United Boeing 747 Dramatic Low Pass Over Golden Gate, San Francisco Fleet Week 2010

This is the original video recorded by myself in San Francisco, California, September 9th, 2010.
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Clarification:
This was a planned maneuver for an air show. The airplane was well clear of the Golden Gate Bridge.
This was not a "close call", or near-accident, where the plane had to divert away from the bridge.
It was not dangerous. The low pass was performed 4 times, once per day, on recon, practice, and airshow days.

Identical flying with this plane type has been performed several hundreds of thousands of times in the past, namely on approach to Kai Tak airport.
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Airframe Details:
First Flight 02-10-1989
Construction Number 24380
Line Number 759
Aircraft Type Boeing 747-422

http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/747/24380,N173UA-United-A...

Filmed with a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS at the Fort Mason piers
No tripod was used
Video was stabilized through Deshaker v2.5 for VirtualDub 1.9.9

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[britoca]

please check the video info for answers to your questions, thanks

[modernmojo]

Look closely. When the 747 looks close to the GGB, the 747 wing looks longer than the two top sections of the bridge tower. But the 747 wing is ~100ft and the top two sections of the bridge are about 200-250ft. That means the plane is actually much closer to the camera, and not really that close to the bridge ...

[britoca]

@modernmojo thanks for that, I was about to add a rough explanation of proportion and perspective but you took care of it

[jhnaveenjh]

its a telephoto lens u foolss....

[algeriandesertrose20]

Just gorgeous!



[kaouthiavideo]

Holy shit how fast is that seagull flying at 1:03? ;)

[Bodabem]

I was there in real life watching this. Hella cool.

[RyDon85]

Great flyby! Nice job =)

[Comptron00]

Fleet week doesn't belong in SF. I made the mistake of walking on the sidewalk near one of those navy terrorist ships and some 19 year old asshole with an M-16 machine gun in DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO wanted to shoot me because I have dark complexion. THIS IS OUR CITY we don't want white christian psychopaths from Alabama turning it into yet another racist, violent shit hole. If you want to see these killers and their toys, go visit them in some other city.

[nielscarp]

This plane flew over my house in The Netherlands 2 minutes ago!

[barmtrail]

Still the best commercial aircraft on the planet!

Someday it will be replaced by a much faster commercial aircraft that i hope to see in my life time. I know they are being tested, but i just hope to see one roll out B4 i pass. Imagine traveling to the phillipines from california in about 3 hours! I know the planes are coming i just cant wait..I am giddy with anticipation.

[wazpoppin9]

0:06 - "thats like Kai Tak man" - agreed!