Plants. The Rolls Royce RB211-524H focused on Boeing 747-400 aircrafts...with everyone at 60.500 lbf of thrust, and working at Full Power...Wow, it's heard very exciting...I love that...That's the authentic and original sound for Jumbo Jets. Is worthy for a Boeing 747-400.
Raw power from these 4 Rolls Royce RB211 engines. In fact boeing say that these engines are so reliable that they hold the record for staying planted to an airframe more than twice as long as any other jet engine without having to be replaced or removed for maintenance. With a max power of upto 60,000lb of thrust these bad boys come at a cost of around £12,000,000 each.
For a 10-11 hour flight on a Queen, it really wasn't a terribly long roll. About 43-44 seconds from maxing thrust to liftoff which is tolerable. Probably about 8,000 feet total but hard to tell exactly.
even better is a standing start when they've held the brakes and revved up the engines to remove ice! You get pushed back in your seat and then you're off like a scalded cat down the runway
@@richardrodrigues783 as far as i am aware the 737 Max * is still grounded in certain countries around the world. China does have a competitor to the 737 max 8 and it is called the Comac C919.
I'd been watching flight simulation videos and when I clicked on this at first I was like 'Oh my God, this is the best graphics I've ever seen'. Maybe someday haha
That thing must have been heavy heavy as it took about 44 secs to lift with a rolling start. I've seen a 747 rotate at 20 secs from a rolling start. Amazing difference.
@@danielmcdermott7785 don't think Virgin Atlantic's are. Still magnificent aircraft but nowhere near as loud as this. To me engine loudness is a non issue, it's the wind noise that takes over in cruise more than anything.
A very quick run down memory lane... The hotel @3:05 is where i worked, @4.38 is where i lived for a brief time and @4:49 is where i went to study to be a chef at Slough University, now knocked down... If you have never heard of Slough it is where the Mars bar came from, The office and the Shelby Cobra, the original being the AC cobra...
Dont know about the Cobra being linked to Slough, but Ford Special Vehicle Operations were based in Langley , next door to Slough - which these days is an absolute toilet.
oh yes - the very best of British Airways. They look lower in the mornings while I watch the fleet leave while stuck in the Langley and M4 traffic - very nice video with a real feeling of British power x 4
This is totally wonderful stuff! Nothing you can ever take legally, or otherwise can ever replace that feeling of the 'real' lift-off. You base your life on pilot skill and those engines that take you to whenever you go. Those engines took me countless thousands of miles and I here I am writing in my old age about the experience and you out there, just fly and enjoy.
No American airlines pilots can ever upgrade to the queen of the skies. Probably a let down to go from a 747 to a 777 or 787. They are more efficient but aren't classics.
Never flown on a Rols Royce powered aircraft,that is a different sound ain't it? Nice,higher pitched ,but nice. Miss that souped up vacuum cleaner sound though.
Superb vid, can really hear those engines roar. I need to get me a shot on some BA 747s before they go, been on Virgin Atlantic ones but don't think they use RB211s, much quieter especially on the upper deck. Think BA are hanging on (for dear life!) to their 747s until 2022 so still time yet.
The most elegant aircraft ever built... just my humble opinion. First flew in one in '98, last time in 2017. Hope a few more yet before they're history.
Awesome video! I had the opportunity to fly on the queen of the skies 2 years ago when I went to visit family in Scotland. I will never forget the roar of the engines and the G-forces pushing me back into my seat. Gorgeous plane, hope to fly on it again.
I wonder what the pilot of a jumbo must be thinking as he/she pulls up the nose and powers up into the wild blue yonder. Any butterflies 🦋 ? Any nerves ? Love the 747 engine roar. Power, style, function: 747 is forever Queen of the Skies !
Gotta luv those RR Turbofan Engines and the way they spin up to that lovely sound that means your header to 35K above the earth! Great visual towards the end of the flexibility of the wings. You can see the way it gives and moves so smoothly. GREAT VIDEO!
I used to work at McCarran airport for National Airlines as an airframe and PowerPlant maintenance tech. Airworthiness certified on the 757 with the Rolls-Royce rb211 engines. That was one powerful engine
I remember flying to Florida in 1999 and we flew out towards Bermuda then across to Florida and the turbulence was quite bad as the wings were up and down and the engines were rocking side to side quite erratically.Quite fun
Has always amazed me how those spinning turbines keep several tons of medal (and other things) suspended in the air. How often I've found myself looking at them when I do fly and thinking 'please keep turning'...amazing feat of technology and engineering.
Amazes me with what kind of material the wings are made of to hold both engines, and the sheer stress of the wind and not saying the weigh of the whole plane!!!
@@ythinder YOU ARE RIGHT. I WAS THINKING OF THE CONCORD. I FLEW IT SEVERAL TIMES TO EUROPE AND BACK LATE 70s AND 80S. ANOTHER GREAT PLANE IS THE DC10. SUPER SMOOTH AND YOU HARDLEY FELT THE LANDING. THANKS FRIEND...
