Heavy Sunset Departures \ London Heathrow Airport 02/04/12

[@class158productions]

One of my all time favourite videos, got me into plane spotting, looking back now, miss all these aircraft and liveries that are gone.

[@michaeljudge860]

British Airways 747’s will never be forgotten.

[@ChrisZoomER]

Several classics that’ll be forever missed like the BA 747, BA 767, VA 747, and El Al 747. I still can’t believe it’s been more than a decade already!

[@AWcollectibles]

And the VA a340s

[@ChrisZoomER]

@@AWcollectibles Not nearly as iconic, I but definitely miss those too!

[@japanpro1]

there is a fleeting moment during both take off and landing, when an aircraft appears suspended in air - absolutely awesome.

[@grandmasterbeats9732]

These videos are now the only precious way of seeing these gems of the skies which are no longer with us. Partly due to Covid and the financial spin which has been created with not listening to the people. So I am still watching this video after it came out in the year that I turned 30. I know some might say who cares to a lot of the airlines who now operate directly from their base and right across to the west however for me they will be deeply missed and never forgotten. All the classics right the way through The Magestic Queen Of The Skies will no longer fly. OLD IS GOLD and this will always be the case as time goes by.

[@andyswalker1590]

Despite all the technological breakthroughs with new planes and bigger engines, there's still no more beautiful sound than a rolls Royce rb211 on take off

[@PlanesAndGames732]

TF39 on takeoff: Am I a joke to you?

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

Well said my friend 🤘

[@pbldrum]

What beautiful birds !! Busy Heathrow. Awesome vantage point. Great vid! Thanks for posting... I could stare at this all day and never get a bloody thing done!

[@Tristar_Darren]

One of your very best, still come back to watch this after all these years & views.

[@SuperOMFB]

It was very nice to see the formidable airbus 340-600 from Virgin- Atlantic, I immmediately reminded my flight from Johannesburg 3 years ago . It is just fantastic !!!!!!

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

Boy I love these majestic jets sooo much

[@MichaelJ843]

That humming from the 777's takeoff's are classic.

[@cjs121675]

Sweeeeeeet.... Nice to know I am not alone in loving the jumbos! I have ALWAYS loved big planes- ever since I was a kid. I recently got back into the obsession and just-WOW- love this vid- beautiful birds, beautiful day for plane-spotting!!!!!

[@DannoAviation]

Wow the memories! I was only 16 at the time of this video… turning 27 on Monday! The Queen of the Skies was always an absolute dream to see… I miss the 767-200’s as well, great sounding aircraft when on climb-out, BRILLIANT video!

[@carlhaluss]

Thanks a million! I didn't think I would watch the whole thing, but it was as though I was there myself, as indeed I was - back in 1969! The aircraft have changed, but the thrill is still there. Thank You so much for the excellent effort. So enjoyable. Cheers, Carl

[@benwhiteman1574]

Something satisfying when you hear those engines running as the plane flies overhead!

[@TrainPlaneHub]

Actually 777 uses 3 types of engine. The most common is the GE90. Not the PW. They also use RR. You don't get PW engines on a 777-300! 777-300 & 77W use GE90's & RR.

[@georgobrowno5857]

Like seeing how the landing gear goes up

[@ElectoneGuy]

Those Virgin A340s are beautiful.

[@Spudchucker92]

Gotta laugh at the people moaning about too many British Airways planes....when Heathrow is BA's main hub... Great video anyway, would love to do this one day.

[@TrentEngineFan]

Back when the 787 didn't hog every airport. Miss those days incredibly.

[@adamwalpole1180]

Yep, it’s just 787s now. Boring

[@caviation808yt]

Yeah I just love the sound of plane engines when takeoff/go around

[@ReMixGaming2000]

747's are so majestic

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

I know right! May the queen of the skies continue her never reign, the younger sister the 747 -8 will take her position as queen of the skies

[@zNexino]

Her? Eh.. excuse me young man.. but a “material” isn’t a gender, not masculine or feminine and you call it “her”? Haha, you’re playing with me.

[@hsahota30]

AMAZING !!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'VE BEEN WITNESSING THIS AMAZING ACTION FOR 30 YES 30 YEARS!!!!!

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Always a go-to video when needing a long departures vid. Well done.

