Qantas Airbus A380 (2X) Landing and Takeoff at LAX

[@DirtySam0410]

I seriously love the design aspect on Qantas' A380. Their designs just nailed it. Love all the red and that logo there

[@AviationNZ]

Qantas A380.. Beautiful plane, beautiful livery. Combined with good filming. Picture perfect. This video deserves a big Like!

[@anna8099]

You must have a fabulous camera - the quality here is absolutely superb - very, very enjoyable! Well done

[@TrainsPlanesGames]

You can really put into perspective the size of the A380 when you see the Delta Connection (Embraer?) going in front of it. Absolutely magnificent.

[@jotunboy81]

Such a beauty! The prettiest jet out there and with Qantas´ red/white/black colors and logo they have the cleanest design out there to date. Love it! Great vid.

[@benwm]

Hi, Great video! QF107 LAX-JFK actually operates as an A330-200 (SYD-AKL-LAX-JFK). This departure would have been either a MEL or SYD departure.

[@barbarairwin8547]

❤Magnificent Landing as well as Taking Off!!

[@SchmaveUCSB]

I've never flown on Qantas, but I flew V Australia on a trip to New Zealand this last December and they were awesome. The flights from LAX->SYD and BNE->LAX were really good. I would definitely fly with them again.

[@frankieengl]

the most smooth lading have I ever been seen

[@BellaFlayme]

I love the T1i, it has such beautiful and accurate video-for not being a camcord. Really love it's video qualities. Thanks for this video, enjoyed watching it...I enjoy watching anything like this, especially at LA and involving Qantas!

[@ClearforDeparture]

Beautiful video from start to finish. Love how you can see the A380 expansion of Tom Bradley terminal under construction, too!

[@yortko1]

The A380 is indeed an impressive aircraft but no other plane in history has the majesty of the 747 in flight or at take-off into a sunset or anytime.

[@anonsmith3346]

The reverse does help slow the aircraft down somewhat and I'm sure the pilots would prefer to have them as an added bonus, but I think the weight issues combined with the increased FOD risk made the decision to have only 2. I'm sure airlines are not wanting to spend the money on repairing one of those engines as well so I think they are okay with this.

[@skytrain73]

Qantas use A380s on two routes from Australia to Los Angeles. 1: Qantas flight 93 which flies non stop from Melbourne to LA. 2: Qantas flight 11 which flies non stop from Sydney to LA. The Melbourne flight arrives around an hour earlier than the Qantas 11 from Sydney. Hope that helps.

[@benjowett272]

Been on the Qantas A380, second last row, economy, unlimited lemonade. :)

[@MarioDaniels]

Beautiful landing of an A380 !

[@PaulStewartAviation]

Great footage! I flew in a QF A380 from Melbourne to LAX back in August and it was a great flight.

[@ricklosangeles5043]

Jumping forward eleven years so much has changed at LAX. The first A380 arriving VH-OQC was the third aircraft delivered and named “Paul McGinness” currently that aircraft has been in Abu Dhabi since June 2021 for maintenance or new interior refurbishment. The second A380 VH-OQH was the eighth aircraft delivered and is in service and is currently (at the time of writing) enroute to Los Angeles. I believe the departure of this aircraft in the video wasn’t to New York as the takeoff roll was too long for a trip to the east coast of the USA with most likely a light load. At that time 93/94 were flown by A380’s. 11/12 were also flown by A380’s. 107/108 were flown by 747-400er’s, and 15/16 Brisbane were also flown by 747-400. 107/108 was later dropped and the New York segment of 11 was made with the 747-400 that came from Brisbane. It would arrive back in Los Angeles in the evening in time for it to continue onward to Brisbane. I flew the LAX-SYD segment of 108 to Sydney in 2009.

[@skytrain73]

Tim, Qantas use A380s on two routes from Australia to Los Angeles. 1: Qantas flight 93 which flies non stop from Melbourne to LA. 2: Qantas flight 11 which flies non stop from Sydney to LA. The Melbourne flight arrives around an hour earlier than the Qantas 11 from Sydney. Hope that helps.

