Boeing 747-400 Take-Off & Start-Up Hong Kong w/ ATC - KLM Cargo

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Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is operated by Martinair Cargo with a KLM Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF for Etihad Airways, hence the callsign is ETD960.
Timelapse version: • Pilot's View - Hong Ko...
Captured from the cockpit of a KLM Martinair Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF with a GoPro and Sony Handycam
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[@toinesm]

No matter how many times I have already watched this, it just remains beautiful over and over again!

[@kathrynhall1136]

My thoughts exactly

[@andylam73]

that female air traffic controller's voice is extremely sweet. guess her voice is able to ease the tense.

[@rossarmstrong6731]

Andy Lam I agree, perfect English too with slight accent.

[@andylam73]

sweetness is most important when directing flying. it ease tense by alot.

[@loch70]

Andy Lam "most important."? Its not. Its nice, but skill is most important. .

[@inhopark2237]

I agree.

[@sbentjies]

Andy Lam Studies have shown that a female voice grabs attention better and are thus used in military flight alert systems.. Imagine that

[@DIGITALSCREAMS]

The 747 is probably my favourite aircraft of all time. Love the look of it, the engine sound and general flying/handling characteristics

[@techmantra4521]

I feel like when a plane is on the ground, you get a sense that there is all this pent up power just waiting to be unleashed. I love it. I'm in love with flying.

[@visualjazz2200]

The engines sound like PW4000s. Are they? To analogize the power, I like to imagine a two-wide team of 100,000 horses pulling it down the runway.

[@clich126]

Great comment

[@SteliosStylianou]

@@visualjazz2200 General Electric CF6 to be exact they are also used for DC-10s and 767s.

[@jpg36c]

Does anyone else fall asleep to this? The smooth noise in the cockpit plus the radio chatter puts me to sleep.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

I've been extremely fortunate enough to sit in the jump seat of TriStars and A330s into Kai Tak as well as A330s, A340s and 747s in and out of CLK when my Dad was a CX captain. Wonderful memories came back from the video and thanks so much!

[@dieguitoviajero5183]

a take off from the cockpit, in a metropoli city, at night... one of the most beautiful things a human being could ever experience. this makes me cry

[@WarThunCraftHD]

Still all artificial. I would cry over natural beauty, not the stuff that we created and the stuff that will kill our planet. But it's still beautiful tho. Don't get me wrong :D

[@lordmasterization]

Ever seen a dusk takeoff?

[@lordmasterization]

Legend Length Are you high?

[@muhdhafizmohdyusof8951]

DiegoS Producciones

[@ric66521]

Too bad the plane did not fly over the Victoria Harbour. If it did the view would be staggering

[@huangzhenyue4562]

I love Hongkong people's voices. Their english very nice and sweet

[@MarinePilot]

The sound of those engines revving up when takeoff power is applied is like music to my ears.

[@BodhiZaW]

Been watching these videos for over 2 hours now. Something mesmerizing about them. Almost like a meditation.

[@llTheLastThronell]

+Zai Win Finally found someone who is through the same thing.

[@earthgoesdark9482]

Count me in as well . Oh i love the plane taking off sound ....

[@llTheLastThronell]

Gordon Ramsay Imagine we have our own cargo airplane. We only takeoff at midnight. We fly by shifts and we deliver shipments across all continents. Oh man, that's the life I wanna have and there aint no harm in dreaming.

[@earthgoesdark9482]

llTheLastThronell Heck yeah ! I wanna look at the cities at night from above as the lights spread across the earth. Wouldnt it be such an amazing thing to gaze on .

[@jean-lucpousseur630]

+Zai Win Yes , like a meditation ... !!! A beautifull dream .... Thanks for nice video ...... to The pilot Channel ....!!!

[@hankschrader149]

I would've clipped something in the parking lot within 2 minutes! 😂 that is a massive aircraft!!