[@discgolfer78]

ya its like listening to those 1 hour rain videos for me..... very soothing

[@Danny_Jarquin]

man, the memories seeing this as a 5 year old... good times... now 10 years later as a 15 year old, im revisiting the video again

[@airfoxtrot2006]

The mound of rubble got used as foundation for the new T2 but i found the field recently and the view was ok.

[@MetalHeadJagger]

boeing 777 planes has the most beautiful sound when it flys over your head

[@electricguitars5559]

I used to watch this like when I was 5 yrs old and now I’m 15 yrs old, time flies by

[@Jackle61]

For some reason I find this very soothing.

[@juliannortheast2271]

London Heathrow is always my favorite airport of all I like them when they land on the left and on the right specially takeoff 👍 ☺👏

[@TrainPlaneHub]

it goes via Hong Kong its approx 12 hours to Hong Kong then a further 10 from Hong Kong to Sydney. Don't know where that guy got 15 hours from but he's wrong.

[@jimshaw2465]

Magnificent! Many thanks. I still have 60 year old memories of watching commercial planes as a kid in Rochester, N.Y. We really enjoyed the "props" including Convair 240s, DC-3s, DC-6s and the truly memorable Vickers Viscount operated by Capital Airlines..

[@TheBattleRiflexxx]

I love the sound of the 747's engines!

[@Diceman004]

This is a plane spotter's wet dream. I could sit there all day.

[@otterman11]

Thanks for sharing. One of the better videos I've seen in a while!

[@ESCAPE40]

Watching this when I was 7 years old was epic

[@tenplayz1236]

I watch this so many times it amazing

[@hatchetman29]

14:10 Good shot of the raked wingtips on the Delta 767-400ER. It’s rare to see that variant anywhere.

[@bfaulkner17]

Incredible variety of aircraft. I was surprised to see an Iberia A340. For the person trying to distinguish between the B777 and A330: If you can see the tail but can't distinguish wing detail, look at the tail cone. Airbus aircraft cones comes to a point near the top of the fuselage. Boeings (except the 777) come to a point in the middle of the fuselage. The 777 is flattened on the sides with a vertical surface at the tip. Although 747s have been around for 45 years, they still amaze me.

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

This is wonderful plane spotting! ❤️✈️

[@AntonvonSierakowski]

Very good. Enjoyed. Clear and no waste footage.

[@58bigjim]

Great video!! I enjoyed every minute of it my friend! Thank you for being our eyes in another part of this big planet....

[@carlosalbertoramosrosales]

It’s 2022 and I’m still like this video

[@grandmasterbeats9732]

This footage is Gold Dust.

[@jeffman61]

Wow! A fantastic job on your part filming these beautiful heavies taking off from Heathrow! As I live in the USA, I once had the pleasure of taking a trip to London back in '95. I flew in and out of Heathrow on AA. I believe that both landing and departing jets were Boeing 767's and the US airport was JFK in NYC! I commend you for the time and effort that you put in filming!

[@cplayzstuff6907]

I love aviation!

[@pecatoribus64]

Time well spent, Mate. Thanks for sharing, they're all simply majestic.

[@bevantaylor8594]

beauiful brought a tear to the eye; love flying

[@almirbmedeiros]

I like very much of this video. Only big jets. Good position to record. HD makes it better. This video is one of my favorites. Thank you my friend for post it.

[@docjon67]

Great video! Loved it. Heathrow is my favourite airport in the world - so busy, so many airlines.

[@jerremymiranda2282]

very nice view looking at those big birds flying....makes me feel im in there too flying

[@o.b.a.j1689]

04:21 united old livery great to see them still around

[@makiedolfin1863]

Thanks for this wonderful take off

[@jamie2475]

3:29 for a fraction of a second I thought that Air Canada A320 isn't a heavy...then realized it's a 767-300. It looked so small compared to all the others. Great video!!

[@Chris430521]

Amazing GE-90 action!!! Liked!

[@TrainPlaneHub]

It was filmed over about 2 hours. Theres many more departures, smaller aircraft, and even in this video I did miss out several BA 777's & 767's, so its not too repetitive. Between every flight its about a minute, with a 2 minute gap, between a heavy and a smaller aircraft, this is to allow the turbulence, left behind a heavy to die off.

[@TysonLee38]

Great Video I really enjoyed watching this thank-you and great job!

[@ewooll]

Great video thanks Rachel&Matt. The Virgin 340 in metalic was very nice.

[@wdh47211]

I love planes ....a great video

[@09beegee]

Thank you!!

[@fluffycheep]

I am amazed by these planes.

