BRITISH AIRWAYS Negus 747 LAST EVER LANDING: FINAL TOUCHDOWN & SENDOFF - Kemble (Cotswold Airport)

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

I'm so happy all 3 have been preserved

[@johnentwhistlesurelysamsun1840]

Should be preserved! a legacy to a past era!

[@joshedwards3045]

It’s confirmed to be preserved :)

[@bigend07]

It's has I went to tour it today and there is a function on it tonight. Can be hired out for parties

[@sw7500]

Doors to manual Queen of the skies,thanks for the memories

[@CalamityJames.]

3:17 "Speedbird 400, engines shut down for the final time". That was the line that got me :( Excellent video though, some amazing shots there.

[@Mraviationguy]

Yeah me too ☹️ Thankyou James. 😃

[@apexaviation3671]

All we have is KZbin videos of these beautiful aircraft. A part of aviation has died today and will never be the same.

[@itsnaveenn]

Well said 😭😭😭

[@Mraviationguy]

Yes you have put it exactly right 😪 It is a very sad day! Thanks for watching 😌

[@crestonfrancis3302]

So true

[@Mraviationguy]

Last ever British Airways 747 Landing today as G-CIVB (Negus Retro Livery) arrived at Kemble. Thumbs up for this ICONIC aircraft! #QOTS 😢

[@andywhite6645]

The sky will miss The Queen

[@kalliadis]

The most beautiful aircraft!

[@spirogyra9761]

Wonderful footage. It is so sad seeing all those 744s lined up on the tarmac. I operated this type i/c for 10 years before retiring. I last flew G - CIVB, MIA - LHR on the 7th July 2007.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! Oh wow that's amazing, you must have some fond memories of the 747.

[@dumitrulangham1721]

Wow! Mate! You got a chance physically fly her all over world! RIP the queen of skies

[@franciscomiguez5169]

Wish I could say the same, (flying the 747, I mean)

[@irenelamb7327]

The end of an era. Such a sad day.

[@Mraviationguy]

It really is! 😢 Thankyou for watching my video.

[@runwayplanespotting]

Brilliant video! It’s so sad to see the 747s go, it won’t be the same at airports without them.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😊 Yes I totally agree, it really won't. 😔

[@heathermetz6576]

Truly the end of an aviation era. Thank you for capturing this. Farewell Speedbird 747's.

[@Mraviationguy]

Yes it really is. Thankyou ☺️

[@topfelya]

Awesome quality footage mate ! I bet you braved the weather and did waited for a long time to catch this beauty last landing . Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage with us !

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou Topfelya! 😄 We certainly did but it was well worth it. Thanks very much!

[@topfelya]

@@Mraviationguy Piece of art ! I did watched it twice

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[@itsnaveenn]

I subscribed u

[@sirdavepercyware-armitagei695]

I agree mate

[@moboy4779]

I'm almost in tears watching this.

[@charlee9414]

What amazing sound! Once a Queen and always a Queen, farewell ❤️

[@pedromejia8193]

Many memories for travelers!🗽

[@PennyHicks]

So very glad that i did a return LAX trip last March. At the time i remember thinking what a treat to be on a Jumbo again little knowing that would be my last flight on one. Very sad. Great video Mr Aviation Guy. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mraviationguy]

I bet you are. Thankyou very much!

[@neilbowers6956]

I don't usually get all misty-eyed over planes. However, something about seeing this iconic 747 landing for the last time in the old-style British Airways livery did it. Sad that these will never be seen in the skies again as passenger-carrying aircraft. Although, I believe the big courier's companies like DHL will still fly them.

[@Stanimal62]

UPS has a small fleet of new 747-800 cargo planes that are beautiful to see. I think there’s 10 or so right now and they’re taking deliveries ongoing.

[@neilbowers6956]

@@Stanimal62 That's good to hear. So the 747 lives on. Just not in passenger form anymore.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

See 747 everyday here in Luxembourg, Cargolux use them. It’s pretty special seeing them takeoff over the city.

