Rollercoaster "approach" at Sydney Airport! Massive 80 KPH gusts wont stop skilled pilot
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- I get it, the landing was nice. It was. Hence why I felt the pilot did a fantastic job. The approach was the bumpy part. And prior to the start of the video there were a bunch of drops in the air from the wind gusts. A storm was just passing through.
Virgin Australia 737-800 from Ballina to Sydney. - Авто та транспорт
One of my favorite spots to sit on a jet, right behind the wing where I can see the flaps and speed brakes. So cool!
It's my favourite place to sit, I also love the dog in your profile pic
Sitting behind the wing on the old B747 was a treat also. You get to see the triple slotted flaps actuating during takeoffs and landings. 😉
Really you should be deaf by now.. very very noisy just behind the wing
Me too! i love being just behind the wing .! Great perspective and love to watch the flaps also!!! Great video!
@@petertaylor2148 I personally did not mind it. Then again I was somewhat acclimated due to spending so much time on military airbases. My retirement physical hearing test was actually better than my initial hearing test. Go figure. 😊
That was a pretty good landing. I've had some real hard touchdowns in Sydney in some pretty decent crosswinds. Wellington NZ will usually give you a nice thrill ride when landing, I've even witnessed people fainting on the aircraft going into WLG, that place will test any pilot!
Landing in Wellington from Blenheim with a gale blowing in a Fokker Friendship back in the 80's. Staring down the runway at almost a 45deg the plane landed to applause from the passengers to avoid a diversion to Palmerston North.
That is the biggest made up thing ever how could sydney be a hard place to land and i live here and the conditions arent continuesly terrible. If u say so every other average international airport is the same wtf.
@@dctungsten how big of an issue are poisonous snakes in Sydney?
@@bodystomp5302 meh..never see em
Considering the title of the video, I was expecting a heck of a lot more. It literally looked like a normal landing.
ok, it was less than we expected, but kid, it was not a normal landing
@@alexwoolford_surf Rubbish! Typical landing through cloud onto RWY16R - Virgin and Qantas - and a heap of others - do this daily throughout the year, and particularly in November to march with afternoon storms about.
@@alexwoolford_surf Kid, that was a pretty routine landing.
There's no references so you really can't tell, but you can see, from the wingtip flutter, that it was pretty turbulent out that day.
Only bone-shaking for the novice.
Yes, that looked a little bumpy on the approach. Nice capture, thanks for posting.
I always think there's something very satisfying about watching a plane clean up after landing or takeoff. Thanks for leaving that in.
Nice video. I've lost count of the times I've flown (including in and out of Sydney) and I still always like looking at these. Turbulence doesn't look too bad but it's more about the feel than the look. Even in heavy turbulence, the aircraft doesn't actually move that much. A couple of feet of sudden vertical movement feels like you're dropping out of the sky.
I have not that much flying experience. I find your comment pretty useful, thank you.
Felt thet few times in the gut
Its always the rough landing that make you appriciate just how awesome these pilots are
What about the engineers that maintain them? These pilots ain't going nowhere if the plane is broken.
Pilots are amazing people & deserve great respect
Enjoyed the vid mate. Always like a good wing view approach, especially on what was clearly a windy day.
Amazing to see so few aileron correction. Either a well filtrered auto pilot or a very cool and skiled pilot. very good job.
That said I experienced wose, much worse conditions twice. The first time was were both pilots were pushing the yoke of the Caravelle to conter the strong updraft on final during a storm. Even the flight attendant were sick ! The second time was 1h from Bordeaux to Paris in thunder storm from end to end. A fligh attendant rushed to a seat next to me when the captain asked to stap asap and then 1h of roller coaster, seeing both engines literaly bouncing and twisting. Beeing an enginner I had to reasure the flight attendant about the flexibility of the structure but seen from the (almost) last raw of the Airbus, it was impressive.
It's a smooth landing , great job by the pilot, nothing bone shaking though , I've been in a few rougher and bouncier landings
Absolutely agree!
My fault. The landing was great, I meant the approach
@@timtamothy If that was a rollercoaster ride at an amusement park, I would ask for my money back! It is a fairly normal approach and far from a pilot would call turbulent.
