The Complete British Airways 747 Fleet. March 2020.
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- With the skies being empty of aircraft due to the worldwide "lock in" caused by COVID-19 and the likely global recession after this pandemic is over, it seems quite probable that British Airways will accelerate the retirement of their 31 Boeing 747s left in the fleet .
So this is a good time, especially with so many of us having to remain in our homes, to sit back and enjoy this 45 minute film recording EVERY one of the 31 "active" 747s that were flying with BA until the worldwide fleet grounding.
So here, in delivery date order are:
G-BNLY
G-CIVA
G-CIVB
G-CIVC
G-CIVD
G-CIVE
G-CIVF
G-CIVH
G-CIVI
G-CIVJ
G-CIVK
G-CIVL
G-CIVN
G-CIVO
G-CIVP
G-CIVR
G-CIVS
G-CIVT
G-CIVU
G-CIVV
G-CIVW
G-CIVX
G-CIVY
G-CIVZ
G-BYGA
G-BYGB
G-BYGC
G-BYGD
G-BYGE
G-BYGF
G-BYGG
Filmed over the last 2 years, with Air Traffic Comms plus written commentary (never spoken!) where helpful at the following locations around Heathrow:
Runway 27 Right Departures
Runway 27 Right Rotation point
Runway 27 Right arrivals/ landing
Runway 09R Rotation point
Runway 27 Left arrivals / landing
Runway 27 Left Rotation point
The eagle eyed among you will notice that I've not included in the list above:
G-CIVG
G-CIVM
G-CIVQ
That's because VG and VM have already been retired - see the separate films on my "Heathrow aircraft-past and present" channel - and there never was a VQ aircraft registered!
So put your feet up and soak up the sights and sounds of the "Queen of the skies" in all her glory before she is gone from us forever.
What could be better than a compilation of 747s?
A compilation of BA 747s with one of the best engine sounds out there!
My dad was an LAE for BA for 33yrs, rrtired 10 yrs ago, he has a passion and love for the queen of the skies
Really amazing work, well done for capturing them from multiple angles. In a very short space of time this video will be like vintage wine.
MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive Thank you as ever. I figured that we will all have a lot of time on our hands so it made sense to do something that captured the spirit of the moment - or perhaps as you say, something that has now slipped away......very sad.
MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive I have added your amazing compilation in the end screen of mine so we now have the full story! 👍
WesternPlanes - Heathrow 2020 Hi - well in the meantime I’ve added the link to the MrFlashjet compilation at the end of my film. 👍
@@FABplanes I am going through my footage, I will do a video with all 57 over the next 12 months - I need to talk to a friend who has footage of BNLA - D.
@@HeathrowAircraft Very kind of you.
Wow! @ 8:43 that is absolutely awesome. That particular shot belong in a museum. Work of art!!!
Sensational video!!
Wow! What a superb video.Such a magnificent aircraft. Thanx for sharing!
Hi Keith - thanks very much. It is particularly poignant given the announcement that BA are suspending all training and currency for the 600 or so BA 747 pilots. Looks like the end of the line for the BA 747 fleet now. V sad. See recent Tweet : twitter.com/Tim_the_Pilot
My grandad and step-nan flew on G-CIVX to SFO back in may. Keep up the great content 👍
Mclarentester - Gaming Thanks very much. Nice to have some personal connection if you or a relative have flown on one of the aircraft. I have fond memories of G-BNLK which was retired last year (I made a film of it on my channel). I flew on that back in 1992 when it was shiny and new! 😔
This video will serve as a great memento for a great aircraft
TIMELESS PRECIOUS FOOTAGE... INCREDIBLE AND ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS SPECIAL FOOTAGE..
@GRANDMASTER BEATS. Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the film. I caught the final departures of quite a few of the BA 747s at Heathrow so have a browse on my “Heathrow Aircraft” channel. Plus 3 Virgin 747’s final departures too!! Thanks for watching and commenting.
YOU PEOPLE ARE LEGANDS!!!
@GRANDMASTER BEATS 🙏Thank you very much. Really glad you enjoyed the films.
Great video. Flew out to New York on G-CIVT and returned on G-BYGG in January this year. Absolutely loved it.
Stephen Stewart Lovely. Great that you flew 747 both ways too! 👍
MISS BRITISH AIRWAYS GOOD AIRCRAFT MY MOST FABRATE ALRLINES 747 QUEEN OF SKY MEMORIES.
Thank you! Yes - they had a great distinctive sound and iconic look didn't they. Always looked very stylish in the BA livery too.
Brilliant. Great work. Thank you for making this video.
Ian Combe Hi and thanks for watching it. I’m glad you enjoyed it. A bit of a “box set” to binge watch when we are having to adjust to not being out and about! Best wishes Steve from Heathrow Aircraft- past and present.