[@maidbloke]

Fantastic video, well done 👍 RIP that plane, hope she's preserved as a reminder of old times

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😌 Yes I hope that is the decision they come to aswell 🙏 Thanks again.

[@Brandon76962]

Yes she is being put into a museum

[@Brandon76962]

Well like Concorde is

[@ChrisPipinghot]

Why don't the globalists just be honest and say that aircrafts as big as 747s burn too much aviation fuel,instead of wreaking a world economy to force them into early retirement. 🤔

[@Rockin_Roll]

Thanks for flying with us......from Everett, Washington

[@anthonyakester4053]

The Queen of the skies, opened up air travel to so many people.

[@TH33QUALIZ3R]

Can't help but think of all the man hours that went into it's designing, manufacturing & the amount of miles it's flown around the globe but yet a tiny microscopic virus is what brought it's legacy to an early retirement. What bizarre times we live in. Quite sad really.

[@deanharrison923]

True, but sadly the 747 days were numbered anyway. The virus just sped up their retirement. High fuel costs and consumers wanting cheaper and cheaper flights mean efficiency is the driving factor at the moment. Beautiful plane though.

[@maicod]

KLM mothballed them and then got them back out to serve as freight carriers for medical supplies

[@bigend07]

Went on a tour of it today, 60 million miles flown 😮

[@karlsumner5594]

G-CIVB was the plane we flew back in from Las Vegas in 2018. The last time we flew on a 747. Great memories and what a great plane!

[@Mraviationguy]

Awesome story! 😊 Thanks for watching.

[@hacc220able]

Thanks for sharing.

[@mylosairplanefan]

An incredible sad moment.. Thanks for capturing this unique landing, Archie. Enjoyed the video!

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou Mylos 😄😌

[@flyme777]

For 26 years this beautiful plane was where I would go to work as a CSD for British Airways, where my team looked after millions of customers over the years, flying to every corner of the world safely, goodbye my queen and thank you for all the memories

[@tgscott00]

Shed a little tear watching this. Thanks for the awesome footage. She'll be missed

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌

[@lewishawkins5085]

Preserve the special Liveries and one of the normal ones

[@noahbowie5985]

Place them at some of the airports in the UK. One at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow maybe

[@mxyzptlyk]

Preserve the liveries that they were wearing when they died. Sad day.

[@RCT3Crashes100]

The good news is that the second half of this comment is now true - G-CIVW flew out from Cardiff on Thursday for a new life at Dunsfold in Surrey, so here’s hoping the special liveries are next :)

[@lewishawkins5085]

@@RCT3Crashes100 I agree I think one is staying at Cotswold to be preserved and I think one should go to JFK

[@TrBoy87]

Hello, do you have any idea on the fate of G-BNLY (if you are not aware the G-BYGC BOAC will be transported to St Athan to be kept), delivering the Landor to its fate.

[@nitramluap]

Still one of the most beautiful airliners ever made.

[@davidsnapebrcrosslane8782]

What a sad day for British Airways and all the crews that have flown on their 747s. Almost like the demise of the Deltics on the ECML back in the early 80s. Long may they be remembered.

[@liverpoold8]

As a Canadian kid I remember plane spotting with my dad at YYZ and the BA 747 was always the plane I wanted to see. Such a majestic bird. I'm lucky to have flown on BA 747's multiple times. Fantastic video.

[@Mraviationguy]

Lovely story. Thanks very much 😌

[@LRBerry]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I only flew on a BA 747 once. It was from JFK to LHR in January 1974 when I was 9 years old.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌 Wow, sounds fantastic! I wish I got to fly on one 😔

[@sumeetbeniwal6365]

awwww man......I flew on a British airways 747 from Houston to London it was a great trip I’m going to miss the 747

[@richiep1713]

Rest easy our Queen of the skies :( Awesome footage to do her proud 💙💙💙

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😌

[@michaelkeeble7935]

A fond farewell to this workhorse of the skies. Thank you BOAC/British Airways/Boeing - for the countless safe deliveries to far flung shores. Exemplifying our shrinking world, with grace, elegance, and spirit.

