BWIA, such a classic airline. And they`re on for so many years now. I remember them from a time they used to fly the 707, DC 9 and later the L-1011 Tristar.
Brings tears to my eyes seeing BWIA go under. Four of the five five pilots featured found homes flying after BWee, one with Emirates two with Etihad and one with Easyjet, one gave up flying. Four are close friends of mine. I also had to find a home after BWee after giving it thirty years.
One of the FEW tings, dese days that make me proud to be a Trinidadian. Always fills me with admiration to see our Livery climbing the departure leg....may our airline last forever.
Brings back sad memories, seeing old friends. spent the entire time on the 340 when it was in service at BW and like all the guys in the video had to find a new job overseas.
That is the indicated airspeed, which is equal to a groundspeed that is everything between 350-600 knots. Depending on the windconditions, the groundspeed is different but the indicated airspeed is the same :)
As far as i know that is KIAS which is IAS, indicated air speed which is always that low because of the light air density up there. The mach speed will be between 0.70 and 0.84 . The GS, ground speed, will be, as you said, between 420-520 kn depending on wind, temperature, altimeter and, etc… . If you want to learn more look over some aviation forums or wikipedia. I got tricked here too, but it the end I understood how it works. I am just a flightsimmer, "wannabe" pilot. I hope I helped you.
That 280kt IAS needs to be corrected for altitude, temperature, position and compressibility errors, etc. for TAS and then corrected for wind to get the groundspeed. At that altitude they are flying on a mach number for accuracy.
@zaza32 Need to do some research buddy, BWIA didnt have A340s until 2002. until they closed in 2006. Caribbean Airlines, kept TJN for a year, however they sent back the other A340 (JIL) the same yr they began operating. With regards to Jepp charts expiry dates, alot of plates despite their expiry date, are still in use, If im not mistaken, it depends on the controlling authority, be it FAA, CAA or whoever is in charge of that specific area to deem a plate unusable or usable after expiry date.
When i fly my jet(A340)When i put throttle to 90% for take off it rabes hard and makes me feel like ohh god i m gonna fly high soon and why not?A340 has 4 engines with gud thrust performance perhaps it's also not so heavy in weight whereas engine has gud performance to make jet climb and cruise good on it's way and never let you stall(if you engage "TOGA") but only risky thing in my A340 is that you have to land carefully cuz A340 has wide wings so we be cautius while landing on crosswinds
Amar7605 Speedbird Concorde flew scheduled flights to Barbados for many, many years. Only two scheduled flights were HEATHROW-JFK and Heathrow-Barbados. worked many of the Saturday morning flights from the tower there.
They did NOT go bankrupt. It was a union contract dispute that they got around by regrouping under a new name. Same company new name Caribbean Airlines
The airbus a340-300 is the worst production of all airbuses. It does not even provide thrust as the 777-300, To be honest, airbus got it wrong. The only good a340 is the a340-600.
Temidayo Ekundayo I flew on a 600 to joburg. and back to London on a 300. it was like going from heaven to hell. 600 is spacious powerful silent and comfortable. 300 is a narrow piece of junk
Airbus is a cruise airplane and Boeing is for power. I fly the the A320 and it is as powerful as the 737 however the B 777 is unsurpassed for power. It is just over rated on power.
BWIA, such a classic airline. And they`re on for so many years now. I remember them from a time they used to fly the 707, DC 9 and later the L-1011 Tristar.
Brings tears to my eyes seeing BWIA go under. Four of the five five pilots featured found homes flying after BWee, one with Emirates two with Etihad and one with Easyjet, one gave up flying. Four are close friends of mine. I also had to find a home after BWee after giving it thirty years.
One of the FEW tings, dese days that make me proud to be a Trinidadian. Always fills me with admiration to see our Livery climbing the departure leg....may our airline last forever.
V1, and rotate.
Oh for the good old days when you could fly from London Heathrow to the Caribbean!
I flew BWI Boeing 727 from Port of Spain to Kingston via Montego Bay in December 1967. Yeah 1967 so that dates me big time!
All Brit crew from memory.
The first officer looks like Lenin!
oh wow this was feb 1998. the picture quality is rather nice for such an old video.. i was only 1 month old when this video was shot
I was 1 month away from being born.
JustPlanes replied to another comment that this was filmed in 2003.
Brings back sad memories, seeing old friends. spent the entire time on the 340 when it was in service at BW and like all the guys in the video had to find a new job overseas.
That is the indicated airspeed, which is equal to a groundspeed that is everything between 350-600 knots. Depending on the windconditions, the groundspeed is different but the indicated airspeed is the same :)
Love the engine noise soo much!
2003
When flying was fun!
@bigwill619 it stands for British West Indian Airways and its pronounce BEEWEE!
