Airbus A340-600 steep takeoff from Bournemouth Airport

The A340 is such a beautiful, elegant machine. They are becoming a bit rarer, I will miss seeing them when they all retire.

A340 is an Airbus icon!

They are simply a gorgeous looking aircraft. Terrible they are getting very hard to see these days, so elegant in the sky.

Airbus is one of the best aircraft manufacturers

Absolutely magnificent aircraft, and in my opinion the 340-600 is the best looking 4 engine sub sonic aircraft of all time. I flew on a Virgin 340-600 from DC to LHR about 15 years ago there were less than 70 passengers on board it was an incredible experience. I believe this all freight airline European Cargo will eventually have 12 340-600 in the fleet. What a pity that Virgin gave the type up during Covid, but as others have mentioned Lufthansa seem to be working their 340s hard, so still an opportunity to fly on one.

Over half a century ago, I had a great uncle and aunt who lived across the road from Hurn. I used to love visiting so I could watch the Bristol Freighters being loaded and departing. They were a bit less sprightly than that departure. Still good to see the A340s being used - they sometimes pass over here on their way into or out of Bournemouth.

I was fortunate enough to fly with lufthansa A340/600 a few times! What a wonderful aircraft !!!!!!!❤❤❤

I suspect that was an engineering transit flight, i.e. gear not raised and possibly no passengers giving that lift with strong headwinds. Nice capture.

Lufthansa still uses the 340. Must have some useful service life in them!

One of he best!

Flew on an Air France 340 from Atlanta to Paris 22 years ago, beautiful aircraft

A creature of exquisite beauty ❤

Beautiful capturing ❤

Cool stuff! May I feature this takeoff in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!

Great catch. That thing got out of there!!!

Wow absolutely amazing video! ✈️🤩👍🏼

In that last tight curve the landing gear must have good drag

Woah, that’s crazy! Such a beauty and such a beast.

Did the pilots forget to pull up the gear?

Wow! Amazing beast ❤