[@sadikmeah4057]

Brilliant footage, awesome camera work and sound. Felt like I was actually sat in the jump seat. And I loved it when he turned the interior cockpit lights off, it really added to the atmosphere. Thanks for sharing!

[@hpygolkyone]

Sadik Meah ............and yet, 144 people STILL found a way to dislike this. Go figure. SMH

[@sadikmeah4057]

hpygolkyone What's there to figure? It's a free country....

[@hpygolkyone]

Sadik Meah sheesh........switch to decaf.

[@sadikmeah4057]

hpygolkyone Okay, but decaf still contains 5% caffeine. That's why I only drink cappuccino.

[@sultanrayhan6774]

good what does we are

[@zelandiadantas1459]

The female air trafic Control have sweet Voice. Só nice. Salut her

[@radicalclasses3534]

Right

[@colinashby3775]

She speaks clearer than any other ATC I have heard. sweet as well

[@redwingdetroit9671]

Agreed. Its funny when you you listen to an excellent controller like her interact with a female pilot with an attitude and the claws start to come out.

[@pratchayakonkhunart3751]

❤

[@kathrynhall1136]

My thoughts exactly Ma’am

[@g8tortribe189]

I always liked flying at night. I never get tired of viewing the city lights & watching traffic on the freeway.

[@jesuscrust6043]

Flying at night is the most amusing thing ever

[@adrianx6241]

I'm getting addicted to watching these videos... Can't wait to actually be flying a plane one day

[@theviperrandyorton7102]

Wow. I like the ATC voice and the beautiful airport more than the video!!

[@winni223]

thanks for posting complete video. I love KLM stays loyal to Boeing (747) as they did about DC fleet, which they grounded a few years only. Nice maintenance and management.

[@alippay2]

From what I have been told, B744 is a pleasure to hand fly, which is only confirmed by captain's extensive hand flying. :) Great video and hope many more are to come! Thank you!

[@Videokeizah]

That soothing voice, combined with superfast thinking.

[@user-mp6uv7fb9o]

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[@Kill-Dozer]

Great video, love seeing how things work, and no crappy music. perfect.

[@Caucasianaasian]

Amazing video. Gave me a real insight on the professionalism and skill that goes on when I fly to and from work every week. Amazing stuff, I'm in awe of these people. Thanks for posting.

[@sailorman8668]

Yeah, and the pilots did a good job too.

[@byronwheeler4210]

I've never had a fear of flying, but for someone who does, this can be very therapeutic.

[@Zebrastian]

i have panic to travel and it's very very bad for my mind. maybe is the constant stress, anxiety..

[@user-dp5oc5rg6e]

謝謝你 讓我看真實的駕駛艙 我的夢想是想當機師 可惜我是聽不見的人 只好默默著看你們影片... 雖然我是聽不見的人但我可以當飛機的客人 萬分感謝你>

[@0kasede0]

As a new pilot in training, I can't help it but to appreciate how fortunate we are. We all need to hear what this man has to say. Let me translate for him: "Thank you for letting me see the real cockpit. I dreamed to be a pilot, but unfortunately I'm deaf. I can only watch your video in solitude and silence...Although I cannot hear, I can be a passenger. Sincere thanks."

[@kongxiongwang3176]

高捷 如今医学发达相信会有这么一天你会听👂到别人讲话。

[@JoaoVitor-yj6ln]

Ufjjsidb. Hauhad. Protelo

[@jameskeller2065]

Can't even imagine the feeling of anticipation at 19:00

[@dianne405]

everyone's voice sounds mysterious and cool with the radio static

[@NLaertes]

There is something soothing about this line of profession...

[@godollaproductions1361]

I work in this industry and booy it’s underrated

[@kathrynhall1136]

@James Taihuttu there's something sexy about this profession .

[@melik844]

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[@onitatum4074]

Good thing pilots only fly so many hours. That way they make AWESOME videos like this one! Thank you very much.

