2/26/2024 0 Comments 747 cockpit views![]() Some of those takeoffs saw the mains leave the ground with less than 1,000 feet of runway left! He said the end of the runway would disappear from their view (under the glareshield) as they rotated, but they wouldn't be off the ground yet - Yikes! Can you even imagine what that looked and felt like from the cockpit? And the fun wasn't over yet. ![]() He told me many times of how they'd rotate way down the runway, and since they were so heavy, the airplane would often roll for quite a way with the main gear still on the ground. Those early 747's were a little on the underpowered side, and at max weight and high temps, the roll down the runway was really looooong. The takeoffs out of ORD on hot and windless days were pretty scary. For several years he flew the non-stop trip from Chicago ORD to Honolulu HNL - lotsa people and cargo, and even more fuel. Takeoffs at or near gross weight were a common experience for my dad. And while the -100's had a max takeoff weight of 710,000 pounds, the -200 in the video is more like 820,000 - 830,000 pounds, or around the 371.9 (x 1000) KG seen on the gross weight indicator early in the video. Similar to the 747-200 in this video, the -100's that my dad mostly flew where a 3-man cockpit with a Flight Engineer sitting sideways monitoring the aircraft systems. Video screenshot of the start of takeoff roll in this very heavy 747-200 over 10,000 hours accumulated on this type alone! He spent the rest of his career, another 16 years, in one of those two seats in the front of the 747. He used to say "DC-3's to 747's, who could ask for more?" In 1971 he transitioned from being a 727 Captain to flying Co-Pilot on the 747, shortly after the airplane came online at United in 1970. For 35 years he flew for United Airlines, starting out with the DC-3 in 1952. I specifically enjoyed the video because it reminded me very much of my dad, Robert Clupper. you'll feel like you're right there with the crew! I highly recommend you watch this video, and that you do so in the 720p HD setting and in fullscreen. This video might mean more to me than it will to you, however, I'm as sure as I can be that you'll love it too! It's an excellent cockpit view (shot from the jumpseat) of an older 747-200 taking off on runway 08 at the Ostend Belgium airport at or very near max takeoff weight.
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