Awesome mate. Wishing tons of goodluck to my fav airline
Sourav Ss Thanks v much and for your good wishes of support to the airline too. Very much echoed here too!
Great video, we flew on G-CIVR at the end of Feb to JFK, didn't think it could have been our last BA 747 flight. We hope to be posting a vid of our flight soon.
Fly Drive Explore Look forward to seeing it! 👍
Fantastic. I was a captain on these machines. I miss them terribly. Thank you for these videos
@Paul Curran. Thank you very much Paul for your comments and for watching. I followed up with another film giving the chronology over the final 2 years for the 747 fleet, including 10 of the final flights to St Athan. It’s a long film but take a look. It is a very sad situation - I hope you personally have managed to keep your head above water over the last year and there are new flying opportunities for you? Best wishes Steve czcams.com/video/ODzb1geqUVE/video.html
@@HeathrowAircraft Hi Steve. Many thanks for your kind wishes. Furloughed at the mo, so I am watching your Peter Jackson length movie and I love it! I've found one of my departures already, the 175 on 7 November in CIVW. Happy days :)
@@paulcurran5117 Gosh Paul - I’m sorry that you’re furloughed - I can’t imagine how that must feel when flying has been such an important part of your life. I really hope there are opportunities post vaccine role out for you to train on another fleet within the airline?
Love the “Peter Jackson” comparison 🤣 but seriously if you find clips that you’d like as your own momento, I can do you a personalised film and send you the link. Let me know if you spot any more - or if you’d like the CIVW takeoff mentioned already. Nasty crosswind that day wasn’t it! You can email me if you find any more - aviationheathrow@gmail.com. (Or indeed if you wanted to send me dates you flew after aug 2018 onwards as I have lots more footage not uploaded but on my hard drive so could have “caught you” on other flights too!) With best wishes Steve
I subscribed to your channel!
Amazing, thank you. The images are clear, well focused and so steady, I felt I could hang on to the winglets or ailerons. You have great talents, skills and fine taste. I’m sure even British Airways will consider using your work to document its brand and graciously reward you for your excellence in your hobby.
@I2etranger - that’s very kind of you - thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed viewing the film. Thanks again for your comments ....
Excellent video!
I caught G Bygc landing in San Diego last year.
Video on CZcams
she is the best aircraft in the world , hope she will pull thro she is the queen of the skies and a fighter
great video mate
Paris Plane Spotting Thank you mate. Hope it will cheer us up in these strange times we find ourselves in.....
yes mate
very nice video
This is a sad situation. 3 BA 747s in the air now en route now to Teruel, Spain for “long term storage” and 2 more arrived earlier today....
G-CIVA; G-CIVR; G-CIVS; G-CIVT and G-CIVX 🥺
The saddest part? One of them might be G-BNLY
@@PlanesAndGames732 let's hope it wasn't. If they were smart they would put that one in an aviation museum of some sort
@@dadjones6205 Now she's at Cardiff, came from Bournemouth
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. :(
Sad time this was
I have come here today to remember the BA 747 after today’s new, I expect to cry just a little 😢😢😢
@euan 101. Me too. Very sad news indeed. I guess it was inevitable when we heard back in June that BA were suspending all further training and currency for their 600 or so 747 pilots. Massive shame for all involved.....
@@HeathrowAircraft Mhmm, terrible, if only the 747 could fly forever 😢😢
since 2012 have travelled on BNLN, BNLR, BNLW, CIVA, CIVB, CIVC, CIVD, CIVE, CIVJ, CIVK, CIVL, CIVM, CIVN, CIVP, CIVT, CIVU and feel very lucky to have done so lol
Bertie Wilkinson Wow that’s an impressive list! Great you kept a log too! 👍
Nothing will ever come close to the Queen of the Skies. The 747 is the Best Passenger Plane ever and I mean Ever.
@Jackie Bayliss I agree! ✈️
Brilliant video, thank you I saw 5 I’ve been on! Got 3 other flights I didn’t log reg number, silly boy I am.
Simon Carter Ah - I have done the same in the past too. I used to work for BA and flew on the 757s at least once a week - but didn’t bother to take their reg number very often. Would have been nice to see them now for posterity. Did you travel on the “unrecorded” 747s in the last 12 months by any chance? Steve.
Amazing
Great footage of the queen of the skys let's hope we see the ba 747s back in the sky soon insure we will.
paul skilling Thanks Paul. Yes let’s keep hoping ! 👏🤞
May be the weather is improving, but I have noticed in the last week of April amazing clear blue sky on the west of scotland, which normally sees high level trans atlantic flights.
ENG Interesting isn’t it. At least one positive consequence to emerge from COVID?
Love the plane
Nothing replaces the queen of the skies.
