Hands down the best take off video on RUclips from Chicago! Love that it's all the way from the initial turn and roll, to the point where the captain turns off the seat belt sign.
Said it before, this vid is excellent!! Great filming and the sound of the engines with good earphones on is awesome!! Feel a bit sad but probably watched this vid about 20 times over 2 years :-)
There are a few reasons for the great circle route. Distance is one thing as the girth of the earth is less the closer you are to the poles. So by flying in that direction you actually are flying less distance on certain routes.Winds aloft can also play into taking it up on a far north route. A strong jetstream current of say 140 MPH that flows from West to East can hammer an aircrafts fuel burn. So by flying further north of the jetstream, we can find winds significantly lighter.
It is a wonderful feeling when flying on powerful 747 engines .This video brough back my feeling when flying from Minneapolis to Narita and from Los Angeles to Taipei .My next fly will be on May2012 but on 777-300 from Minneapolis to Inchoes , cant wait :)
They didn't fly east. The route actually is somewhat strange but apparantly all pacific flights from the United States to Asia generally fly north and then head west. They took off to the east because that was the favored direction of the wind that day. They got over Lake Michigan and turned north, where they flew over mid-Canada and then banked northwest...at some point over the Pacific, probably near Russia, they made one last turn southwest and arrived in Shanghai.
Wow nice video!!! And the bass in my room is amazing!!!0.o I hope i can fly someday with a United 747=) I like it that your video is soo long it nice and that you are in a fully loaded 747.... greets Remko
Just becuase they takeoff east doesn't mean they aren't allowed to turn west once airborne. Airplanes generally take off into the wind in order to lower the required takeoff speed.
Excellent video. Was the takeoff this smooth or does your camera have some type of motion-cancel ability? Could you tell us what model and make of camera this was shot with? Thanks for sharing this quality video.
You can't compare the two. Each airplane is unique in its design. The 747 has a lot more power than the A340-300 because it is much larger and heavier.
Great vudeo man love it, love the sounds of those engines, anyway, how long was the flight from Chicago to Shanghai, China, IF you are a U.S citizen, what travel documents do you need to travel to China and the rest of Asia do you need a Chinese Visa??
Thank is categorically incorrect. The term "heavy" means that the aircraft in question is above a certain weight class. The term "heavy" can be applied to a Boeing 757 that's heavy enough with passengers, cargo, and/or fuel. (transatlantic ETOPS capable).
@MrSHEDOSKY my house was built before the airport, however I didn't live here when the house was built. But when I moved here they never flew planes over our house, but they built a new runway since we moved here. So don't tell me I didn't have to move here.
1. He could have set-up his climb for speed over climb meaning flap retraction occurs more quickly due to increased acceleration over quicker climb. 2. 747 'never' do 'anything' the same way... every day is different: temperature, altitude, wind direction/speed, passenger load, runway direction, obstacle clearance, flight duration, cruise altitude, speed over time cruise setting (cost index)... the list is quite long. No doubt this crew opted for (or required) accel. over altitude.
Well then it certainly needs the rock hard patience to be sitting hours long because i can't even bare the united flight from london to chicago :) which is just around 8hours:)
@jfbenzl United will retire the 747-400 fleet because they're are already 15 years old, and they're becoming more and more inefficient, relative to newcomers such as B787 and A350. You can notice the fleet is aging since it needs servicing more frequently. I love 747s as well, but United's 747 cabin look dated and they do plan plan on upgrading/renovating the economy class since they're goin to be replaced soon.
Most likely that is what the crew intended, but it could have been other reasons, such as needing to gain altitude because of storms over eastern Michigan etc...
haha here we are complaining about taking 20 hours to go half way across the world.. but remember, not too long ago it would take days, even months to get half way across the world.
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About when did you officially make another left turn to head southwest? Because in this video you were going northeast, due north, and then northwest and then for some reason made a right turn instead of the expected left....were you guys like circling the Chicago metro area before officially intercepting the course to Shanghai?
