Takeoff at 18:53

Can't believe I sat through a 15-minute taxi for that.

I love the sound of those engines as they spool up for takeoff.

I came into Atlanta out of Frankfurt Germany on a Lufthansa DC-10 once in July and it was pure hell. They had to close the airport it was so bad. We circled for about 45 minutes and those were the longest 45 minutes of my life. We were rockin and rollin for sure. We dropped once and it felt like we hit something. I guess the wings lost lift and when they caught lift again was when it felt like we hit something. The nose was pitching up and down, we were going side to side, rolling right then wings level then left, then back, hail started to pound the plane and the noise was deafening. The lights went out briefly but the continuous lightning kept everything lit up. The clouds outside were as black as midnight. The engine's were spooling up then down as the pilots adjusted for what they needed. I had to catch a little carry-on bag I had in my lap that went airborne several times. The luggage in the compartment underneath us was hitting the floor under our feet. People were crying, screaming, praying and some seemed to be in shock and I'm pretty sure the next passengers had to put a plastic bag on some of the seats. Then finally we were on the ground. Holy God in Christ I have never been so glad to be on the dirt. I hope I, nor anyone else, ever has to go through that again.

Looked like a smooth take off and flight to me, with storms and clouds in the area.

We took off from Philly on a cold, dark winter day. We were seated in the middle of a packed plane. We de-iced and sat for a while. We de-iced again and just as we took off it started snowing hard! I could see snowy white streaks whistling by my window as we lifted off. This huge Airbus seemed like it was struggling to gain altitude. We were getting tossed left, right, up and down. I told GOD if he could get me through this flight, I would never fly again. Just as I finished my prayer, we broke through the clouds to a beautiful sunny view with all that snow and darkness below us. We all applauded the pilots. The captain came on the intercom and apologized for the “little” bumpy ride. He was calm and cool like this was routine for him. We just laughed.

19:00 I don’t know what’s more therapeutic. Hearing jet engines spool up or hearing a boat with a V8 engine in the distance while fishing in the evening. I love my engines. Boats, personal watercraft, aircraft, cars, you name it.

Ah, the O'Hare airfield taxi tour. As a Chicagoan, I've endured it many times.

Glad you got a capture of active storms in the air. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful take-off... anything but scary

Nice wing. This gives a whole new meaning to the term "holding pattern."

I know some people are scared of flying. But it really is safe in general.. As long as the pilots are experienced and the aircrafts are well maintained. In general you don't get a pilot's license out of nowhere. Sometimes you can, but not where I live. You have to prove you are able.

Ground stops at O'hare are so fun. Once when I was there they had a ground stop while we were taxiing. We sat there in the plane on the tarmac for 4 hours before taking off. Then when the stop was lifted there were 20 planes ahead of us. So it took almost another hour before we could actually take off. That was one of the longest delays I have ever had.

Thank you for keeping your cool, flying through those cumuliform clouds and for sharing!!!!

Two things I noted and I give the man filming this a serious tip of my hat for his patience and steady hand, phenomenal job well done Sir !!! 1st: This has got to BE one of the LONGEST TAXI's I've EVER seen and that includes experiencing them myself. This one has my longest taxi beat and I'm wondering if it should be a new, official record, LOL !!! Seriously, if it's not, it should be and applause again for the filming patience. 2nd: Another "Tip of a Hat" to the Pilot at the yoke on this one. WOWZA, smooth, text-book perfection take-off, ascent through and above the edge of that madness, and I'm sure was a very specific window of sky-room for the least bumpy path. PHENOMENALLY AWESOME JOB by this Captain. I was on the ground watching this and getting nervous so it was REALLY VERY NICE to see all of this done so very, very well. I ALWAYS want EVERYONE safe, no matter where you are in the world, everyone safe. ❤

What a beautiful sky! So jealous!

That’s my favorite spot to sit!!🇺🇸✈️💯

That was one hell of a long taxi!!