Beautiful video. I flew back from Miami in September last year (possibly last time for me but never know) on G-CIVE and back in 2015 went same destination on G-CIVD. I recently purchased 1/400 Gemini model of G-BYGC, (BOAC livery), G-CIVB (Negus), G-CIVI (Landor) & G-CIVX
Raj Nirvan Hi Raj - glad you liked the video. Good that you have kept a log of your trips -save them for posterity! Liking the Gemini Jets models too!👍
@@HeathrowAircraft oh for sure. Every holiday I go on means a lot to me especially what airlines and aircraft types I go on. Whenever I make photo album put the itinerary and boarding pass on front page
Raj Nirvan Good man! That’s the best way to remember and look back on your trips after! 👍
@@HeathrowAircraft for sure. My plan now is to go on A350 and B787 then I can say I've been on all long haul planes
BA is the 747. Gutted to see them go. Always remember as a kid plane spotting at T4 seeing the dozens of 747 -100 -200 -400. And to top it off Speedbird Concorde 1.
@Luke G yes I agree. I’ve got some photographs with commentary on my channel showing Heathrow aircraft from the late 80s. Although they are only photos they catch that particular time I think. Take a look...czcams.com/video/rM_BtpFQurY/video.html
ba should be proud of the 747 a great work horse
I was on G-CIVZ on 13th Feb this year, besides the delay, a really good flight- such a shame that BA are retiring all of their 747s, they really are so beautiful and special.
@Chloe Hazeldine. How strange that I was filming you on that day! I did stay to film the takeoff after the delay. You left at about 1.15 instead of 10.40 in the end.
Flew on some of these 747s featured in this video thanks for making this video 😂
@peterthomas9919 Hi Peter I’m glad you had the chance to fly on some of these amazing aircraft. All the best Steve
Hopefully they will keep the 18 newly refurbed high J 747s also all jumbos are BA's not leased and fuel prices low might help.
James Wyeth Yes good points - very true. Let’s hope so! 🤞
I hope British Airways retires their first 747-400 last.
Sadly She's already scrapped (G-BNLA)
loved to be a captain of a 747 maybe next life
If I ran an airline and COVID-19 wasn’t a thing, I’d buy out all these 747s and save them all from retirement.
I say I wouldn’t do it because of COVID-19 because you gotta remember that basically every airline is suffering because of the pandemic, and it would be a huge loss for my hypothetical airline to spend billions buying some outdated aircraft in a time period where efficiency is favoured over older and sadly more iconic planes.
@Mr TheMan. Me too! I would join you in that. Such a shame. Many scrapped already of course....
Am I the only one who noticed how the "oneworld" on G-CIVZ looks oddly bolder than on other "oneworld" 747s?
I spotted that as well. Those Oneworld ones look unique. Flew to Miami on G-CIVD in 2015 with Oneworld titles
Yeah the recently painted it on December, it used to have paint wearing off everywhere , i remember working with it after the paint was done and it was beautiful 😍
Amazing aircraft, excellent documentary about 747 but is really that the complete British Airways 747 fleet? I flew on November 1990 and December 1992 to Sao Paulo and Bangkok on 747-400, where are they ?
@Philippe Sutter. Hi Philippe thanks very much and I’m glad you liked the film. It was intended to be a snapshot of the fleet as at March 2020 just as COVID grounded the then entire fleet so only shows those aircraft as at that moment in time. My friend “Mr Flashjet” has the “magnificent 57” film showing all of the -400 series fleet. Check out his CZcams site for this. Best wishes Steve
@@HeathrowAircraft You Welcome, is not the first Time that i watch it, some Times i watch it like Moovies, because i love Aviation since ever, and specially i love the Jumbo, Number one from all Planes ever build
@@philippesutter4599 Yes I love the 747 too! If you want to watch a longer film as if you are at the movies, have you tried my 2+ hour film showing the chronological events of 2018 to 2020 and the dates when each 747 took their final flight? czcams.com/video/ODzb1geqUVE/video.html
Fortunate to have flown on CIVF and BYGD (2). Nothing like a 747.
lax02010 Great that you’ve had the chance to fly on these! 👍
❤️💙⚪️BA 747s
All 747s.
How do you record the sound so well?!
remyworldpeace I guess I’m just lucky to have a good camera and try to find locations where there isn’t too much background distraction / noise etc 👍
Only 18 in the operational fleet at the moment (26/3/20) - How many of the 13 parked will return to service? I'm pretty sure not all.
MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive Wow - scary stuff.....
Heathrow without classic 747 won't be the same 😥
James Robinson No you are definitely right there James. 😔
3:48 Love the 747-400 livery...
Jack The Lad Yes me too! My favourite is still the BOAC retro at 39:09! 👍
@@HeathrowAircraft I flew on a British Caledonian 747-200 (think it was the 200) back in the day (1986 or 88)...it was great...
