QANTAS 747-438 VH-OJA FINAL DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY 7 December 2014
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- QANTAS 747-438 VH-OJA (City of Canberra) on its final revenue service from Sydney International Terminal on Sunday 7 December 2014, QF107 to Los Angeles. Last pushback was at 1155 hours from Bay 8 and took off on Runway 16R.
VH - OJA was QANTAS' first Boeing 747-400 and was named City of Canberra.
It was delivered to QANTAS on 11 August 1989 and made its debut flight on 16 August 1989 from London to Sydney.
The aircraft was Boeing's 12th 747-400 to be built.
On Thursday 17 August 1989, it set the record for having flown the longest non-stop flight (London to Sydney) of any commercial airline (flight number QF7441).
The historic flight took 20 hours, 9 minutes and 5 seconds or 18,001km.
Because of the necessity to keep weight to a minimum to allow it to fly for so long, over two tonnes of non-essential equipment (palate locks, water boilers, etc.) were removed from the aircraft.
Only 23 people were on the aircraft. Mainly QANTAS staff monitoring the delivery with their baggage even travelling on another aircraft (QF2 from London-Singapore-Sydney).
183.5 tonnes of fuel accounted for more than half the take-off weight.
Special dense fuel was created by Shell, which provided an extra 4% energy per litre of fuel.
The flight and subsequent media attention around the world at the time underlined QANTAS' role as the leader in long-range commercial aviation.
When QANTAS helped establish the "Kangaroo route" (London to Sydney) in 1935, it took up to 14 days to complete the journey via five different aircraft types, three airlines and two railways.
All of QANTAS' 747-400 were named "Longreach" as a tribute to their place of origin and to demonstrate the long-range of the aircraft.
Because of its historical significance, QANTAS will gift the aircraft to a museum in Australia. It will be announced which museum over the coming weeks.
QANTAS Boeing 747 facts:
QANTAS has had 65 747's in its fleet (34 x 747 Classics and 31 747-400's) since 1971.
QANTAS currently has 13 B747-400 aircraft, including VH-OJA.
The 747's have carried over 242 million passengers since 1971 on over 290,000 flights.
They have flown around 3.5 billion kilometres which is equivalent to 4,455 return trips to the moon.
The length of the 747-400 is 70.7m, wingspan of 64.4m, cruising speed of 920km/h and can carry up to 371 passengers and crew.
VH - OJA Facts
25.3 years in service.
13, 835 flights
105,895 flight hours logged
4,094,588 passengers carried
This aircraft has flown nearly 85 million km, which is equivalent to 110 trips to the moon.
Ferried Seattle - Las Vegas as BOE551 - August 11, 1989
Accepted by Qantas at Las Vegas - August 11, 1989
Ferried Las Vegas - Vancouver as QF510 - August 11, 1989
Ferried Vancouver - Seattle (Boeing Field) as QF511 (Captain D. Massey-Greene) - August 12, 1989
Ferried Seattle - London (Heathrow) as QF512 (Captain D. Massey-Greene) - August 13, 1989
Departed London (Heathrow) as QF7441 on delivery flight - August 16, 1989
Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - August 17, 1989
Delivery route: Seattle - London - Sydney
Flight crew: Captains D. Massey-Greene, R. Heiniger, G. Greenop, G. Lindeman
Additional titles 'We Go Further' applied after the non-stop delivery flight in Sydney
Operated first revenue service Sydney - Melbourne - Sydney as QF28/QF001 - September 6, 1989
Operated first international revenue service Sydney - Auckland - Sydney as QF43/QF44 - September 7, 1989
Wet leased by Ansett Australia to cover temporary loss of 747 VH-INH - October 22 - 23, 1994
Operated Ansett Australia services Sydney - Kansai - Brisbane - Sydney.
Seeing every 747-400 slowly go into retirement is so sad for aviation fans and boeing. Where I'm from we no longer have 747s left :(
We'll be joining you in you in the sense that we will no longer have 747's here either, but that won't be till about 2020, which isn't that far away now.
