KLM 747 Extreme Jet Blast blowing People away at Maho Beach, St. Maarten - 2014-01-14

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  • Опубликовано: 16 мар 2016
  • Extreme Jet Blast on Maho Beach, St. Maarten, SXM:
    KLM 747 PH-BFB "City of Bangkok" departing to Amsterdam blowing some People away.
    © Kai A. Hortmann
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @Tm_37
    @Tm_37 Год назад +2163

    It still baffles me how a machine of this size can fly. Respect to all the great minds putting this together.

    • @yadgy6962
      @yadgy6962 Год назад +51

      I love watching the A380s take off from JFK. I would be sitting on the bay off runways 4L....to see an Air France A380 lift off...wow. it's moving so slow and seems to defy the laws of gravity and physics. Part of me is waiting for it to fall out of the sky (I don't want that, but that's what my brain is thinking )

    • @eckyx9019
      @eckyx9019 Год назад +52

      And 60 or 70 years before the mighty 747 flew aircraft were made of string, wood and cloth.

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 Год назад +19

      Bernoulli's principle.

    • @nigeriadiasporaachievers978
      @nigeriadiasporaachievers978 Год назад +5

      Honestly anytime I think of how impossible it should be i can't get myself to fly

    • @annettelacey7913
      @annettelacey7913 Год назад +9

      I was thinking the same,there so big and heavy,like great biats how do they float

  • @aggiearko3331
    @aggiearko3331 2 года назад +2286

    I'm a retired flight attendant. I flew there many times. The pilots saw this as a perk of the job. Plus...you have to take off hard and fast. Mountain in front of you.

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад +27

      oh how cool!!:>))

    • @mikaylathecat1658
      @mikaylathecat1658 2 года назад +17

      That's really cool 🤩

    • @jeraleewood5969
      @jeraleewood5969 2 года назад +26

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @dawsondetrana5496
      @dawsondetrana5496 2 года назад +65

      Hard and fast just like I like it

    • @eyemnew2991
      @eyemnew2991 2 года назад +28

      @@dawsondetrana5496
      😄..I'm pretty sure that's not what it meant, but nevertheless , good comment 👍

  • @Dqueen11
    @Dqueen11 Год назад +356

    This doesn't get old. Beautiful plane! challenging airport, and crazy people having fun!! What a combo

    • @bigboymatthew7471
      @bigboymatthew7471 Год назад +3

      they have to be careful though a girl tripped on the road and died because her head hit the border

    • @lisak.1814
      @lisak.1814 11 месяцев назад +1

      I stood behind one of these at this airport (across the street, and was able to duck behind a car.) Exhilarating! Also got a free dermabrasion lol. This is a fun airport to watch.

    • @jean-lucpierre8636
      @jean-lucpierre8636 17 дней назад

      That's your idea of having fun?

    • @user-ie8bz7jz2r
      @user-ie8bz7jz2r 14 дней назад +2

      @@bigboymatthew7471 I read an old woman, in her sixties, lost her grip, her head hit the concrete and she died. I didn't know another person, a girl, also died this way. You have to hang on, its fun, but if you don't have the strength to hang on its not for you.

  • @joelsteckler2191
    @joelsteckler2191 Год назад +71

    Nothing better than going to a tropical island and sit on a crowded beach with the sound and smell of jet engines. Crossing that off the list

    • @ViniSDL
      @ViniSDL 2 месяца назад +13

      These people are there precisely because of the jet engines. Some people, myself included, simply find it really awesome seeing 400 metric tons take off into the sky

    • @nigelfarage69
      @nigelfarage69 2 месяца назад +7

      There are plenty of other beaches around the island without this going on.

    • @turolretar
      @turolretar Месяц назад +1

      Good thing you aren’t there

  • @dBro4769
    @dBro4769 5 лет назад +2737

    I bet those pilots never wanted rear view mirrors so badly.

    • @anteeklund4159
      @anteeklund4159 5 лет назад +6

      Donovan Brothen lol

    • @friendlypiranha774
      @friendlypiranha774 5 лет назад +11

      Donovan Brothen Whaaa, haaa, haa, ha. I nearly spat my coffee out😂😂😂

    • @Anna-ym5mh
      @Anna-ym5mh 5 лет назад +8

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @trevorvallo5841
      @trevorvallo5841 5 лет назад +7

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @damusicman.3196
      @damusicman.3196 5 лет назад +12

      Haha! ... lookalike a bunch of ants blown-away! 😁

  • @JohnSmith-wj2wd
    @JohnSmith-wj2wd 3 года назад +3438

    What has fascinated me is that after all those countless takeoffs that happened there, there's still sand on that beach.

    • @artrose1717
      @artrose1717 3 года назад +79

      Has to do with the way the air flows. Just above the sand, the air flow = 0. Zero.

    • @martinraxyz
      @martinraxyz 3 года назад +61

      It's just a drop in the ocean, nothing more. 😁

    • @jessdawgcrampz6389
      @jessdawgcrampz6389 3 года назад +44

      If u only knew how far out the sand was 15 years ago m8 n imagin b4 dat the beach was way out i can remember as a kid going there

    • @martinraxyz
      @martinraxyz 3 года назад +4

      @@isabellind1292 Haha! I can bet!!!

    • @susieq2334
      @susieq2334 2 года назад +63

      Waves bring more sand into the beach. Crazy how nature brings everything into balance!

  • @7080nik
    @7080nik 5 месяцев назад +34

    Those KLM 747s are the most beautiful planes in the world. Seeing them land and taking off on this Island is just frikkin awesome!!!

