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Virgin takes very good care of their customers and their machines we flew in „hot lips“ and „Jersey girl“ in 2018 and thought they were new planes. Both are retired. „Hots lips“ was scrapped already.
Every 747 can carry a 5th pod under the left wing I also worked a lot on G-VWOW prior her leaving to join Virgin Galactic now Virgin Orbit, that aircraft never skipped a beat
I’ve actually worked on the Virgin Cosmic girl during my time as a ground engineer for Virgin Atlantic at that time we knew her as G-VWOW Cosmic Girl. I was working the day she departed for as we thought storage, but it turned out she was off to a new career. She was quite a new aircraft in very good condition, hope they’re treating her well in her new job!
I got to sit under the Cosmic Girl for a long time. I interacted with the team a lot. There is so much to tell about the aircraft. Who is flying it? That's a story on its own. When they bought the 747, they stripped it down and were astonished to see how well Virgin Atlantic maintained its fleet. Made me feel good because I flew them at the time. It's an impressive airplane. The extra pylon looked almost mangaesque in its design. What a great team. I would work for them in a heartbeat.
I saw 747 number one and two being built and I watched number 2 roll out and eventually fly with my dad who worked on it, I have super eight movies of its first flight coming down Puget Sound off Edmonds Beach . Number one never flew, it was tortured and destroyed in stress test jigs. Dad took me in to watch some of that too! He worked on B-52 number 11, 707 number one, and the first 747 until his retirement and 99! Thanks dad!
I've driven through Mojave a couple of times. Early in 2020 I saw Cosmic Girl there and didn't know why a Virgin Atlantic 747 was there. I learned about Launcher One late last year, and then it clicked for me.
I've driven through Mojave a couple of times. Early in 2020 I saw it there and didn't know why a Virgin Atlantic 747 was there. I learned about Launcher One late last year, and then it clicked for me.
Back in 2001 while living in Illinois about 30 miles north west of Chicago, one morning I saw a 747 SP flown by Mandarin Airlines circling in a racetrack hold pattern about a half mile south of me. Every time it made a turn, the pilot over compensated going wings level after its turn. The plane did this on every turn giving the impression of being flown by someone who wasn’t that good at flying. I was concerned enough after the 9-11 attacks with airliners that I called the local police who then contacted the FAA. It lucky turned out be nothing in that it was a legitimate flight, but convinced me that Mandarin Airlines pilot’s were sub standard.
Even though she tried to kill me (fell off a work stand just above the left wing leading edge), I still love her. She was instrumental in teaching me to be the mechanic I am today. I worked on them with Northwest Airlines 1985-2005. Then after the strike was over & Delta bought NWA, I worked for Delta for 10 years 2010 - 2020. I retired 4 years ago & I still love watching videos of the aircraft.
The SP is definitely more of a mod than the Pokemon livery. And on that subject, the third Ed Force 1 is a lot cooler than any Pokemon themed plane. That third plane was a 747 with Iron Maiden livery and sometimes flown by lead singer Bruce Dickinson.
I remember the first 747 for South African Airways delivery flight which did a detour over Johannesburg so people could see it. There was a spare engine attached to the one wing.
Would love to, but I don't think there're any modified A380's out there. I might be wrong though, in which case I would live to discover some and make a video about it 👍🏼
From the beginning, the 747 was engineered to ferry a fifth engine under the inboard left wing with a full passenger load. This does reduce the range and over all performance and there are established flight adjustments made like increased Rt rudder, reduced cruise speed, and altitude. It's not a cheap way to ferry an engine though.
Flew a PanAm 747SP Singapore - New York via Hongkong and San Francisco 1980. Very nice trip in First Class. Strange feeling though to board in a short-sleeved shirt and exit in NY in a business suit in full winter!
I‘m happy that I got to see two 747SPs. One was the SOFIA and the other one the VIP 747SP of the Omani Government, which also has an addictional hump on its hump. Sadly this 747SP was retired last year :( I also got to see other special 747s like the prototype and many 747s of heads of state
The VIP SP is in storage at Pinal Air Park, parked next to it is another SP ‘Star Alliance’. The Rolls Royce 747-200 test bed lives at Tucson International and flies regularly.
About 1973 Seaboard World received their first 747-200 new from Boeing with a nose cargo door as well as the side door. It was know as the container ship becaise long containers could go in thru the nose. It could actually handle a 40 foot container. For a few years that aircraft held the worlds record for the greatest T/O weight.
from Calcutta, Air India once had 5 engines flown to Tokyo in 1980, one guy took the photo while climbing up the stairs from his Minolta film camera, little knowing that his son who born just few months later, will post that moment as a youtube comment 42yrs later... :)
This is such an amazing video, one of the best videos on one of the best machines to exist built by the human race! After watching a few videos following a discovery of Top 10 Aviation... I didn’t care to judge a book by its cover and just subscribed! 😎😉 The 747 is just such a majestic plane, long live the Queen! 👑
Know that there are still 11 to roll off the assembly line,! Two years from dead . say your prayers maybe somebody will order some! Still the cheapest plane to fly per pound!
@@jeffpalmer5502 And the air cargo market is doing quite fine--which is what the 747 was designed for originally. If air travel starts picking back up again, we may yet see passenger 747s again. I think 747s will be flying until 2040, at the very least.
Top 10 Aviation No Problem :) will watch the part 1 Update: The Part 2 is amazing. Some of the 747s I know. Some don't. But really, this is the best 747 video ever.
I flew on an Air Canada 747 from Heathrow to Toronto which was ferrying an engine back for maintenance, Reduced loading meant I had 3 seats abreast to myself. Got a visit to the cockpit. The pilot thought the Gander ATC controller was being an a-hole. This was in the 70s.
I saw one of the engine test planes by Glasgow MT. It looked strange because one of the engines was HUGE. I read later it was for the 787. I saw the Shuttle one in Colorado Springs with the SHuttle on its back when it stopped for fuel on the way to Florida. I have seen a completely unmarked except for tail number 747. I saw the Presidential 747 in Idaho and Colorado. Actually watched it land but it was on 35L and I was by 35R along with about 20 other people.
What about Flying Tigers? Transporting animals, wild and domestic, around the world as well as cargo. I’m talking whales, elephants, giraffes, horses.....
Did Boeing make a mistake in ending production of the 747? It seems like there is still a lot of interest in it. It _is_ the coolest jet ever made, right? I wonder if it was fuel costs? Maybe even with state of the art engines and all the other high tech upgrades, it still burned a ridiculous amount of fuel? I wouldn't be surprised if that was why. FYI as a child I had an uncle who worked for Boeing. He's gone now but I'm told that he also worked on the space shuttle for a few years.