Coolest feeling is the push into your seat and need to add just a little bit of force forward to look out the window, all when the engines reach takeoff thrust

Fun fact… pilots call cumulonimbus clouds Charlie Bravos. Very nice video and I love the thunder and lightning. Exciting. 😊👍

Thanks for the great video, never fun flying through that stuff, t-storms can be unpredictable

Wow such a long taxi to takeoff. Sometimes it’s like they are almost driving to your destination 😂great video. Craig - Australia

Wow. 19 minutes from pushback to takeoff. Not real familiar with O'Hare, but a few years ago, I flew through there to and from where I was going. The takeoff and landing taxi times were god awful long. I live near Denver and the taxi times at DIA are usually a third of O'Hare.

Wow I Love Those General Electric CFM56 Turbofan Engines Starting Up Cool Lightning In The Background

O'Hare taxis are always fun to watch!

Wonderfull flight, it looks so stabil thats the best for me.

I flew into Florida one evening and the turbulence and lightning shook the plane like a toy! Now that was scary, all and all this was a pleasant take off!

Very good, smooth takeoff and climb!

I like the idea of getting on a plane and then leaving a stormy area in quick order.

Love the 737’s, flown many times

My 1st jet flight , i never been so terrified in my life As we came in fishtailing on the icey runway. Reverse thrust was perfectly applied between the zig and the zag. Good thing I had a short lay over time to go change my shorts

Pretty nice take off.

I took off from Boston bound for Las Vegas with sporadic severe thunderstorms between Boston and Detroit. Nice lightning shows. Once we got over Michigan, we started rocking a bit 😨. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

Great video!

Pretty impressive storm cell near the airport

Thats one hell of a steep climb

This is so cool!

That is the longest taxi I've ever seen. The stewardess sounded cool as a cucumber. I'd be under the seat!

I love having a window seat, even if it costs extra.

That's not scary, that's fun, especially at night when you can see the light show

Plane bridge. Cool. I wonder if any airport has a plane *tunnel*, where the cars go over the planes. That'd be something.

Blood hell! That is one very long taxi.

Beautiful ❤️

Damn those storms were crazy! We get nothing here compared to the Midwest and really loved the takeoff footage at the end!

smooth sailing !!

The clouds and sunset are so beautiful, and I loved the lightning! What are people crying about?

I wonder if that's common for O'Hare. I was supposed to land there several years ago but we couldn't land due to thunderstorms right over the airport. We had to go around in circles for 20 minutes to a half hour. Then we were told we could land. Missed my connecting flight but I was ok with that!

Safe travels

Nice!

Experienced this on take off inside storm in Panama..we sat at end of runway for more than 1 hour with pilot also 737-800 assuring everyone it was safe on the runway....NOT in the air.

Thanks for the WING shot. 🤣

How is this scary? I have to fly a couple of times a year to and from Asia, namely Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, and a couple of other Asian countries. During the monsoon seasons, there are plenty of windy thunderstorms. Those are the storms that are scary. I've been doing this for over five years now, and they still make me uneasy. Nice video, by the way.

This was United Airlines you were flying on? You got some good shots of the lightning, and the thunderstorm.

7:58 is that taxiway going over a highway??! I've never seen that before!

I'm questioning what made this departure scary...? Very pretty clouds though, it's always nice (if that's the correct word) taking off when there's storm clouds around, it adds for a great view.

Odd for the fact that most storms approach from the west or southwest which means typically you aren’t taking off to the east. Must’ve been a weird day.

Well IDK about that being a "scary takeoff". It looked pretty good to me!👍🏼🛫 What was scary was how long it took to taxi to the runway!!!!😱😱😱 I mean Geeez Louise it felt like the plane taxied all the way from Wrigley Field just to get to the runway!😄😄

is no one going to talk about how the pilot did an intersection takeoff rather than using the whole runway

I flew in this conditions many Times when I was a consultant is very scary had lots of bad turbulent Flights specially from Chicago to DFW pilots want to delay flights but passengers get angry so they have no choice but to takeoff it's pretty scary

Was the turbulence bad?