Nice camera, it also took the audio of the 737-800 perfectly so distinctive. They still don't the get sounds just right in flightsims.
Yeah! My cameras stabilisation is too good too, makes the turbulence look smooth 🤣
Gorgeous backdrop with that sun. Thanks for sharing
Having lived in Sydney for six years and traveling in and out of SYD frequenrly, turbulance is a frequent occurance. Lots of wind, some storms and the terrain make it interetsing at times.
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The Graphics are so good, it looks so real ! :P
Sydney can get some really wild weather. Fine one minute and hailstorm the next. The pilots are very experienced in handling choppy weather. If you've ever landed at Wellington airport (NZ) that can be a thrill ride also 😎
I can’t wait to fly Into Wellington 😍
That's a really cool video. The wing view throughout is awesome, and a lot of the ground is visible too.
We had a wind limit of 60kts on the 737 into Wellington in the ‘80s. Main limit was opening the passenger doors before the airbridge era. F27s often operated into WLG at 50kts.
I flew a light aircraft into a 45 kts headwind. The instructor lowered the flaps and took control, bringing the little airplane close to the stall, so we just hovered there about 200 feet off the ground and the following plane passed us like we were parked at the kerb, the occupants were staring at us in disbelief. So 50 kts is nothing for a large aircraft.
That wasn’t too bad. Definitely not bone shaking. If you fly much you’ll experience a much rougher landing than that at some point. Worst flight I ever had was going from Baton Rouge to Costca Rica. We had a bomb threat and made an emergency landing in Belize. We descended so fast it felt like my ears were going to blow out - extremely painful. No bomb. We wait in a rinky dink airport while they searched the plane. Then they lined up all our luggage on the runway and made everyone go claim their luggage and then we loaded up again and off we went. That was back around 1980ish. Security wasn’t such a big thing back then and the world hadn’t lost its mind yet.
Still waiting for the “bone shaking” part...
As a CPL Pilot myself (not ATPL) I can tell you that would be nothing more than slightly above a normal day. The MELB-SYD SYD-MEL route is the second most busiest route anywhere in the world. Every 22 minutes a flight (approx.) before covid across the various airlines. The pilots would fly this sort of approach almost like driving into there home driveway, even in strong crosswinds.
Whenever I fly I always try to sit just behind the wing, I think its the best view as you get to see everything that goes on with the wings control surfaces and also it doesn't obscure the view of the ground
Looks like another standard day on the road in sydney i was driving through that storm on that day in the truck
Bone shaking? This looked entirely normal to me.
I never experienced that roller coaster before , but love flying it’s a great feeling , great landing well done to pilots, that’s one awesome landing brilliant smooth
I'd say that was an extremely clean touchdown! Well done!
Bone-Shaking? The hell are you talking about? The only bones shaking must have been yours courtesy of your seat mate, if you know what I mean. Kidding aside, I like watching landings into international airports. There is so much to see and ruminate when you're making the final descent in a city you've never seen, especially when you break through the clouds mere seconds before touching down. I'm giving a like to this video. Thank you. p.s. Are the surrounding fields Crickets fields?
Wow. From USA, not sure that's relevant. But I'm not sure I've ever had a landing quite like that. 😨 Great job on the video. I felt (too much) like I was there!
One time on a Delta MD-88 not only did we get to our destination 40 minutes early but the pilot had to crab her on final approach in a 35 knot cross wind. Probably the wildest landing I've ever experienced. There was no "greasing it in" on this one but I'm sure at least a couple people considered greasing their pants.
@@billyhill2488 🤯😁
Looked like a fairly typical landing?
Great vid! Great vantage point.
That's nothing mate! When coming into Perth one time from Brisbane, the crosswind was so severe we had to go around ! I can tell you that was a bit hairy! Big thanks to the pilots! 😉😎👏
Gorgeous sunset. Fun watching those spoilers work out
I found this to be quite relaxing for somer reason. I also noticed the use of the word "tarmac" by the flight attendant, which I had learned was kind of incorrect but often used by the media
People in the comments saying "it was less than expected" what did you expect? The plane to be doing barrel rolls? its clearly very gusty, the plane is getting battered by winds, very nice video and he is a very skilled pilot.