[@markcardwell]

Oh yeah! Good pfd, ND, eicas and MCP as well as their hands and of course out the glass is just fantastic I think, well done again Capt, FO and PC. Great look at 07R at the turn!

[@zayankhan36]

Every day I watch this video while going to work and feel my self as Captain 👨‍✈️ the conversation between traffic control tower and pilots is superb best

[@user-mp6uv7fb9o]

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[@TheAfricanNerdd]

What as i doing with my life before this channel? Thanks for the video, I love how professional they are! Keep em coming

[@kenw.1112]

I would love to fly one of those babys! I LOVE FLYING WITH A PASSION. THE TAKE-OFFS ARE SO AWESOME.

[@lesjohnson9740]

Not weird at all in my opinion, a good mixture of sheer professional and emotional excitement, every time, it never goes away does it?

[@gummel82]

Thank you for also recording the atc! Love it

[@taharbenseddik5607]

I've seen this KLM Boeing 747-400 Cargo often when I was parking my car somewhere at a spotters-place nearby Schiphol Airport. Just like every Boeing 747-400 a very beautiful plane.

[@maxulic]

X-Plane graphics have really improved over the years :o

[@sailorman8668]

And how is that comment relevant to this video clip?

[@thedoctor4690]

Damn your videos just get better. Please don't stop. I'm addicted already.

[@meriemboudraa8428]

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[@waknana9062]

This could help me to fight my flight take off anxiety

[@robribant6716]

Hong Kong airport is very big, amazing places to eat. It’s also cool flying in at night.

[@robharris5467]

I agree. Approach from north before dawn (from Sydney) - enchanting.

[@hwangs87]

19:15 'Clear for take off' gives me goose gumps.

[@eugeneglenn4696]

that captain seems to be thrilled to get is hands on that giddyup and go throttle

[@gansdavid]

This is absolutely AMAZING to watch! These guys just act as if they are operating a regular vehicle or something. To think that they are responsible for the trust of hundreds of lives sitting behind them is amazing. I would be scared as crap in the cockpit having to see what is going on in the front, I wouldn't want to see.. (definitely not for me)

[@Mrdodgybrothers]

David Gans They're on a cargo flight, but regardless, they have a big responsibility and they do a great job!

[@bodybuilding4lifebab]

+David Gans its cargo bro :D

[@camfre4k]

David Gans I love how people always say pilots have a big responsibility. yeah of course they should know how to control the plane and all that basic stuff that are required from pilots. But if the plane totally malfunction there's not really much they can do other that to try their best to get the plane back in control. Usually when planes crash it's not the pilots fault. It's the plane that is broken somehow.

[@gavanrice6876]

camfre4k actually 70% of aircraft accidents are related to human error.

[@huijuanwang4800]

David Gans aāa2

[@micheldonadini9957]

32000 ft and still flying manual.....LIKE A BOSS

[@matthewclifford7217]

They're flying auto holding 5000ft with spd hold 240kn.

[@mje19D]

+Matthew Clifford Km?

[@robertopippolotto228]

may be not ...at FL320 the CMD is on as you can see on the pfd captain screen. That's mean autopilot ON for LNAV and VNAV. But the captain is a boss anyway.

[@warossmann]

Thanks to the pilots it was fun. I have great respect for pilots your responsibility of people carry through the air. Pilots are special people to me. I am working for over 40 years with avionics as a hobby. I thank you also for night shooting from the photo-master. Good flight the pilot at all times !!!

[@FxLounge001]

They eventually get ready for take-off at 19:00

[@TheComputec]

25 Tonnes, 180mph and take off... and yet it just looks effortless !

[@fatboy4139]

its crazy

[@SteliosStylianou]

This is so welldone they flew with pure professionalism thanks for posting I loved it!

[@Videokeizah]

I want more videos on youtube featuring the Hong Kong ATC lady.

[@user-xr1zd9ff4z]

Arnoud what a holly shit

[@InSight0r]

Same here! :)

[@wsd4864]

Thanks for your services, lads...