    • @mauditebalvenie
      @mauditebalvenie Месяц назад +3

      Yeah I was lucky to fly on one JFK to Schiphol, such a smooth flight.

  • @user-br9tc5bx3y
    @user-br9tc5bx3y Год назад +52

    The greatest plane ever built. Flew at least 7 times on a B-747 from 1976 to 1985. Once in 1st class.

    • @leedza
      @leedza 2 месяца назад

      747 is a legend of the skies.

  • @Scottocaster6668
    @Scottocaster6668 5 лет назад +1429

    Co- Pilot: "Sir, look at all the beach bums that decided to ignore the warning signs during jet departure..."
    Captain: "Oh yea??... Watch This!!!" 👍😝👍

  • @mastacheifa1182
    @mastacheifa1182 6 лет назад +3893

    *If it can take that massive thing into the air at 500+ mph, what could it do to your body? LETS STAND RIGHT BEHIND IT AND FIND OUT!!!*

    • @ally9743
      @ally9743 5 лет назад +45

      Advocatus Diaboli Why is everyone taking this so seriously it was a joke

    • @ally9743
      @ally9743 5 лет назад +5

      Advocatus Diaboli Exalted because you cant take one

    • @ally9743
      @ally9743 5 лет назад +13

      Advocatus Diaboli You’re being so rude for one little comment 😹😹 stop making it such a big deal 😹😹

    • @syahmiahmad2166
      @syahmiahmad2166 5 лет назад +1

      AllyInTheCut ‘ 🐱😂😂😂😂🐱😂🐱😂🐱🐱🐱😂😂😅😅😂😄😢😢😊😑😹😹😹😹😹

    • @tanthedrummanhebert9108
      @tanthedrummanhebert9108 5 лет назад +21

      Why would anybody wanna stick around for that

  • @deep.space.12
    @deep.space.12 Год назад +33

    Love the joy of those two dudes who managed to hang on to the fence!

  • @IAMBlessed811
    @IAMBlessed811 Год назад +12

    😂😍 years after my grandmother passed away,she always told us this story and we laughed together,and now watching this video somehow made me SO happy for Her to see the experience she had in the Caribbean.
    my grandmother is a blessed Soul,and from this episode she just laughed,how she just flew towards the sea 🌊
    and at the time I was an teenager,I just traveling in her stories 😊❤️♾️😂🙏🏽♾️👵🏼✈️❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🙏🏽

  • @randomname1635
    @randomname1635 7 лет назад +480

    its just so satisfying seeing how immensly powerful these jet engines are

    • @princeharming8963
      @princeharming8963 2 года назад +11

      They burn a gallon of fuel per second. Amazing!

    • @workerdoer114
      @workerdoer114 2 года назад +16

      Thrust and lift won't work for something that heavy without jet propulsion to achieve adequate speed. That law is amazing, and the intelligence to take advantage of it is truly God-sent. Wow!

    • @perdetha
      @perdetha 2 года назад +2

      I saw that mountain and wondered.

    • @chirstfullgospelchurch5906
      @chirstfullgospelchurch5906 2 года назад +1

      @@workerdoer114 LLLll

    • @chirstfullgospelchurch5906
      @chirstfullgospelchurch5906 2 года назад

      @@workerdoer114 ko ollllllopplplpolllllollllllllllllllllllllollllllllllll

  • @leonaessens4399
    @leonaessens4399 2 года назад +307

    Apart from everything else, KLM's striking livery just has to be one of the most successful in aviation history.

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад +12

      fortunate to have made kt out the debacle ofTenerife in 76

    • @Calmdown1354
      @Calmdown1354 Год назад +7

      Will always be remembered for Tenerife!

    • @leonaessens4399
      @leonaessens4399 Год назад +9

      @@Calmdown1354 Sadly, you're right. For an airline with such pedigree (Qantas is the world's oldest airline but KLM was only one year behind), Tenerife was a catastrophic event KLM may never live down...

    • @Calmdown1354
      @Calmdown1354 Год назад +7

      @@leonaessens4399 I guess it's only for those who know about it though. British Airways are regarded highly by a lot here in the UK, although I know them having had a fair few bad incidents!! I personally don't rate them very highly at all. I think the problem with KLM in Tenerife, was the way the pilot clearly ignored his orders!

    • @PeterKKraus
      @PeterKKraus Год назад

      United would not agree.

  • @skhan7154
    @skhan7154 Год назад +8

    Nothing beats the elegance of B747 .

  • @aliciacarpino8931
    @aliciacarpino8931 4 месяца назад +5

    This video randomly came across my feed, probably because we recently celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in Saint Maarten. In looking at the date that this video was taken, this was when my husband and I were in Saint Marteen for our honeymoon. Low and behold we are on that beach and in this video. I am laughing and reminiscing on how I would never do that again, but rather watch from a far. (I’m in the pink bottoms and my husband is holding up a camera) 🤣 this made my day!

  • @jimanianortonified7015
    @jimanianortonified7015 6 лет назад +956

    If I were a hungry shark, that's the part of shore I will hang out at.

    • @eastsidebarajas6932
      @eastsidebarajas6932 5 лет назад +18

      Lol comments like these

    • @randomguy-vn6pe
      @randomguy-vn6pe 5 лет назад +11

      @@Thisisaburneraccounttheresmore easy, get off the blow area and get them when the plane already goes, free meals 4 days

    • @forssi1
      @forssi1 5 лет назад +7

      I would not be judging you.
      You're just a shark being a shark.
      There would be no need to kill you or anything.