Yeah, and I reckon the iPhones stabilisation actually makes it look smoother than it actually was. The gusts were pulled off of windy app, too. I wish I had a portable anemometer I could stick out the window so I could prove it 🤣
@@timtamothy You should have edited the video ending so the plane skidded off the runway... and landed in Australia Zoo, in among the crocodile enclosure... I bet your "view count" would have been millions... extra bonus would be added video of passengers dodging crocodiles... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@pyromike6971 🤣🤣🤣
Looked rather smooth
That was good skills by the PF - they were not going to stand any of that crazy rolling during the final to stop them landing. Amazing control of the plane leading to an understandable but unexpected butter like touchdown.
Wow, the wings certainly twist and bend a lot.
"Bone-shaking Rollercoaster landing"
--> wtf!! that was one of the smoothest landing's I've seen!
Fantastic footage
I saw nothing bone shaking. Looked pretty good given the high winds.
No question the pilot performed a nice landing. But bone shaking? Until items start floating around the cabin and bouncing off the ceiling, it's called "light to moderate turbulence" in that type of aircraft. Good view of the spoilers and flaps though.
Great video. ☺
love how you flipped the camera so it wasn't upside down ;)
It was a smooth landing. That pilot deserve a lot of clap.
Great video. Thanks.
Had a pretty wild roller coaster ride approaching Chiang Mai, Thailand one year. Going through storm clouds. Some people were freaking out. But the landing was just fine.
It’s always bumpy on that North / south approach over the city compared to off the ocean
Scissor wingtip = 737 Max? You can see the wing bends. McDonnell-Douglas’ design philosophy called for more rigid wings; Boeing’s were always more flexy. (Dad was an aeronautical engineer at MD.) 💛🙏🏼
This is a Virgin Australia 737-800 which was retrofitted with the split scimitar (sharklet) wingtips. One of five they did a year ago.
@@SW0884 Ah, thanks Sam. I didn’t know that.
can you elaborate on that? I'm curious about rigid wing philosophy vs flexy wings in terms of passenger comfort in turbulence
@@Kelvin-ed6ce Sorry Tommie, I really cannot, especially in terms of turbulence or passenger comfort. My father was the aeronautical engineer; I am not. I was just paraphrasing him. McDonnell-Douglas airplanes are becoming extinct since MD was taken over by Boeing. Some MD-80’s/717’s and DC-10’s/MD-11’s are still flying. The C-17 is proudly going strong. But if you could fly on a MD-80 or a DC-10 you could observe the wings and note their comparative rigidity. It’s kind of interesting. In the old days it was even more visible: Boeing 707 wings would bend so much it was comical to me. DC-8 wings were stiff by comparison, it seemed. Same pattern with the engine pylons on those two aircraft-the 707’s engines were bouncy, the DC-8’s much less so. Cheers, brother.
I believe this was mostly via ILS (Instrument Landing System).
Great video.
Definitely choppy! Man, what a ride. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Nice smooth landing no dramas
That seemed to be a perfectly good and normal landing. 👍
Is this Ryan Air?
That was a rough landing,goodness.
Skilled pilots n 737 perfect combo.
I had the speed at X2 without noticing, and almost had a heart attack! I was like... WHY IS IT GOING SO FAST?! OMG
🤣😂😂😂😂
Hmmm, not sure what the problem was there, looks like a nice approach and landing.
Yeah
Correct me if I’m wrong…lift dumpers and fowler flaps??
Wow! Still flying B 737 MAx??!!
Well done! Looked like a good landing compared to many that I have been on (or done myself).
Yeah, that one was mild. I used to joke that I could always tell if the pilots were ex-Navy by the landing. I once joked with one pilot as I was exiting the aircraft "Caught the three wire back there, did ya?" He got a good laugh out of that one.
@@pawpawstew I did that after a hard landing on SWA that popped open 4 overhead bins in the back. I stuck my head in the cockpit and said " Must have been a Navy guy!" And I was right. We joked about it for a few minutes. 737s are pretty stiff legged birds!
