My dad was a TWA Captain and retired on the 747 in 1980. 38 1/2 years with TWA. Captain on DC-3 thru 747 very proud. Great video.

Flew the 742 and 744. Best airplane that made my career as an airline Capt.

It's like an office building with wings. I love the 70's style music! Classic!

From the 747-100 series to the current 747-800, the 747 will always be the Queen of the sky! No other commercial jet in a Million years will ever come close to the beauty, grace and elegance of the 747. She shows here real beauty on takeoff,landing and in flight. I'm in love.

I think some of the glamour from the 747 comes from the fact it was built during the heydays of air travel and so its historical context helped to boost its image. Of course, the aesthetics of the 747 also plays a role in giving it its reputation.

As a former Pan Am employee for 12 years, PAA will never be forgotten. Thank you for uploading!

This is still one of my favorite videos on KZfaq! Never gets old for me :)

TWA’s Royal Ambassador Service…The Hallmark of Excellence! The best in-flight service in the business delivered by the best Flight Attendants in the business.

RIP Joe Sutter, Father of the 747.

The saddest day in aviation history is tomorrow....the delivery of the last 747 to Atlas Air. Brings back so many pleasant memories of travels on the 747. It truly brought the world closer together and made air travel affordable to many people in the world. There will NEVER be an airplane quite like the 747.

In case any have forgotten it was Pan Am that was responsible for the 747 being made. The pres of Pan Am wanted a plane larger than the 707 and went to Boeing and asked for it to be built and placed the initial order to put the 747 into production. Also the #1- 747, The City Of Everett is sitting at the Museum of Flight Boeing field Seattle Wash. It's in a Museum lot a block down Marginal way from the museum and can bee seen from the street. Ironic as it sits along side a British Airways Concord, the plane the 747 put in the museums.

Coming back to this video as the last one was delivered last week...

This was when flying was glamorous, when the stewardesses were glamorous, the planes were glamorous, and flying was the classy way to go. I'm glad I had a chance to fly during the '70s. I haven't flown since 1987. I'm not missing much.

Flew them as a flight attendant for TWA and then Northwest. I was based out of NYC w/NWA, which was a small base for them. 2 intl. flights. Even tho I was junior, I could hold the JFK-AMS 6 to 8x a month. They weren't worth enough time for the senior mamas; they did JFK-NRT. We were such a junior crew...and every flight was a PARTY. I was usually able to hold my fave position, door 5. It was the best cuz on the long taxi out of JFK in the evenings you could sit and read the paper, eat your crew meal all in peace. Best part? When we landed in AMS at 0600, you didn't have to say good by to 403 pax. The plane was indeed Queen Of the Skies.

I've flown countless 777 and 747. The 747 takes it hands down. I give it the edge on its raw power.. those 4 engines are so overpowered that they make it almost like a magic carpet...effortless even on that monster of a jet. And you feel that when you fly one. Its a fantastic 'liner. Forget nostalgia... the 747 is still flying. It's simply the all around platinum standard for airliners

I remember the first time I boarded a United Airlines 747 in Honolulu with that rainbow livery to leave for college, I couldnt believe I was actually gonna fly on one.....I remember boarding and looking at that huge nose cone in awe.😊

This was my husband's "dream job" within aviation...to be part of the flight crew on a 747. After many years as a flight engineer on the C-130, 727, and A-300 he finally got to be a PFE on the Boeing 747. Loved it!!!

I will never forget get flying on the 747-100 awesome experience

Even the music is perfect. Those wonderful 1970s.

747 is beautiful, the A 380 looks like someone strapped engines on a hippo.

1981...Singapore Airlines 747 from SFO to HNL to SIN. As beautiful as my destinations were this plane made me sorry the flights had to end. Nothing compares.

I gotta agree, this is the best 747 video on KZfaq

This really is the Best Damn 747 video on KZfaq. Well done, great vid.

The Ritchie family from the album 'Brazil', fabulous.

i watch this not only for the airplanes but also the song i dont know why but it makes me feel like i am in an airport relaxing in a lounge with a cookie...

I love this airplane classic, 747 4ever!!!

Queen of the skies and best long hauler to fly.My first 747 flight was on TWA from ORD to SFO sitting up stairs.

15 years later and its still one of the best damn 747 videos on KZfaq. Also at 7:49 the Greece flag with the Olympic Airways 747 in the background looks so patriotic.

Even all these years later... I still miss the once mighty Pan Am.

What a magnificent video. It almost brings a tear to my eye to see those majestic TWA and Pan Am 747s. I'm too young to have been around while Pan Am was around, and I was around when it happened, but was too young to remember anything about TWA before it merged with American. Though, I do have a longing to have been able to experience such great airlines. Thank you very much for this video, it's videos like this that are pretty much the closest I'll be able to get to experience such history.

Pan Am has greater horror stories from it's final years...but nonetheless, many of us who flew the two giants remember them fondly because of the impact they made. And I must say ..the coldest and best beer I ever had was on a TWA flight from London to Philadelphia...it hasn't been matched yet.