[@arissss1962]

Great video and wonderful plane. I'm happy i had that good chance to fly by A380 twice.That was with Lufthansa. Still love 747's too.

[@jaffacake1578]

Yes, it's bigger in terms of its wingspan and carries a chunk more passengers (853 for A380, 750-760 for 747-8) But the 747-8 is a fair bit longer. So it depends whichever way you look at it.

[@mancave4565]

The one takes off is schedule to Melbourne Qantas got flight schedules every day Melbourne to Lax & Sydney to Lax However they launched schedule to Miami as well The connection flights they use 777 , 747 or A300 to Newark , Laguardia & JFK Cheers

[@samthelittleman1]

That is RARE! to see that A380 takeoff in the day time! they always takeoff at night and especially to see it takeoff on 25L

[@keelyzee]

I was also going to add, if memory serves me right, the flight from Hawaii to Sydney back in 1971 on a 747 was 11 hours!! I just remember is was LONG.....and likely seemed longer to my 10 year old mind....... What beautiful planes these 380's are!!!! It's soooo amazing that something that big can become airborne!!

[@Clayton240183]

Most likely both the Syd and melb a380 flights. Qantas still use the 747-400 for the qf107-108 Syd-lax-JFK freturn flights. Although possibly occasionally the A380 does the JFK run

[@lindak504]

Saw this land at LAX, it's a monster. Love it!!!

[@keelyzee]

this is exactly what I was posting about Greg........I posted of my own LONG experience when me and my family moved to Western Australia as a kid. I was 10. Then we moved back to the states when I was 12 and I recall really being full of dread of the LONG flight. Australia is a LONG way from the states.......but what memories I have of those years!!!

[@SchmaveUCSB]

That's an Emirates 777-300ER in the background. It took off a little while after the Qantas A380 took off.

[@sweetlilloz]

I saw one take off from Brisbane International a couple of years ago, Most planes you can obviously hear, but this one you could feel it as well. I was standing with my Mum watching it take off before I went through customs. It was cool, so hoping for but doubt it, that my flight to LA next week is one of these but I very much doubt it.

[@GambanJasonC]

QF93 is the one that was grounded and QF11 is landing. QF107 to JFK uses a A330 in the morning...and very rarely a 747

[@MuscLA]

QF107 is a 747 flight, not a 380 flight. However, the 380 flights to SYD and MEL leave at night, so this is a bit strange. It may have been a very-delayed QF11.

[@SchmaveUCSB]

On Imperial Hill where the little park is in El Segundo.

[@birdie2219]

QF flights always leave for aussie at night so not sure where this one is off to. The QF107 747 service continues to NYK..so cant be rhis A380...interesting!

[@cheekysi1]

I like it at the start when the little plane strolls past the A380. It gives a good impression of how big the plane is. It's almost as big as Englands wins against the Aussies in the cricket.

[@faizarramdhan6413]

3 qantas @3.40 amazing catch

[@yortko1]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe that if the right runways are used, flights between SYD-LAX are the only in the world that are almost 100% over water.

[@SchmaveUCSB]

There were actually two Virgin Australia 77W's in this video: one parked at the gate (next to Delta) and another at a remote stand. They are the ones with the red tails with the stars on them.

[@781David]

I think they may have had the V Australia livery.

[@fernando338ful]

My god...this plane is a monster! Nice video Justin.

[@mattlindsay6974]

That was impressive. I like how there were other Qantas planes at LAX too as well as a Virgin Australia 777.

[@benwm]

@qantaspilot95 QF A380's don't fly anywhere else ex LAX. The most likely scenario is that this is QF94 or QF12 running late. A delyed QF departure is the most likely explanation.

[@Jerry1978ish]

What an awesome video, thanks for sharing it!

[@AUmarcus]

Qantas a380's are used for Sydney and Melbourne to LAX......QF11 and QF93.....and also Sydney and Melbourne to LHR.....QF1 and QF9. Quite often one is used for Sydney to HKG......QF127. Occasionally one is used in place of a 747 as QF107 SYD/LAX/JFK and most likely the aircraft seen departing here.