[@flyingdentist]

another majestic plane leaving the skies.nice video

[@Mraviationguy]

Thanks Yannis! 😌

[@nopretribrapture2318]

i saw the take off, now waiting for the land , well served good ole plane 😀👍✈( rather emotional 😢)

[@MrFlashjet]

A fantastic record of an historic moment and like I said in your 'Final flight of the BA 767' video " A great record for the pilots to treasure and look at".

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou MrFlashjet, yes I hope they find the video! 😌 Thanks a lot.

[@topfelya]

I have to watch that reverse thrust again 2:20

[@Mraviationguy]

😃 Yeah the spray was awesome, only good thing about the rain! 😂

[@IBlockAds]

Working for BA was the best job I ever had 👍🏼 I love BA 😘

[@jensonchen1206]

Thank you 747.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video of the one the best aircraft in aviation history.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😀👌

[@Ashfaq1999]

@@Mraviationguy Most Welcome 🤗

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Thanks for posting and braving the weather 👍👏🇬🇧

[@Mraviationguy]

Thanks Ian 😀

[@jamesm9127]

I’m so glad I managed to fly this Beautiful piece of engineering and design from New York to London Heathrow (G-CIVA). One day, I’ll probably see one in a museum, and think wow! I flew in that.

[@Mraviationguy]

Wow, thankyou for sharing your story. I can't begin to imagine how beautiful it must have been to fly one of these birds, you must have some fond memories on it 😀

[@monibstar]

Wow such anice view of the final landing of British Airways Boeing 747 flight and parking 🙂🙏✈

[@victor0039]

I’m in love with this plane

[@macpdm]

Sad day but Beautifully shot with wonderful clarity

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌

[@simonjamesdean2307]

So sad. I remember my first flight in a 747. It rolled down the runway but didn't seem to be going fast enough to take off. Then it just floated gracefully into the air. It felt so effortless. Magical aeroplane....

[@vancekeith5642]

Thank you! I have landed at that airport and it is a beautiful airport. Nice place to retire

[@musiclover5023]

Memories now always a passenger on BA to Canada USA Caribbean and Latin América will.miss their B747s. Always a very good experience.

[@stellabrooks9813]

Excellent footage, best one I have seen, THANKS 👍👍

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😄

[@kolbykolby6439]

One of my biggest regrets is not ever having flown on the Queen of the Skies nor having been able to fly the Concorde. Both would have been awesome experiences for a small town country boy.

[@JonathanWinton123]

Absolutely incredible video of the very last one to land mate. You were so fortunate to have the weather lift at Kembel. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite the same at London Heathrow. We will all miss the iconic Boeing 747. Planespotting at Heathrow will never be the same without them. Thanks so much for sharing this moment with us all mate. Huge like. Long live the Queen of the Skies. ✈

[@Mraviationguy]

Thanks very much Jon 😄 I am glad you liked the video and I hope it will serve as a great memory of this birds last beautiful moments of flight. We were very lucky, it really did look like it was going to divert to Cardiff but the skies cleared just in time. Cheers! 😊

[@diablo12039]

I remember getting the notification on my phone that British Airways retired their last 747, that notification really hit hard

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

".. A sad day for all.." well put. 😞🇬🇧

[@kevinh5218]

Sad to watch. Memories of many many Atlantic crossings and the Pacific too. Really was the Queen of the skys

[@flyer1658]

Such a beautiful aircraft. I'm so sad to think we will never have the special experience of flying a British Airways 747-400 again. I'm lucky I got the opportunity so many times to cross the Atlantic in these wonderful aircraft

[@AkashAB4U]

So sad to see these magnificent ladies cease her operation in British Airways. They graced the skies with their elegance and beauty for several decades. Many would stop to see her go by. Really wish that BA had kept at least one or two of them in the skies.

