PURE Airbus A340 POWER!✈ What an Amazing Roaaaar Sound! A340-200, A340-300, A340-500 and A340-600

Have you seen an aircraft climbing slow on takeoff and made a lot of sound? Good chance that it could have been an Airbus A340, also known as the “hairdryer” nicknamed after its engine cone shapes like a hairdryer. Seen here are all the Airbus A340 subvariants (-200, -300, -500 and -600) landing or taking off with an immense power.
The Airbus A340 made its first flight in 1991. It was designed next to the more successful Airbus A330. "Only" 377 A340 were delivered. Unfortunately for aviation enthusiasts airlines are now rapidly phasing out the Airbus A340 as is it not as fuel efficient as twin engined aircraft, and costs more in maintenance. ENJOY!!
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✈Plane shortcuts✈
00:00 A340-313__________Surinam Airways (Phased out, will be replaced by B787)
01:24 A340-541__________State of Kuwait
03:59 A340-313__________Lufthansa(Star Alliance)
05:17 A340-313__________China Airlines (Phased out, replaced by A350)
06:12 A340-313__________Mahan Air
06:59 A340-313__________Air Belgium
08:13 A340-642__________Iberia
08:46 A340-642__________Virgin Atlantic (Phased out, replayed by A350/B787)
09:11 A340-642__________South African (Future unknown)
10:36 A340-211__________Qatar Government
11:15 A340-313__________Surinam Airways (Phased out, will be replaced by B787)
12:05 A340-642__________Etihad Airways (Phased out, replaced by B787/B777)
12:50 A340-313__________Surinam Airways (Phased out, will be replaced by B787)
13:54 A340-313__________Lufthansa(Star Alliance)
14:36 A340-313__________Philippine Airlines (Phased out, replaced by A350/B777)
15:10 A340-642__________South African (Future unknown)
15:48 A340-642__________Lufthansa
16:51 A340-313__________Air Mauritius
Video's taken at: Amsterdam Schiphol airport, New York JFK, London Heathrow, Frankfurt airport, Brussels airport and Dusseldorf Airport.
Video's taken on: 2015-2020
Camera: Sony HX-400V
Tripod: Manfrotto MT055XPRO with an MVH502AH Videohead.
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[@kento1390]

love how A340-300s look like they're struggling to takeoff everytime.

[@philjones3550]

That is because they are underpowered

[@the86kid11]

For more efficency

[@jamesbushell7280]

That's because they're not taking off rather the earth is rotating from out of underneath them...

[@EvanAviator]

@@jamesbushell7280 no that’s not true at all

[@jamesbushell7280]

@@EvanAviator only a joke mate!

[@mikeandrews9551]

The A340-600 is the most beautiful airplane ever designed.

[@shishirmadhu9661]

The dream liner...is a strong contender too

[@francescopugliese7570]

Aka the pencil plane lol

[@andibaso7690]

@@shishirmadhu9661 00

[@stom9102]

I like the a350 to

[@aviationgaming1564]

Mike Andrews I say Concorde, A380, A350

[@johnkennedy3867]

That Rolls-Royce sound is absolutely phenomenal Great job The A340 is by far my favorite to watch

[@MadeiraAirport]

WOW, what a compilation mate, i just love the A340's!!

[@PilotSanderHD]

Glad you like it haha :D

[@MadeiraAirport]

@@PilotSanderHD You welcome :)

[@krishnbimanagar]

You are probably the only KZbinr who has made an exclusive A340 compilation. My top favourite aircraft, this. The sound, so typically A340, that masculine roar.

[@Chuck59ish]

Always 4-engined large aircraft, 2-engined large aircraft look half finished, but then again when I was in the RCAF I worked as an Aero Engine Tech on the CC-137 Boeing 707s, they were quite the beast and we beat the snot out of them too.

[@dfolt]

I watched the RCAF 707s flying in and out of CFN Lahr from my hometown Offenburg in the 1970ies. Was living right under the approach/departure path and particularly loved seeing them rocketing skywards with an awesome sound. (high speed approved,mI assume).

[@ak5659]

I know it's silly, but I'd really rather have 3 or 4 engines when I'm flying for hours over water.