[@user-id7fe2kh1r]

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[@lakefire9985]

My first 747 flight march 1983 an old Aer Lingus ..going from Dublin to Faro portugal . i can still remember looking out at that huge wing on taxi compared to the single engine cesnas and my father telling me how heavy it was

[@Blaze0357]

lake fire My first flight was in the infamous Douglas DC-10. That was right around the time (80's) when the DC-10 had a bad reputation for having the engines fall off in mid flight. When the plane taxied to the gate in Salt Lake City Utah, my brother said he was watching and commented on how bad a shape that plane looked pulling up. But I'm glad I got to fly in a DC-10. Poor old plane.. it wasn't her fault! :) I wish I had the pleasure of flying in a B747. That's my favorite airline jet!

[@geoffreybamkin535]

lake fire Well my first flight was in a GlosterDC8 DC 6 and many others Meteor NF11 (passenger) then a DC3-a Viscount -707-and many others. Favorite is the Airbus A 340

[@geoffreybamkin535]

Geoffrey Bamkin that got somewhat screwed up. should be Gloster Meteor NF 11 then the rest.

[@TheMeenge]

+Geoffrey Bamkin kkaree00

[@P3DJumboJet]

+lake fire My first in 747 : In the cockpit for LFPG - CYUL ! Great plane !

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

I want to be a pilot so badly!!! Pilots are amazing!! I love them so much!! #AvGeek #Iloveairlinepilots!

[@bruhitsmoh]

Ikr I also want to become one and I've been looking for names of one of these KLM Cargo pilots so that I can ask them 1 or 2 things

[@minchin8041]

Awesome video!

[@renebroneinternationalthew8565]

*® Yep! Always: 'Great to Fly with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines!' Cheers, René :-)*

[@aky19832001]

That's an Impressive climb 180 knots @ 3000!

[@johnvernon2542]

The majority of my flights from Oceania to Europe and return were on Boeing flights. I always felt in safe hands in the 747's over the years and more recently in the 777's. Boeing has the higher ground when it comes to superior design and safety. Remember their designers and engineers were building the long range bombers for the European Theatre of war in World War Two. Today we are fortunate to have highly experienced Captains and First Officers with many hours of flight experience under all weather conditions. Just go to KLM Asia landing in extremely adverse conditions "IMPRESSIVE".

[@beagle7622]

Especially Hong Kong. I hate what’s going on there at the moment. I love the thought of climbing aboard Cathay Pacific 777 or A350 & heading for London on the midnight flight arriving in London in the Early morning. Got to wait for a year before that happens again. Damn Covid.

[@FuckUnpp]

Cute voice of the air traffic controllers.

[@HiPh0Plover1]

is it weird to like the radio talk between pilots and air controllers ?

[@mrhuman32]

Absolutely not !

[@mileymodo]

+Hiu Man Law Nope,I love the ATC Recordings

[@Videokeizah]

+Happy Turtle Not for the true airplane geek. This is next level.

[@Synaeps]

+Happy Turtle its not !

[@ImplodedAtom]

I've always found air chatter to be incredibly relaxing. I love the efficient, confident and calm way that their speech is delivered.

[@Therion0184]

Nice hand flying!

[@georgedori51]

awesome to watch in full screen

[@clich126]

Definitely

[@turbofanlover]

Absolutely awesome video! The pilot looked like he was flying on manual for a substantial period of time....longer than I thought he would. Also, he was at like 290 knots at 7000 feet!?......apparently the 250 knots under 10000 feet rule does not apply in all situations or regions of the world........interesting.

[@andycyyeung1]

I believe this is the V10 SIKOU of VHHH so its climb to 5000ft intial and with speed restriction of 220 kias unil waypoint RAMEN, the 250 knot rule does apply but at times planes are given no speed restriction after the right hand turn at PORPA.

