Dramatic 747 Take Off From Bournemouth Airport - Hurn

[AceDoubleG]

"Jesus Christ" lol

[Kompoism]

So do 747's take off from Bournemouth on a regular basis or was this a one off flight?

[TheSelfishAltruist]

What is dramatic about it?

[alextw13jf]

@TheSelfishAltruist it almost overshot the runway; although it might just be a visual effect..

[silveradofilms]

No disrespect but if any video didn't capture the excitement, the roar of the engines, the power and thrust, this didn't. Cameras can do that sometimes. Not sure the reason.

[angelinechiska]

I see a lot of birds! one might be suck in the engines..

[eichmann009]

hun that is not a 747!!! that is an A380

[deathstardisco]

@eichmann009 No.

[TheDirector17]

@eichmann009 LOL

[Conorp1001]

You would have been screwed had they abandonned take-off :/ lol

[jaxxkicutie]

If my memory serves me correctly....this 747 service was to a destination in the Carribbean.

It was actually a passenger flight. Though i do believe it was only a brief service.

[jasaenz2]

oh those pesky birds flying right in front of the plane. Can cause some bad damage! GET OUT OF THE WAY!

[leptir70]

check out my vid

[Kent1566]

This runway is not long enough for a 747...Saftey first , if I owned this aircraft ...So if an engine blows up on take off you wreck the whole gazillion dollar machine..this logic belongs in the automotive world ,not in aviation.

[Cyberwwwizard]

Bournemouth runway is quite long. It's 7450ft which is good enough for all aircraft except a full weight AN225 which weighs in at 600 tons fully loaded (heaviest ever). Heathrow's longest is 12000ft but that's mostly because of it being close to residential areas, i.e. aircraft aren't too low when over houses.

[notsureyou]

@Cyberwwwizard

according to the wiki (i know i know...) site for the 747, the 747-400 series at max take off weight requires a runway of 9,902 feet! the 747-300 series (i think that this is plane taking off since i cant clearly see the winglets is 10,893 feet!

so umm I don't think that this runway is long enough.

[Cyberwwwizard]

@notsureyou - yes I take your point, but your wiki figures are full weight and that's almost double the weight of an unladen 747 so of course a lighter unladen 747 will be ok. For a full weight 747, there are very few airports it can land on around the world.

[notsureyou]

@Cyberwwwizard

I guess these days, with the profit margins so small, I struggle to see why they would be having a 747 in a light config.

What do you mean few airports? I just did a quick search and found a plethora of airports that were def long enough.

[Cyberwwwizard]

@notsureyou - I meant runways per country, some only have a few long enough. Bournemouth is a regional airport and doesn't operate flights using 747's but does have maintenance there for them as well as storage.

[notsureyou]

@Cyberwwwizard

Ahhh now I understand. I strangely thought that some airline was trying to save costs by not using Heathrow :)

[upiluften]

@notsureyou It's rare for any aircraft to take off at MTOW, and it's absurd to believe that the aircraft is loaded at MTOW from a) an airport with runway less than 10,000 feet, b) from a small airport.

[notsureyou]

@upiluften

I thought it was fairly common, esp with long haul flights. I have fairly frequently been on a fully laden 747 doing a long haul trip.

[notsureyou]

whilst never viewing the under belly area, given the very long takeoff roll, it dont think they would be far off MTOW.

My comment was in reply to Cyberwwizard who said that the runway was long enou

[upiluften]

@notsureyou Well. The 747 does long haul trips in the LAX-LHR range, apx. 5500nmi, which is about 1500-2000nmi short of the 747's actual range. Point being, a 747 doesn't need to be fully loaded to make a long-haul trip, though it will be quite close. That being said, I doubt there's any long haul flights with service from/to Bournemouth. With a 747, anyways.

[notsureyou]

@upiluften

though I have never done this flight, Qantas does Melb (Australia) to Denver (USA) non-stop. From what I've been told its at the very edge of the 747's capability.

[Longhornmaniac8]

@notsureyou I can tell you that is unequivocally false. Qantas flies only to Los Angeles from Melbourne (as well as Sydney, Brisbane, and Auckland), Dallas from Sydney, and New York from Los Angeles.

[notsureyou]

@Longhornmaniac8

Thats what I thought, but I had done a very quick check which seemed to indicate it was melb, but just now went to the Qantas website and yes its syd not melb.

But my point is still valid in that it is at the very edge of their range.

[Longhornmaniac8]

@notsureyou Are you talking about Denver or Dallas? Qantas does not fly to Denver from anywhere. But if you're talking about Dallas, then yes, that is the third longest flight in the world, and the longest operated by a 747 (this particular flight is a 747-400ER). It makes a stop in Brisbane on the return leg because of the westbound winds. In the summer, it's often prone to fuel stops in the some of the Pacific islands.

[notsureyou]

@Longhornmaniac8

ROFL I cant beleive I can't even get the destination right.......... (embaressed face).

[Longhornmaniac8]

@notsureyou Haha no worries! It happens to the best of us!

[notsureyou]

@upiluften

lol being an out-of-towner I didnt know anything about Bournemouth, and didn't understand why a 747 would be trying to use such a short runway

[upiluften]

@notsureyou I'm an out-of-nationer!

[notsureyou]

@upiluften

And I too thought it was absurd/strange/odd etc, but people do some strange and stupid things these days.

[upiluften]

@notsureyou I don't think it's a strange video, just dramatic. The video's perspective is a little tricky... and it doesn't help that the 747 is a massive and loud beast either! But, rest assured, I'm sure the pilots made sure they'd be able to safely takeoff.

[notsureyou]

@upiluften

Apparently that airport is used for maintenance and storage of 747's

[upiluften]

@notsureyou Ah, probably a super light 747 then being transferred back to its' owner.

[wicked188353]

had no idea 747's can take off from our small runway here in bournemouth

[ThePeterfp]

Only Dramatic people can put this on the internet...plus comment....

[mackavally]

cutting it a little clouse

[notsureyou]

Co-pilot "V 1"

Pilot: (laughing) it doesnt matter its either take off or death

Co-pilot: (starts sweating)

[petersm69]

Well thats one way to dry out a runway

[speedbird009K]

awesome =D hope that maybe one day BOH serves long haul destinations again

[psychoginga1]

it just reminds me of that scene in waynes world

[terrymanning1]

I was on that plane. No kidding!

[touchedwun]

When was this? Great video too!

[planes380]

Oh my god hahaha f.ing good

[savioba1]

drama queen! what was dramatic about that?

[sgtgrash]

I didn't realise the runway at Hurn was long enough to cater for anything as big as a 747. Nice vid, thanks for sharing XD

[sdeparis1]

gonna guess there was a big diff btw V1 and Vr