    • @Huvve1980
      @Huvve1980 5 лет назад +18

      Dinner and a show

    • @Sarasdad91
      @Sarasdad91 5 лет назад +2

      I seriously doubt that Jaws would go near that plane. Not unless he wants to be blown to the bottom of the ocean...

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 2 года назад +190

    I love how close that plane is to the fence when it’s positioned for takeoff

  • @boatman222345
    @boatman222345 Год назад +10

    I worked as a layout engineer at Logan Airport in Boston in the 1960s and back then airports were required to built blast fences to deflect the turbulent discharge when the pilots powered up the engines. These people could easily have been ensured by this. The noise alone could seriously damage their hearing.

  • @JohnSmith-bn7bl
    @JohnSmith-bn7bl Год назад +23

    loved those 747s. should still be in service and still manufactured. proven design and build.

    • @bigboymatthew7471
      @bigboymatthew7471 Год назад

      didn't even know they stopped. but there are some still in service just not being manufactured

    • @RegiyThornton
      @RegiyThornton 7 месяцев назад

      They basically got replaced by the a380 but definitely no where near as many flying now

    • @revolutionnow5227
      @revolutionnow5227 6 месяцев назад +2

      I agree 100% i miss the 747 . The one thing i absolutely love from usa

    • @JohnSmith-bn7bl
      @JohnSmith-bn7bl 6 месяцев назад

      i think Lufthansa have a few in service, not many tho, yes. regrettably.... wish they would go back and start making them again. @@RegiyThornton

    • @prinsreintje
      @prinsreintje Месяц назад

      Sadly more expensive to run than the newer models

  • @deadnlovingit
    @deadnlovingit 3 года назад +481

    What a majestic plane - full of grace. When it slowly taxis to its runway, and takes turn around the bend - looks so elegant and masterpiece especially with that color. Boeing 747 is legendary and that hump makes it stand out as the best designed airplane of all time.

    • @deadnlovingit
      @deadnlovingit 3 года назад +4

      @Rogério Setúbal Peixoto peixoto I know right? What a shame it has to go down...

    • @donbon4204
      @donbon4204 2 года назад +8

      the hump shape design was from a playboy magazine that was left in laying around on the table of the design office and it was accidently left open to where chief designer noticed a pelvic hump shape on the centrefold model and the rest is history

    • @GLICIOUS21
      @GLICIOUS21 2 года назад +18

      We get it. You want to seduce the 747. Get a room my guy.

    • @nicholasschwarz7663
      @nicholasschwarz7663 2 года назад +4

      The Queen of the Skies. Lufthansa still uses 747-800 to SFO. Emirates rotates an A380 with a 777-300er to LAX

    • @shairaptor1865
      @shairaptor1865 2 года назад

      It's a extremely sexy hot plane! Very erotic!

  • @flightrisk1974
    @flightrisk1974 5 лет назад +276

    I did this a few years ago, as the MD-80 was lining up to take off, the Co-pilot opened his window and cheered the crowed lined up on the fence! The captain spooled the engines to full power and stood on the brakes for about 45 seconds, it lifted some of us off our feet like kites holding onto the fence.... what a ride!! Thank you thanks guys!!, btw, i'm a flight student!!

    • @revolutionnow5227
      @revolutionnow5227 4 года назад +5

      You should gave recorded it

    • @dtaylor939
      @dtaylor939 3 года назад +5

      Is the air coming at you extremely hot?

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 3 года назад +12

      Well these pilots are the type that cause air disasters by their flippant attitudes thinking it's fun & already there has been a death from this.

    • @darkdodo3789
      @darkdodo3789 2 года назад +3

      @@dtaylor939 Yes it is pretty hot

    • @elsingon7464
      @elsingon7464 2 года назад +4

      These pilots from InselAir had no mercy. 😂... They always did that... Trust it was always a show Everytime these guys took off... They always went out... I sure miss these guys 😌... I actually enjoyed the MD 80 more than the 747

  • @andriambalahaingtiana5210
    @andriambalahaingtiana5210 2 года назад +35

    those pilots do hard job to take off in such place.... l m proud of them

  • @rachelderenoncourt3881
    @rachelderenoncourt3881 Год назад +2

    KLM the first time I ever flew first class. They picked me randomly and asked if wanted an upgrade!!! Salute!!!

  • @lothean2099
    @lothean2099 5 лет назад +535

    At the end, a guy was running to get his kid. Great parenting. Lol

    • @MothproofKT
      @MothproofKT 5 лет назад +9

      lothean where abouts on the screen? Been trying to find it since reading your comment but it’s like playing Where’s Wally/Waldo but ‘find the dumb parent’ edition! 😂

    • @raspyshiit
      @raspyshiit 5 лет назад +14

      @@MothproofKT around 1:35 dad in a white vest and black shorts runs to pick something up from the ground, which happens to be his child... but it kind of looks like a dark towel (because of the shadow). look on the left of the screen (down and a bit to the right of the orange plane icon.) i hope this helps!

    • @MothproofKT
      @MothproofKT 5 лет назад +6

      lothean thanks. After watching a few times, I think the way he picks “it” up and the way the front arms are positioned, it actually looks like a small dog. Notice how the woman he’s with isn’t too bothered? They look around and realise it’s missing and she just sits there. I’m gonna assume she’d move her ass if it were her baby. If it is a baby, then she seems worse of a parent! Seriously, that wind force looks insane!