[@turbofanlover]

Andy YCY Cool!....thanks for the info. :)

[@jjsifo1]

Andy YCY Right, "delete airspeed restriction" sometimes right after take off in some regions,depends on how busy they are.

[@arnaldy1]

turbofanlover Maybe they had a special clearance for 290 knots.

[@swagger897]

turbofanlover sometimes aircraft with the "heavy" suffix (generally any 767 or larger aircraft) are allowed to, but he used a thrust limit and makes me wonder why did he?

[@Kaipeternicolas]

Sick sick sick! Thank you!

[@madnorwegian1263]

The Tower Controller (Asian girl) at Chek Lap Kok is one of the best I've heard. They had some great people at Kai Tak before they closed it. I miss that era. I love this video. A definite thumbs up.

[@user-mp6uv7fb9o]

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[@aviationrocks]

Great footage of the cockpit and pre-flight checks and procedures of KLM's Boeing 747-400 cargo.

[@daniell1130]

these videos help me to get to sleep

[@wsd4864]

lolz

[@jasonchow5467]

great idea

[@nameleomoanikeala]

Ditto for me on using this to sleep . It is so soothing to hear competent pros doing what I can only dream of

[@nameleomoanikeala]

Ditto for me on using this to sleep . It is so soothing to hear competent pros doing what I can only dream of

[@nameleomoanikeala]

Ditto for me on using this to sleep . It is so soothing to hear competent pros doing what I can only dream of

[@glasseverywhere]

indeed well done thanks pilot channel 19:25 was the nicest part on take off…..

[@balakrishnanr6222]

wonderful capture by you . The pilot was calm and quiet to gather the information and take of . it was a wonderful scene . the inter phone capture was also nic super. keep capturing nice videos .

[@Robin6512]

Mooie vid. Blijft prachtig een luchthaven in het donker.

[@bigmaxy07]

hand flown all the way out, brilliant!

[@milesfisher4694]

amazing sound of the engines XD

[@jayschindler1118]

Air traffic controller her voice is so sweet ....... unbelievable .... professional sweet British accents

[@elhadjhamza1130]

FANTASTIC PILOTE

[@kennethruby4152]

Fantastic Vidio

[@alanorellana9386]

my dream job!!!!! I've always wanted to pursue this carrier.

[@kathrynhall1136]

Oh yes indeed!

[@prawendha]

what a busy airport.. ! great work hongkong ATC! took almost 30min for take off..

[@andyblue99]

One of the best videos of this type on youtube, imho of course. Thank you for a great work and for sharing this.

[@yahmighty]

Amazing what we humans can do.

[@lhkowalski]

That's what i think every time i see a take off...

[@oskarlambert8002]

LegendLength Make it 300+ tons :)

[@Yamokaaaa]

George Weltman i cant do what they do

[@bigbopper8747]

Mother Coconuts me either I’d be a nervous wreck . There’s only 130,000 commercial airline pilots in the world . These pilots are a special kind of human .

[@dawayneduval]

I began watching this video @ 7:47

[@xzseng4524]

+dawayne duval lol. Ur problem then. :)

[@kirstenschafer1719]

What a great channel 👍 thx for upload...With love from Germany...

[@Nevakonaza.]

What an amazing job,Must have been a great experience for the camera man to see it all close up like that. :)

[@lnro4494]

I like planes more than trains.

[@Sarge-R1]

amazing coolest job in the world

[@JankyzFSX]

Really awsome! I love Pilot In Command from Your movies!!

[@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali]

I enjoy watching planes take off and yet I felt tense and apprehended anxiety whenever I had traveled on plane.

[@DEVILMATE1996]

WOAH.. thats interesting. He is using that ipad as a sat nav to find his way around the airport. Hope hes not using apple maps.

