Saying farewell to the Qantas 747 as the final aircraft is retired | 7NEWS
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2020
- The final aircraft in Qantas' 747 fleet is taking off for retirement in the US. Edwina Bartholomew got a look inside preparations for the final flight.
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She’s still The Queen of the Skies!
Not even A380 could match up to her legacy.
A380 is more like King of the skies!
"That belongs in a museum!" ...kinda heart breaking.
BenGman it is hars museum
@@Approvedhalalmemes HARS has VH-OJA (The first Qantas 747). This is VH-OEJ (The final Qantas 747) and it is being retired to the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. Where she'll spend the rest of her days in the desert with all the other retired Qantas jets.
@@BadDriversOfTheIllawarra timestamp
QANTAS AND 747. BOTH ICONIC.
Sadly plane spotting won't be the same again
hahahaha!
GasoLINA INK!
Imagine laughing at someone’s hobby
@@p4m209 they just don't understand
didyoubringyourgrogalong Sticky Rice
Exactly
@@p4m209 why retiring for
Gone too soon! RIP 747’
Beautiful Aircraft. Sad to see it go for Qantas!
You can see how Greg Fitzgerald hesitates when the reporter says that many Australians would have taken their very first overseas flight on this very plane.
Well not quite, there have been many models in Qantas's history. The 100, 200, SP, 300 and 400, as well as the 400ER which was the model retired Yesterday.
A graceful lady, thank you !
Sad to see the retirement of giant
My first 747 flight was in September 1970 from Heathrow to New York in one of Pan Am’s as a five year old that was when the aviation bug really bit me and I fell in love with the Jumbo. Later flew on the famous Qantas QF001 from Heathrow to Singapore via Bahrain in 1978 when my family lived in Singapore. Great memories of Qantas and the 747.
It’s a shame that the 747-8 program never really thrived. Four engine aircraft are just became too expensive to run compared to the new plastic big twins.
The majority of the 747-8’s are freighter versions because frieght is much more lucrative than passenger service, and the 747 is still superb in that role.
BEING THEM BACK TO THE AIR
We flew first 747 to USA as a married couple back in 1994 .Fare well and long live B747
Watched her on her final flight tip her wings in honour to VH-OJA (The first Qantas 747) this afternoon over Illawarra Regional Airport, a beautiful sight.
* First Qantas 747-400
i rode on it a lot
Press F To pay respects to this beautiful plane.
F.
Almost 9:00 a clock thats when it will touch down in today in La
WOW First Officer Andrew..... really electric personality.
im never gonna see it again
Goodbye 747 🥺✈️
He's wrong about most pax ever carried. El Al had over a thousand on one flight.
Your wrong....the lift your referring to was in a A380...not a 747
Gee thanks Lyndon.....I think you're missing the bigger picture......
@@craiggosling5267 clearly not. He's wrong.
@@sly0010 sorry mate you are wrong. El Al did it with a 747. They have never even had them.
El Al’s 747 was a CARGO variant and evacuated 1088 people in 1991, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Qantas has the record for a Passenger 747 as mentioned in the story.
RIP queen of the skies
Guess I won’t get to fly on one 😔
You could try Korean airlines or Lufthansa on the 747-8
planes 4 me win too poor to fly on one but I will try
SabitTSDM07
I mean if you save up you’ll have till around 2030 hopefully to get on one
I feel your pain, the 747 is my favourite aeroplane it's a shame to see it go.😭.
That Koala part was funny. Sad to see the 747 go on to its resting place.
SAD SAD SAD... SSSOOOOO SSSAAADDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes it is
😥Very sad!
Trivia question for the plane buffs. Qantas had 2 747sp’s. Under what other livery did they both fly while part of the Qantas group ?
For a short period of time (1994-96) they had "Australia Asia" livery to try to be appealing to the JapaneseGold Coast customers. It didn't work so it went back to standard livery.
@@Johnboydownunder The name is correct but the reason was to appease the Chinese. Qantas had flights into China and wanted to do Tiawan as well. The Chinese govt wasn’t happy so the set up Australia-Asia airlines. For some reason they sometimes used the aircraft on the New Guinea route as well.
2:25 Didn’t El Al carry 1000+ Ethiopian refugees back in the day?
The Qantas one happened first, only for El Al to beat that record
Trey Pohe Either way these achievements just show how impressive the 747 is!
Muhammad Supriyono Ikr 😭😭
Trey Pohe It’s a shame that Melbourne didn’t get a farewell flight, not even a fly-past. She’ll live on in our memories and in our simulators.
Yes an ELAL 747 carried well over 1000 at one point.
Why tf did they show the 747sp when it was the -400 in the thumbnail
i uploaded a take off footage i had out of interest.
I never went on one
😓🥺
If it's such a good then why retire it? Is it dangerous? Their are other aircraft much older in the skies
It’s inefficient, we don’t need it especially during these times and they were getting retired and replaced soon anyway
30 years? he only looks 30!
Im sure that guy wouldn't be a first officer as stated? surely
Actualy the record goes to Israel's EL AL, flew 1086, landed with 1088 people.
Thank you qantas 747 for made australian people fly over world
Planes got to retire sooner or later, nothing lasts forever. It's just a matter of time
Shes a big bird. Thats because they are down sizing due to covid ;)
Qantas needs to purchase a few 747-800 to keep the queen of the sky alive.
That plane is no longer going to be produced I read. And the reason is because there is no demand for it. It is not profitable plane to keep. The B747 truly seems to be going extinct from production.
747-8
End?? No. Shock the World with a Boeing 747-8 order. Passengers will love you for that. Sorry. I disagree with doing away the 747. That jet should be an integral Part of any airlines' long range key Business.
Flying to the USA desert. No one talks foreign interference now.
? That’s where old planes are stored
@@Dan_07 Qantas chooses to store their retired aircraft in the Mojave desert in the US. There is a facility in Australia near Alice Springs but they don’t use it. Not sure why but possibly because a lot of these planes are used for parts and then scrapped. The market in the US for such things is probably bigger.
Neil C I’m pretty sure there would be no space either for the queen of the skies there now as Singapore airlines store their a380s in Alice springs
@@ryanlee6737 They only have 4 A380’s stored there and it’s a 100 hectare facility. Even in years past Qantas has never used it. Maybe they get a better price over there? Just seems odd to spend a considerable amount of money to send them there when there is a local alternative but as I said, maybe it’s about money cos it usually is.
Neil C it’s just a better market, more companies more opportunities
NOT MUCH MORE REASONS LEFT TO TAKE A PLANE.
What I don't understand is of being a ICONIC AUSTRALIAN PLANE end up in CALIFORNIA DESERT!!! WHY NOT HERE🤔🤔🤔
It's a Boeing, which is an American plane. The airline is Australian. 2. Almost every world airline send their old planes to Mojave desert as it's dry thus minimise corrosion.
@@theDataStudent thank you for the information...blessings🙏🙏🙏😃😃😃
@@theDataStudent thank you..very interesting information🙏🙏🙏
Also we have a few aircraft in museums already
hottest reporter on earth yellow top 18 seconds in . irresistible i keep trying to think of more ways to say how sexy she is but i cant contemplate new words into existence. i'm not that smart ...
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