A throwback to the Queen

Welcome ladies and gentlemen!


Last night, we hosted an event at Finnair Virtual, as a tribute to the best plane to ever fly. We took out the @BritishAirwaysVA codeshare B747-400 on a ride from Heathrow 🇬🇧 —-> San Francisco 🇺🇸, and the flight clocked in at about 11 hours.

Thanks to all our pilots who joined!

Let’s get to the pictures, shall we?


6 gorgeous queens… and 1 impostor, parked at Terminal 5.


Mr. CEO @Pilot_Aaltonen pushing back with @jovictasor behind him.


@jovictasor decided to take a longer taxi route, which ended up being great for me as I managed to capture this shot of him.


Rotation, as Daniel, our RM taxies towards the runway.


From the (boring) greens of England…


…to the actually fun landscape of North America.


Sweet transition over SFO, before our arrival.


After my rather uneventful landing, @Pilot_Aaltonen and @YT_Sniegutizzz came in for a beautiful parallel landing. 28L and 28R, what more do you need? 😜


And double touchdown!


There aren’t many things the IFC can agree on, but I think we can all agree the tower shot looked better at Heathrow.


Thank you so much for checking out the pictures everybody, have a great weekend!

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Actually nice pics! 🔥

Long live the queen 🥲

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That parallel landing was actually quite amazing compared to my trashy landing 😂 Anyways, great job done by us!

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A classic Queen Elizabeth 747! 👑❤️
I saw them take off from London. 🛫
nice photos! 😍❤️

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Thanks lol. Hope the Freight variants will continue flying for at least 5-6 years :)

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Great coordination between you and @Pilot_Aaltonen haha

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Thank you very much :)

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Looks weirdly similar😮

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Love the 747 so much. If only the 400 had wingflex though

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This is making me appreciate the BA livery on the 747, It’s looking good! The longer upper deck of the 747-400 allows the title and logo size to be bigger, making less white space.

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I mean, look at the massive white space on the 777 in the first photo!

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Didn’t even realize that - they do look very similar. Great spot!

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It has gear-tilt, so that’s a thing 👀

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The logo does fit on the plane incredibly well.

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I knew that lol

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Now this. This is beautiful.

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Thank you, the 747 gets all the credit 🤩