Qantas 747-400 Dirty Flyover Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

[chrisflyer777]

Qantas was a Oneworld founding member airline...

[SupremeLevelEnt]

@NASCARRELIC a dirty pass is when the gear is down and the flaps are down making it as less aerodynamic as possible

[gloomyoutlook]

Lol, if that was supposed to be inspiring..

[wowdude999]

How is it dirty?! Looks shiny to me :\

And the plane was from 1.5-2 thousand feet

[JohnDH1977]

@wowdude999 A dirty flyover is when they flyover with full flaps deployed and gears down. As opposed to a clean flyover when flaps and gears are up and it's usually a higher speed pass.

[dave0mary]

Did they wash the plane after it got "dirty"?

[cianodo]

@mcpcshowcaseHD

Yeah I guess I could have misheard the announcer , or he could have been lying when he said " and now ladies and gentleman, a fly past from Quantas Flight QFxxx which has just left Tullamarine EN ROUTE to London"

Oh and the race programme could have been misprinted too.

I was there man.

I guess

[assailant85]

@cianodo i have been flying this machine. and my father is michael jackson!

[Boocho88]

shoot it down ! :))

[flightdude12345]

what is a dirty flyover can i ask?

[henryandwater]

I assume it means in the Approach Configuration (gear and flaps down). Because Regarding stalling, you can do a CLEAN stall, which is in the clean configuration (flaps and gear up).

[flightdude12345]

ok thanks for the help

[24jeffgordan88JRfan]

its when the gear is down and the flaps r down

[Chijousaikyo]

I have the same question

[CloudSurferUK]

@flightdude12345 it means the airfoils are dirty, i.e Flaps are extended and gear is down. An aircraft is aerodynamically "clean" when all flaps are retreacted, gear is up and gear doors are closed.

[cianodo]

I WAS THERE PEOPLE> It was a 747 and it was fully laden and en route to LOndon. QF30 if I remember correctly. End of discussion. The A380 hadn't been delivered to any airline at that stage (and Singapore Airlines got them first not Qantas).

[mcpcshowcaseHD]

@cianodo

It wouldn't be a passenger flight for safety and scheduling reasons.

[terminaljim]

Cant be QF30......that A/Craft arrives at 2200 and QF29 departs back to LHR at 2325

[heretocheckoutstuff]

that was pritty dirty.... crompto said a380 for sure! but did qantas have a 380 when gp was on last ? i dont reckon.

[pilotanthony]

no they didnt!

[EI747SYDNEY]

Wonder why he has not got the landing gear up. Lots of drag with it still down

[dannyboy7117]

all part of the effect of the display, nothing major or wrong with it at all!

[gnarkillkicksass]

That's what "dirty" is. Landing configuration with flap and gear.

[ArjunJethwa]

can someone tell me whats wrong with a qantas plane flying over w/e grand prix?

[guitarshredder18]

I think the commentator is Neil Crompton.

[MainDamo1]

That aint the new A380, look a little closer and you'll clearly see a 747, easily recognisable by its unique upper deck

[MainDamo1]

Woops my bad, I thought the announcer referred to the 747 as the new A380, I guess I should have listened more carefully

[rogram4]

amazing machine

[ieatpeas24]

The only thing dirty about that was the air underr the wings

[cianodo]

So after the near disaster LHR - Mel flight July 25th, do u still think Qantas are the safest airline Senor?????? ;) :)

[UKandUSArule]

Qantas are one of the safest airlines in the world, they have never lost a jet in an accident, and they have one of the best services, good flight crew, and the fact that you can blow a hole in the side of a 747 and then land it is only credit to what a great aircraft it is, Plus Qantas are part of the Oneworld Alliance so they must go through stringent safety checks, what happened this week could not have been avoided, and it was not corrosion lol.

[clearancedelivery]

just because there part of Oneworld doesnt exactly mean thats a reason they are one of the safest.....Theres nothing wrong with Star Alliance and Skyteam.....but Qantas is one of the safest though

[AustraliaTwo]

@UKandUSArule You have never flown on PAN AM - Maxim's De Paris in house catering - in comparison Qantas serves shit from an asshole.

[clearancedelivery]

Nobody died, or was injured....and the plane set down fine

[UKandUSArule]

I agree, what i was saying is these alliances have big rules on how aircraft should be maintained, People who think Qantas is un-safe should have a word with themselves, just because of one incident that was not even that bad to be honest, im not saying i would want it to happen to one of my flights, but it has happened before and never been on the news.

[abugerae]

Senor haha you clearly don't have a clue!!

[SenorSpode]

The best plane in the world and the safest airline in the world: 747 and Qantas. What a combination!

[jjyss]

ha ha ha... If only you'd waiting two more weeks :-)

[Albinus81]

@SenorSpode I'm gonna cry when the 747 gets retired on more routes in favour of the Socialistbus A380. If I want to arrive in one piece and not have strange "incidents" occur without explanation, I'll fly Boeing!

[cianodo]

I was at this grand prix and believe it or not that was a fully laden 747 400 en route from MEL to LHR, normal scheduled service, lucky passengers!!

[pedalz1115]

No it wasn't. The fly over conducted by Qantas every year for the melbourne grand prix is an empty 747, 767 whatever they have available, usually just off maintenance from Avalon Heavy Jet Base Maintenance so as to not affect schedules. The pilots train for this event as it incorporates different CAR and exclusions to be able to fly over heavily populated areas, not usually available during aerobatic or fly over routines.

[0110012]

it may not be, it could be a 747 or other long ranged planes

[MickeySyd]

yes its a 747-438. it has 4 roll royce RB211 engines.

[Lamborghini89636]

my syster is going 2 vena ostra, and its non stop flight form atlanda ga 2 there it will prob be a A380

[pasoplaya]

never it cant be i think it will be an a340

[emosandknives]

its a 747 ! Are you people retarded

[rockshox101avidjuicy]

Its 'the new airbus A380', as announced by the track/advertising staff on the ground (if you listen properly) - It was an advertising stunt. I believe that the 747 and the A380 are different aircraft. Might just be me though?

[emosandknives]

hahah yeah the presenter really needs to learn his planes

[neilk2304]

No he said 'Qantas are about to deploy their new A380'

[rockshox101avidjuicy]

Yer but he is clearly announcing it for the show, its just a publicity stunt, it wouldnt be the first time

[lisdoddestraat]

ther are a lot of chanses with the a380 and 747

[xxtalitha]

waow

[boilerup1869]

really? have you ever been on a 777 heh. i flew one from Chicago, USA to Shanghai, China...that was pretty impressive.

[fordlandau]

the 747 is the greatest passenger aeroplane flying in the world today!

[gassarin]

well done

[marama62]

''Cracking video''

love the Qantas 747

[pootubecom]

a least hamilton 1

[Ansett76]

not low enough!! lol saw somw vids in South America (727) now that was low.....

[bmemodels07]

Gteat video

love the 747 better if virgin

[nimzajafari]

THATS AWSOME!!

[lukasmahoney]

shes sure low, did it look lower than what the video can see

[brebbles]

I'm not sure what height it flew but it sure was low!

[RedoutesChoice]

What a brilliant, beautiful plane! Love him! Hope he never leaves out skies! Great footage by the way, thanks for posting!

[pocketbikepenang]

did they doing in purpose? if not, any warning giving to them?

[brebbles]

Definitely on purpose - it was in the programme.  I remember when Australia played Uruguay in Sydney in 2005 there was footage of a Qantas doing a flyover of Stadium Australia - I've been looking everywhere to find it!!