[@brungraf]

Very very sad times ! Lovely video

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌

[@GMan380]

Great video, sad we'll never her in the skies again!

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😆 Yes it really is, I agree.

[@mjc8281]

Showing my age, but I will always link Kemble to the Red Arrows when my grandparents wanted to try me on a day trip around the Cotswolds(not something any kid would want to do I imagine), they would always drive by Kemble in the hope we would see them back when they had Gnats

[@CPlanespotting]

Great video mate, an unforgettable day in the history of aviation

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou Casey, it certainly is, great shame that the BA 747 retirement came so early in the end. Thanks for watching! 👍

[@charlest103]

Fantastic video, very sad to see the aircraft go!

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! It is isn't it 😔

[@Railviation]

So grateful this one is being preserved at Kemble! caught it four times before. *take good care of G-CIVB Kemble!* *#BA747FAREWELL*

[@macktravels68]

Awesome video!!!

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou very much!

[@gary2826]

So sad, can't believe I'll never see one of those magnificent planes fly into Heathrow again. I used to live in Richmond on the river, I'd could sit on deck all day watching 747s coming in to land, they were works of art. Between Concorde, the 747 and soon the A380, the skies are going to be a far less interesting place.. Thanks for the memories

[@henryapril1999]

Me too, I live under the approach path if they’re landing 27l/r and if they’re taking off 9r. I would always look up at any aircraft coming over, but I’d be transfixed whenever a 747 would come over the sky, some of my first flights were on a BA 74 and they just are magical. I’m desperately sad they are gone, going to have to search around for the last few to fly!

[@mickyday2008]

Great video. Very sad to see that great plane retire.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌 Yes it is isn't it 😔

[@wsee2000]

Me: Salutes the entire video So sad you will NEVER see one flying again, not even at air shows R.I.P. British Airways 747 you will be remembered 🙋❤️

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou 😌

[@wsee2000]

@@Mraviationguy don’t thank me, thank the 747 😊

[@lazeraimed6354]

Thanks. Been trying to find a landing video

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! I'm glad you found mine! 😀

[@bristolcardifairport]

Awesome catch mate! The weather put me off going but great to see this footage, liked!

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! Ah I did wonder if you were going to be there 😊 I don't blame you in fairness, it was looking unlikely that it would land for most of the morning. Cheers 👍🏽😄

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Looking very nice. I miss the 747-400s here in the US as well.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

They will be missed so much. Thanks.

[@planespottingringway]

Wow it was busy! Nice video mate, going down to see her parked up tomorrow along with all The other 747s at Cardiff

[@Mraviationguy]

It certainly was, despite the rain! Enjoy your day, plenty of 747s to see there now. Thanks for watching! 😀

[@planespottingringway]

Yeah I bet! Thanks mate

[@sheilaevans6038]

A sad day for the workhorse of long haul travel bringing people of the world together, long live the 747 memories of travel.

[@CharlieGolfAviation]

Brilliant mate

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😄

[@kizzyhoo8031]

Lovely landing!

[@wearethemags6613]

It would have been great if they had done a high speed low level pass as one last hurrah for the old girl. But great to see so many people came out to see her. And notice how everyone fell silent on her final approach... 😥

[@Mraviationguy]

Yes that would have been fantastic, I'm sure they would have if the weather wasn't so changeable. Yeah loads of people! 😌 Thanks for watching! 😊

[@Deepblue744]

It kinda saddens me to see all of those 747's just sitting there. The 747 always was such a graceful airplane. Nice job by the way on the videography.

