First entered service with QANTAS in 1981.. I was a teenager then and they brought the 747sp to Brisbane on the 26/01 and i remember doing a tour of the first Qantas plane.. It was an awesome experience as a child !
Awesome trip down memory lane... Amazing how every country seemed to fly the 747-Classic, and some of those airlines (like Olympic and Alitalia) probably don't even fly heavies to YSSY anymore...also great to watch the beautiful, longer-range, higher-flying, solid-flapped and taller-tailed 747-SP making an appearance :-))
Loved those days working in the travel industry when most of those airlines actually flew into Australia. Seeing the Ansett 747 was great and a favourite, Air Pacific livery, affectionately called "the flying fruit tingle."
Great video! I remember back in those days driving to the airport half of the planes were painted in red and the other half were painted in blue. One half was qantas and the other half, of course, was ansett. Was a truly spectacular sight to see that combination of colours but I have to say I reckon ansett really had the best looking logo even to this day! brings back memories!
Great to see the 747 Special Performance appear first in this video… the SP flew higher, longer and faster than any 747 variant of the day. At 5:00 the amazing 747-338 Classic with Nalangi Dreaming and new extended ulivery departs-a frequent sight above Sydney back then :-)
To this date Qantas have not wanted to invest any time in working with us... maybe one day they will realize that just by being on this You Tube channel alone they would get 100x more You Tube exposure than on their own channel... but if they don't, so be it... Right now there are more airlines willing to work with us than we are able to handle.... and as far as Lufthansa, thats a whole other story... but thats for another day ;)
![Qantas | Boeing 747-400ER | VH-OEJ | Santiago [SCL] - Sydney [SYD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vu6AApYgdRg/mqdefault.jpg)
Man, those were the years when there were more 747's flying than in any other time in the 20th or 21st century...
First entered service with QANTAS in 1981.. I was a teenager then and they brought the 747sp to Brisbane on the 26/01 and i remember doing a tour of the first Qantas plane.. It was an awesome experience as a child !
Qantas B747SP..those birds used to fly non stop from Sydney to Los Angeles...
Awesome trip down memory lane... Amazing how every country seemed to fly the 747-Classic, and some of those airlines (like Olympic and Alitalia) probably don't even fly heavies to YSSY anymore...also great to watch the beautiful, longer-range, higher-flying, solid-flapped and taller-tailed 747-SP making an appearance :-))
I love the BOEING 747
Qantas is the best and safest airline in the world.
Loved seeing the old ANSETT airlines.
Great footage. Thank you.
these SP- 747`s are bloody great !
It was a 747-SP. One of only 50 built. Shortened and modified for trans-pacific range
bmw320i2 only 45 were built
Power, style, function: the legendary 747 will always be Queen of the Skies !
That engine roar is EVERYTHING !
Wow, so much of these airlines dont even go to Sydney anymore, and those super old liverys
Great memories!! Thanks for uploading. Sadly this era of aviation we'll never see or experience again.
Best era ever. Always used to fly to Brisbane from Auckland in the 747s :)
Loved those days working in the travel industry when most of those airlines actually flew into Australia.
Seeing the Ansett 747 was great and a favourite, Air Pacific livery, affectionately called "the flying fruit tingle."
My gosh! Who DIDN'T fly the 747?
Me. :(
Me
He means, what AIRLINE didn’t fly the 747...
Me.
I was born in 2004.
It would be great if an Pan Am showed up but sadly they were dead already
Great video! I remember back in those days driving to the airport half of the planes were painted in red and the other half were painted in blue. One half was qantas and the other half, of course, was ansett. Was a truly spectacular sight to see that combination of colours but I have to say I reckon ansett really had the best looking logo even to this day! brings back memories!
So many 747SPs
Yes love those stubby jumbos
The first 3 ones were all 747SP
The 747 was and still is the king of the sky , an honour to have lived the years when they were glorious in it's peak
Late 90s
Just saw Olympic Peace B747-200(ex SQ) SX-OAE i flew with her on the 20-02-1988
from SYD-SIN-ATH super.....
Bloody awesome!! Love the 747 classics, so many great memories here :)
So many SPs! Great video! Especially love the SPs with the RB211s!
The plane I was ever on was Air Pacific from Sydney to Nadi. I was just three years old. Memories.....
Aerolineas Argentinas ♥
Good old times, where planes were allowed to make loads of noise! Now, it's all about cutting the db's, unfortunately. :(
I Really like the qantas boeing 747-200 i hope i can go back to year 90s or 80s
SP's. SP's everywhere! ^_^
Rest In Peace, beauty
YES great memories !! Thanks for posting .
Very welcome Kurt 👍
Great to see the 747 Special Performance appear first in this video… the SP flew higher, longer and faster than any 747 variant of the day. At 5:00 the amazing 747-338 Classic with Nalangi Dreaming and new extended ulivery departs-a frequent sight above Sydney back then :-)
Awesome start with all the SPs….so sad they’re all gone
The Japan Airlines plane at 2:02 is really good looking.
Good Memories!
Always loved that deep-throated roar of those 747 turbo fans when they took off. QANTAS Aboriginal 747 at 5:00.
There are Rolls Royce RB211 engines are wicked
Same
I flew on the Qantas Aboriginal 747 at 5:00 to Honolulu and back in the 90's
Holy kangaroo, batman!!! Greatest opening to any aviation video, ever! :)
To this date Qantas have not wanted to invest any time in working with us... maybe one day they will realize that just by being on this You Tube channel alone they would get 100x more You Tube exposure than on their own channel... but if they don't, so be it... Right now there are more airlines willing to work with us than we are able to handle.... and as far as Lufthansa, thats a whole other story... but thats for another day ;)
Qantas is a shit airline run by a dopy gay irish person who doesn't want any good planes and hates the 777
What is the problem with Lufthansa?
1:46 - 2:03 I saw JAL 747 classic with those livery parked at CGK around 2006!
Tempos Maravilhosos Amo essas Aeronaves Antigas...
Like with any company
It all stems from the boss
Need I say more LOL
Great videos by the way
5:12 747-707!... 😅
Rare seeing the JAL 747-100
Maravilhosas aeronaves,adorei seu video.Obrigada.
05:01 Nalanji Dreaming absolutely beautiful 😍
The most beautiful plane 😍
RIP 747
Great video....how about Pan Am?
What year?! Really cool video!
Those SPs were little rocket ships.
woah, did that first sp take of from runway 7?
Alitalia in Sydney is really strange don't think they fly here anymore awesome to see
They don't. When I saw 1997 I was surprised. I thought they has stopped before that.
Amazing 💙
Thanks 😄
VH-EBQ is now at longreach
4:03 Olympic Airways
Cute SP 😊
Great to see B747SPs. Is this video taken around 2003?
Definitely before 1999 because there is an olympic 747-200. Olympic retired those before the millennia.
sealiner minoan thanks
Definitely in the 90's before Ansett Australia went broke in 2002
I am guessing this would have been taken some time in 1994-95
Maneiro!
Lot of 747sp
missed the alitalia 200s
Where did all of the european airlines stopover to come to Sydney
Bangkok or Singapore
So short the first 747 ?
pilotpatrick88 747sp
Does anyone know what year it was.
1997
@@justplanes wow that's quite recent... all these classic SPs were still flying
Um dia ainda vou ver um boeing 747
MEA, the best.
I'm stoked , very rare to find MEA B747 videos
Can i buy this?
+Matt Gibby link in the description
That first plane is so short for a 747
Shaun Brent Alabado Balgua is it the SP?
The SP’s just look absolutely silly
alitalia wtf?