True but wat about the counterparts to this 747. I mean does this also apply to the 757,767,777? I mean I never thought id say this as a 747 fan but sadly i too am sadly speechless to see this plane retiring but at the same time happy to see that its becoming a meuseum piece instead of ending up at the airplane boneyard like some planes like the DC planes did.
How many Qantas 747s do you have left?
Matt Gibby 12 now. OJI, OJM, OJS, OJT, OJU, OEB, OEE, OEF, OEG, OEH, OEI and OEJ.
MG AviationNZ I'm from NZ too and your right, the most common 747's to see around is the Korean Air 747-8i and a Singapore Airlines 747 freighter
Thank you VH-OJA
I agree. But mainly Thank you Boeing 747 thank you for the memories
vhzxb my wife and son and i are flying in april brisbane to LA on my 8th flight in the qantas 747 again so looking forward to it
I missed the take off but I watched the landing this morning on 06 R at LAX on Flightradar 24
You might get to watch its "final" last take off around the 18th November from LAX back to Sydney.
Do you know if its going to Longreach ?
gigaboat I don't believe it's going to Longreach as they don't have the space and would have to get rid of EBQ. It's rumoured it could be heading to HAARS on the NSW south coast, but that's just a rumour. They've already changed ftom scrapping OJA to preserving her. It's any bodies guess where, but an announcement will be made soon.
***** Just in time for the official handover on 15 March which happens to coincide with HARS open day.
thanks for your sub.i like it..:-)
crosswind Glad you liked the video and glad to oblige with the sub.
luxman13w ...:-))
747's forever
250 miles per hour
Go baby
She flies like a bird
Be free😃💖⭐️🛫🇦🇺
I flew this exact aircraft from Sydney to Frankfurt via Bangkok in 2002 for my Europe trip.... Remember that time qantas used to fly to Frankfurt and Rome ?
And Amsterdam, and Manchester, and Rome
So glad she ended up in the care of HARS at Shoalhaven. Saw her and had a personal guided tour over one quiet morning last August when I was on a visit home to Australia :)
She is the most beautiful girl in the world
Body and spirit
Sorry it sounds gay but I don't care
She's the best best looker ever😃💖⭐️🛫😍🇦🇺💐
Listen to those rolls Royce engines
Matthew Crowe great sound, but will be no more after this year.
A great video....a nice capture of part of our aviation history. Well done.
Thanks for the compliment.
Great aircraft...pity about the useless Airline...
I recon Qantas should order a bunch new A330s this time with Roll Royce Trent 700s
when i mean a bunch i mean 10-15 A330s and some 787s and A350s
Come on Qantas you need new aircraft
The average fleet age for Qantas is 7.7 years. That's very young.
Justin Hopkins The average is, but OJM is the Grand Daddy of them, turning 24 years next week (13 August). Even the first A380 (VH-OQA) will be turning 7 next month. It's had a hard seven years though.
luxman13w Correct, but being in the United States, where airlines still fly dinosaurs, I think other countries, should be happy. American with their MD-80s and Delta just barely retired the DC-9 lol.
VH-OJA, You're truly the legend
Nice one. Especially the facts and figures that you provided.
Can now call Wollongong home!
speedie bird OJA certainly can.ruclips.net/video/aiZH1UoMhF8/видео.html
If only airlines can appreciate the 8i,,,,
Yes! It's so beautiful with its slightly elongated body and those new wings with the serrated engine nacelles. I'm being overly optimistic, but I hope it catches on.
condor hawk one day the 747-8i would get popular, just don't know when
@@luckylife99 I feel a majority of Aviation operations and business people are no longer apart of the generation that understood and grappled with the feeling that these aircraft gave us. Now it is about business and efficiency and who can blame them, its a tough world out there. At the cost of the spirit.
Interesting how this bird never saw a livery update and carried on in its delivery scheme from 1989 to 2015 given the other 744’s around it had the updated 2008 (A380 launch) livery. 26 years in the original livery is good going. They must have known in 2008 that OJA’s revenue days were numbered seven years before that HARS delivery flight. Mind you, watching the final flight of OEJ it was apparent the same was true as none of the ER’s sported the latest corporate branding either. It was not a long time though from the 2008 scheme (A380) to the 2018 (787) refresh, which to me looks a little naff....
