QANTAS 1990's days 747-400

The 1990's was a good time to fly, well before any adverse security, and a time when the flying kangaroo was free.
the crew were a bunch of long working wags from all ends of Australia.
this is the only in flight footage from that time I have from when I took my sister Tanya on a LA holiday.
she filmed the only footage with me in fancy dress, in the Yves Saint laurent designed uniform. we were so young then.
I hope some crew see them selves in this old film from the time in QANTAS. 1990's.
I hope your all alive and well,
Love . xxo :-)
SFA JJD

[@velocityroojett4140]

Great video, fun staff working on board, this was QANTAS when QANTAS was the best airline in the world , was this 1990 ,during the best days,at the time, great tribute to your sister Tanya may she continue to rip

[@waynemiller-no2vi]

Fantastic video. I love watching old Qantas video cause I search for my uncle who was a chief steward in first class. We really miss him.

[@ads998]

This melts my heart. I took my first ever overseas trip on VH-OJF (Sydney - Singapore - London). Great memories of bygone time :)

[@pcorf]

I flew on one 747-438, VH-OJK back in 2005 Singapore to Melbourne. Later flew on A380-842 VH-OQB in 2019 on the same route.

[@nuvinpooliyadde7319]

Excellent video bro. May your sister rest in peace.

[@1ramises]

nice video so sorry about your sister hope your vid gives you good memories x

[@qfhostie4043]

Thanks so much! Its more than 20 years later! What a blast from the past. Was great to see some old faces and remember such great times. It was a great crew, some of whom are still flying. We were all sorry to hear that your sister passed at such a young age. We are grateful to her for making the video. Thank you on behalf of the crew in the video

[@tye81]

thats a lovely post. its nice to see qantas crew being lovely and not total assholes for a change.

[@Sam-hc8dr]

sorry for your loss

[@inflightexpert]

terrific video - and very rare footage indeed. It was so good to see the business and first class cabins from back then....oh how times have changed. I’m sure it would have been a wonderful time to fly back in the 1990s especially as cabin crew. And I loved the old Qantas YSL uniforms :-) I vividly remember them from when I was a kid....thanks so much for uploading.

[@skynest1016]

No audio anymore? Used to hear Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil (0:27-2:35) and How Deep is Your Love by the Bee Gees (2:35-6:20) play over the video. 😕

[@venaautos]

Must've been copyrighted. So no talking/information during vid?

[@22gtrain]

that flooded me with old memories! That was around the same time I went on my first flight on the same aircraft as a 5 or 6 year old. back when the cabin crew were friendly. I remember I was being a bit of a brat to my parents and one of the cabin crew grabbed me and took me to meet the pilots and sit on their lap to give my parents a break! don't think kids these days would be given the same privilege. thanks for sharing!

[@jwcorcoran9838]

Great tribute for your sister, and an awesome insight into Qantas history - I've always wondered what it was like to fly in a time before I was even born. Thanks a lot :)

[@simonnicklin1313]

Thank you for sharing this and what a lovely tribute to your sister- I'm so sorry to hear that, no age and I feel for you. I worked for the British one and remember those 747's, the 21 day trips and meeting up with many Qantas crews down route, I remember seeing you in those YSL uniforms, so smart. A really awesome video, it shows a job that is in your blood... I loved it.

[@qjb75]

Wow what an awesome video and tribute to your sister! That was my absolute favourite QF uniform of all time! I flew MEL to LAX in 1990 as an UM (I was 14yrs old) and was placed on the upper deck for the flight. It was one of the best flights I have ever been on. Good memories. Thank you for sharing this. I eventually became cabin crew for Air NZ.

[@Inflightfeed]

Sorry for your loss. What a lovely video! I have great memories flying Qantas as a kid, thanks so much for this video.

[@fornor34]

Simply awesome!!!!!! The YSL is one of my favourite Aussie Airline Cabin Crew uniforms. Love seeing the Crew behind the curtains, relaxed, care free, and having fun. What a great memory to your sister. Thanks so much for sharing this video. It is a great memory.

[@tye81]

sorry to hear your sister passed away thats really sad.

[@cmoore185]

Breaks my heart about your sister. I was in a dream world watching this and then it brought me right back to reality.

[@justutes]

Nice video , i traveled a lot for work during the 90's and flew almost exclusively Qantas,all those upgrades were great , visits to the cockpit , watch a few take off and landings , just a better time,nice people. Thanks for the memories.

[@SCHEFFyt]

I was born exactly 10 years after this footage was taken. Great video mate, everything was so different before 9/11. You could go in the cockpit, staff were more friendly, all changed now. Also, sorry for your sister, RIP.

[@stevenpam]

Wow... sorry about your sister. Beautiful video... so nostalgic! Thanks for sharing :-)

[@Alex35071]

Nice video I was born 11 days after this video was made, that also one of the first boeing 747-400 entered in service as first commercial flight of this aircraft took place in May 1989, it was really nice to see old business and economy classes and cabin crew at that time. thx for uploading this video

[@Sam-pn2kc]

oh man so sorry

[@bs2502]

Awesome and sentimental. Rest in peace Tanya. She looked like a lovely lady.

