EX Air Altanta Icelandic 747-400 TF-AAD departure from Cotswold airport on 31/10/2020

Sorry had re-upload in full HD. 747's at Cotswold airport these days aren't a rare sight be any means as most complete their final flights here, but, in this instance it was a rare event. departure of one. One of only 2 747's in the last 20 years the other being Corsair F-HSUN to the boneyard. The one in question here is TF-AAD which started its career 23 years ago in 1997 with Malaysian. Over the years its been to Alwafeer air to Saudi on lease from air Atlanta Icelandic which is its current owners. It arrived on 17 Jun 2020 for storage at Kemble but unlike we all thought this wasn't its last flight as today it departed to start a new career carrying in PPE from China to and from Doncaster operating for North lights charter. Its great to see another queen grace the skies again.
Me and my mate decided to get her going because its a rare event getting a 747 departing to Cotswold or any airliner for that matter. There was quite a lot of planning and last minute decisions went into this. She was firs due out on the Friday it then changed to Saturday. The time was 12:00 then she suddenly went onto the runway so quickly rushed down to pick up my mate and then we rushed down to Kemble. Then typically there was issue after, after issue. Engine Number 3 went tech and they had to repair it and then do an engine run to make sure it was fully serviceable. Then the departure time slipped from 12:00 to 13:00 then 14:00 and ended up being 15:00 so after an hour in the cold we decided to go for Mac Donald's then finally she was towed up we cheered for joy. She was pushed down to RWY26 and started all four engines got clearance and blasted into the setting sun. the only issue was the Gnat got into the way of the actually lift off and few people got into the way but other than that it was an awesome sight and well worth the wait to capture this rare moment on film.
Anyway hope you enjoy, sorry about the shakes and wind noise, it was gusting up to 20mph at times. Anyway with the governments announcement of lockdown coming Thursday this could be my last video for at least a month so I hope its a good one. Like comment an subscribe for more aviation content.