[@SEALSeaAirLand]

That's why I love A340's!✈

[@gijasosaotras1653]

Heeeyyy... That first one was my country's national pride 😃 🇸🇷

[@Worstenboer]

Jammer dat ze voor de 777 hebben gekozen.

[@Ashraf300991]

That Air Mauritius A340!!! Maaaaan! Love incarnated when it makes that right bank so gracefully while still fuming and climbing. So glad to have been able to fly this very same A40 featured in the video (3B-NBD).

[@wilcovanwinden6581]

She doesn't exist anymore, we scrapped her a few months ago.

[@Ashraf300991]

@@wilcovanwinden6581 dont you have any pictures of it being scrapped? :( would have liked to see her in her last moments.

[@Ashraf300991]

@@wilcovanwinden6581 i have such a heart connection with 3B-NBD. Her first flight and my birthday are on the same day

[@oliverschreek3091]

First, the 707 and 727 were my favorite planes. Then she came, beautiful A340. Perfect proportions!

[@Blime2913]

To see a modern updated A340-600 NEO with A350 athetics & generous structural mods would be sublime, why airbus didn't keep updating this incredible quad was quite silly decision in the long run, but I suppose mathematics, $$ & Demand play an overwhelming role in the industry!!

[@airzulu2733]

Surinam A340 . I still remember the DC8-63 They used to have fly into Schiphol many years back . But on a dutch registration.

[@D0nlyJuan]

The Iberia A340 at 8:13 looks magnificent, very beautiful shot. And the Lufthansa one at 15:48, once it lands and you zoom out from it, you can sense the magnificent size of the plane.

[@PilotSanderHD]

Indeed haha, thank you so much! :D

[@emojiemoji7725]

Those CFM’s sound same as my A320 with IAE engines. However now PW NEO engine’s sound is totally different.

[@daemonicnimrod4772]

I've been away for about a year now, exploring the plethora of aviation dedicated KZbin channels, and there's a LOT of really great ones out there for sure, but in the end, I'll always come back around to the channel I got started on, because it's STILL the best one out there 😌.... What's up PilotSander?! Still watching, and still loving it! Cheers!

[@adrianporresgonzalez618]

340's are the most elegant and beautiful planes ever built. Very sad to hear they will disappear very soon due to their costs...!!!

[@betelgeuse227]

they wont extinguish soon ,the ones that are left dont have replacement yet, so we should see them atleast until 2026

[@flygwada971]

Excellente tribute to the 340’s... this virus has speed up so many aircrafts to be phased out, even recent aircrafts that’s so crazy.. Like the SAA with the 🏙 skyline in background 👍✅

[@albertcook6606]

Flew one Philadelphia to Paris nonstop. Wonderful

[@abmenon3755]

The very beautiful aircraft ever built and sorry to see them retire very soon

[@isopath1]

Beautifully quiet elegant plane

[@solobeats4846]

I love that take off sound off the a340-313

[@cmctidyup4166]

Will never forget my first ultralong haul involved an A330 and then an A340-500. Was so impressed with both :) (with my previous benchmarks being extremely loud 777, 747 and clapped out DC10s)

[@leo200389]

It's so sad that, A340 time will end..this is one of the best designed plane in the world...I hope before end era I will fly)))

[@oneasiaworld4609]

Surinam ❤️

[@Googelmail73]

Air Belgiums Livery looks stunning on the A340!

[@sazidurrahman3041]

was expecting a takeoff growl fron RR Trent 500.. only cfm 56 s !! yet cool !!👍👍

[@zygmundvandemoortele8322]

I love the Air Belgium texture 🤘

[@Kaspar-cf69]

This plane is amazing! The best one i have ever flew!

[@mickcollins113]

Shame airlines ar phasing them out slowly definitely my now after MD 11

[@mickcollins113]

Number 2

[@gregmctevia5087]

Nice video tribute to a beautiful airplane. Loved it.

[@PilotSanderHD]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :D+

[@giuseppersa2391]

I'm a most dedicated fan of this beautiful aircraft

[@alohatvj]

The A340is a remarkable airplane. What is your favorite Airbus and why?