[@SchmaveUCSB]

@benwilliamzVL You're probably right. I tried looking up the departures that day on the Qantas website but the only one they had around that time was to NY. Maybe this one just wasn't published for some reason.

[@MrTomzi723]

I just saw two Qantas A380 next to each other at Heathrow, it was really amazing to see them

[@gazdeb80]

It is here doing a tour around this part of the world as it was up here as well in brisbane.

[@boeing74744]

Clear video and smooth movement makes it more enjoyable to watch. Also screen clarity was good.

[@AUmarcus]

That's because heavies from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are there as well.

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Great filming of the take -off

[@TravelWithJose]

Really nice video. I have only seen Qantas arrive early in the morning, but I have not seen it take off.

[@viking1960]

On 3-21-12, I was just landing at LAX on an AA 757. The pilot seemed to be in a big hurry to get off the runway. When he did I could see why. A Quantas 380 was practically on our tail. Probably the same flight that is seen here on this video.

[@mrpropilot1]

yes thats correct because the small a330 just cant push the extra mile to depart from Aus strait away but it usally starts syd-auckland-lax-jfk an back

[@JundaComputersGmbH]

I hope Qantas uses the longer runways at LAX for their A380s, I heard Nancy Bird Walton A380 was using the shortest 2.7 km long runways, which the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines were pushed beyond its design limits to lift the fully loaded 500+ ton A380 off the ground, which stressed the engine, overtime it caused a leak in the oil pipe which the oil ignited exploding the engine, something like that

[@KindCreature1]

Beautiful, majestic aircraft!

[@gregfreeman4564]

I've been on Qantas flight QF11, I can tell you the novelty on this or any other plane wears off after about 5 hours and when you land in LAX after 13 hours of direct flying from Sydney, you are simply over it.

[@azsqpolm]

you are right, the flight QF107 come from sydney to new york via Los Angeles, good game! And thank you for your video!

[@ivanblakely903]

Hi SchmaveUCSB. Re the takeoff at about 6 minute mark? Correcting an incorrect comment I made ages ago ... I believe the flight you captured was VH-OQH operating QF12D to Sydney. The "D" indicates delayed from previous day to avoid confusion with 6 January QF12 later in the night.

[@mistahoward1898]

Beautiful bird! Great camera work, as well!

[@Johnboydownunder]

You re correct in the reasoning of the design however taking that in note the current wings can not take the weight. Whilst the overhang of the span was a concern in coming to this, not having reverse capacity allowed the design to not allow the extra weight for engines 1 and 4. Engines 2 and 3 weigh almost 14000pounds whilst engine 1 and 4 weight just under 12000. (ref to EASA design notes 2004)

[@beachgirl881]

Looks like you videoed this at Klutter's park, the one Qantas flight taking off to New York maybe, you may be right? As flights taking off to Australia take off at night.

[@kissklassics]

nice shot of the front end rotating off the runway

[@presidentoxford]

Love this but I'm an Aussie. QANTAS has by far the best livery. LA sky looks smogged. Am now a subscriber.

[@IsThisBullSchit]

QF107/108 DO operate LAX/JFK/LAX, but they do NOT use the Airbus. Having worked for QANTAS (Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service) I can tell you that the flight Originates at Melbourne with the A380, lands at LAX. It continues to JFK using an A340 (smaller plane since most don't continue onward) Same plane turns around and comes back... That particular aircraft was ferried to the USA JUST for the LAX/JFK route. It does not fly back across the Pacific on any normal rotation.

[@paralinq]

Wow, what a beautiful landing!

[@roadbike1000]

I have seen this from the highway. It's about 30feet above the Car. It's such an awesome view.

[@yortko1]

@azsqpolm Yes they stop in LAX to refuel, if it didn't need to stop over it would probably be the longest flight in the world. The QF107 always uses a 747 but they started using an Airbus 330-200 for the LAX-JFK leg but they've since gone back to using the 747 for the entire journe

[@Captus177]

Qantas is the best looking A-380.

