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(VIDEO) Landing @ SFO OnBoard LH Airbus A380

werdywerd From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 487 posts, RR: 1
Posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 6655 times:

I've searched and didn't see this posted yet. Apologies if it has.

This is one of the best landing video's i've seen in a while!

Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/UDMDuRczDI0

[Edited 2012-12-27 11:09:47]

30 replies: All unread, showing first 25:

goldorak From France, joined Sep 2006, 1672 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6443 times:

Great video. Thanks for sharing !

113312 From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 536 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6329 times:

Very well done and edited. Looks like another SOLID A380 landing. This clearly was LH first 380 flight to SFO.

Aeroflot777 From Russia, joined Mar 2004, 2957 posts, RR: 30
Reply 3, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6276 times:

Thanks for sharing the video.

I have a soft spot for this airport/aircraft/airline combo since my first ride on the A380 was on LH from SFO-FRA a few months back.

UA787DEN From United States of America, joined Dec 2012, 291 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6203 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, 7796 posts, RR: 13
Reply 5, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 6151 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.

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airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6868 posts, RR: 7
Reply 6, posted (4 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 5014 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.

71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2732 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (4 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 4950 times:

Cool vid and and another firm landing, are 380's hard to land?

A couple more:

(this one not so bad)
http://youtu.be/NCZiDlOZ8Zg?t=3m40s

(now this one is)
http://youtu.be/A8cXmMVw47o?t=1m9s

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UA787DEN From United States of America, joined Dec 2012, 291 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (4 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 4875 times:

Wow. Slow stall speed, and it's so big it looks even slower.

BRJ From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 258 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 4506 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, 1827 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4442 times:

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Quoting BRJ (Reply 9):
What's the protocol when referring to the flight these days?

A380 flights are referred to as "Super"

John@SFO

type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4343 posts, RR: 21
Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 4353 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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EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3894 posts, RR: 4
Reply 12, posted (4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 4261 times:

Fantastic video... I love the various camera angles... The Captain seems ticked off at 0.35 seconds...

EK413

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UNITED91 From United States of America, joined Jul 2012, 42 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 4231 times:

Great video, thanks for sharing!

oldeuropean From Germany, joined exactly 8 years ago today! , 1900 posts, RR: 4
Reply 14, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4079 times:

Oh, really? Wagner?

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mucflyer From Germany, joined May 2004, 115 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4067 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+

oldeuropean From Germany, joined exactly 8 years ago today! , 1900 posts, RR: 4
Reply 16, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4058 times:

Quoting 113312 (Reply 2):
This clearly was LH first 380 flight to SFO.

No, the water cannon salute was due to the retirement of the captain.

Edit: Oops, mucflyer was faster. Smile

[Edited 2012-12-29 02:38:20]

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CamiloA380 From Sweden, joined Feb 2008, 483 posts, RR: 23
Reply 17, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3929 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:

I really recommend this video.

Flying4Ever!

astuteman From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 9135 posts, RR: 96
Reply 18, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3874 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

Rgds

babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3512 posts, RR: 6
Reply 19, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3822 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.

71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2732 posts, RR: 0
Reply 20, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 3625 times:

Quoting legacyins (Reply 10):
A380 flights are referred to as "Super"

Yes, weight class above heavy for them.

The good old days: Delta L-1011s at MSY

N62NA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3667 posts, RR: 4
Reply 21, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3507 times:

Quoting legacyins (Reply 10):

A380 flights are referred to as "Super"

Though a few times the ATC people referred to it as heavy - guess they'll get used to the new "super" designation as time goes on.

VS11 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 978 posts, RR: 0
Reply 22, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 3410 times:

Magnificent video! Thanks for sharing. I really liked the situational awareness of the FO especially when two aircraft were taking off....

longhaul67 From Norway, joined Jan 2007, 235 posts, RR: 1
Reply 23, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 3302 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 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3099 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.

rwy04lga From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2140 posts, RR: 7
Reply 25, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3090 times:

The 'callout' voice is British...I've not heard that before. Rather rude calling the pilot 'retard'......JOKE!

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vegas005 From Switzerland, joined Mar 2005, 286 posts, RR: 0
Reply 26, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2587 times:

First Officer really struggled with the radio ..was he nervous or really bad at English?

oldeuropean From Germany, joined exactly 8 years ago today! , 1900 posts, RR: 4
Reply 27, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2447 times:

Quoting vegas005 (Reply 26):
First Officer really struggled with the radio ..was he nervous or really bad at English?

Looks like stage fright, due to all the cameras in the cockpit.

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EASTERN747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 376 posts, RR: 0
Reply 28, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1984 times:

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?

readytotaxi From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 2596 posts, RR: 3
Reply 29, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1772 times:

Now THAT was a really nice video,really nice. Thank you.

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rickabone From United States of America, joined May 2006, 66 posts, RR: 0
Reply 30, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1749 times:

Quoting EASTERN747 (Reply 28):
BTW what's the story with the wreck of a naval ship passed over during landing?

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 Area.

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