Saying Goodbye To The Qantas 747

VIDEO SPECIAL: Simple Flying said farewell to the stunning Qantas 747 in Sydney, Australia!
A special thanks to Qantas for arranging such a brilliant event celebrating their 747 operations.
Qantas has closed a chapter on its history, farewelling the Boeing 747 series in a stunning event this morning. Bittersweet words were spun by CEO Alan Joyce, at the same time as the engines spun up for the last flight of the Qantas Boeing 747-400. The final aircraft departed Sydney in the early afternoon for its resting place in California.
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[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

I can never forget subscribing this channel.....love you simpleflying keep uploading great vids which are very entertaining for avgeeks I have subscribed from every KZbin account I have access to

[@Top10Aviation]

I can imagine how hard it is to say goodbye for the crews that have been flying this awesome aircraft 😔

[@Top10Aviation]

@HRH President of Tattooine I believe you...

[@johno9507]

Im proud to be part of the team that's worked on and maintained the Qantas 747-200, 747-200Combi, 747SP, 747-300, 747-400 and 747-400ER's.

[@InfiniteHorizons]

RIP Qantas 747. Also thanks Simple Flying for keeping us up to date especially during the pandemic

[@icysam18]

Second farewell 747 thank you for your service😭🛬🛫✈️👏👋

[@notanavgeek]

From my perspective I do feel like it is an upsetting time that Qantas will be retiring the 747s. 747s have changed not only Qantas but the whole Airline industry. Qantas is saying Goodbye to the Queen of the skies. Farewell.😞👋👏 R.I.P Loved by all Qantas 747s 1989-2020

[@jeff90210]

The 747 will never be replaced. It will forever remain the queen of the skies.

[@republicoftajikistan4532]

Its body might be gone but its spirit is still with us, so long B747 thanks dor your service

[@NerdyGamer73622]

very sad even though i never flew on this plane its still kind of sad to see it go. Farewell to the queen of the skies.

[@chima486]

It's just like saying goodbye to a loved one in your family😭😭😷

[@AluminumOxide]

Brings me the tears like from the last space shuttle mission

[@FSHVTAGMMY]

i went on that one when i was 5, and it was EPIC. i love it. R.I.P

[@20kfeet]

That is so sad... farewell 747!

[@CaptainJadenAR]

Good Bye 747. Queen Of Skies.

[@ryancummings5781]

Just started watching and already crying

[@kaifriedrich1763]

Im glad that Lufthansa has a few 747-8 in its Fleet , so the Queen lives on

[@s.z.x.01]

Air China as well, when I go back to China I wish I can take the 747’s flight

[@hawkertyphoon4537]

As sad as the Japanese Phantoms. Thank you for going through this, thank you for not turning away. The queen retires with dignity from her VIP duties - all over the world. May she grace the skies with new liveries.

[@magnustan841]

What a beauty! Sadly, I was not born in an era where her Majesty the "Queen of the Skies" was everywhere in the skies. Instead, I had twin-engined 777s, Dreamliners and A350s as my travel companions. I have flown on Singapore Airlines' 747 as a kid, but not as an aviation enthusiast, but I had the privilege of flying on a Thai Airways example from my home in Singapore to Bangkok and my god it was so yesteryear inside..... Anyway, hope to be able to fly on an old school 747 again before they disappear forever..... The -8I does not have that same feel inside...

[@TheFlightTech747]

Hey, you can fly on an Air India boeing 747-400er

[@magnustan841]

@@TheFlightTech747 Only Qantas had the ER variant, plus the Air India example, only one of them flying passengers, it is so hard to find and fly on, its schedule is very random and I won't be travelling to India anytime soon....

