B-747 takeoff at Zurich in 1991

Crew starting engines and taking off at Zurich with Swissair Boeing-747-357

[@CiciOzkup-rg8ld]

Als SWISSAIR KIND, Vater arbeitete 30Jahre! im Balsberg Headoffice, und aufgewachsen in Opfikon, kann ich nur sagen... DANKE VATER, DANKE SWISSAIR ES WAR EIN TRAUM!!!!

[@vwsambabus]

Der Kapitän wirkt sehr sympatisch!

[@Darkton80]

At one time from 1983 to 1995, swissair was in the front line and spotlight of commercial aviation in the world. The exquisite and very rare Boeing 747-300 was pretty much custom made for swissair. Around 1980, swissair was very popular and was operating the 747-100, which was a step back from the 747-200. Most airlines at the time that had a 747, had a -200 model, and swissair wanted a better roomier 747 than to aquire the -200. So they asked Boeing to make them a new jumbo jet, and Boeing developed the -300 model with a double the length stretched upper deck and two big emergency doors in the middle. It also had a slightly more advanced flight deck than the 747-200. So in 1983 swissair became the KING of the SKIES with their brand new 747-300, (For it was the A380 of the 1980's). Only a couple other airlines later on had the -300. In 1995, the newest version of the 747, the "400", surpassed the -300 and swissair's reign came to an end. 1995 was also a breakthrough year for airliners all over with the introduction of the Airbus A340 and Boeing 777. swissair lived from 1931 to 2002 and will be greatly missed. (R.I.P.)

[@SchmidProductions]

Ein ganz toller Video. Für mich kommen da wunderschöne Erinnerungen hoch. SWISSAIR 4-EVER!!!!! Grüsse aus ZRH, Sandro

[@BadenCityFire]

SchmidProductions super wirklich ! :-) da kommen erinnerungen hoch :-)

[@renatostiefenhofer8008]

Cooler Captain, danke fürs Hochladen. Gruass us m 747-8 Cockpit. R.

[@Super19101972]

I flew many times.. with SR126 /127 BOS I flew it on my way to US for summer camps, I flew from Linate with the A310; in the 80s Economy was on the upper deck so I was always there. and SR120 121 Atlanta in the 90s... The engine noise during climb brings me back to good times.

[@asasmith2696]

JT9Ds are some of the best sounding engines known to man

[@ELcinegatto87]

FINALLY a nice B743 video without lame music. Great footage thx!!!

[@ELcinegatto87]

@hamo h Jokes on you dummy.

[@bullwinklejmoos]

The good ole days when you had a flight engineer.

[@Hans123464]

Right you are. The greatest mistake in operating airliners was to remove the flight engeneer. Many airline crashes were due to this fact. "Safety first" was replaced by "money first."

[@bullwinklejmoos]

I’ve flown in a number of 3-crew airplanes, both in engineer seat and pilot seat. I noticed mistakes when riding at the panel and have mistakes called out when in the other seats. You’re right, it’s all about money.

[@GhostSheep96]

@@Hans123464 Boeing T7 and Airbus A330 / A340 are some of the safest planes and they dont have an FE^^

[@Unusual-User]

Es ist unglaublich diese Technik und das im 1991!

[@Benutzername123]

damals gab es schon den a320 mit fly by wire und digitalem Cockpit. zudem hat die 757/767 schon seit Beginn der frühen 80ger Jahre ein digitales Cockpit. Die zu sehende Technik entspricht dem Stand der frühen 70ger Jahre.

[@karaoke127]

und was soll das jetzt heissen ?? Piloten liebten die 747 und sie hat sich sehr bewährt und war schneller als die meisten Airliners dieser Zeitperiode - wenn auch nicht unbedingt effizienter. Und der A310 war auch schon 1983 mit digitalem Cockpit ausgerüstet und mit 2 Mann operiert.@ername123

[@arendum]

So cool to live nearby the LSZH and recognise all the villages and roads on the ground.

[@wolfstock6030]

Sehr interessant und ein kleiner Hund auf der Terrasse ist auch dabei. Klasse.

[@xamandasiberia]

very nice video! thanks for posting ;)

[@zrh_airport6452]

sehr schön 😍😍😍

[@12345fowler]

The Vebit departure from runway 14 is always intersting to fly.

[@karaoke127]

😅RW16

[@levelat350]

Request permission to suggest? Listen to “Kiss Me” by Sixpence Nonethericher whilevthis Video is playing. The reason I say this is because,I feel that it’s a good tune to listen to whilst watching this video.

[@heirimuller5717]

! Abo hast du

[@Super19101972]

BTW which flight is this? I remember 747 fly to JFK, ATL, BOS and I think that is it for US . the rest was DC10

[@djsunji]

de moscht hane uf do ja... hahaha