EVEN WITH MY SOUND TURNED DOWN, JUST WATCHING THIS , I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS A 'FULL FLIGHT' AND THAT THERE WAS LIKELY 'FLUTTER' WHEN TAKE OFF ("FLUTTER, IS *NOT* A GOOD THING, IN FACT, FLUTTER IS THE TOP REASON FOR CRASHES ON TAKE OFFS} BUT, LUCKILY THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH LIFT, TO KEEP IT GOING - I WAS IN MY AIR FRANCE FLIGHT ONCE, HEARING FLUTTER, ET IT WAS SCARY, ET WORRISOME, CAUSE I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT....ET WHAT COULD HAPPEN
@videovaultault how is this a national secuirity issue there are so many vids of takeoffs and landings that if it was then the gov would have done somthing by now.
@videovaultault What the hell are you talking about? I have Flight Simulator X and it shows the EXACT taxiways and runways that airplanes in real life use! FSX also uses real radio frequencies for the airports tower and ILS. Did the US Government ban FSX? No. Also, Flightaware shows so everything you need to know about a flight: altitude, speed, location, waypoints, etc...
so you flew east out of chicago to get to Shanghi? I would think you could fly west to China also but then again its probably equidistant. Man those planes got some serious range.
Hands down the best take off video on RUclips from Chicago! Love that it's all the way from the initial turn and roll, to the point where the captain turns off the seat belt sign.
Nice turn out across the lake on that 015 heading 4.53, engines sound awesome when the thrust comes in on the runway.
The Queen of the skys in full action. 5 stars.
Said it before, this vid is excellent!! Great filming and the sound of the engines with good earphones on is awesome!! Feel a bit sad but probably watched this vid about 20 times over 2 years :-)
Great video. Amazing to watch the wing flex. Not surprising given the full load and the length of flight.
There are a few reasons for the great circle route. Distance is one thing as the girth of the earth is less the closer you are to the poles. So by flying in that direction you actually are flying less distance on certain routes.Winds aloft can also play into taking it up on a far north route. A strong jetstream current of say 140 MPH that flows from West to East can hammer an aircrafts fuel burn. So by flying further north of the jetstream, we can find winds significantly lighter.
It is a wonderful feeling when flying on powerful 747 engines .This video brough back my feeling when flying from Minneapolis to Narita and from Los Angeles to Taipei .My next fly will be on May2012 but on 777-300 from Minneapolis to Inchoes , cant wait :)
Fantastic Vid!!!! The bass from them Rolls Royce engines is immense!!
I love that amazing sound of the Boeing 747-400 5*
This video-clip Makes em sleepy, So nice noice from the engines and it makes me feel like taking a nap
What a beautiful view! I love Lake Michigan. :)
i work there and live right by there. used to have those big boys flying directly over my old house!
Man, that is a long takeoff- but still great.
I love the big birds.
I'm going to be flying to Chicago.. then to Alaska! I'm so excited!
I remember when I was here I saw the Star Alliance Livery Boeing 772 parked next to me. I thought that was so cool I loved Chicago.
@yournameiswrong almost!!!, what a great video, great quality.
They didn't fly east. The route actually is somewhat strange but apparantly all pacific flights from the United States to Asia generally fly north and then head west. They took off to the east because that was the favored direction of the wind that day. They got over Lake Michigan and turned north, where they flew over mid-Canada and then banked northwest...at some point over the Pacific, probably near Russia, they made one last turn southwest and arrived in Shanghai.
Best sounding take off video i've ever heard.
Don't know how many runways are there but Chicago O'Hare is a very big airport. Perhaps one of the largest in the US.
great video. i love airplanes. best video ever
i love the view when you up in the ski is cool!
it's nice they used 14R - a takeoff from the 32 end wouldnt have made fur such nice scenary during the turns! nice vid, thanks for sharing
took this flt last year....cloudy day, couldnt see a thing. Nice video.