[@123gobombers]

Agreed they look amazing

[@SahirSiddiqui]

Amazing aircraft and super video (curiosity and lack of shake!)

[@keelyzee]

I can only imagine how anxious those folks were in getting off that LONG flight from Sydney!!! Back in 1971 my family and I moved to Western Australia. My dad was in the US Navy and we flew from Chicago to LAX then LAX to HON, then HON to Sydney......then Sydney to Adelaide, then Adelaide to Exmouth, WA (West Australia)....I was the OLDEST kid of three, at age 10.......I have NO clue how my parents managed THREE kids on that near 3 day flight there.

[@michaelhayden725]

Just a small correction: Given that Exmouth is around 1200/1300 km north of Perth its more likely at they flew Adelaide/Perth and then Exmouth (the plane would have landed at Learmonth - probably an MMA Fk27). I spent two years from May '71 to May '73 as a Flight Service Officer in Port Hedland and regularly communicated with aircraft into and out of Learmonth. Cheers

[@keelyzee]

@@michaelhayden725 my dad was an E9 in the US Navy, we were in Exmouth from January 1971 to January 1973. I think you were right, we did fly to Learmonth via Perth most likely. I just remember it was horrible. Seemed like a few days to get there. Dad used to say that it was 14F in Chicago when we left and in excess of 120F in the sun when we got to NW Cape. My little blonde haired sister was sooo sick from the heat. Good memories from our days in W.A.

[@svscared]

@SchmaveUCSB It could have been a very delayed departure to Australia. Either that or they switched the aircraft for the day.

[@samthelittleman1]

The Qantas A380 was not flying to New York....It was going back to Australia Early because of maintenance with passengers on board.

[@pcorf]

VH-OQC arrived from Sydney. VH-OQH went to New York.

[@RodAndrewartha]

To add to that: the A380 doesn't need them really - brakes are the main stopping devices. And yes, outboard reversers would course FOD issues - I guess one reason Airbus went without them.

[@gabrielle00712]

I'll be flying on that in about a month! Looking forward to it!

[@AUmarcus]

It may be an A330 sometimes but a 747 is also used for that run.....seen it on flightradar24 very recently. And again today 1/6/13.

[@owenloney3406]

Well done, awesome LAX clips

[@gazdeb80]

I wander what the third Qantas aircraft that was there. You could just see the tailplane of it where the plane is with the 6 stars on it.

[@katenevans]

She'll have a great flight. I just flew on one of these 3 weeks ago. Even economy has a lot of space, the food is great, fantastic movies to watch, and they really look after you too :)

[@Aviatorspot]

Excellent video! Good catch of two Qantas A380s!

[@AUmarcus]

The white star design on the tail is called the southern cross and appears on the aussie national flag also......this is the old virgin australia livery.....the new one is as you describe.....which imo is dull, i liked the old one much more.

[@johnleao1812]

QF107 is a direct flight to Sydney, Australia

[@GERMANLOVER7000]

i haven,t been in australia since 2010..the last time i flew with qantas...i don,t know if it,s still the same.

[@attraversiamo1988]

These are beautiful airplanes! I don't want to sound like a prick, but it is quite possible the uploader is correct on the flights here; A380s flights do go from LAX to NYC and then on to Australia. There are also flights from OHare to LAX to Singapore with these. Yes these are a long distance airplane, but typically the airlines stops at one major airport to pick more people up. I know, because I've flown in one : )

[@camaroiowaguy23]

at 2.05 u can see the hollywood sign in the mountain. i used to live right under that sign. and altho it seems like a rectangular blur in the video i kno its the sign cuz its the only thing up on the moutain that wide and that color.

[@ColinDorsey]

Quantas can't sell tickets between LAX and JFK. I'm betting it was some sort of charter or reposition flight.

[@Oceans_Resurrection]

Awesome video Justin ! Thanks !