[@TheFlightTech747]

@@magnustan841 Air India is not gonna retire their Boeing 747s soon, they will be there for an another 5 years, you can come to India and fly from Delhi to Mumbai or Chennai on the 747,I've flown in the Air India 747 from Delhi to Chennai, you too can... And, I have a channel too subscribe me... the flight tech

[@TheFlightTech747]

@@magnustan841 Air India has 4 747 for passenger services

[@Crosshead1]

Had my first Jumbo flight with Qantas in June 1973 (London to Sydney) and my last in May 2018 (Sydney to San Francisco). I’m going to miss the old girls. They may no longer be the most efficient aircraft in the skies but they were always a pleasure to fly in.

[@orczylouisednielwatinbacul516]

queen of the skies😭😭😭.

[@KarlNoirstone]

Farewell 747 WE WILL REMEMBER YOU

[@asphaltum3467]

goodbye 747😭. all good things come to an end

[@muoyleng4427]

First time seeing Simple Flying face reveal! This is really sad and farewell the queen of the sky and the king as well.

[@njcummins]

It’s a handsome one at that!

[@muoyleng4427]

Nicholas Cummins true!

[@chirstianbenn4831]

It,s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

[@frankiepool9747]

She will be missed 😢

[@JavierHardeman199X]

Very missed

[@ashtronite895]

I'm crying

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Oh wow, I worked at LAX right next to Quantas hangar. Sometimes 6 747s would be parked and 1 A380. Maybe it's to early but I wonder if John Travolta was there in Australia or LA for its last flight? I saw him at the A380 first flight to LAX ceremony and he flew it to San Francisco and back. Sad more 47s are being retired, definitely a end of an era...

[@JuraimyAirlineManager]

In memory of B747-400

[@gobek79]

I guess the people who dislikes this video has no feelings for this Boeing 747 or nickname the queen

[@PineappleSkip]

Love the ‘back in the day’ shots when the economy seats were thick and comfortable, and people wore a suit and tie to fly. That was when if you actually flew overseas the whole family would see you off at the airport, and Qantas gave you a certificate for your first crossing on the equator. Only did a couple flights then, but went to many sendoffs!

[@amgloriouschubbunny3261]

It flew right over my house 😮

[@SpottoBotto]

I watched her fly over Wollongong on her way to HARS Aviation Museum to dip her wings to the famous City of Canberra 747-400

[@KSPAtlas]

Five a moment if silence for the quantas 747s

[@KSPAtlas]

Hopefully someday we will invent a fuel efficient or even electric aircraft that will have as big of an impact as the 747

[@fredafreda5496]

Goodbye Boeing 747-400 and see your owner in heaven. I like Boeing 747 Alexa play I still call Australia home

[@carmendonato2176]

Good bye Boeing 747 of Qantas

[@CTravelsAviation]

Dad: Why you crying so dang loud?

[@dmc4089]

It’s sad that the Boeing 747 have been retired by lots of airline

[@Transit-Gaming]

Why... if I lived in Australia, I would've been able to be in the FAREWELL FLIGHTS!

[@1v1qsns]

I was hoping one day to fly the 747 but no carrier is going to be operating them by the time I qualify

[@laxnative4622]

Is the plane still at LAX, or has it already been sent to Mojave?

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

It's already at Mojave - TB

[@brutaladr641]

This is soo sad! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@fnb1809]

Goodbye 😥

[@Lukatz]

Not mentioning Project Sunrise or the A350-1000ULR? Weird

[@aviawilliam6681]

:( I Cri Cri because of this

[@sjoglekarsj]

I wanted to go on a 747 when i grow up but now i can't

[@josefmprable]

they should've donated OEJ to Qantas' founders museum.

[@sho1715]

Thank you QANTAS for ordering only 747-400ER passenger config and kangaroo locus

[@mwroysan]

17 September 2019 we travelled on that very plane from Johannesburg to Sydney. Reg: VH-OEJ. It was such an honour that I flew on my favourite plane. Are we allowed to be emotional about an aircraft?😢🙈

[@drkfc9700]

All prey the 747-400

[@nagasako7]

I honestly have a feeling of dread like 747 disappearing from skies like a high water mark event. . .