Jack The Lad Hiya - take a look at 1:41 in another film on my channel - it will bring back memories for you! B Cal were a great airline...czcams.com/video/su-r9NNuMdE/video.html
@@HeathrowAircraft ah yes 1:45...brings back memories when I was a kid. Only flew BC once. After that all I heard was BA BA BA...
@@HeathrowAircraft I thought it was the Landor, as you stated in the Retro livery compilation... All of them are very good
The BA 747 was supposed to come to SJC... but a couple days before its inaugural flight BA cancelled operations to SJC... therefore no 747. :(
@MarEpor - that is bad news. Sorry that didn’t happen....
Ojalá que aún sigan volando como vuelos charter, que no terminen como chatarra. Que todos sus Boeing 747-400 aún tengan vida aunque sean como cargueros por lo menos. Los jumbos de British Airways han sido los más espectaculares y veloces durante sus vidas útiles y ahora los extrañaré mucho. Creo que todos los extrañaremos de antemano. 🥺👍🏻
@Jose Osorio. Muchas gracias por sus comentarios. Lamentablemente, el único 747 de British Airways que probablemente se salve es el G-CIVB. Es probable que todos los 747 que han volado a St Athan en Gales, Reino Unido, o Castellón en España, se dividan en partes ... muy triste.🥺
@@HeathrowAircraft Los hubieran mantenido aunque fueran para servicios turísticos, de carga, o que finalizaran como exposiciones estáticas.
José Osorio Sí estoy de acuerdo. Hubo peticiones firmadas por muchas personas pidiendo a BA que mantuviera al menos una en Heathrow para usarla para exhibirla, pero lamentablemente no han elegido ese curso de acción.
@@HeathrowAircraft Se espera que la aerolínea llegue a cambiar de opinión. Dios quiera que sí. 👍🏻
@@joseosorio4682 Sí, esperemos que cambien de opinión y salven al menos un 747 🎁
Thank you for 45 minutes of 747 Porn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
AvGeek NZ 🤣 Glad you liked it Matthew! I have lots more footage still so keep watching! Best wishes Steve
G-BNLK, LN and LP: Are we a joke to you?
A lot of research involve in the making of this video!!!
@Gino Tarabotto. Thank you! It did take quite a long time! I am working on a much longer “companion”’film featuring all the 747s over the last 2 years of service. Should be ready in the next couple of weeks!
@@HeathrowAircraft i am looking forward to hearing back from you, thank you.
Is G-BYCO in service?
KordesPL Hi i don’t think that registration was assigned to the BA 747 fleet. There is G-BYGD which is featured in my film though 👍
@@HeathrowAircraft OK i seen it in a flight symulator. i think that was just a simple mistake thanks for reply
KordesPL No problem - thanks for posting 👍
There was no G-BYCO (Actually there was no G-BYC? Series, only G-BNLA-Z, G-CIVA-Z and G-BYGA-G)
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Man we hope British airways won't retirde dair ador 747-400.
@Tristan Sebastien. Let’s hope that they do not retire the 747 - but there is no sign that BA are planning to return them to service yet 🥺
True about Lufthansa or KLM Dou they get red of them tous.
Tristan Sebastien Yes LH have begun to retire some of their fleet haven’t they. Here is a link to a recent article :
Lufthansa To Begin Ferrying Retired Boeing 747s For Disassembly - Simple Flying simpleflying.com/lufthansa-retired-boeing-747-fate/
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
🙏👍✈️ Thank you! 😄😄
Btw, I didn’t even mind missing the a380 @ 15:15
@I2etranger - 😩sorry - but you can have an A380 “fix” here if you like! czcams.com/video/BCzx1qoO-bw/video.html
Why can’t they just put more fuel efficient engines onto a 747-400. This coronavirus has really made a complete mess of the transport industry and it’s awful these beautiful machines are now being thrown on the scrap heap because of it. Such a sad sight to see!
although i agree with you, its not just the engines that lead to the retirement, since these aircrafts are already becoming old and these aircrafts have a massive capacity yet there isnt a demand to travel in large quantities due to covid, most airlines dont find a need to operate them during this time.
BA isn’t the 747 king anymore. Lufthansa is (they’ve got 32 of them)
Morgenstern Philipp 👍 interesting. I wonder where they are all being stored at the moment. Do you know?
Well if you go by Classic BA is still the king
Heathrow Aircraft - past and present. I think most of them are in Frankfurt, but also some of them in the new airport in Berlin. On another note the 19 747-8’s they have will definitely survive this crisis(newer than their A330, A340-600, A340-300, A330-300 and 747-400’s), and I don’t think LH will retire their 13 747-400’s until their 777-9x’s get delivered but who knows.
losing money , can afford to paint 4 aircraft 3 747 and a 320 ?
Bye.bye.u.747.bird
@williamnaughton998 Hi William - yes - end of a long era….
All the British airways 747 are gone now bye bye.