[@Shellocker]

Egypt air, thats a nice painted bird!

[@bonan960623]

Spotting at Heathrow is great - especially when you're from Sweden and the largest things that ever come here is 767's. A must do every time I visit the UK!

[@bonan960623]

Not anymore, they use 777s these days. Still larger than the 767, though.

[@maxwelsh4126]

best vid ive seen in heathrow ive seen a few at the spotters location

[@ewooll]

I have spotted from this area and sometimes a real heavy one would appear from behind the tanks. Been a few years since I was there but I used to like the 340-300, 777-300 and of course the 747-400. When they had the hammer down it was such a thrill. Great vid thanks.

[@Probowler37]

I'm planning on visiting London in the next 2 years, and will have to to this for sure!

[@devonmoors]

Great footage! Many years ago I used to sometimes film the landings at Heathrow.I parked my car more or less in line with the runway and filmed the planes all lining up on their final and follow them down to touchdown. It was a fantastic feeling having these planes flying so low.Unfortunately the filming was done on VHS so rather dodgy quality. Filmed early nineties ,the police moved me on a couple of times because of my parking so I did not bother anymore after that. Not possible today!!

[@aimeesworld6537]

I'm very imtrested in planes

[@nickspice6774]

Aimee's World! Same

[@unstoppableguy]

Fantastic video! I miss my Heathrow days watching on the Spectator's Gallery! How on earth did you film this so well - where exactly was your filming point?

[@Mantovani498]

I really love your video, fantastic takeoffs, congratulations!!

[@tomtalker2000]

I love Virgin Atlantic's Airbus A340. Such a powerfully huge plane.

[@tony3461]

Great video!! Thanks!

[@planesond-ski7602]

cest trop beaux le bruit des réacteurs

[@Andresoid]

Hi, i dont know anything about rear set of wheels, but front wheels are stopped by two steel plates (each one for one wheel) located on the ceiling inside the front gear compartment. Wheels simply hit them and stop spinning.

[@Tigerwarhawk]

The Delta 767-400 is so sleek and beautiful

[@TrainPlaneHub]

Like the title says, "heavy departures" LOT only send small planes to Heathrow.

[@robertoaguilarjulian6449]

Airlines often don't use their largest airplanes only for the long haul flights; but also for the busy fights (as rachaelmatt said). For example, ANA in China use the 747 for 1 hour flights.

[@op3l]

I love that A340 engine growl when it's on full throttle.

[@MaxKhadar]

MADE MY DREAM COME TRUE!

[@999skipper]

Great video. Especially from 18:00 onwards...fantastic lighting.

[@bristolcardifairport]

Beautiful!

[@akannkite]

so many beautiful 777s

[@MrBear1967]

stunning....747s all the way...they look beautiful flying into the sunset...

[@SkyMegaPrince]

The A340-600 TOTALLY got my attention...

[@livefreeinuk1]

question,would it be possible to engage reverse thrust in flight or is there an altitude sensor that would only allow reverse thrust at ground level.

[@xXPbrosXx]

Awesome video. I think the 747-400 EL AL was one of the coolest.

[@DannoAviation]

7:53 G-VFIT still flies under European Cargo nowadays… (G-ECLB), I caught her departing from the same spot and the same runway! Lovely seeing her in the Virgin Atlantic colours…😊

[@PlanesAndGames732]

Heading towards 1,000,000 views! Congratulations!

[@stephenjones8928]

Good stuff! Thanks for posting.

[@wingmanmrt]

Great video & i espacially love the BA 747

[@pathebat]

fantastic vids and you have a good spot there keep up the good work.

[@thorstentoxvaerd]

One of my favorite spotting vids. Good stuff :)

[@TrainPlaneHub]

Because the route is so popular! They send a big plane rather than 2 or 3 little ones.

[@dtpilotify]

I really enjoy this video!

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

Virgin Atlantic airlines on airplanes looks the best on any airplane especially 4 engine heavy airplanes

[@PadisherCreel]

How long were you there filming to make these 22min? And how many minutes between take off on average? Thanks

[@aviationspotter12]

Yeah, the boeing 747 is really awesome too.

[@Drix4KS]

That Virgin A340-600 is beautiful.

[@robpeter1]

fantastic vid i subbed you. i miss going to watch the planes i didnt think you was aloud to anymore. i used to watch them at manchester airport as a kid in the 80s with my grandad. they seemed alot noiser back then