[@enterprisetrust]

Wow. Talk about flooding the memories! I was an AC/FA during that period (89-95), and it is amazing it was over 20 yr ago. We had great times on some very long trips to places QF don't get to anymore (BAH, SEL, NGO, FUK, PPT, KUL, AMS, CDG, etc....). Maybe we flew together some time? Was heartbreaking to see at the end your sister who passed so young. Thanks for the video....TJF!!!

[@vasilisconstantinides4476]

wow I flew on this aircraft pretty recently and it looked so new with the refurbishments. Videos like this make you realise how old this aircraft is

[@angusellisdon8210]

It's a massive difference since 911 you can't go to the cockpit anymore.

[@neildenney7609]

Great clip and a lovely memory for you! I was not expecting that ending :( Those were the days when flying was such a joy and you have the chance of a near empty plane. Not now with all the code shares. You never quite know which airline you will end up being on.

[@jockster33]

Didn’t this have sound?! I swear they plays the BeeGees

[@abdullahyahia1985]

Great memories. 90s were the best of all times.

[@aussieboi82]

A brilliant video. Well done!

[@patmck2]

When you filmed the plane at 1:08, I saw the last two letters of the plane's registration. Therefore it is VH-OJF. It's been retired 2 years ago. It's last passenger flight was only 6 days before I went overseas on Qantas a380 VH-OQI David Warren. But I flew back on Boeing 747-400 VH-OJM.

[@jwcorcoran9838]

Oh wow, I remember flying on OJM 2 years ago from LA-Brisbane - amazing to see that plane still around

[@paperplateism]

And just today, it was retired.

[@abotoohy]

Great memories, and sorry for ur loss

[@johncousins2229]

Was this at the old Brisbane International Airport? That brings back some childhood memories going to that barn-like airport and climbing what felt like a million stairs up to the big 747. Going on a plane like that back then was quite exciting and I use to love my frequent trips to the cockpit.... oh how the times have changed! Sorry to hear that your sister passed away so young.

[@johncousins2229]

I was also imagining just how massive that camera she was filming with must have been back then HEHEHE!

[@anguscovoflyer95]

i think that might be melbourne as i spotted an australian airlines aircraft on takeoff and the australian airlines (now qantas) domestic terminal was right next to the international terminal.

[@eltfell]

Was there a flight engineer in the B744?

[@eltfell]

+MsAmdfan I know that normally the B744 has got a cockpit for only two pilots, but on 3:45 you can clearly see a third man wearing headphones on the position of a flight engineer. What now?

[@fragglepuppies]

I know this is an old comment but that third tech crew member was sitting in the observers seat. No flight engineer.

[@sicherpablo]

deeply sorry about ur loss!

[@rydges88]

Great video! Sorry to hear about your sister. What happened to the sound?

[@Sam-hc8dr]

WOW the good old days so good

[@angusellisdon8210]

Hay mate I am so sorry for your loss she is in better place know so sorry

[@TanNguyen2907]

Night years later, i was born :))

[@bruh-bd1tr]

Sorry for your loss she's an angel in heaven now. :) She's in God's hands. :)

[@damonlang1185]

What was the registration?

[@patmck2]

VH-OJF according to 1:08.

[@damonlang1185]

My bad, didn't see that...

[@heha9752]

So sad she passed so early :_(. Hope she was happy to the last

[@jonnybanger]

Well shit. This was like going to the store in search of the most tasty candy bar, finding it, then having your tongue cut off by a razor inside. Regardless, I enjoyed the video!

[@isopath1]

I flew in that very plane. Got upgraded to business because the plane was absolutely full. was the worst service ever!! They brought out our trays and we had to wait over an hour for main course to arrive. We were being served our coffees as the plane was descending due to their hopelessness

[@Reachforitify]

OJF

[@speedbird1598]

What do you mean the Kangaroo was free?

[@poorpatrician9488]

Pretty much everything the airline does nowadays has restrictions, back in the 1990s Qantas's didnt have union disputes, Competition from Virgin "Australia" and people spoke much more highly of Qantas back then, now it seems people will criticise Qantas for pretty much anything they do. Qantas did recently return to profitability but the airline just isnt the same anymore

[@poorpatrician9488]

***** Qantas has been hurt by competition by many airlines, which are government backed (such as Air NZ, Singapore Airlines etc) and Qantas doesn't have this sort of government backing which is hurting the airline alot. Qantas has also had to deal with competition from virgin Australia which is ~80% foreign owned by airlines that are government backed themselves (Etihad, Air NZ) so Qantas is getting hit by all kinds of competition that have unfair advantages. The general public doesn't speak very highly of Qantas anymore as well (which is a shame because Qantas is not even a bad airline) but for whatever reason people seem to just hate Qantas for stupid things like no IFE on older planes, No pajamas in Business class etc.

[@speedbird1598]

How do people even get a chance to use IFE? I had a 15 hour flight and never touched the IFE!

[@speedbird1598]

Honestly I would prefer to fly in a larger plane!

[@poorpatrician9488]

+88mroux Qantas seems to have dropped the ideo of replacing the 747s with A380s, the new plan is to replace them with 787s