UA787DEN From United States of America, joined Dec 2012, 291 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 6240 times:
Silly-cone valley. Amazing video, and got to love the difference in accents. What is the stall speed on an A388. Nice UA MX shots at 10:20. Battleship Gray in the back! And at 11:05, with the UA takeoff behind the A380 water greeting.
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7798 posts, RR: 13 Reply 5, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 6188 times:
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
Quoting UA787DEN (Reply 4): What is the stall speed on an A388.
That's what i was wondering as well and found this on flightglobal.com:
Quote: While flying the aircraft at FL140 with 73t of fuel, Config Full (slats 23°, flaps 33° and 10° of aileron droop) was selected with landing gear down. In idle power with full aft stick, a maximum AoA of 14.2° was reached at 118kt, quite a low speed for such a large aircraft.
airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6891 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 5051 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 5): While flying the aircraft at FL140 with 73t of fuel, Config Full (slats 23°, flaps 33° and 10° of aileron droop) was selected with landing gear down. In idle power with full aft stick, a maximum AoA of 14.2° was reached at 118kt, quite a low speed for such a large aircraft.
The one thing that struck me the most when watching an A380 land is how slow it glides. Those enormous wings make it look like a kite floating in the wind.
BRJ From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 258 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4543 times:
Great video, but something I noticed with the flight deck communication.
The handler sometimes refers to LH454 super, LH454 heavy, and then just LH454.
Is the heavy still used/required in communication?
What's the protocol when referring to the flight these days?
legacyins From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 1843 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4479 times:
Quoting BRJ (Reply 9): What's the protocol when referring to the flight these days?
type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4355 posts, RR: 20 Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 4390 times:
Quoting airbazar (Reply 6): The one thing that struck me the most when watching an A380 land is how slow it glides. Those enormous wings make it look like a kite floating in the wind.
People said the same thing about the 747 when it first came out. It's an illusion created by the sheer size of the aircraft. It may look like it's just hanging there, but it's really flying at about 160-180Knts it's the size that makes it look slower.
Fantastic video, one of the best I have ever seen.
[Edited 2012-12-28 22:18:43]
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mucflyer From Germany, joined May 2004, 115 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 4104 times:
Quoting 113312 (Reply 2): This clearly was LH first 380 flight to SFO.
No it wasn't... The video shows scenes from the wonderful PilotsEye.tv film 'Lufthansa A380 Frankfurt-San Fransisco, the final flights of JR'. JR was the former chief pilot and board member of Lufthansa and he was accompanied by PilotsEye during the last flights before his retirement.
Here is a link: http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...3Daps&field-keywords=cockpit+A380+
CamiloA380 From Sweden, joined Feb 2008, 484 posts, RR: 22 Reply 17, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3966 times:
I guess I'm the only one wondering whether PilotsEye allowed this guy to publish the video since its taken from their DVD.
Quoting mucflyer (Reply 15): No it wasn't... The video shows scenes from the wonderful PilotsEye.tv film 'Lufthansa A380 Frankfurt-San Fransisco, the final flights of JR'. JR was the former chief pilot and board member of Lufthansa and he was accompanied by PilotsEye during the last flights before his retirement.
Here is a link:
astuteman From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 9143 posts, RR: 96 Reply 18, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3911 times:
Quoting type-rated (Reply 11): People said the same thing about the 747 when it first came out. It's an illusion created by the sheer size of the aircraft. It may look like it's just hanging there, but it's really flying at about 160-180Knts it's the size that makes it look slower
There's no doubt the size contributes to the perception.
But the A380 DOES have very low stall speeds compared to most other widebodys, and certainly compared to a 747
babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3515 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 3859 times:
I really enjoyed watching that.
The tail cam on the A380 will make window seats seem far less attractive. I'm normally pinned to the tail cam on take-off and landing rather than look out the window.
and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.
longhaul67 From Norway, joined Jan 2007, 235 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 3339 times:
Just out of interest, would that captain and copilot be ex A330/340 crew or could they previously have been flying B747? Is there any particular policy when it comes to previous experience/airliner types for LH A380 flight crew?
mucflyer From Germany, joined May 2004, 115 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 3136 times:
Quoting longhaul67 (Reply 23): Just out of interest, would that captain and copilot be ex A330/340 crew or could they previously have been flying B747? Is there any particular policy when it comes to previous experience/airliner types for LH A380 flight crew?
Both of them came from the A330/A340 fleet, because of a company policy to shorten the transition. Experience on Airbus FBW aircrafts makes the A380 typerating easier and for the airline off course cheaper.
But the policy changed and in 2012 Lufthansa transferred also several Boeing pilots into the A380 cockpits.
25 rwy04lga: The 'callout' voice is British...I've not heard that before. Rather rude calling the pilot 'retard'......JOKE!
26 vegas005: First Officer really struggled with the radio ..was he nervous or really bad at English?
27 oldeuropean: Looks like stage fright, due to all the cameras in the cockpit.
28 EASTERN747: I really thought the Wagner at the end was pretty cool!..BTW what's the story with the wreck of a naval ship passed over during landing?
29 readytotaxi: Now THAT was a really nice video,really nice. Thank you.
30 rickabone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thompson_%28DD-305%29 It's frequently used as a VFR navigational aide and reporting point when flying around the Bay
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