OLD SMOKEY ENGINES 😮

Based on the fact these aircraft are so close to the shoreline, I’m not sure if the sea air/conditions has anything to do with this, but it’s something I’ve never seen before, apart from a B52 takeoff! This is something reminiscent of the early jet age, but even back then they were trying to eliminate the black smoke with more efficient engines and the stopping of water-injection
So in 2024, this is a crazy thing to witness right? This is not evident, at least to this extent, when filming the very same aircraft at other airports, I can only put this down to environmental conditions 🤷🏼‍♂️ these PW4000 engines are old, first run in 1984! Multi-bladed and old technology compared to the cleaner, more efficient modern engines. I’m just surprised, especially considering the environment (Hawaii) that these engines have not been outlawed 🤔
NOTE: this was not just one example, but many departures. Even the GE90 powered 777’s were Smokey, but not on this level.

[@huwdavies6650]

That Triple is putting out more clagg than a British Rail Class 37!

[@NewRailBasher]

But sounds naff compared to the mighty 37 tractor 😅😂

[@Simonize41]

The best locomotive ever! (Plenty of them on my wee channel.)

[@paul70uk]

Target audience!!!! Great reference mate. ❤

[@bowks1o_o669]

Great, now I am hunting for videos of Class 37's, which will inevitably lead me on to Class 55's....and there, the day's gone...

[@huwdavies6650]

Mind you for Noise and Clagg, I suppose you could also compare it to a Screaming Valenta engined Class 43.

[@carolecrozier345]

She's running a bit rich ,Captain

[@Jorgeola757]

That smoke did make it look like a B52. Wow

[@SuperjumboAEVSPlanespotting]

Both 777 and B-52 is manufactured by Boeing.

[@SuperjumboAEVSPlanespotting]

Both 777 and B-52 is manufactured by Boeing.

[@DeadChan67]

@@SuperjumboAEVSPlanespotting think most if not all of us knew that by now

[@davidhunt3808]

Never seen a 777 belch smoke like that before ! It's like a clapped out old car whose rings are well and truly shot .

[@Sithvulcan76]

Some of United's 777-200s are old as dirt! 😅

[@jonometal666]

Plane is 30 yrs old. Back when they ran them on Diesel. I love it.

[@egpx]

Nice to see some coal-fired turbofans are still in use!

[@sagetheowlfatfeathery2083]

Been using supermarket fuel again instead of filling up at branded petrol station.

[@AVIATIONEUROPE340]

A 777 should not be smoking that much

[@PJWey]

Rollin coal has reached new heights 😮

[@specialopssoldier1]

Its fine..it just fuel

[@samsaunders85]

Its ok, he’s old enough

[@AVIATIONEUROPE340]

@@samsaunders85 how old is it

[@marmap9939]

Looks like the registration is N775UA or N776UA. Both are more than 28 years old.

[@derekbrown6832]

Holly smokes, it that B777 running on coal, ha.

[@jamescurran64]

Nice video - My son and I saw N773UA depart SFO for HNL a couple of weeks earlier and also noticed how Smokey it was!

[@angelortunorubio6899]

The PW 4077 usually leave traces on takeoffs, but this case is much more appreciable

[@Alejandro_9350]

Actually, some United 777-200s are equipped with GE90s

[@angelortunorubio6899]

This is not the case, the 777 of the first 200 series, not ER. They were equipped with only the PW. Cheers!

[@N9197U]

@@Alejandro_9350 it's obviously not a GE90 lol

[@Alejandro_9350]

@@N9197U I know it’s not a GE90, I’m just saying that some 777-200s from United use the GE90 instead of the PW4000

[@N9197U]

@@Alejandro_9350 and I fly them. N775UA has PW4077s.

[@robertodaggis7244]

That's not a carbon foot-print, it's a carbon face-stomp!

[@craigpennington1251]

And loving it.

[@marcingawrych86]

Diesel must smoke a lot 😁

[@SquishyZoran]

I’m stealing that. Thanks.

[@arnoldfrackenmeyer8157]

This is what airliners did back in the 60's. I clearly remember watching an airliner take off and being captivated by the black smoke coming from its engines. After the plane was gone I watched as the black exhaust spread out and sank to the crowd below.

[@samarch2189]

United does have some Ex-Continental 777-200 that are GE, but in my experience only Pratt & Whitney smokes like that!

[@Cpr1234]

Now THAT is a Smokey Joe! The United 777 really did think it was a USAF B-52!