[@SunsetSideVet]

The century city/santa monica/westwood/westLA /Wilshire skyline in the back drop very cool!

[@gizelle0000]

Beautiful breathtaking queen of the skies, our beautiful Australian icon😟🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@thenopedope6868]

The queen of the sky is the 747 And you wrote NZ flags instead of AUS flags

[@salamander5318]

It's the king of the skies as far as airliners. The Boeing 747-8 is the Queen of the skies as far as airliners.

[@jeffallen5871]

You look more beautiful!

[@gemqantasa380]

nice work mate brings out the beauty of this aircraft

[@keith6400]

The wings would support the weight of reverse thrust systems on 1 and 4 engines. The decision not to fit reverse thrust to these outer engines is based on the fact that due to the long wingspan these engines on landing are often over grass not tarmac and concern was expressed regarding ingesting the possibility of debris being thrown up into the relevant engines.

[@TheDavilson21]

Excelente filmagem. Muito bom, dois A380, simultaneamente no aeroporto. Um pouso e uma decolagem. Parabéns pela qualidade da filmagem. Valeu,

[@jovanholland36]

That was before the Qantas hangar and the tom Bradley terminal

[@Tammyperry1]

Very good camera work and WOW 2 A380 And at LAX in my state.....Very cool!

[@ivanblakely903]

QF107 is normally a B747 - the aircraft from Brisbane goes to NYC and back and then flies back to Brisbane in the evening. Daytime A380 takeoff is pretty rare so well done for catching it. I suspect it was the QF108 to Sydney delayed from the previous day when the wing tips were damaged. Not the damaged aircraft - that one flew back to SYD a couple of days later.

[@AUmarcus]

Nope, this footage was taken a couple of years before the wing tip incident. New Yorkers have seen Qantas a380's at JFK......so they must make the trip on the odd occasion. QF107 is always a flight which originates in Sydney.....most times with a 747 but occasionally with an a380......if a 747, it always continues on to JFK......if an a380, a 747 usually slots in at LAX to complete the trip.....you are probably correct about that being the aircraft from Brisbane.

[@ivanblakely903]

sorry - got it wrong re the wingtip damage - that was later. In this case it was a a 'technical issue' that delayed QF108 from the previous evening. I can't quite make out the registration on the video, but if it is VH-OQA then it arrived LAX that morning as QF11, and was turned round as delayed QF108 to sydney. Either way, QF107 that day was not an A380 but a 747 (VH-OEI which coincidentally was the aircraft that would clash wingtips.... but later.) Also, while flight 108 goes JFK-LAX-SYD, it is not necessarily the same aircraft. Sometimes it goes to Brisbane & sometimes Sydney.

[@AUmarcus]

QF108 always goes directly to Sydney from LAX from what i've seen. You aren't confusing it with QF8 DFW/BNE/SYD are you?

[@ivanblakely903]

you are right that QF108 is LAX SYD. I was talking about the aircraft operating the flight.

[@AUmarcus]

Ivan Blakely I can make out the rego.....its VH-OQH......"Reginald Ansett"......another great name in aussie aviation history......right up there with likes of Kingsford-Smith, Hinkler, Fysh, Ulm, Warren et al.

[@kvwchris]

there was one behind the big shed thing and the one with 6 stars isn't six stars actually it has 5 and it is called virgin australia.

[@SchmaveUCSB]

It's probably a 747-400. I don't know if they use more than 2 A380s on LAX routes.

[@pjneslo8979]

That is one beautiful airplane and great footage, thanks for sharing this my friend.!

[@philcool1968]

Qantas flights to NY (JFK) are operated on B747s

[@rajnirvan3336]

In one way yes it's bigger than the 747-400 by capacity. But to put it politely the new 747-8I is longer by length

[@airlinepilotdude]

The QF A380 takeoff is most likely a delayed flight leaving 12 hours late to Australia.

[@SchmaveUCSB]

I used a Canon T1i for this video, and edited with Sony Vegas Platinum. Seems to work for me. :)