    • @ayubfaisal1268
      @ayubfaisal1268 4 года назад

      PPP

    • @dessyratna9263
      @dessyratna9263 4 года назад

      @@MothproofKT llkAW01KÀALZKKSKĹOKKJKKSKLÒO9KĹOXOMLJS

  • @zjones9876
    @zjones9876 7 лет назад +382

    That's how people behind me feel after I've eaten Taco Bell.

    • @ericcartman3893
      @ericcartman3893 7 лет назад +4

      Z Jones Lmao

    • @mbh9522
      @mbh9522 6 лет назад +3

      Stfu you taco muncher

    • @flowergirl8815
      @flowergirl8815 6 лет назад +2

      ok who farted haha

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 6 лет назад +4

      A fart cannot emit that amount of gas at that speed.

    • @DarthCookieKS
      @DarthCookieKS 6 лет назад +8

      Alex Jamieson yes it can. As an AP Physics and AP Physiology student, a single fart can be powerful enough to change the direction of the Earth's spin if one tries hard enough.

  • @LV2UJC-FM
    @LV2UJC-FM Год назад +6

    In 2017, a woman was killed after a blast from the jet that was taking off.
    The police have countless reports of severe injuries caused by the jet's blast.
    Many tourists from around the world go to St Maateen to watch the Jets take off, and a young girl was blown into a concrete wall from the blast.
    Regardless of the warning signs, people still take a risk to stand behind the jet as it takes off.

    • @flyboy152
      @flyboy152 Год назад +1

      Hey, people still run with the bulls every year.

  • @sandrastevens4418
    @sandrastevens4418 Год назад +53

    It's a miracle at all that planes this large can Land and Take off from an island as small as St Maarten.
    People get blown away because they watch the planes take of right by the fence.

    • @gardenstatr07
      @gardenstatr07 Год назад +10

      "people get blown away because they watch the planes take off right by the fence"
      thanks for clearing that up Sandra. I never would've known that after watching this video...

    • @kevinstill1069
      @kevinstill1069 Год назад +3

      KLM does not fly a 747 in there anymore. Reason is the plane is too heavy with loaded fuel tanks to take off. The runway is not long enough. When the 747 took off it had 1/2 full tanks and they flew to another island to refuel to make it back to Europe. KLM now uses a more fuel efficient Airbus to fly in and out. It can take off from that runway fully loaded and can go non-stop back to Europe. But it does not change the fact that it is very foolish to stand that close to jet blast. I read a few people die each year doing that. Very foolish.

    • @justpat1420
      @justpat1420 Год назад

      @@gardenstatr07 When you think you are funny:

    • @str1xt
      @str1xt Год назад +1

      @@justpat1420 I laughed, so mission accomplished.

    • @str1xt
      @str1xt Год назад +2

      @@kevinstill1069 They are literally on the fecking beach??? where else are they going to stand? The plane is too close to them, not the other way round. Are you married to Sandra?

  • @elenwashere
    @elenwashere 6 лет назад +515

    man gets blown away by his own creation

    • @porflepopnecker4376
      @porflepopnecker4376 6 лет назад +18

      Those people didn't create that plane.

    • @moizmac502
      @moizmac502 5 лет назад +10

      Porfle Popnecker maybe one of them did

    • @moaz6395
      @moaz6395 5 лет назад +9

      kaibosh
      I am sure he/she is much smarter than you are who can't even understand sarcasm.

    • @awsomecrafter6482
      @awsomecrafter6482 5 лет назад +19

      Porfle Popnecker man as in mankind you fucking dumb ass little bitch

    • @dsboss206
      @dsboss206 5 лет назад +7

      Moaz or he could have an iq of a peanut and actually meant what he was saying...

  • @theroyalcam
    @theroyalcam 7 лет назад +541

    it amazes me that people put down their towels and belongings exactly where the jet blast is gonna be when an airplane takes off...

    • @kingwacky184
      @kingwacky184 7 лет назад +17

      it amazes me that they build the runway right next to a beach, most of all that the planes take off with the engines facing the beach where they should have known people would gather.

    • @theroyalcam
      @theroyalcam 7 лет назад +119

      the runway was built in 1964, i think the runway has higher priority than some clowns on a beach that weren't even sperm at the time it was built.

    • @cherrytwitter9342
      @cherrytwitter9342 7 лет назад +28

      theroyalcam congratulations you won the argument!

    • @billybruh6197
      @billybruh6197 7 лет назад +18

      theroyalcam they got what was coming for them
      Anyone who feels bad for them or is pissed at the company they knew what they where getting into parking their asses a couple meters from a huge ass plane taking of

    • @ylette
      @ylette 7 лет назад +2

      They did it for fun.

  • @Ecclectic_Vibes
    @Ecclectic_Vibes Год назад +7

    I did this. I wanted to experience the flight and beach. Incredible experience. Loved the Island!

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION Год назад +1

    First officer: “There’s people by that fence”
    Captain: “Good. Throttle up”.

  • @Triniswe
    @Triniswe 7 лет назад +2867

    I guess they were so amazed by the plane that they got totally *blown away!*

  • @sterjs
    @sterjs 5 лет назад +39

    Holding on to that chain linked fence and screaming, while the jet exhaust tries to disintegrate my body is a cool way to replicate that scene from T2 Judgement Day.

    • @lilpuro2152
      @lilpuro2152 4 года назад

      sterjs Jet exhaust can’t Disintegrate anyone, you’ll get severely burned if the engine was running for some time but It wouldn’t harm them since the jet was just turned on an the engine was still relatively cool.