It took its last flight today and will never fly again it's at Illawarra regional airport now
eamon Petersons And here it is.
ruclips.net/video/aiZH1UoMhF8/видео.html
HAPPEN TO KNOW RAY HEINENGER [THE CO PILOT AND NOW SEMI RETIRED PILOT TRAINER FOR QANTAS] WHO WAS ABOARD FOR THE RECORD BREAKING FLIGHT IN 1989- LONDON TO SYDNEY NON STOP, HE ALSO WAS SAD TO SEE HER RETIRE, BUT ITS A LOT BETTER THAN SCRAPPING HER!!
VH-OJA is sitting at Wollongong Regional Airport at the HARS museum! Go have a walk through if you have the time!
Bought me a model of a Boeing 747 with a 20" wingspan. This video gives me the correct Qantas colors and lettering for painting. The kangaroo will be a bit tricky to paint.
Just wondering how you can get/take a video camera down on the tarmac when working?
China Eastern looks surprisingly clean compared to the other planes.
bysmichael It's a relatively new aircraft. First flew in June 2012.
Flew from LHR to SYD non stop...........Legend !!
I love this video! Close up shots and very, very clear.
Excellent video of this final deaprture of Qantas B747! Sad to see it goes! Great filming and very informative! I subbed, sub back? I supposed you work in the airport? Many empty seats in that flight, Why dont Qantas sell the seats to all aircrafts fans so we can film the trips also? Only 23 persons, can it carry extra 100 persons on board for this flight?
Thanks for the comment Aviatorspot.
The 23 seats was for the long distance flight from London to Sydney in 1989 as they got into Sydney with not a lot of fuel remaining. QF107 on 7 December 2014 was a normal passenger flight to Los Angeles, and there would not have been many seats available.
luxman13w
And I was on it, last row, seat A. We were only told about it being the last flight on approach into LAX. But ABC reports it did some Johannesburg to Sydney flights in January, Right at the rear it had a funny left-right shake that made it uncomfortable all the way. And those Rolls are not quiet.
***** Yes, OJA did a further 25 sectors and 274 hours after it was meant to retire on 7 December. She wouldn't go easily, and we didn't want to let her go either.
***** OJA has no more shaking and those Rolls are not quiet on other aircraft now. ;)
Goodbye VH-OJA
Great video, how come it was ferried to so many places before making it to Sydney
silo granz Thanks for the compliment. I'm led to believe that because it was the first 744 for QANTAS that it was more of a showcase for the company and probably a familiarisation for the flight crew bringing it back to Sydney for the record breaking non-stop flight from London to Sydney all the way back in 1989.
OK, thank's, that makes sense. It would have been nice to see Qantas purchase a few 747-8,s but i suppose business/profits determine the aircraft used.
Great video, so sad to see this go, I was up on the car park because the Rydges viewing deck was closed. I saw someone down there with a camera and I thought that must be luxman13w. So this was the final revenue service?
Yes, it was its final revenue service. It's no longer allocated flights because of its disposal. It'll be in LAX for a while awaiting the announcement of the museum it's being gifted to. Somewhere in NSW south of Sydney as rumour would have it.
luxman13w I heard it may be going to llawarra Regional Airport, but I doubt it. In my video I can actually see you.
+luxman13w You heard the same rumour as I. The runway is allegedly 1800m but the width may be a problem. As good as it would be to have it at HAARS in Albion Park, I can see it rotting quickly due to the humidity. Alice Springs or Longreach would be a better bet, but who am I to suggest that.
luxman13w Apparently it's has one more service on the 20th December 2014 as QF18
Dat Plane Guy Apparently that's the case now. The plans showed not to be allocated, but I guess plans can change.
Um, this aircraft is still flying for Qantas today...
That wasn't known at the time and it still has a couple of flights left. They just kept extending her tenure. Not that I'm complaining.
No its not, VH OJA was retired in April
Read the date of my comment. January 2015
***** oh, sorry, didnt realise