[@Mraviationguy]

It's a sad sight indeed 😔 Thankyou very much! 😀

[@keithturnor3654]

My late fathet was Quality Assursnce for BOAC/BA and was one of their first engineers to work on these new planes. He went out to Seattle to train on them. I recall flying on one First Class as a teenager and enjoying the upper cocktail bar!

[@JelmersAviation]

Beautiful video of this very sad moment...

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou very much Jelmer! 😌

[@tonyhilliarduk]

How very sad. Little did I know when I flew on her back from Las Vegas on Feb 15th that would be the last time I flew a BA 747. I upgraded to First using an Avios promo and I’m so glad I did. Grew up with these graceful birds as my Dad was flight crew (SEO) on the dash 100 and 200. Sad day.

[@keithlarkin9478]

So sad. I've had the pleasure watching these british 747s come and go at KPHX. 😭💙❤

[@projectoverland5264]

@3:19 there is proper sadness in that pilots voice. RIP the big girls of BA fleet. You were, and always will be, Queens of the Skies.

[@dennis12dec]

G-CIVB "City of Lichfield" was the aircraft I flown from Manila to Hong Kong(at the old Kai Tak Airport) and back in 1996.

[@eloisebrynlee]

That was sad! However, nice video! Gosh, it looks cold and blustery. 🥶 I can see the vertical stabiliser moving. 4:00

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😌 Yes it wasn't the nicest morning 🌧️ Thanks for watching.

[@WChocoleta]

damn she's still beautiful after all these decades of service.

[@fredMplanenut]

Nice video, thank you. Sad that due to various influences this retirement was brought forward. BA being a commercial concern will not have funds to preserve it. Brunty may have room but it would have to happen quickly.

[@paulkeeble97]

One love for the Boeing 747-400 with British airways so sad to see her being retired from active service

[@shaunmcsorley3528]

An other sad day for the air industry first concord now the beutiful 747

[@herme99]

Heard it come to a stop from my back garden, had a feeling it was a wet runway stop!

[@stracepipe]

I flew on a BA 747 on my first trip to the USA in 1990. In those days you were still able to visit the cockpit (my Dad was an airline pilot) and I said to the Captain that my mum was flying out on an Airbus. "I feel much safer flying in one of these" he said. This wasn't long after the Kegworth disaster, hence neither he nor I were that keen on the idea of twin engined jets.

[@darringraham2613]

I'm from the United states and I never thought the Queen of the Skies would end and she was the only bird I never got to fly in 😢😭 / your camera work is top notch.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou! 😌😄

[@ZKaviation]

Awesome video! Very sad but hope her future is secured. Look forward to seeing her in the flesh one day.

[@Mraviationguy]

Thankyou. Let's hope so 🙏🏽

[@reneabbott2008]

A real sad 😥, Watching from Antigua🇦🇬

[@erikerice9068]

Such a sad day too see a great plane brought down like that.

[@user-ei3dq2dw6i]

Breaks your heart

[@southcalder]

That was an impressively short landing! Such a shame she won’t be flying the friendly skies again. I had no idea that my last trip on a BA747 to LAX last year, would be my last. I’m so glad that BA swapped the aircraft out from the booked 787 now. Farewell to the Queen of the Skies!

[@susanmcnamara1173]

This is truly the end of an era,my first overseas flight was on a 747 a very sad day😥

[@noahbowie5985]

The last BA 747 I flew on was the Negus livery G-CIVB. I'm going to miss those magnificent planes just as much as I miss Concorde.

[@falje1]

friendly man on the tower this time, years ago while flying from. Germany with my Seneca III to Kemble, I encountered a very unfriendly (controller ???) in Kemble.I am also a B747 Cpt

[@jay-jaybotha7274]

The BA Queen of the sky had her last saying:”let me retire to my chamber one last time, so I can rest.” It was a great pleasure to fly on BA 747 aircraft, great memories. The same can be said BA concord.

[@yii1271]

Farewell the best plane on history 747 queen of queens