[@Qatari2007]

This will be like the A380 in a few years, except, well not as successful....

[@NaenaeGaming]

MM Aviation Unfortunately, the A380’s retirement won’t be as impactful as the 747, despite being another great aircraft.

[@Qatari2007]

@@NaenaeGaming thats what im saying

[@stingerbean1848]

I think for the A380 it is that indeed it hasn‘t got the legacy as the 747 but it has it‘s own status as a legend with these new limits that it set

[@jeevessagoo]

Great video. 1st

[@somechrisguyidkbutimnotnor9299]

Dad: Why are you crying so damn loud?

[@mikeelmira]

Wonder what Sharon thinks

[@rfsfrealflightsimulatorfan1940]

Dad: Why are you crying so damn loud

[@adityavardhan5096]

Btw I don't know where I parked my 737 max

[@belhanzhang1453]

Me: sighs, another 747 is being retired Aviation fans: wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa

[@lucascalma605]

Nothing lasts forever and all things will eventually come to an end so, this 747 has gotta go alongside British Airways' 747

[@corzahazard444]

Someone start up a go fund me or something and let's get this young bird back to Aussie soil, let's have the first and last beside each other, I feel that they should be with each other.

[@MSRTA_Productions]

😔😔😔

[@Squify69]

These videos always hit me so hard . It's always super sad to see. And the fact it's such an icon as the queen of the skies just makes it harder to watch. It genuinely is sad.

[@zk9058]

It’s crazy.....all the carriers are retiring their 747’s. What are we going to do? 😪😪😪 The world makes no sense anymore!

[@bpcXD]

iits a vary sad day for the 747 :(

[@markfosseth8047]

For sure she deserves to be retired but for sure there is nothing around with the same Queen’s beauty and soul.

[@NMX_404]

Very sad to see it:(

[@swebigmac100]

The 747 is scrapped at a very high rate right now. One could say 2020 will be the slaughterhouse of the queen of the skies

[@vinzchannel01]

4:04 Why "Goodbye Qantas" 😂

[@xpxp2839]

we all benefit by the very long 747 runway, airport, long after 747 retirement

[@tarachandbalmiki7550]

******earlier BA virgin now Quants say good by to B747but why****** 🙏🌹🌹🇮🇳🌹🌹🙏

[@ankgamer7959]

😭

[@mgsaviation9292]

😟😭😢

[@toby.maximillian]

Wdym goodbye quantas

[@gergelymayer6482]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@AMR15H]

I hope airlines are gonna realize they made a huge mistake by selling their 747’s, as busy routes will appear again after the whole covid-19’ situation. Hopefully the more fuel efficient 747-8 will be ordered more next year for those busy routes. (I know Boeing will stop production in 2021 tho).

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

:(

[@what_should_i_call_myself4382]

Girls: You never cry! Do you ever feel sadness? Boys: This video

[@prasadv4310]

Don't you have corona virus there

[@theshadowman1398]

Destroying perfectly good functioning planes build out of solid materials instead of plastic

[@christopherbuilder5354]

747 likes 😓😓😓

[@sportsMike87]

No masks there?

[@AM-yt8wz]

747 is even not so big.

[@jsaviationrfs]

First?

[@what_should_i_call_myself4382]

First

[@what_should_i_call_myself4382]

Haha

[@TheNobleMan]

A380 is better

[@SteveHolsten]

I'm sorry, but this is too damn stupid!!!

[@SteveHolsten]

@@Al-hb2wo They're too good to be throwing them away alright...

[@eyetextico9179]

It really served most airlines for years and was a legendary plane

[@eyetextico9179]

There's a new era in aviation and most 747's are getting too old

[@tobyfarman]

So glad that it's finally retired!!!

