Heavy Take Off with Boeing 744 in London Heathrow

[Captainbritishair]

@shmuck50 B744 is abbreviated for the Boeing 747-400.

The B747 is just the Boeing 747 Type in general. Sorry for the late reply xD

[MsWatson11]

heavy??

[KillTheBlairs]

T5 is half built knob head!

[britishairwayspilot1]

T5 looks fuked lol

[suspendmeassholes]

This aircraft is nowhere near MTOW. It's not heavy, just derated thrust. And you can see the vertical speed is quite high.

Nice vid anyway.

[nano4288]

An aircraft must be called "heavy" if it is capable of carrying over 255,000 pounds whether or not it is operating at that weight during that particular portion of the flight.

[suspendmeassholes]

I am not talking about callsigns, I am talking about the weight of the aircraft.

[WazzaBoi8493]

i like this video. its a slow take off and a very heavy one too. this is a british airways 747-400 because you can tell from the two engines on both wings powered by rolls royce. outstanding aircraft. i flew on one on the way back from dubai to LHR

[hackjack14]

amazing how long it takes to take off with a heavy 747...an a321 would take off at 0:40

[Tyrannien96]

hmm......what airline is this, BA?

[Flowis311]

British Airways

[WWA1632]

It's like having a truck, the boeing or B tells the make, like dodge ford, etc the 747 is the model, like a ram or super duty, and the "series" like 744 or 748 is like the trim on the trucks like "king ranch" or "SE" so yes it is a 747, but the 744 is just short for 747-400

[RedoutesChoice]

Excellent video mate - 5 star!. I love the British Airways 747s, my favourite! Would love to fly one myself one day. Cheers.

[windsorbays]

Is that heathrow terminal 5 being built?

[qwertyguy76]

the real difference is that 744 stands for 747-400 model version while B747 can stand for any kind of model

[Flowis311]

it is actually the same: 744 stands for 747-400, which is the newest version of the 747. Its just a way of making it shorter.

[thefsxflyer]

actually the newest is the 747-8

[PilotOfNorway91]

hasn't been released yet, so still it's not the newest. ;)

[Tescok]

Arnt they making a new 747?

[AminiAaron]

Yes . The 747-8. The Passenger Version is already ordered by Lufthansa.

[lisdoddestraat]

and british airways to right..??

[daveshappymovies]

British Airways has not ordered any B747-8. To replace their older B744's BA have ordered 12 A388's. BA's long term plan is to replace their whole B744 fleet that would mean ordering a further 43 aircraft. Their is a possibility that some of them maybe B747-8's.

[111meikle]

@Flowis311 yeah 744 is more of an atc abbreviation but we still use it anyway

[Flowis311]

Well since it is no spam...I'm not going to mark it as spam...

From my "continental" point of view, Mr. Brown seems like a more down to earth person than Mr. Blair. But we don't read a lot about him in newspapers, maybe because he is not as "spectacular" as Monsieur Sarkozy from France ;-)

[mono14]

whats gordon brown got to do with the chaos at T5 for christs sake. and the pound goin down is a global issue which not even a financial whizz like him could stop. people like you should be barred from voting. jeeeeeeeesus.

[mwendia]

Nice and quiet take off

[CaptainTwigg]

You can see t5in its early stages i have bin there for the trials

[RedoutesChoice]

Fantastic footage - full thumbs up from me! I adore the 747s, they are my favourite and always will be - I love them! They are awesome to fly and just amazing to watch. Cheers!

[chanm910]

That is so awesome!!!!

[Christina140892]

are you meant to be recording during take off? :/

[hicksyboi45]

lol nope but some idiots like to risk the lives of 200+ people...

[Flowis311]

Let me explain to you: It has never been proven, that electronical devices influence the airplanes instruments. Some time ago Boeing tested the B757-200 by filling it up with all kinds electronical devices (DVD Players, Mobile Phones, Cameras). Guess what: No instrument was affected. No interference was measured. There is no harm. Airlines still won't allow them because it might disturb people. But I used a little digital photo camera to record, noone even noticed it.

So who's the idiot now?

[Mark1871]

Owned, lol. And awesome videos of takeoffs, approach and landing! I like them alot! :-)

[doncaster24]

air canada is old black tail

[B2013974]

i liked that you also caught the air canada A330 at the start. Might have been going to Montreal, what time did you take off?

[Flowis311]

i cant remember it exactly...but it must have been between 11 and 11:30 am. but i am not too sure though. I never actually noticed that Air Canada Bird... thanks for mentioning

[ianbeale1990]

it took its time getting up lol

[giles1990]

good footage

[Flowis311]

thank you...flying in the 747 is always great!

[Pchan2005]

It seems to be heavy.Takeoff run is so long.

[Flowis311]

It really was a heavy take off even though flight time to Dubai is only about 6 hours, but the plane was fully loaded..no empty seats and probably lots of cargo i guess

[tomisjaffa]

what airline?

[Flowis311]

It's a British Airways 747-400.