[@RESTOREMADAMQUEENYOUCOWARDS]

"It's a B-52!" Got me on the floor

[@catchit9794]

At least both engines are smoking equally .

[@restart426]

0:56 “I cahn’t hear a flipping thing you said jelly.”

[@karlroller4103]

Looked like a remapped diesel setting off

[@CraigJ1985]

777 2 Stroke. Love it!

[@chrisworrall84]

United should be. Told! Great stream many thanks.

[@lesdonaldson520]

Thought it was a Coronado 😂😂Never seen a 777 like that before

[@garethdyos8018]

Wow, I have never seen a 777 look like that!

[@GeorgeMCMLIX]

Those 2 motors are definitely due a shop visit! 😱

[@WillPearsonAviation]

Makes our little Audi A3 2.0 TDI Look Clean🤣🤣

[@Springbok295]

Darkest soot trail I've ever seen from a widebody since the late 70s when as a kid I remember seeing a TWA 747 with the old JT9D-3A (complete with blow-in doors) takeoff from Heathrow.

[@CheeshenLee-jf4sn]

Definitely smokey

[@WolfhandsYouTube]

Pratt & Witney turbofan combustors are renowned for being very sooty - these PW4000s however, take the cake!

[@jimpenfold5640]

Ol' #2 is putting out a proper smoke screen in that climb out.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

That’s ya Pratt & Whitney engines for ya !

[@David-yy7lb]

Them were the good ole days👍🏿

[@NirvanaCovers74]

Good to see the coal power 777s still run today!

[@mariano_buitrago]

I remember the Convair 880, whose trails of dark black smoke would remain floating atop the runway for a few minutes

[@Kingsford44]

Used to work on CV880's in the '70's. After a high power engine run up the tarmac behind each engine was coated with a layer of soot which clearly showed up mechanics footprints or vehicle tracks that passed over it. A great exercise in turning fuel into noise and smoke but with limited power!

[@Yankee7000]

Pratt & Whitney engines, famous as smokers. This is the pre merger United purchase. The Continental 77 is GE 90 equipped. That’s how we tell the difference here in US: if it smokes it’s United 77 if it doesn’t it’s an ex Continental 77..

[@pinnaclerestoration6773]

It’s a 2 stroke, it’s normal 🤣

[@nickedwards212]

😂🤣 LOl lol

[@robjames365]

It'll be fine once the pilot puts the choke in.

[@richedwards4651]

😂

[@HuckThis1971]

Geezus! That's a lot of chooch!

[@skeeter3080]

Thats when the Vtech kicks in.

[@SuperjumboAEVSPlanespotting]

PW4000 in 1984 is 94-inch variant for B744,B763,A300-62X,A310-32X as well as Stratolaunch. PW4000 for 1st Generation 777 (B772 & B773) is 112-inch variant.

[@Dan.d649]

The Pratt & Whitney PW-4077 was an engine that was first certified in the late '80s, prior to the 777's first flight in 1993. How it came up with all that soot on take-off is beyond me.

[@WilliamCanu]

when i was in sxm recently, i had the opportunity to stand behind a 757 on takeoff, and when they applied takeoff thrust, i was engulfed by a black cloud kind of like that

[@laurentsworldofaviation747]

In America you see this much more than in Europe or anywhere else in the world. The PW4000 is known for its smoke, but it is almost only seen this bad in the USA. Other planes that don't produce smoke also smoke in America. The N775UA has also been in Zurich and the smoke was not as massive there, even though it takes off with more power in Zurich. I think it also has something to do with the quality of the fuel.

[@raider3327]

Check the fuel and top up the oil

[@GTAMADDOG]

No smoke, no poke.

[@aaronlopez492]

I think that United wants to triple duty by transporting passengers, freight and help in mosquito abatement in Kent.

[@buginabassbin]

It is United, surprised you didn't see anything falling off it.

[@shrimpflea]

I have seen 777s do this all the time at HNL. I don't know why. Maybe the humidity and air temp?

[@johntheaccountant5594]

When I saw the title "Old Smokey Engines" I assumed it would be an Alitalia airplane. Alitalia seem to still use those old jet engines.

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

For some reasons, all United Airlines older Planes always smoke so much! I wonder why 🤔

[@bob_mosavo]

Holy moly that was smokey 🤭

[@butterlandings00yt]

i think it surely went to cuba to smoke that much

[@daveblevins3322]

I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning 👍☀️☀️

[@JorshimsAviation]

more smokey than australia in 2020…

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

I was a visual emissions monitor method 9 certified in years past. It may not be as bad as it looks, it depends on the sun direction and your angle looking into the exhaust. It will always look worse when viewed through the entire emission.