[@fgrau7376]

A few years ago I was contracted to fly older 737’s and 727s to the Mohave desert for destruction and reclamation of parts. As we were flying them I was looking at the logs and history of these airplanes one 727 first flew for Lufthansa in 1978 Then Piedmont Then Eastern then Amerijet first delivered in 1978. After its 40 years of service we were giving up on it . Of course due to its cycle life. It was sad. Every aircraft we flew down there was literally in perfect working condition with every system operating as they did the day they rolled out of the factory. Iv always been a sentimental person who loves history. The turn to final I would always say out loud “sorry old girl this is it”. And the other crew members in the FD all whispered up yep this is it. Very very sad. After we landed I touched the skin of these planes that hauled millions of miles safely and would say “Thank you old friend it’s your time to rest” These airplanes are not just another piece of machinery. They have true soul. Money and hours were good flying them down but I was a bit heart wrenching.

[@Peters8749]

Don't worry she's going to have a rest put into storage the 747 has been sold to a new owner General Electric have purchase the 747.

[@xpxp2839]

at lease we keep 1 747 in wollongong as tourist attraction

[@southwest3671]

F Grau 737 What a beautiful story. I can feel your sensations. We do grow attached to specialized equipment. Some man-made iron feels far more personal than just a moneymaker.

[@Boeing-ER-jy9vq]

:(

[@jakepalmer1986]

Guess I’ll never get to fly on the Queen

[@sanwaydsouza6482]

Yes, even I never got to fly on her 😔

[@bearchan3181]

Don't be sad. I yet to fly the 380 either.

[@brutaladr641]

@@bearchan3181 the a380 is dying

[@sorin_ea6]

I really wanted to fly the SYD-JNB route on it :(

[@bearchan3181]

@@BrianMui the very last time for me is back in 1999. From KUL to CPT via JHB with MH. For some lucky reason my whole family get upgraded to business. A real surreal experience. As far as I know KE and TG still keep their 747 but yeah, we don't know when we able to fly overseas again...

[@0DDESTS]

Farewell, first plane I flew on. Sad to see it go.

[@coyotegrad-collectables]

While working for U.P.S. the 747 was always my favorite plane to load.

[@mikeske9777]

19 years ago I worked on the 747-400ER installing the interior of that aircraft in the factory in Everett Washington. It is sad to see that the queen of the sky is retiring from service and I can say so long 747 and may your time be remembered as it should. The 747-400ER was always a special aircraft and had special features over the standard 747-400 as it had a interior more like the 777-200ER then the other 747's. I retired in 2017 from Boeing after almost 30 years there and it brings back the flood of memories working on all the aircraft that I worked on going into retirement. Edit: I should clarify that Qantas was the only airline that ordered and took delivery of the 747-400ER.

[@stevensaviationspotting]

RIP

[@SwordQuake2]

Happy, not sad.

[@manujsharma2941]

Hello uncle

[@itsmetomolol8837]

So sad

[@seoceancrosser]

My first ride on a 747 was a Qantas 747. I’m fortunate!

[@SabitTSDM07]

Really? They retired this beast? Aw man I wanted to fly on one so bad. Tbh I never flown on one so this brings a lot of tears 😭not just me, but those who haven’t flown on one. Many people got their chance to fly on one but not me and the people who wanted to fly on it. Now they can’t. Big tears at my eyes. Also we will remember you forever B747. You changed the way aviation has seen. Goodbye

[@Hyquadra]

2020 cant get any worse than this D: I repeat 2020 is getting worser every day good bye/ farewell queens of the skies it was a good time learning about the 747 I really like this plane but seems like in the future no 747 could be seen some might but not last long farewell to the 747 fleet and the a380 fleet. It is nice having this plane models as a kid I like the 747.

[@lenny108]

Qantas is a great airline - probably the world's best airline with actually zero accidents. Approximately 80 percent of airplane accidents are due to human error (pilots, air traffic controllers, mechanics, etc.) and 20 percent are due to machine (equipment) failures.