    • @uzoegbeogu9617
      @uzoegbeogu9617 2 года назад +2

      Lmao...good one!

  • @carribou92
    @carribou92 Год назад +3

    That camera zoom out at 00:54 so we can apprehend how massive the plane is compared to the people behind it 🤓🤌🏿

  • @Christina-wingfluencer
    @Christina-wingfluencer Год назад +2

    These beautiful ,,eyes" of the 747 such a majestic plane I will never forget 🥰

  • @agnes6633
    @agnes6633 7 лет назад +328

    I thought the title meant *blown away* as in amazed, not *literally* being blown away lol

    • @yagesh287
      @yagesh287 6 лет назад +5

      i thought there would be a blast with people flying everywhere. disappointed

    • @jolandachopra506
      @jolandachopra506 6 лет назад

      Agnes K dxqsaad

    • @moaz6395
      @moaz6395 5 лет назад

      Yogesh Singh
      People did fly away. People inside the plane.

    • @ibram8787
      @ibram8787 5 лет назад

      @@moaz6395 I'm blown away

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад

      @Agnes ... both

  • @icanfix1
    @icanfix1 5 лет назад +135

    I think this has become part of the St Maarten experience. 👍🏼

    • @commentaccount3526
      @commentaccount3526 2 года назад +2

      You have to be there at just the right time.
      Theres isn't too many 747s taking off.
      I was there a few years ago and all I saw were 737s landing and smaller planes taking off.

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад +1

      old experience, been doing it fer years now

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад +1

      Dats cuz 747z don't fly ther' no 'mo sinz 2016:>))

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks 2 года назад

      @icanfix1 ... has ferra' long time... hey fix me a drink while Europe...

    • @billhosko7723
      @billhosko7723 Год назад

      You think Karen? Really Karen?

  • @jimeagle5509
    @jimeagle5509 Год назад +2

    “Sir, you have people lined up on the fence behind you.”
    Captain: “let’s go.”

  • @TUBESPECIFIC1
    @TUBESPECIFIC1 Год назад +2

    The big bird that showed us the world!

  • @fitton27
    @fitton27 7 лет назад +42

    Wow, really gives you a perspective of the size of that 747. Crazy how these things fly!

  • @Dabeliiuteef
    @Dabeliiuteef 7 лет назад +869

    Must have been a blast for the pilots lol

  • @gerketeitsma4912
    @gerketeitsma4912 Год назад +3

    What a power, 2 times as a passenger in KLM 747 and other aircraft, but 747 is the most beautiful aircraft there is for me. Also say the king of air. Top movie this.

  • @BloodMoonASMR
    @BloodMoonASMR 10 месяцев назад +2

    1:18 That takeoff was so spectacular, it blew them away!

  • @facitenonvictimarum174
    @facitenonvictimarum174 5 лет назад +2246

    Darwin's theory of natural selection in progress.

    • @George-sc4yh
      @George-sc4yh 5 лет назад +66

      Aren't you fun.

    • @DaRealLegacy
      @DaRealLegacy 5 лет назад +13

      facite non victimarum 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @digitaldreamer8637
      @digitaldreamer8637 5 лет назад +24

      Bahaha. Totally agree. 😂👌🏼

    • @sambridhathapa4313
      @sambridhathapa4313 5 лет назад +12

      You sound jealous mate.

    • @sambridhathapa4313
      @sambridhathapa4313 5 лет назад +19

      @@lor7780 It's a thrill mate. Same like those people who bunjee and skydive.
      Not safe, but once in a lifetime type o thing.

  • @armandob.castenelli3525
    @armandob.castenelli3525 3 года назад +79

    Those KLM planes are gorgeous. Maybe is the blue since I love blue, but they are elegant and massive.

    • @moon-cf2vw
      @moon-cf2vw 2 года назад +2

      Ikr, unfortunate that delta and KLM retired their 747s. I understand it’s more efficient now but I will always regret not flying on one or seeing one up close, no that I could have cause I was young lol. But yeah I will miss the 747 luckily it will be around for a while with Lufthansa and even longer with freighters.

    • @thaintriguing1
      @thaintriguing1 2 года назад

      You’ll probably like the UNC Chapel Hill color

    • @dennisbehselich3747
      @dennisbehselich3747 2 года назад +2

      @@moon-cf2vw Flown on them more than once, beautiful aircraft.

    • @shairaptor1865
      @shairaptor1865 2 года назад

      Yes the blue makes the plane soooo sexy!

    • @badass6.0powerstroke10
      @badass6.0powerstroke10 2 года назад +1

      I Know what you mean, i Love the color Blue, it's the Greatest ! Blue makes anything look good.

  • @NewYorkPlaneSpotter
    @NewYorkPlaneSpotter 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing video! I can't believe still the power of these planes.

  • @emmcee476
    @emmcee476 10 месяцев назад +1

    I've seen this so many times over the years. It really does not get old 😁

  • @samc9401
    @samc9401 5 лет назад +311

    Damn the sound of the turbines revving up gave me chills

    • @LordDrakkon1
      @LordDrakkon1 5 лет назад +5

      if this gave you chills watch this you would like it more: ruclips.net/video/MpFQkhZKe9s/видео.html

    • @DwightLivesMatter
      @DwightLivesMatter 5 лет назад +3

      I'm used to it so it shocks me a bit for someone to say that.

