PIAforME From Denmark, joined Sep 2001, 164 posts, RR: 1 Posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 7958 times:
Hi there,
Just last week I returned from a month long vacation in the country i originate from - Pakistan. Living in Denmark we took a flight from Copenhagen to Islamabad. Wanting to do something extra for my wife and son, I ordered Business Class seats and boy what a treat it became to be. 2 wonderful flights both on the outward and homeward trip. Im not much of an author and writing skills in English are just soso. But I would happily like to share with you the videos of both trips. And I hope (moving)pictures say more than a thousand words.
Video one is of CPH-ISB (Copenhagen-Islamabad). Video taken from Cockpit of descent, approach and landing
Video two is of departure lounge in ISB, apron movements, takeoff shot from Business+ paxcabin and then cockpit approach to Oslo, Gardermoen and later business+ paxcabin of approach to Copenhagen, Kastrup.
Videos have already been featured on GlobalPia - the unofficial fansite of PIA.
The videos have been compressed to 20 and 30 megabytes to keep the original filesizes of 150+ megabytes down to minimum.
Thanks to the wonderful cabin- and cockpitcrews of Pakistan Int'l Airlines for making such videos possible. Mind you, this is the FIRST time, that COCKPIT videos of PIA have been put ONLINE.
UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 7880 times:
Absolutely fantastic videos - a massive well done to you!
Nice to see a report on a PK A310 too - we don't see those here in MAN.
Jran225 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 308 posts, RR: 8 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 7825 times:
Hey Kamran,
congrats on these two absolutely outstanding videos....really awesome stuff you've got there!
Regards,
-Omar S.
Never tell your girlfriend about all the 'action' you're getting at the airport - only photogs understand that.
Planecrazy2 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 615 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 7434 times:
Gardermoen From Australia, joined Jul 1999, 1518 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 7367 times:
Wow. I really enjoyed that!
Brought back some memories of the many times I have flown into CPH and OSL. Was cool to see images of action at Pakistani airports.
And I think the music was brilliantly chosen for this!
Thank you for sharing this.
PIAforME From Denmark, joined Sep 2001, 164 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 7198 times:
Quoting J-bird (Reply 8): Really brilliantly done.... two questions for you:
Thanks for posting this, it was very enjoyable. Also, I liked the music too - fit the pictures perfectly.
1. How did you get the cockpit access?
2. Your video highlights a fault indicator lit for engine 1 - did you ask what that meant?
1) I got the access because I knew the crew beforehand. Otherwise its impossible to get access (almost impossible)
2) I didnt ask, because at that time the pilots were busy flying and I didnt want to interfere. But I wasnt nervous, nor did the pilot seem to react to the overhead annunciation. So I dont think it was anything dangerous.
You are most welcome. I really love to share all aviation stuff. But special pleasing is it to share something unique like this - inflight cockpit video of a PIA aircraft, never before seen online.
PIAforME From Denmark, joined Sep 2001, 164 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 7021 times:
Im very happy to receive all the positive response.
The videos are currently unavailable, because of overwhelming popularity with u guys. My hosting company has suspended my webserver for the time being due to massive bandwidth usage - sucks!
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 6909 times:
Kamran,
I would love to see the vids, as I am curious on your experience with PIA (do you plan a detailed report, too?).. do you think you can compess a little so the size is smaller?
I recommend the STOIK Video converter (Freeware): see as example my vids:
PIAforME From Denmark, joined Sep 2001, 164 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 6907 times:
Hi MrNiji,
I was actually planning a regular tripreports, which I will accompany with photos of the cabin and catering.
Let me just have a look at that STOIK thing - Ill probably give a serious go, so U also can be able to view the videos. As far as my experience with PIA, in short, I was treated like a king - no less. Very impressed by PIAs inflight service. On ground in Pakistan, its a completely different story. You know what I mean, probably the same all over south-asia.
Cricket, yeah - quick demise of Inzie changed the whole thing. Saw it live here in Denmark on Sony channel.
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 6827 times:
Hey Kamran,
The vids are simply awesome, the A 310 jumpseat video just made me feel like I was riding on the jumpseat in the last 10 minutes, great, I enjoyed every second of it! Thanks for sharing!
PIAforME From Denmark, joined Sep 2001, 164 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 6783 times:
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for telling me about your trip report and videos. I enjoyed reading it and watching the videos. Yes, I really do agree, riding the jumpseat is the second best thing, obviously the best would be the front seats
For those of U who find the background music distracting, the videos are now also to be found on www.flightlevel350.com site.
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