I love a 747 in any shape form or fashion. I worked for the Boeing company for 13 years. When the go around was given she gracefully raised her nose to the heavens gathered up her landing gear and started a graceful right turn for her go around and when she did come in not a waver nor a wing dip nor any unsettled movements just the most minimal adjustment from the pilot she touched down once again. The 747 in any configuration is not the easiest aircraft to fly but you Mike Stone make it look like childs play. You are a damn good pilot sir...
The most Amazing Video of a 747 on approach I have ever seen! I thought my screen locked up,it was like motionless in the air, doing 180 knots! Kudos to a fantastic controller also!
Love this, especially the dialog with ATC in the middle! We were fortunate to be there last night as well to see it live, but it's super fun watching it again. Thank you!!
Awesome job by the tower controller here by remembering and following set procedures for large aircraft operations. Definitely could have resulted in a loss of separation or even a possible collision. Thank you atc for everything you guys do to keep us pilots safe!
Great video. Thank you for sharing. The 747: the most incredible and graceful looking passenger plane ever built. A Tri-Star probably comes in second...
I work at ups worldport at sdf, I'm so lucky I get to see these giants every night! It's truly amazing what all ups moves in a 6 hour period. It's absolutely insanity some times!
I seriously went back and forth 3 times in my head watching this trying to figure out if the video was an actual recording or a MSFS recreation. That’s one perfectly shiny wax job lol
I just can't begin to imagine what it must feel like to a pilot the first time he or she takes off and lands a 747, or any other similarly sized aircraft. It must be fantastic.
What a superb aircraft the 747 is-I miss seeing our beautiful, young QANTAS 747-438ER passenger planes departing near my Sydney home…they were dumped in the desert while still safe, validated, superbly maintained and healthy…
I love the sun shining through the first stage fans onto the back of the engines at 6:20. Also, you have some really loud birds. Plus, it's a ways to a railroad track, but the train whistle is louder than the jet engines! No complaints, just noticed.
I liked the sun shining through too! The light rail goes in and out of T2 right near where I'm at. I'm not a fan of the horns they blow every time when coming in. I try my best to lower the audio levels else it would be quite a bit louder ;)
Still one of the most exquisite Passenger Aircraft of all time, only outdone by Concorde...... RIP. I've only ever been on 4 "Jumbos". In 1976 on Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Johannesburg via Nairobi. In 1991 with Qantas on a 400 from Harare to Perth, (Au). Again in 1991 on a SP Version from Perth to Singapore, followed by on the 400 to Heathrow. I have to say, the SP took off like a rocket! Thank you Boeing.
thought my screen froze up a few times. It just looks like this giant beast of a plane is floating in the air, not traveling at 160-180 knots lol. Great job
Nice quiet day at the office. Everyone that is responsible for flight safety just going about the business of being safe and professional, nice to see. Very impressive camera lens too, and good tracking and framing. Well done. 🙂
The tail on that beast is bigger than my last apartment. You make it look majestic. Amazing that we have evolved to making incredible machines like this but can't stop slaughtering each other for a minute.
The Queen of the Skies is the most appropriate name ever given to an Aircraft. A top 5 most important aircraft all time. (the other 5 are Orville and Wilburs plane at the 1 slot, The C47 Dakota, The 707, and 737.)
Landing airport (for those who don't know) MSP = Minneapolis Saint Paul - landing was from the east crossing Fort Snelling State Park the airport is on top of a Bluff. Metro Transit Light rail train, in the distance, is blowing it's horn
wow! wow! such footage! you wonder whether videographer is as...gooood as the pilot - or vice versa. Sorry tower - the day belongs to the pilot and the cameraman!!! great!
I worked in Louisville 98-2000 and my window looked out on the UPS landing flight path. Some days it seemed there was a plane landing every 10 minutes, including lots of 747's. I think the UPS hub is the only reason they call the airport International because the civilian airport was a dump. At least it was back then.
Not sure, but the fuel cost alone is not trivial. Since the fuel burn is around 3000 gallons per hour (based on what I could find online) we can estimate that a go-around could consume 750 to1000 gallons of jet fuel if touchdown is 15 or 20 minutes later than expected. I think these jets tend to fly with three crew members on board, so that will add a little to the cost, and the maintenance per flight hour on this beast is not cheap.
I agree the camera work was on point. That extra lap around the pattern I can assure you is much cheaper than having to replace a wingtip had they collided
My Dad flew UPS 747-200's & retired in July 2001..He would of hated the Modern Fancy controls in the newer 747's..Old Fart Fly Guy...But I think it's great
Beautiful! Had never realized that the doors close back on the gear. Love the camera work and that steady panning shot! Are you panning manually or with something that tracks the shot for you?
@@KMSPVideos I'm astonished at your tracking mastery and the clarity of the picture. No chromatic distortion, no visible atmospheric noise, perfect framing and perfect focus. You should try to track the ISS, that would probably be something to see.
@@Mark-pp7jy actually I do and know what dicks they are… so “professionals” that are unprofessional. PS we don’t push out of concourse A, B, C, D, E, F or G and we don’t model with double breasted suits either. 😜
That was an amazingly stable approach and an even more amazingly stable camera!!! How was this recorded? Is the camera mounted in some kind of motion tacking system similar to the ones used in astronomy?
@@KMSPVideos ... Ok, so how did you do it? I don't believe (but I can be wrong) that it is just a good stable hand in itself. You can see how the image gets briefly destabilized when you operate the zoom during the go-around. Built-in image stabilization? Post-processing stabilization?
By "your size", did the controller mean the A330 was too small or too large to be on the taxiway when the 747 landed? Are they concerned about wake turbulence for plane that size, that's not even on the runway?😳 Everybody involved were class acts! Great video. I've never been so mesmerized by something (apparently) sitting motionless In the sky
