Originally Posted by Rainboe
It's the Tarom one that was videod. Quite spectacular. Now apologise to the Queen of the Skies please- 747s don't do any such disgraceful behaviour! Full retraction needed- not a 747!
Oh yes they do !. Watched a 747 with a mate of mine turn on to finals for MAN 24 over Stockport one sunny afternoon in the early / mid 80's---
note he was making the turn
over the town so a relatively short approach in prospect-----and watched "with interest" as the left wing dropped--and the nose came up--and up--and up---best way to enter a spin I can think of---and we both thought "oh
"---then the power came on and the attitude via a rather extended "S" turn was eventually recovered. The 747 belonged to a "rather large airline based at LHR with a lot of blue and red in the colour scheme" by the way.