As far as i know that is KIAS which is IAS, indicated air speed which is always that low because of the light air density up there. The mach speed will be between 0.70 and 0.84 . The GS, ground speed, will be, as you said, between 420-520 kn depending on wind, temperature, altimeter and, etc… . If you want to learn more look over some aviation forums or wikipedia. I got tricked here too, but it the end I understood how it works. I am just a flightsimmer, "wannabe" pilot. I hope I helped you.
Great vid... A must have in my collection.
I just realised the rear centre landing gear pretty cool :p
omfg ive been w8ing on u guys to put this one online...i
aleays, always fantastic !!!!
Wish the new version (caribbean airlines) had larger planes like the 777 or A330
there are also other flights in this video....BWIA..good ole days
That 280kt IAS needs to be corrected for altitude, temperature, position and compressibility errors, etc. for TAS and then corrected for wind to get the groundspeed. At that altitude they are flying on a mach number for accuracy.
Great video! Thanks for posting!
@zaza32 Need to do some research buddy, BWIA didnt have A340s until 2002. until they closed in 2006. Caribbean Airlines, kept TJN for a year, however they sent back the other A340 (JIL) the same yr they began operating.
With regards to Jepp charts expiry dates, alot of plates despite their expiry date, are still in use,
If im not mistaken, it depends on the controlling authority, be it FAA, CAA or whoever is in charge of that specific area to deem a plate unusable or usable after expiry date.
What a great video nice qatch well done
Very nice! I enjoyed it
Thank you for sharing.
When i fly my jet(A340)When i put throttle to 90% for take off it rabes hard and makes me feel like ohh god i m gonna fly high soon and why not?A340 has 4 engines with gud thrust performance perhaps it's also not so heavy in weight whereas engine has gud performance to make jet climb and cruise good on it's way and never let you stall(if you engage "TOGA") but only risky thing in my A340 is that you have to land carefully cuz A340 has wide wings so we be cautius while landing on crosswinds
Great Video!
@Itchhhh BA Concorde G-BOAE is now in its final resting place at Barbados
Mark Griffiths - do they give tours? I would love to give it a walkaround and look at the cockpit!.....and those turbojets!
@@dominiquestephenson1541 yes they do
@1000sizo It means idle the throttles.
Awesome................
06:00
Concorde!? =S
this must have been recorded yr ago!!!! as there is no longer a BWIA its now Caribbean airline !!
great video
@KevishScot his Jepp chart expired Sept. 98 so somewhere around then
do u have more of these yet cuz they were sold out wen i checked and i wud like to kno if u cud do one on air jamaica
wow!an all Trinidadian flight crew,interesting!never seen that before!!
@davidwill6 Really? Man you must be so proud of him. But sadly bwia don't fly to london anymore
I cant watch it all ... because if I do ... I already cant wait to become a pilot
Amazing as always! But how was there a Concorde at Barbados? Was it a charter flight or something?
Amar7605 Speedbird Concorde flew scheduled flights to Barbados for many, many years. Only two scheduled flights were HEATHROW-JFK and Heathrow-Barbados. worked many of the Saturday morning flights from the tower there.
4:30, are they only flying 280kn? :O because normaly they fly between 420-520kn cruise speed...nice video!!
very nice
@uktrini1 I know it's so unfair. Also someone closed down the air jamaica flight to heathrow. Both of those flights really interested me.
So the A340s were the replacements for the L-1011s?
mnic1234 yup
@davidwill6 really???????????????? you're lucky your dad is an A340 pilot, and where does he work now? because BWIA has bankrupt
@uktrini1 I know it's so unfair :(. Also someone closed down the air jamaica flight to heathrow. Both of those flights really interested me.
When was this recorded?
3:42 aka the escape hatch. But a pilot never deserts his ship with passengers on board.
strovrpwr bbb
sweet
British West Indian Airways
@davidwill6 is he really?
Cool video! Dumb Trinidad government for giving up the heathrow slots
Ahhh the hubcap tail
Nice! Wtf concorde???!?
yrah plane at 7 min is airbus???!!!!
lovely when did bwia go bankrupt ?
They're new name is Caribbean Airlines
yh i know but the airline was having problems
They did NOT go bankrupt. It was a union contract dispute that they got around by regrouping under a new name. Same company new name Caribbean Airlines
Thanks Airbus for making an underpowered aircraft...
@davidwill6 really ?? cool
trinidad should not have givin up their heathrow slots really and BWIA is way better than caribbean airlines :P
@bigwill619 British West Indies Awirways
1st. Great video there!
The airbus a340-300 is the worst production of all airbuses. It does not even provide thrust as the 777-300,
To be honest, airbus got it wrong. The only good a340 is the a340-600.
Temidayo Ekundayo I flew on a 600 to joburg. and back to London on a 300. it was like going from heaven to hell. 600 is spacious powerful silent and comfortable. 300 is a narrow piece of junk
Actually..the only good A340 is the A340-500
Airbus is a cruise airplane and Boeing is for power. I fly the the A320 and it is as powerful as the 737 however the B 777 is unsurpassed for power. It is just over rated on power.
When was this filmed?