I wish a mic could be attached to the wing to properly capture the true beauty of this mechanical sound…

So scary! 😱

Cool

It seems like you could have been well underway on a road trip given the taxi time.

Scary?? More like beautiful

Despite of the Storm The Take off went 👌 Successfully well. 😅😂😊❤ Amen 🙏. Thank Jesus for Our Protection.

dont think I have ever seen spoilers come up during take off? Why would they?

Spooky scary 👻

Was the Pilot doing shots like in the movie 'Flight' ?

Nice Video👍👍🙏

That was not even a 3 on the turbulence scale. Nothing like the old days. The weather radar used to help the crew pick their way through the storms rather than avoiding them as they do today. Mid to late afternoon arrivals on the East coast, especially the deep-South could be VERY dicey. Ceiling and wall panels popping off. People screaming, vomiting, losing control of their bowels or bladders. I got off of one flight through a storm into Miami one summer and people were dragging themselves off of the aircraft and sitting down in the gate crying. Same flight my head got slammed against the sidewall so hard it broke my glasses.

Whole lotta pavement at that airport.

That really wasn’t very scary at all! Kinda neat…the lighting & ominous clouds & all….but relatively calm air.

So your going to leave the ground and take off into that lightning and nasty clouds that look like tornadoes with severe turbulance possibly..my thought is "oh hell to the no" ! 😂 i would run the other way at the airport..! 🤣✈ still i have the UT-MOST respect for EVERY pilot out there and i love watching these flights take off and land safley on u-tube ! 👍😂 "Hats off to Pilots around the World" ! 👍✈♥️

Dam dude, A 30 minute drive to get to the runway,

I have flown into O'hare..Its pretty dangerous and wierd..

Nice catch! can i use this as part of my series for a video? you will be credited in the description and video ❤

omgoodness, Did he taxi from Des Plaines...???

Long, long ground tour of ORD. Miles of taxi just getting to the runway!

I was on a plane in China that took off in pouring down rain and didn't think a plane was supposed to leave in bad weather like tha.t but we did.

What was so scary about that take off? Are we missing something? Was this taken with an iPhone on airplane mode?

17:37 quick lightning shot center of screen 18:42 upper left corner

Nothing scary about that,apart from the odd flash of lightning. Seems a perfectly smooth flight.

The scariest part of the video seemed to be taking off 2000ft down from the holding point.

The only thing scary here is the length of that taxi run

Busted texting on takeoff 😉 safety first, specially on busy departures as ohare the last thing pilots need are distractions as static sounds in their headphones because of people sending messages

That was a pretty scary takeoff, but do you remember what the flight number was? Also, the aircraft registration of this airplane?

the storm already passed the airport

I would have been more scared of being on a Boeing than the storms.

WHY CANT THEY WENT TO THE STORM IS OVER ❤

That was perhaps the most sedate takeoff and flight I've seen

What a long Taxi, I thought JFK was bad

I have seen much scarier takeoffs. It looks to me like the storms were moving away, or missing off to the south. Layered anvil clouds are not dangerous for aircraft. The updrafts were not close.

2/3s of the video is taxing lol but nice video

what exactly was scary about this take off?

5:58 did I just hear the flaps

What's so scary about it? I flew for 25 years - looks like a very smoothe takeoff. Bait/Click

Tyler Mac should be fantastic I wanna get on board

I mean if your nervous your nervous but I’ve taken off in much worse where the lightning was next to the plane plus the turbulence was heavy I simply just confined to eat the tacos I bought from the terminal this would be a normal takeoff and climb out Thank god I can find ways to avoid ohare tho I heard it’s almost as confusing as jfk so I tend to avoid JFK and ORD as a whole 😂

Scary 🤔