[@urszulajaskierska3111]

ZAJEBISTE ..AŻ DECH ZAPIERA W PIERSIACH,OD TEJ PRĘDKOŚCI NA STARCIE,TYCH KOLOSÓW,ZAZDROSZCZĘ PILOTOM ✌👍👍👍👍uwielbiam patrzeć 👆🤗

[@DrRchannel71]

great video, stunning takeoffs

[@britodewagner4436]

Its pretty awesome when a plane make a turn just after take off. Pretty awesome. Nice video. Congrats!

[@Ashraf300991]

Like the Air Mauritius A340 :D

[@Alex-ly8yn]

When you filmed the Surinam airways a340?

[@user-hd2jp6bv5y]

ДЯКУЮ ❤✈️👍❤✈️👍❤

[@philipbrailey]

What a beautiful aircraft.

[@CaptainHarukaDani]

Those CFMs make the -200/-300 sounding very nice on takeoff

[@hp_melchizedek1512]

Found it, thank you, love quad jets

[@jefflol871]

Hermosos pajaros de acero elegante el air 340 beautifull

[@VintzzeJuss]

I never knew that China Airlines had an A340!

[@mechi001]

Great vid. Once I 've made a flight from Dubai to Munich, I think in may 2010 by Lufthansa. It was one of my most comfortable flights. My compliments for this vid.

[@PilotSanderHD]

Thank you! Was it an A340-300 or A340-600?

[@mechi001]

@@PilotSanderHD I don't know. Maybe you can see the pictuere of the plane I took before we took off by this link: photos.app.goo.gl/2XedfUWoouMh3tWP8

[@oliverschreek3091]

I love here. The plane with the five APUs

[@GeoStreber]

Can we just appreciate how long that A340-600 looks?

[@ChrisZoomER]

I've only seen the A340-200 once but was way back in 2014 and I'm not aware of ever seeing the A340-500.

[@telecomgear]

"340, 341, whatever it takes."

[@robosdrumworld]

That Airbus 340 is powerful! My Favorite plane ✈️

[@jhonhplanespotter..6824]

Amaizing video Mate thanks for sharing

[@video1974]

Wow, no kidding....once she got airborne she seemed to almost "stop", LoL. And gotta love those RR engines.

[@heinzbreuer2674]

I fly 340/600 Paris san Francisco 11h super airplane! Kuwait Airbus 340 🦅

[@marcoboer]

Thanks for sharing!👍👍👍

[@juddvostjangequillana9680]

14:43 There's Philippine Airlines A340

[@francescopugliese7570]

Judd Vostjan Gequillana: a really nice looking plane + livery. But i like their new livery better

[@agnesvillasis5254]

The 350 one?

[@timeslayer555]

simply amazing

[@FlorisHpb]

Amazing footage bro!

[@PilotSanderHD]

Thank you! :D

[@brigittelehmann9749]

Beautiful very impressie

[@juliensvideography]

excellent compilation mate

[@juniorvanderwaal7323]

Power on the 340-200/300 ? Not so much. Good looking planes though, I must say

[@bjoe385]

The A340 is a plane I always wanted to fly, although I doubt I will.

[@Fuzziefeelings]

The may be sluggish to ge off the ground but they all have some of the longest ranges of any plane...especially the 500 and 600 are in the top 5 longest ranges. Not incl special variants like 777 200lr 777 300er or 350 900 ulr.

[@user-dl3ri1kb8b]

Mon préféré c'est l A 340 500 , très puissant et long rayon d action !

[@kharabovsk]

Fantastic video ! Thanks

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

Love 4 engines.

[@theonesemanthatplaysbrutal5192]

00:56 i love this sound a lot :) 10:43 even this one is my favourite results: i am an A340-500

[@tabrizsabz2373]

I love A346 👍👍👍

[@megas04]

💞 Magnifique 💞

[@pauloverissimo8595]

Cool

[@fernandosoares8619]

gostei muito do video, esse aviao a340 600 é o meu favorito

[@Mark13091961]

Those engines look like cotton reels compared to the lumps used today lol

[@RR-uw9gc]

I dont know but i think that Airbus got lost when they chose the engines to 340 version 200. When I see a 340-200 I have an impression that it has difficult to takeoff because of engines size. And my suspicions increase when I see other more current versions like 600 for instance.