I personally would like to review the maint.record on that wing ????? And the other one. Just FYI
Sydney is mother of all cities on our planet.
Well done mate.
I remember as a little boy flying into Miami during a thunderstorm onboard anEastern Airlines L 1011.
I was not afraid but I did think about flight 401 and Eastern l-1011 that crashed on our flight path. My mom who flew with me was afraid but she didn't tell me till I was adult about flight 304 Eastern Airlines.
She missed the flight that everyone else died on
That looked like awesome fun.
Amazing camera work! What camera did you took this with and how did you managed to keep it stable?
Great flying and a smooth landing...🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Fine job indeed, that was no big deal for that pilot. You can always tell when your captain is ex military, they bank into a turn and you look straight down at the guy that was across the aisle from you.
🤔 looked like a nice stable approach and landing to me
Pilot was quite skilled that day!
Beautiful landing!!
That's not even a remotely unusual landing, and not bumpy at all. Either the title is ckick-bait (likely) or this is literally the posters first time flying.
Is that a max? Good thing micas didn’t activate!
Even more impressive than the landing was that nobody clapped
That was a good landing!
The heavy chop would make some people sick but that landing was fantastic.
That was light chop.
92mph wind gust at KCOS Airport 12/15/21. Watched a lot of go arounds on radar as well as going to an entire different airport.
Wow that’s mad!
"bone shaking"
To people who think this is bad lol. Pretty nice landing.
Must be going fast if you gotta use the speed brakes in flight, thought they only used the speed flap brake on landing
Did you get nausea from holding the cam steady for so long😅
Why are Ikea's always near airport?
Is that a 737 Max? I didn't think Virgin had started receiving their Max aircraft as yet?
If that`s bone-shaking what would he call a rough landing? Pretty damn smooth to me..
every-bone-in-body-breaking and then even my ancestors feeling it in their graves
That was kinda jumpy. Worst one I was on was a 757 landing at Tacoma. We went from clear skies at 30k feet down through Black clouds. It was like god was hitting the plane with a hammer of equal mass. How the plane held together. Amazing how strong they are.
One thing I can say here is that I detest Sydney airport and always make sure I schedule around and avoid it.
Rare to see the split scimitar winglets on the Virgin 737
Bumpy but awesome approach-landing.
2 bells means landing (final approach) has seriously started. It is when my heart starts pounding. I've had too many rough ones. Luckily, I can click out of this one. When I fly, I'm stuck. This landing wasn't very scary.
Wow nothing wrong with that landing, hope you never experience a bad one
Bumpy approach but a very nice landing in choppy conditions👏👍
you could see the IKEA at Tempe
The speed of the crosswind does not matter. What matters is it's direction compared to the heading of the runway. That's the crosswind factor.
The pilot was working like a one armed paper hanger!
Well done, Bravo 👏🏻
What turbulence?
Of course he's skilled.....we have lot's of Sully's flying about this world....THANKFULLY.........
For a roller coaster approach the landing itself looked like a decent one
Pilot had some mad skillz. I just imagined how hard this would be in FS and would just give up
Still probably a 1mil score for smoothness and centreline
@@Phiziks how good was that wing flex
@@timtamothy 200 to 300 mm? wait till you see them flapping up to a metre - THEN you know you’re in turbulence!
Sydney: 80 kph winds .....
Wellington: Hold muh beeeer....
was this a Virgin flight or a Qantas flight?
just not sure which Airline uses the 737 Max -series wing tips.
At time 8:30 they say Thank you for flying Virgin Australia. I didn't think they were fly Max's yet. Someone else said this was a B737-800 with Split Scimitar Winglet. I am not sure.
@@russell8930 Virgin Australia does have some Max-10's on order, deliveries are due to start in 2023.
This was a Virgin Australia 737-800. The only airline that I'm aware of that has flown the Max into Australia so far is Air Fiji. Virgin has ordered the Max-10 with deliveries starting in 2023, Qantas hasn't yet decided what they are going to do in regard to replacing their 737-800s.
I must have missed the bone shaking and roller coastering parts. Looked like a normal landing to me. 🤔
That's what keeps it interesting.
Sydney landings can be bloody rough!!!