    • @airwolf3607
      @airwolf3607 2 года назад +8

      You should hear my grandmother fart.

    • @jeffreyspence2510
      @jeffreyspence2510 2 года назад

      They sound electric.

    • @joshuadelafuent3
      @joshuadelafuent3 Год назад +6

      It was beautiful... God airplanes are wonderful

  • @PracticalKnow
    @PracticalKnow 5 лет назад +283

    I'd worry much more about getting blinded from debris rather than getting blown over.

    • @williampercival7662
      @williampercival7662 3 года назад

      Time to visit Spec's.

    • @joecausey8508
      @joecausey8508 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, such as getting my eyes full of sand.

    • @downundanow5569
      @downundanow5569 3 года назад +4

      Not to mention the exhaust fumes.

    • @TheEDFLegacy
      @TheEDFLegacy 2 года назад +8

      I would be more worried about being pelted by a rock from the runway! At the speed of the jet blast it could be like a bullet.

    • @Lucaslessa344
      @Lucaslessa344 2 года назад

      Yes

  • @jennross6466
    @jennross6466 Год назад

    WOW! It must be incredible to experience this and also to view this sight from inside your house looking at this from your window. Thanks for this video. It's blowing my mind. I'm feeling giddy.😄😍

  • @atkpw1108
    @atkpw1108 Год назад +2

    ...Been there, done that...a fun experience...
    **Warning, at this same beach , a friend and I went to the restroom. It was very secluded...the lights were off. We didn't go in...the lights came on later, so we went in, and a local (female) came in with a huge sharp knife. She stood in the middle of room with the knife in her hand as though she was going slice us...she didn't say anything. She just looked at both of us...and then she left. I thank God for his mercy 🙏🏾 I don't like going to islands anymore....be careful when traveling🙏🏾

    • @prinsreintje
      @prinsreintje Месяц назад

      What has it to do with islands?

  • @drivemyexotic5274
    @drivemyexotic5274 6 лет назад +195

    I've been on the Maho beach for a 747 take off. It is actually pretty fun but it hurts quite a bit. Feels like the sand is going into your skin. Pretty unique experience.

  • @fuertefarmer5583
    @fuertefarmer5583 3 года назад +230

    Just when you think that you just have the best closeup view of a beautiful 747 takeoff

    • @Susan_R
      @Susan_R Год назад +2

      Well, they did... until the sand hit their eyes.

    • @mtumblin
      @mtumblin Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alexfinns6162
    @alexfinns6162 Год назад +2

    What a beauty the 747 is

  • @carolcato8750
    @carolcato8750 Год назад +2

    In all my life I’ve never seen an airport strip so close to the beach where so many people that close to get blown away. Lol I had a good laugh though 😂

  • @9alex2
    @9alex2 7 лет назад +421

    Natural Selection

  • @captainbubbysislandtours4887
    @captainbubbysislandtours4887 2 года назад +52

    I’ve been there and done this! It’s amazing! Our driver said when he was a kid that they used to let them hold on to the fence and when the jet took off they would ‘fly’ like Superman. 😂😂

    • @antarcticorb9197
      @antarcticorb9197 Год назад +3

      Lived there for a bit back in the early seventies, nothing like getting sandblasted by these monsters!

    • @ninaw3748
      @ninaw3748 Год назад +1

      Yes, I lived there in 2004 / 2005 / 2006 and I saw (grown up) people do that; holding the fence with their hands while their feet were in the air 😂 looked like fun

  • @markwatkins6882
    @markwatkins6882 Год назад +1

    This Is Hilarious !!! Use to do the same thing as a kid at Daniel Field in Augusta,Ga after the Masters Tournament !!! The planes were mainly private jets and turbo props,never tried it as an adult. Friends and I had a blast !!!

  • @amirshay
    @amirshay Год назад +2

    Very intelligent people. No doubt.

  • @carolyns99
    @carolyns99 3 года назад +390

    Veteran captain to rookie co-pilot: "10 points each for the big ones and 5 for the littluns. My top score is 560."

  • @christrudell7966
    @christrudell7966 3 года назад +33

    Co pilot"Thrusters up?"
    Pilot:" Oh yeah..."🤣

  • @australiantruckspotting8883
    @australiantruckspotting8883 Год назад

    Always great to watch this !!

  • @linedanzer4302
    @linedanzer4302 Год назад

    That is one beautiful machine! LOL @ the *blow-aways.* I'm sure they now all have a fun memory of their trip to share.

  • @5thGenNativeTexan
    @5thGenNativeTexan 3 года назад +46

    They did this for years and years. Was there right at this spot in '95. Not sure if they still do, but they would literally post the departure and arrival times on a sign nearby so you could watch the landings (very impressive as they go soooo low) and the takeoffs. Most all the jets produced a decent blast, but of course the real thrill was watching the 747 takeoff. Unfortunately, the last 747 flight was in October of 2016, and you can't see one landing or taking off there anymore. But it's still an amazing place to watch any plane land.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 2 года назад +2

      They definitely still do it.

    • @rampar77
      @rampar77 2 года назад

      I am sure the 777 with the largest engines has the stringer blast.

    • @5thGenNativeTexan
      @5thGenNativeTexan 2 года назад +9

      @@rampar77 Technically speaking.. yes.. if you were right behind one of the engines. But there a couple of differences. First, the 777 operates differently at St. Maarten. The 747 would hold position right at the end of the runway, spooling up all four engines blasting right at the fence. The 777 only has two engines, but more importantly for this situation, they don't hold and spool up.. they begin their roll, adding power and then taking off, so that by the time they are completely spooled up, they are already some distance down the runway.