I love this.... Thank you... I miss PanAm World Airways... I worked for them in 1982 in Ramp. My mom is Flight Attedant in the 70's. I became a Flight Attendant there in 1983. Mom stayed to the last month and I left in 1990. More recently, I just left United Airlines.... I miss both of my airlines..... Yes, I do

Truly a golden era that we will never see again...it really makes you weep for the past

Some great retro liveries here.

This plane is 40 years old and it's still going on! That's what makes the 747 unique!!

Great music for a wonderful aircraft, and she is still "Queen of the Sky's ".

I was a flight attendant for 32 years I recently retired I flew on many 747 planes ✈️ I always loved flying on them it’s a beautiful plane

Absolutely amazing! The 747 will forever be the "Queen of the Skies" What an elegant looking aircraft!

Me too .. the 70s music and 747 videos really hit it off!! Well done!👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love the late 70's disco music!! ahhhhhhhh!

The most Beautiful thing that Human Hands ever molded.

I ABSOLUTELY love this vid, and the music is fantastic!!! Brings back the memories of running for your plane, knowing it was NOT going to take off without you....Just fabtablous!! Many Thanks!!! Anyone who doesn't enjoy this, just doesn't remember those Golden Days!!

the video, the classic jumbos, the 70s music! all perfect!!! love it!!

I don't care how many times you see a Boeing 747 take-off, land or fly overhead, it is an amazing experience and still makes you scratch your head and wonder how something so gigantic can even fly.

Fantastic Film,Brings a tear to my eye, when I see Clipper Of The Seas. So tragic. Flying today, you just feel like Cattle suffocating in a Tin! If It Ain't Boeing.... I ain't Going!

The 747 will probably always be my favorite, no wonder why it has been around for all of these years.

This video is very bittersweet now that the very last 747 has been delivered.

Loved ALL those empty seats in first class on Pan AM. No wonder they went out of business! Great Vid thanks!

Equally amazing was getting to walk around the aircraft on a tour prior to boarding for our flight. Being from SoCal my dad would take me to LAX to watch the heavies take off from 24L & 24R from atop the hill at the beach. Those babies would sail right over us so close where you'd think you could jump up and touch them.........awesome!

As a crew member, sitting at the 5 doors for take off was the best feeling.

I loved TWA's and Pan Am's last livery! They seemed to look best on the carriers 747s.

Like others here I'll be watching this again and again. And when I'm busy doing other stuff I'll play it anyway to dig on that groovy music, baby.

Love the video and the music. The Disco songs goes perfect with planes especially with the 747s.

Great video, I loved it. Good old memories, I enjoyed watching Pan Am 747s at my hometown, Rio de Janeiro Galeao Intl Airport, very nice take off from runway 09 (nowadays runway 10) at GIG. Excellent video, a must see for all aviation lovers and 747 lovers.

I'll never forget stepping into one the 1st time- huge door, 20 foot wide cabin, Wow! Pan Am Clipper Young America, December 1973.

seeing this video is like telling me that i have a flight this afternoon on the quatro sete, 747, more than 27000hours, most of them on 747, 100, SP, 200, 300combi and finally 400, retired now, but still inside my heart, for ever i think, once a flight attendant always a flight attendant, a special hello to all the flight crews of brasil, oi tudo bom galeira??? thank you georges "10591"

Absolutely Fantastic . The 747s , the 70s , the Disco music ! GREAT !! Thanks

For all the people that don't like this video most probably can't afford to fly.

The title fits the video PERFECTLY

she will always be the queen of the skys

I love THIS Plane. Watching the video brings back many memories of airlines flown (now non-existent). The Good Ole days. I am sad to see this great bird and queen of the skies that has made the world a lot smaller and brought so many people together being replaced by so many airlines. I will miss her. Wish you could have slotted in a Singapore Airlines 747-400 in the video. Great Job! Much Appreciated.

In the early 90's, United used the 747 once a day on their Dulles-Chicago run. I took it twice, in business class on the upper deck. Those were the days!!!

I miss traveling in the 70's. Golden years for sure.

Perfect music to go along with this vid.

The 747 certainly is an amazing aircraft!!

LAX, simply the best, hands down, runway 24L and R and the great 25R and L. What a great video, thanks so much for showing the great Pan Am and TWA.

Great video. I remember the day I saw my first 747 I was a kid working the ramp YUL to get money for flying lessons. We all had a rough idea what she would look like, and then in came a British Carferries dc4 or 6 with the cockpit on the roof the same shape as a 747 for a minute we all thought Boeing had gone back to props, then her ladyship came into view siloueted over Mount Royal. She had all the stickers of the airlines who had ordered her. We were all in awe.

5-star video!!! ***** Mesmerized for 10 full minutes! Amazing birds!!!

Ritchie Family! Yesssss! Salsoul Orchestra!!!!