[@Rishi-xk5uu]

That device is known as an EFB (Electronic Flight Bag). Its purpose is for the pilot to access ground charts to make navigating around the airport easier. He can also quickly add/remove charts if he wants to. Its a great tool to use because it replaces the paper charts and its digital

[@jkjo1960]

iRider dtddf

[@jkjo1960]

Rishi Shah wcyx

[@wavy3062]

Irader😂

[@user-xz6ng5hw1r]

Rkk

[@archiebunker6059]

your"check engine" light is on.

[@jkjo1960]

Archie Bunker ctdx

[@muziekkorpsen-marchingbands]

bedankt voor het uploaden........erg leuk om te zien

[@aspirina9804]

Great!! I love Boeing 747

[@Jahspecs1]

QUESTION: Do the cargo pilots make steeper take offs, deeper turns, more aggressive landings since they have no passengers?

[@andyouf]

I like the fiddling with his smartphone at the beginning. Does he have an app that controls the plane like mercedes connect?

[@kachaso]

andyouf cause all that infor we used to write on paper can now be saved on a smart phone or ipad.

[@davidstrauss8746]

Checklists, loaded fuel and so on

[@triethylborane777f7]

andyouf It is a tablet that contains airport, route, checklists (the plane "computer" has check lists too). This all used to be in paper manuals, which was great for a different era but is now becoming antiquated. Jeppesen still produces paper manuals for several airlines like United, Im pretty sure. I use a tablet . . . way better than fumbling through a thousand pages of tissue paper (very thin paper) only to find that the departure you need is missing, pages torn, or that the page in the manual has an earlier effective date than what you can use, but the current page is not there . . . it is all assembled by humans. No app that can control the plane . . . yet.

[@roselow147]

andyop us p The only

[@AkronKid330]

These are actually really small aircrafts and very easy to fly. My uncle wasn't feeling good one day so I took over and landed it for him.

[@theturkeyfan4664]

Being a pilot means not only flying, you can not make mistakes

[@adamblomberg]

They didn't turn off their iPad during landing and take off...

[@fletcho909]

I think that was meant to be a joke.

[@ariqaqilahendra2458]

The Stig

[@adamblomberg]

fletcho909 But it isn't.

[@malav2411]

Adam Blomberg

[@Rishi-xk5uu]

That device is known as an EFB (Electronic Flight Bag). Its purpose is for the pilot to access ground charts to make navigating around the airport easier. He can also quickly add/remove charts if he wants to. Its a great tool to use because it replaces the paper charts and its digital

[@3starskiwi]

Wow, awesome :)

[@pulipavansandeep131]

very nice, really pilot confident cannot be compared with any proffesion.

[@6771Randy]

That was intense

[@motormusic1]

That was brilliant.. is 44 yr old too old to start to become a pilot ?

[@farr5431]

thats a ballsy Cathay pilot at 08:00 questioning ATC about his wait time. But it works..the First excuse she gives is “ongoing restrictions”..then when questioned she changes the excuse is due to “inbound traffic” ....what a little liar she is..when the lies are exposed the Wait time is immediately reduced from 5 min to 2 mins..Cathay pilot...BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. sweet sounding liar ATC needs 15 lashes with the same bamboo cane they use to beat the pro democracy demonstrators

[@Hawkeye6936]

Great jump seat ride along ! Thanks

[@melsteffano6189]

Awesome video! Thanks

[@johnchannetshow]

Anyone regret not to study hard enough when you were a student?

[@adrianofrattasio5880]

johnchannet show

[@TopAhmed1]

I AM DOING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 3RD YEAR AND I REALLY WANT TO SHIFT TO AVIATION:(

[@jesuschrist2616]

You dont need a degree not even a hs diploma my friend flys and he got his without a high school diploma

[@nikitadikaya6594]

Š П ł P Σ Г omg you should totally repair planes

[@mark-tt3ks]

being a pilot doesnt need that much of studying science , anyone can become a pilot if he: 1. have enough money to pay for the aviation school and after that pay for training on simulator 2. studied good and hard enough in aviation school