    • @billhosko7723
      @billhosko7723 Год назад

      @@rampar77 Another KAREN is 'pretty sure' folks.. That's ALL we need to know right there...

    • @stephb1182
      @stephb1182 4 месяца назад

      ​@@trawlins396I was there 2 days ago (so much fun!) and I didn't see any sign but some people were checking online for the arrival times

  • @Julian-ns3it
    @Julian-ns3it 4 года назад +414

    This video blew me away.

    • @nightmzr
      @nightmzr 3 года назад +1

      🤔

    • @Aviationfan2022
      @Aviationfan2022 3 года назад +1

      @@nightmzr bruh the sand is blown people away by the 747 400. U don't get the joke do u

    • @nightmzr
      @nightmzr 3 года назад +2

      @@Aviationfan2022 I understand stood in take a joke

    • @lynetteowens7242
      @lynetteowens7242 3 года назад +1

      Was it a bird? Was it a plane?, No it was Julian Innes🤣🤣

    • @Julian-ns3it
      @Julian-ns3it 3 года назад +1

      @@lynetteowens7242 yes I was in the air

  • @edutaimentcartoys
    @edutaimentcartoys 7 месяцев назад

    incredible... jet blast blowing people, amazing plane spotting video 👍

  • @dmmchugh3714
    @dmmchugh3714 Год назад +2

    And to top it off a takeoff by the incomparable Queen of the Skies !
    Happy to get blown around by the legendary Queen !
    That engine roar is EVERYTHING!

    • @jamsheadaziz3999
      @jamsheadaziz3999 Год назад

      If the 747 is the queen of the skies then surely the A-380 is the king of the skies.

  • @dylandr2356
    @dylandr2356 3 года назад +218

    1:13 are we gonna ignore that the starting sound from the engines are music to the ears

    • @sitsia3808
      @sitsia3808 3 года назад

      Xd

    • @smokeybanditBBQ
      @smokeybanditBBQ 3 года назад +11

      That's exactly what i love about it.
      The rev up no matter what jet engine
      But the GE-90 takes the cake in my opinion.

    • @wimpwampwomp
      @wimpwampwomp 3 года назад +1

      certainly to ze ears of ze german army in france. props to ze luftwaffe, and props to herr pohlmann

    • @susieq2334
      @susieq2334 2 года назад +3

      @@smokeybanditBBQ first time I was on business on an AA 77W... I almost cried during takeoff🥲

    • @uhuraenterprise6372
      @uhuraenterprise6372 2 года назад +2

      Great music

  • @pual682
    @pual682 4 года назад +212

    Don’t let this distract you from the fact that RUclips moved the comments

    • @womanoffaith31
      @womanoffaith31 4 года назад +2

      Bro really 🤣😂🤣

    • @benfoley2021
      @benfoley2021 4 года назад +2

      I already know

    • @kylerluo4544
      @kylerluo4544 3 года назад +3

      Lord Teddy Bear Not for me on IPad. iPhone is really annoying though.

    • @MyGodZach
      @MyGodZach 3 года назад +1

      No, they've just been blown away by the plane

  • @gomezaddams4347
    @gomezaddams4347 4 месяца назад +1

    Pilot: “Let’s play scatter the idiots.”
    Co-pilot: “Roger that.”

  • @siervofiel8674
    @siervofiel8674 Год назад +3

    Sorprendente y aterrador el tamaño y potencia de estas máquinas. Guauuu.

  • @cyberwess-007
    @cyberwess-007 5 лет назад +194

    My eyes are hurting just the thought of sand in my eyes 😂

  • @HiThere-mb6pp
    @HiThere-mb6pp 5 лет назад +74

    Yep we're all still kids inside 😂

    • @pilotahmed4579
      @pilotahmed4579 3 года назад

      Srsly they were all acting immature and stupid just doing that lmao

  • @MsForeverog
    @MsForeverog 3 месяца назад +1

    Now I want to go there, lol. I'm addicted to this type of video. 😂

  • @scottwski
    @scottwski Год назад +1

    Every time I see a KLM 747, I can't help to think of March 27, 1977.

    • @marilynh.
      @marilynh. 4 дня назад

      I do, too. You are speaking about that hugh fatal crash that happened on the runway back in 1977, right?
      That pilot had a big ego.

    • @scottwski
      @scottwski 3 дня назад

      @@marilynh. Yes. Still the deadliest accident to this day.

  • @this_too_shaII_pass
    @this_too_shaII_pass 7 лет назад +367

    Holy fucking shit that is one big plane

    • @Natteboss
      @Natteboss 7 лет назад +24

      That's what she said

    • @this_too_shaII_pass
      @this_too_shaII_pass 7 лет назад +11

      Lol why would she say "plane"? If I had said "Holy shit that is big" That would have been a lot better

    • @Natteboss
      @Natteboss 7 лет назад +4

      cat intensifies well a plane is kinda strechted like a penis (I know I spelt that wrong)

    • @this_too_shaII_pass
      @this_too_shaII_pass 7 лет назад +2

      Hahahah I guess that's true lol

    • @CentauriGaming
      @CentauriGaming 7 лет назад +1

      The 747 babyyyyy

  • @arpitsharma8426
    @arpitsharma8426 4 года назад +22

    1:21 I'm laughing to my stomach....🤣🤣how many of you feel same???

