1990s TV commercial for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. KLM based its whole advertising strategy on swans and this is one of its beautiful commercials featuring this majestic bird. It appears as it if was taxiing for take-off with a voice over the P.A. asking flight attendants to set doors on “evac” (automatic), setting flaps for take-off, testing flight controls, and calling the take-off speeds. All, with the sounds of jet engines, and Randy Crawford’s “One Day I’ll Fly Away” (which was interpreted by Nicole Kidman in the movie Moulin Rouge).

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7 Responses to “KLM Commercial – Swan take-off”

  • shurick75 says:

    Still remember this …
    Still remember this commercial as one of the best I ever seen. Thanks for sharing this.

  • PilotInCommand100 says:

    @airodyssey its klm …
    @airodyssey its klm so im quessing everything

  • RappyboyOfficial says:

    ahhaahhaa nice job …
    ahhaahhaa nice job mann!

  • scaremenga says:

    We’re only on top …
    We’re only on top because we know how to emulate things we see.

  • Flyglobespan93 says:

    The “testing flight …
    The “testing flight controls” bit is the funniest.. Watch it again at 0:09

  • bagelboi66 says:

    Humans might be at …
    Humans might be at the top of the food chain, but we need machines to fly. I cannot help but envy birds.

  • kittyket00 says:

    how cute! but i …
    how cute! but i wonder how many swans and other birds theyve SUCKED into their engines!

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