Hello!Nice flight to Shanghai!
Beantiful sun weather!
I give you 5 star for this film!
Greeting TheCARRE74=)
Wow nice video!!! And the bass in my room is amazing!!!0.o I hope i can fly someday with a United 747=) I like it that your video is soo long it nice and that you are in a fully loaded 747.... greets Remko
Just becuase they takeoff east doesn't mean they aren't allowed to turn west once airborne. Airplanes generally take off into the wind in order to lower the required takeoff speed.
That 744 must be really heavy to eat up the runway. That is a great vid by the way!
I'm flying from Chicago to Sydney with a stop in L.A. in a few days I cannot wait!
checkmate440, generally the term "heavy" GENERALLY indicates the aircraft is a wide-body which means the plane has more than a single aisle
747 Heavy!!! Love it!!! and it's UA!!!
Amazing!! i love the power! fantastic video
Excellent video. Was the takeoff this smooth or does your camera have some type of motion-cancel ability? Could you tell us what model and make of camera this was shot with? Thanks for sharing this quality video.
Very nice video! Very clear camera!
You can't compare the two. Each airplane is unique in its design. The 747 has a lot more power than the A340-300 because it is much larger and heavier.
Great Video without STUPUD commentary!
Great vudeo man love it, love the sounds of those engines, anyway, how long was the flight from Chicago to Shanghai, China, IF you are a U.S citizen, what travel documents do you need to travel to China and the rest of Asia do you need a Chinese Visa??
agree with danny, must have watched this 20times!
Being by these things is just magical
From Chicago it is only 1.5 hours longer - they fly over Antarctica - not point to point like on a flat map. It is called a great circle route.
Nice vector out to the East over the Lake and flying north to Wisconsin and heading West for the 20 hr. flight into Shanghai Pudong.
Fully loaded with fuel passengers and freight.....heavy
I flew from newark to beijing nonstop, the only way to do it is to fly north and use the earth's rotation to shorten the distance
Your microphone on your camera is rocking!
Washington to Johannesburg on South African Airways via a fuel stop in Dakar is the same store - It's about 19-20 hours total being on the plane
@2009AdamH better still chicago-delhi takes around 15 1/2 hrs without any refueling stops.Plane is Boeing 777-200 ER American Airlines.
i have 3d headset... THIS SOUNDS AWESOME
Don't worry flying is the safest way of travel.
Thank is categorically incorrect. The term "heavy" means that the aircraft in question is above a certain weight class. The term "heavy" can be applied to a Boeing 757 that's heavy enough with passengers, cargo, and/or fuel. (transatlantic ETOPS capable).
awesome engine power sound...period!:)
@MrSHEDOSKY my house was built before the airport, however I didn't live here when the house was built. But when I moved here they never flew planes over our house, but they built a new runway since we moved here. So don't tell me I didn't have to move here.
They are heading northeast. It's called the great circle route.
Bloody hell long flight!!! i dont know how i am gonna cope with the A340-600!! :(
That must have been right on the maximum take off weight. It didn't look like it was going to get off for a while there.
1. He could have set-up his climb for speed over climb meaning flap retraction occurs more quickly due to increased acceleration over quicker climb. 2. 747 'never' do 'anything' the same way... every day is different: temperature, altitude, wind direction/speed, passenger load, runway direction, obstacle clearance, flight duration, cruise altitude, speed over time cruise setting (cost index)... the list is quite long. No doubt this crew opted for (or required) accel. over altitude.
@mobility12 yeah I heard about that on the flight, I was very surprised too. Im lucky to have flown that route.
Well then it certainly needs the rock hard patience to be sitting hours long because i can't even bare the united flight from london to chicago :) which is just around 8hours:)
@jfbenzl United will retire the 747-400 fleet because they're are already 15 years old, and they're becoming more and more inefficient, relative to newcomers such as B787 and A350. You can notice the fleet is aging since it needs servicing more frequently. I love 747s as well, but United's 747 cabin look dated and they do plan plan on upgrading/renovating the economy class since they're goin to be replaced soon.