    • @unknownentity835
      @unknownentity835 3 года назад +4

      I also 😂😂

    • @v9988r
      @v9988r 3 года назад +5

      I laughed when. I see them swept to the sand and to the beach. It's kind of funny

  • @todaywedidthis4644
    @todaywedidthis4644 Год назад

    I have stood behind a small airliner here and felt the blast! Fence surfing the jet stream! great fun. Can't imagine how powerful that one was!

  • @atillaozturk7075
    @atillaozturk7075 3 месяца назад +1

    I can watch this over and over again😊

  • @TheDepressedMemeCat
    @TheDepressedMemeCat 5 лет назад +199

    Talk about a mind *blowing* experience

  • @desertbreeze69
    @desertbreeze69 5 лет назад +38

    Is this where the saying, ‘I was blown away..’ came from😂

  • @jimfromMaine
    @jimfromMaine Год назад +1

    Definitely on my bucket list!!!

  • @curtreimer2381
    @curtreimer2381 Год назад +1

    Can't believe it,must be a great show

  • @cornfilledscreamer614
    @cornfilledscreamer614 2 года назад +30

    Notice how the pilot actually rode the brakes for a few seconds. He knew what he was doing. :D

    • @J38x729
      @J38x729 Год назад +1

      They could have been doing it to take less runway. they definitely knew tho 😂

    • @rafstj9868
      @rafstj9868 Год назад +1

      Yea...the pilot knows the guest waiting to get blow off there feet😂🤣😂🤣😂🤟🏿🇸🇽

    • @sategllib2191
      @sategllib2191 Год назад

      Think they have to, gotta get thrust built up

    • @cornfilledscreamer614
      @cornfilledscreamer614 Год назад

      @@sategllib2191 That's usually with older jets. The compressor were heavier, so it took them longer to get them revved up.

  • @SpaceMango
    @SpaceMango 7 лет назад +794

    That plane is Hugh Mungus

    • @sbwgaming
      @sbwgaming 7 лет назад +54

      is that sexual harassment!

    • @andyj7428
      @andyj7428 7 лет назад +15

      And now you are pointing to your own body part!

    • @mirabilis
      @mirabilis 7 лет назад +2

      Mahkaite Humongous what??

    • @Spiroku
      @Spiroku 7 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @SpaceMango
      @SpaceMango 7 лет назад +6

      Hugh... Mungus

  • @CheadleFamily
    @CheadleFamily 2 месяца назад

    Definitely one of the most beautiful planes. On the hand, Spirit has a beautiful name.

  • @anikomiles4260
    @anikomiles4260 Год назад +2

    I did it in 2005! it was a blast! Quite dangerous but its a forever memory

  • @_kshitijsingh.1799
    @_kshitijsingh.1799 3 года назад +36

    I want my car to start like that every morning 🔥👌😂

    • @marcazim4326
      @marcazim4326 2 года назад +1

      And get your neighbors blown away 🤣🤣🤣

  • @simontills7090
    @simontills7090 2 года назад +81

    It's still amazing to me how those JT4D engines can pick that huge thing up off the ground.

    • @dragonskiss86
      @dragonskiss86 Год назад +7

      All of KLM's 747-400s are powered by the GE CF6 engines, not JT4Ds.

    • @grahamjordan1040
      @grahamjordan1040 Год назад

      @M H not partly a result of forward movement that’s the only thing that creates the lift, it’s all to do with forward movement

    • @lunam7249
      @lunam7249 Год назад

      55000 pounds of thrust x 4!!!

    • @yellowNred
      @yellowNred Год назад

      It’s not engines that provide the lift. Then, what creates the lift?
      *How does the Bernoulli principle relate to flight?*
      Air moving over the curved upper surface of the wing will travel faster and thus produce less pressure than the slower air moving across the flatter underside of the wing. This difference in pressure creates lift which is a force of flight that is caused by the imbalance of high and low pressures.

  • @minhazonthego
    @minhazonthego Год назад

    Wow...nice location... Amazing video

  • @johntallentire7473
    @johntallentire7473 Год назад

    St Maarten a very beautiful island with beautiful people ❤

  • @gtmddn
    @gtmddn 5 лет назад +81

    A million miles of beach on this planet and they pick that section to vacation

  • @SinerAthin
    @SinerAthin 7 лет назад +56

    This is why you don't stand directly behind a jet liner, lol

  • @bigbong620
    @bigbong620 Год назад +1

    Nothing beats a Jumbo Jet.

  • @trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509

    Amazing video

  • @mrchicken8170
    @mrchicken8170 5 лет назад +56

    Father blessed them all with free will, and this is what they choose.

    • @joshuab2437
      @joshuab2437 5 лет назад +1

      Lmao haha

    • @damusicman.3196
      @damusicman.3196 5 лет назад +4

      MR Chicken ~ Haha! ... they lookalike a bunch of ants blown-away, just so funny! Lol! 💨.😂.👍

    • @blossom-of4hm
      @blossom-of4hm 5 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @kitesurfer4736
      @kitesurfer4736 5 лет назад +1

      Ahh Tool 🤘

  • @YellowKurt
    @YellowKurt 5 лет назад +120

    And the pilot said “catch me if ya can, suckas” was the headline that evening

  • @michaelwhitehair9103
    @michaelwhitehair9103 Год назад +3

    Have personally witnessed take offs/ landings and the sand blasting of individuals quite a few times. It still boggles the mind why someone seeks this out as a "must do"

  • @Inayah-jy8qb
    @Inayah-jy8qb Год назад

    This was too funny, I played it over and over again 🤣