A380 Cockpit Approach to San Fransisco W/ATC

Well done multi-angle cockpit/external video of a Lufthansa A380 on approach and landing at SFO.
Some of the private commentary of the flight crew is rather humorous.
http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/

Courtesy of Pilots Eye.TV

 

That was well done

 

I've flown that exact circuit so many times. I wish our airline would allow video. Good stuff...

 

Great video. Thanks for posting it.

 

Absolutely AWESOME video.... the best such video I've ever seen




Wish it had been a Boeing Dreamliner... but can't have everything.

Thanks for posting - that was a VERY enjoyable video to watch full screen.


Jedi

 

I'm pretty sure this was a Lufhansa promotional effort to bring in the new A380 service.
Interesting to see some of the procedures to set new headings and altitudes/speeds.

I'm afraid my experience is more in line with Champs, Cubs and a Cessna Cardinal RG

 

I watched it few days ago, it was intresting to see how they "steer it" by using small knobs.

 

That is a very cool video. I liked how, when taxiing in, they had the tail camera showing on the PFDs.

I wonder if that was the Captain's retirement flight? That is usually why the fire trucks do their thing.

 

XLNT. Can't believe I watched a whole video of an Abus! Really well done video. Still feelin' if it ain't Boeing, I ain't goeing.......

Will there ever be a point when these things get too big? What about FX on the runways? Too many people exiting the control areas at once? Imagine 2 or 3 of these arriving SFO or wherever at once....700 to 900 more people in passport control lines at the same time? On top of all the other incoming? eek... bring a lunch!

 

Actually it was put together by a commercial operation (they sell DVDs and Blu-Rays of this kind of stuff):

http://pilotseye.tv/en/

There's a whole bunch in the series available. the unique thing about the A380 and Lufthansa, is the captain, his return flight was his last (retirement).

 

This is an awesome video. Loved it.

 

Really well done, very enjoyable. Thanks for posting.

 

Cool video.

I didn't know Germany had ex-carrier pilots.

 

Anyone know how difficult it is to go from a traditional wheel to dual joysticks? That looks more like rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time to me.

I did like how the keyboard just moved into his lap where the wheel would normally be.

 

That explains the water cannon salute then.
(They use it for new route services/aircraft as well)
Thanks Brian

 

Probably not as hard as you think.
The movements are the same pretty much the same.
Forward- down
Pull back-up
Cock the stick right to bank right etc.....

I think the learning curve would be how much movement of the stick translates to actual response of the A/P, and that is affected by a myriad of other factors like size of the A/P and speed. It's all fly-by wire now so in theory both systems could be calibrated to respond with the same sensitivity.

The same issues with a wheel, how much does what etc....

 

I know a pilot that has flown 737s and A320s. He said the transition to side-stick took a little getting used to but loved it after a couple of runs.

 

That was so cool !

Loved the small flaps doing their thing on final approach

When they were at the gate who were they speaking to in German? Germany? Just doing a final check in?

 

I noticed that they were speaking in German a few times to the ground crew, I assume they were also Lufthansa . These were the guys setting wheel chocks and hooking up ground power. IIRC, they said good morning in English then I think in German.

 

I believe that the " small flaps" are split low speed ailerons. Long control surfaces can be built much lighter if you don't have to beef up the hinge spar and the rest of it to cope with bending and twist. A series of short span sections are much lighter.

 

It was so well done and there is so much more on the bluray that I ordered it.

 

Cool.

 

I like this

 

Interesting how they sorta seem to lag each other a bit (7:10). You'd think they'd all move in sync. Seems like ones moving up then down and the one next to it is moving up while the others now down. I don't know anything about the airplane, but assume it has 4 independant hydraulic systems. Each aileron section is probably powered by 2 systems. I believe airbus uses "colors" for each system. So blue and green probably power the first segment with say yellow and red powering the next segment. Maybe that's the reason there's a lag. Maybe it's intentional. Any thoughts on that one?

Looks like a pretty firm touchdown. But they can't all be smooth....

 

I've been told the keyboard will support the weight of a flight attendant....