Great video, always will love the 747, an airplane with style. I was very moved to see one of our old Olympic 747's in the background of the Greek flag.One of these planes rests at Hellinikon airport in Athens, see it everyday as i drive to work and i'm never tired of stopping and admiring this stunning aircraft. Also liked to see Pan am and TWA 747's, used to see them every day in Athens, brings back memories!

That was the era when 747 was everywhere!

I totaly agree: the best damn 747 video on youtube. I know its sounds corny, but i think ill shed a tear the day the last 747 retires from service. So many wonderful memories, the first one being on a Qantas 747-200B from Sydney to Singapore all the way back in 1977. I was 4 years old and beleive it or not I still remember it so clearly. Thanks Boeing and thank you "the Jumbo Jet"

This plane is beautiful. Period.

Coming back now to this video to say, all these airlines that retired their 747s for the now untrustable 787 dream liners should feel like dookie about it. A pretty SAFE behemoth replaced by a short tiny squeezed flying coffin.

Very nice video! 747's are awesome aircraft and as a kid I got to fly roundtrip LAX to LHR on a Pan AM 747SP, will never forget that. On a side note, love the "CHiPs" sound track ;-)

Great Video, I actually watched the whole thing and when it was over wanted more. I was 13 when I took my first trip on a 747 by myself to see family in England from the USA. I am now 46 years old and travel a lot and have been since I was 2 month old. I remember the BOAC 747 in DTW where we had to take a bus to it because it was to big to get near the building in Detroit. I want to say that was in late 60's early 70's there abouts again to see family in England.

starboard76, Congratulations on the video, it´s simply the bestI´ve seen. The music is great!

The iconic queen of the sky's will be in our harts

Boeing 747s are really awesome and beautiful. Just dress them up nicely and they're really delightful for anyone to see wherever they fly.

I love this video. The 747 is my favorite airliner. All 747 models are great, specially the 747SP and the -8.

Hey, I'm 14, and I love this music!

My only trips aboard a 747 were two via "TOWER AIR" from NYC to SJU and back, both 100's and upstairs! I absolutely loved it ...

I could not stop watching it and I wanted to ! That was great ! I remember being 9 on vacation in L.A. and they laned one there and let people walk through it . Ilove that plane . I would love to live in one and fly to Rome .

1981 June. My First/Last Pan Am Flights from LAX-London-Heathrow-Hamburg(The flight had to land there)-Berlin/tegel...Berlin Tegel-Hamburg-London/Heathrow-JFK (New York) --LAX. I loved it! Food was great !!

As an ex Qantas 747-400 long haul flight attendant.....thanks for the memories 747 !!!

747-400 series is my favorite! Thanks for posting.

I DO AGREE WITH YOU. Fantastic video and music. And more fantastic are the planes. I'm Brazilian an I miss the Brazilian airline VARIG which was once considered the second best in the world.WHAT GOOD TIMES!!!!

Excellent clip & music! The glamorous & glittering era of air travel! The era of 747 & PAN AM. I wasn't even existed at that time, but I'd surely love to go back in time to experience it, lol!

Watching this in 2020 and it is sad to see these old airlines that have gone away. And now most of the 747s are no longer flying passengers.

Awesome Video there will never be a better aircraft then the Boeing 747 the A340 can't even compare! I really loved seeing the old Pan Am clippers and TWA! Thanks!

Thank you for being part of this video Varig - Varig was one of the great pride of Brazil destroyed by the Lula government. I love the 747 for me the best plane ever built. I flew a lot in it. Now the ugly A380 will not get the charm of 747

Good lord...I love that music...

747 is the queen forever

I am so thankful that I've flown many trips on board a 747. My first flight aboard a 747 (United Airlines..."The Friendly Skies" Who remembers that?) was when I was 8 yrs old LAX to O'Hare and to Europe and Asia many, many times with Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, TWA, etc..and Just a week ago again LAX-AMS again with KLM Royal Dutch. It was a flawless flight even with turbulence. I love that plane! I will continually seek out flights with this plane over the Airbus 380. I can't wait to fly the 747-8 series. The 747 is the QUEEN OF THE SKIES!!

Best jetliner ever built!

I can't stop watching this compilation!!! Very nice aircraft and nice music!!!!

Yeah! The Boeing 747 is a flying legend. From 747-100 to 747-8i. Love them all.

Four decades of legacy & 747-8 will bring the most iconic a/c into the future. Flew with 744 a few times, it always feel special. Incidentally, I'm also currently building up my 747 fleet with 744D & 748 in the FB game "Airline Manager", lol...

she is the one and only the queen of the sky's for ever

Every year during the 1970's my Grandparents flew to Hawaii from Seattle on a Pan Am 747. I'll never forget seeing them off; hugs at the gate and watching them walk down the jetway to board that huge plane and wondering what it was like inside! And the best part, sticking around to watch them take off!! It would be nearly 30 years later that I would finally fly a 747, to London on British Air.