Most likely that is what the crew intended, but it could have been other reasons, such as needing to gain altitude because of storms over eastern Michigan etc...
i have been there..... cool airport!
@2009AdamH 19 1/2 on Singapore Air from KEWR - WSSS. non-stop, no stopovers, no refuelling, just one straight shot. A340-500.
Thanks
if you want a long fly try 26 hours from santiago SCL to Copenhaguen :)!
I saw Oprah! That brown blob on the beach.
Perhaps next time put the microphone on the inside of the cabin.
wow that was a great vid
I've noticed that United's b744's are quitter in the cabin area, unlike the others. Might just be the video, but I doubt it.
haha here we are complaining about taking 20 hours to go half way across the world..
but remember, not too long ago it would take days, even months to get half way across the world.
What about Atlanta-Seoul....LOOOONG!!!! AND NONSTOP!
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@pricelessppp yup they are making the airpoert even bigger
Well this was nice :)
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So, why did this flight head east to lake michigan than turn north(or was that north?)?
About when did you officially make another left turn to head southwest? Because in this video you were going northeast, due north, and then northwest and then for some reason made a right turn instead of the expected left....were you guys like circling the Chicago metro area before officially intercepting the course to Shanghai?
Shanghai, China and then on to Bangkok, Thailand.
The Arctic. Antarctica is the south pole ;-)
@TUIflycaz omg ive been on an A380 its like a cruise in the sky!! :D
WOW! It's even hard to hear the flight attendants! O_O I barely heard "snackboxes for sale"
My guess that your flight went over Lake Michigan to make the trip over the Arctic Circle to Shanghai, correct?
@12drumup: Yeah, I noticed that, too. About 56 seconds, by my count. They sure used up a lot of real estate on that takeoff!
@pricelessppp i think so... it kinda sucks since there's a plane that goes over my house every 60 seconds every day.
Is this a direct flight from Chicago to Shanghai? How many hours did it take?
@Voyagerwarp9 those arent rolls royce. u can tell by the engine there pratt and whitney
EVEN WITH MY SOUND TURNED DOWN, JUST WATCHING THIS , I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS A 'FULL FLIGHT' AND THAT THERE WAS LIKELY 'FLUTTER' WHEN TAKE OFF ("FLUTTER, IS *NOT* A GOOD THING, IN FACT, FLUTTER IS THE TOP REASON FOR CRASHES ON TAKE OFFS} BUT, LUCKILY THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH LIFT, TO KEEP IT GOING - I WAS IN MY AIR FRANCE FLIGHT ONCE, HEARING FLUTTER, ET IT WAS SCARY, ET WORRISOME, CAUSE I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT....ET WHAT COULD HAPPEN
@Comedymakesmelaugh7 i think the pilot knows what he is doing
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I just left Chicago a few days ago.
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@videovaultault how is this a national secuirity issue there are so many vids of takeoffs and landings that if it was then the gov would have done somthing by now.
@videovaultault
What the hell are you talking about? I have Flight Simulator X and it shows the EXACT taxiways and runways that airplanes in real life use! FSX also uses real radio frequencies for the airports tower and ILS. Did the US Government ban FSX? No. Also, Flightaware shows so everything you need to know about a flight: altitude, speed, location, waypoints, etc...
How many hours does it take to go from Chicago ORD to Shanghai?
I can see my apartment building by the beach!
Great!
me too!
It is a 14 hour 36 minute trip.
i love ord.
B747s never put the flaps up that quick. Why did the pilot do it so early?
yep
so you flew east out of chicago to get to Shanghi? I would think you could fly west to China also but then again its probably equidistant. Man those planes got some serious range.
1:34 possibly a bird flying past close by?
What? all the way to Shanghai from ORD you gotta be kiddin me.....
Gee Chicago to Shanghai that's a long flight