[@Kaktus965]

"Visual emissions monitor?" Could you smell a fart from a mile away too? See the smoke plume from granny's derriere after taco night?

[@brianthesnail3815]

To be fair, Jet A1 fuel is kerosene and that's nearly diesel but knocking out more smoke than an old tractor is still a bit worrisome.

[@michaelk2293]

Just like the good auld days of 707s' BAC 1-11s' and Concorde.....🎉

[@nickedwards212]

That things burning oil and making a right old bloody stink.

[@gregmiller7123]

Relax…it’s just the water injection system for the afterburners! 🤪

[@kevinjackson9156]

It's OK, he's in the AA!

[@midway27272727]

Look up in the sky!, It's 707, no it's B-52, no, it's 777 !

[@jteamaz]

PWs are kind of notorious for smoke ...

[@johnmoyle4195]

Pilot is Australian. Engine 1 TOGA, Engine 2 full thrust reverser, burnout on the taxiway

[@didicraft08]

B-52 take a note 🤣

[@RhysMunford]

It’s so amazing to see

[@Ittybittythetwofacedkitty]

Looks like old school low bypass

[@pvkoinch]

Must have been overhauled and fitted for the first time.

[@gerrard31dc]

why does it smoke that much?

[@monroestupendo]

Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for the United Airlines display team!

[@refined_a]

This is abysmal. United is always the airline that have old aircraft producing black smoke. It is like they don’t maintain the engines on their aircraft or something. I don’t see this on Delta or American on similarly aged aircraft. They must be fined.

[@mcahill135]

I thought that Triple 7 was using water injection on takeoff!

[@timoswindowseat7045]

It was light for a short flight or it was a TOGA take off? For the 777 it was short take off run. But at TOGA it would maybe explain the smoke.

[@reddog-ex4dx]

Funny, it didn't look like a DC-9.

[@georgemon7387]

Look like an old 707

[@elizabethcampbel-jones924]

OMG 😮

[@MalaysianAviator737-8]

Hello BigJet, may I know what you use to capture the ATC conversations in your videos?

[@ChaklitTea]

Not surprised united flies nearly 30 year old 777 long haul

[@craigpennington1251]

The jetmac used some larger jetting in the nozzles. And (NO) it's NOT a B-52.

[@ronparrish6666]

777 pretending it's a 707 straight pipe

[@squangan]

Meanwhile I’m supposed to switch to an electric vehicle to save the planet.

[@faroeislan264]

This is maybe 30 years old 777 with PW engines...

[@murilovsilva]

These cost cutting measures are getting out of hand. Now they're filling them up with diesel instead of kerosene.

[@Flight--tz5nf]

Those Pratt & Whitney's sure are smokers aren't they? But it's common.

[@zz-xo7ru]

high humidity maybe thats why

[@jamescathers]

Y’all aren’t ready for that MD88 smoke tho. Hot section’s probably closing in on overhaul time - some of those UAL triples are getting ollldddd.

[@demil3618]

Might it have to do with low air pressure?

[@mjkasper76]

A can of carburetor cleaner should fix that

[@niespiebozwiedzamszkocje]

Its like 25yo Passat 1.9 TDI. Its normal 😂

[@carchacouture2922]

We should send this to just stop oil

[@turbo-bike7999]

Are burning fuel oil?

[@Fan_of_flying]

Paxman Valenta powered Boeing 777 😂😂

[@edwardwilcox6606]

Time to get some A350-1000`s in me thinks😀

[@dtrain1634]

Wow

[@grzegorz3558]

za dużo paliwa za mało powietrza

[@peterasp1968]

Perhaps it was laying down a smokescreen ?

[@corrigenda70]

But historically ALL US engines ALWAYS did that. I had a job in Atlanta and you always knew which flights were Rolls Royce because the engines never smoked.

[@marksinclair8138]

Think it needs a service badly United get your act together.

[@scanadaze]

Let me explain why. The bearings in the engines are oil cooled. They leak like crazy. Why most engine fires. That is most likely the oil that leaked out burning off. Means. Do some maintenance. It's time for an overhaul.

[@shaun30-3-mg9zs]

That will fail the emissions test

[@rayteale8883]

Is it a 2-Stroke?😁😁

[@Supreme_MJ]

That plane still fly