[@ajgrant94]

Cute little thing.

[@NYRangers520]

How come the Emirates A380 wasn't featured??? Now that's the best plane out of all of them!!

[@CAOTK]

I absolutely LOVE the A340, especially the -600 variant.

[@tgvettes]

A340-500 is my favorite plane!

[@peoplesambassadordm8279]

Do u notice that at 7:02 air Belgium A340 300 has a different cockpit glass from all the other a340s? I wonder if that was a special redesign or installed a new windshield after a failure of the previous one?.. it looks cool like the a350 glass similar...

[@Nathan93Baker]

Look carefully. Its black paint for the last windows to resemble a A350. Most likely to give it a modern look.😎

[@thomasjsanford9991]

Do ALL a340's have the economy class restrooms downstairs, or is that exclusive to the a340-600's Lufthansa uses?

[@janullenboom1955]

More Airlines than Lufthansa have that, but not all.

[@emercycrite]

Only Lufthansa.

[@noodlebike]

2-300 needs 5 APU's on full power & a very long runway! 5-600, hold my beer!

[@timo4898]

the small engines look so wierd. To small for that airplane. Only the bigger ones looks okay.

[@joshuabrandon4285]

6:59...LOOKS LIKE A340 NEO IMAO!! XD

[@djonymorais]

Pure power, or lack thereof!!!!

[@BGFutureBG]

7:52 is that brake dust coming from the wheels there?

[@PilotSanderHD]

Yes indeed!

[@lainawilliams6607]

Surinam Airways Brought Its A340s Back

[@SharBTV]

Binnekort 772 van SLM!!

[@SyedAli-qz1cp]

Did anyone see at 3:00 Kuwait 340 hit a pothole?

[@claudiomarcos4110]

Já assisti a maioria desses vídeos separadamente, não ficou legal foi uma montagem de outros vídeos dos A-340's.

[@WoFRBlog]

Can anyone please give me a hint where the spot at 2:12 exactly is? I should go there next time! Thanks!!

[@PilotSanderHD]

Sure! Copy and paste these coordinates in Google Maps and there you have the spot😁 (52.3235452, 4.7822908)

[@WoFRBlog]

@@PilotSanderHD Bedankt! :)

[@deltaspotter3682]

Ya they are

[@videopokernetwork6824]

707's roared.

[@aviationgaming1564]

We pay or the whole runway we use the whole runway

[@TheProG2010]

17:24 Air Mauritius A340s Have Been Replaced With A350s

[@NickKouidis]

"They takeoff only because the earth is round"... pilots used to joke on early production models...

[@mmartinez6342]

What a shame no one is interested in keeping them flying, Airbus could do a NEO version with smaller and more fuel efficient engines.

[@noodlebike]

It takes the 2-300 5 years in the gym to become a 5-600.

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

The -300 is so unpowerful i just hate it

[@ATHONG_Gaming]

The A340-300 engine is very small compared to the A340-500/600

[@HTFHandy37693]

It sounds like an a319

[@marxxmann8758]

Since they are retiring these from passengers they should use these as freight aircraft

[@igor7195]

There is only one passenger a340 200 still in use and it just flew 450 meters above my home

[@arnotheel9042]

I always travelled from Caracas to Frankfurt by Lufthansa, mainly because they used the A 340-600. The best plane in the world. Two engine planes don't feel right. So sorry to see it disappear. Economy and money are the enemies of beauty. Plus the 747 and 777 are utterly disgusting

[@dankichan_6920]

What happened with the 747 ?

[@jetaddicted]

To associate the -200 and -300 with power is...a bit exaggerated. We called ours the veals, just so you know.

[@RD-ht6go]

powered by 5 APUs 😛

[@Kaabacafe]

3:02 what a bumby jump

[@elianenascimento7554]

🥰👍💖

[@gdhedgeinvest2673]

airport 00.00-01:20?

[@nout.aviation2226]

Amsterdam Schiphol

[@kcmo1992]

4 engines! Too expensive to maintain.

[@thomasjsanford9991]

Since pilots have always considered the a340 to be underpowered, any new model would need bigger engines, not smaller ones..