What a Boeing looks like at cruise speed from another aircraft gets more mesmerizing every time you watch
Published on Feb 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Feb 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM (UTC+4)
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Henry Kelsall
There is something truly mesmerizing about watching a Boeing 747 at cruise speed while you are on another aircraft.
Watching any aircraft at speed is always fascinating, but it feels almost otherworldly watching it while flying alongside it.
Footage shared by a Reddit user in the r/aviation SubReddit showed a Boeing 747 jumbo jet cruising at altitude, with the footage taken from onboard an airplane nearby.
It is a reminder of how giant the world really is, yet equally how small it feels being able to go from country to country on such amazing machines.
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Watching the Boeing fly past is mesmerizing
In the video, we can see the large Boeing 747 flying towards us from another aircraft.
Behind it, we can see the clouds below the jet and the contrails from its engines.
Clearly, both are flying at a remarkably high altitude, and it initially looks like the airliner is miles away.
But it rockets towards the camera at a vast rate of knots and emerges into view at cruise speed.
Mesmerizing really is the word for this video.
Other Reddit users clearly agree.
“No matter how many times I see videos like this, I’m always mesmerized,” said Old-Cream6210.
Perhaps more mesmerizing is how small the jet looks against the world around it.
Yet this Boeing, which in reality is a giant, but also just a spec in the sky, can link entire continents together.
Not many videos can claim to be this captivating.
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Why the giant 747 was a continent conqueror
While air travel existed before it, the Boeing 747 seen in the Reddit video was a true joiner of continents.
The huge aircraft first flew in 1969, and it was the world’s largest passenger aircraft until the Airbus A380.
By the end of 1969, it was certified for use.
The 747 entered service with Pan Am in January 1970.
It quickly earned its everlasting nickname of ‘Jumbo Jet.’
In total, over 1,500 Boeing 747s have been built over the years.
The ‘Queen of the Skies,’ as it has also been called, continues in service today.
While production finished in 2023, a lot of international carriers still use the airliner.
Seeing it fly past at cruise speed, as in the Reddit video, is perhaps the best way to experience the Jumbo Jet.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a leading heritage steam railway in England.
