I was on a flight to San Fran several years ago. The landing was so smooth I couldn't tell when we were on the ground until I felt some of the roughness and cracks in the runway. When we were getting off the plan, the cabin crew was standing in the entrance so I told the captain how smooth it was (as if he didn't know already) and he was clearly very proud of it. I've always loved observing people doing things they love and excel at. That was one of those times. I'm sure from the outside it looked just like the KLM landing.
I did that once getting off a Southwest flight in Denver. This guy greased it on so nicely it was hard to know we are on the ground for sure. As I exited they crew was standing there too. I looked at the Captain and said "man, you sure nailed that one" to which he said. "Why thank you, thank you very much." Right then the copilot spoke up.......yeah, you're welcome.......that was *my* landing! Fun banter.....now I always just say "Whomever stuck that landing was great at it......"
Yepp been once in butter landing.. the cockpit door was still closed when I disembarked, so I told the F/A at the door, the landing was superb, and she was quite surprised a passenger noticed, and thanked me... Guess she did convey my message later to flight crew, because it's quite rare moment for them...
As a former aircraft mechanic in the navy (F-14 tomcats) , I've heard pilots say that it's not flying the thing that's hard, it's what to do in an emergency that makes a great pilot. Thank you for this, amazing.
TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE so that when/if an emergency occurs, you treat it like a "normal event"....meaning you are fully prepared to handle it. BUT of course there will be major/catastrophic emergencies you can't fully prepare for and you hope you have Mr or Mrs. Valium in the Left Seat. Sully being the perfect example. APU turned on....almost immediate decision that he was going to HAVE to ditch in the Hudson River.
Not really...the ops manual calls for at least a 1g landing for passenger comfort and for the gear to ensure no high friction zones,proper pressure on struts etc.
I had that super smooth landing once from Amsterdam to Oslo with KLM. Heavy fog and dark outside. We did not notice we had landed until the brakes kicked in. He delayed the engine reversal some seconds to give us that effect. People applauded standing in the aisles before deboarding until the captain came out from the flightdeck and bowed. It's a one in a lifetime landing. A perfect 10 in score.
Man i wish i could experience that! Lovely ❤ I loooove flying, but each time I travel the landing feels like I’m riding a meteor that’s entering the athmosphere 😂😂😂
@GorillaWetsuit is it heck as like. Im on msfs almost every day and that is no way msfs2020. Even on ultra with full colour and hue adjustments made to the graphics card you would get msfs2020 to look like that. Plus the lighting on the aircraft and reflections dont look like that in the sim either.
@@johnnymacf1 yes, it’s MSFS. the fact that you claim to play it all the time and can’t see the pixelization, frame rate drop when zoomed in and contrast issues is wild.
I'd be willing to bet that he has a whole bunch of those chevrons in the tread from this landing. Was still a nice greased on landing I have to admit!!!
The smoother the landing, the more runway you use before being able to apply the brakes. It may also be a symptom of excess energy. It's OK that this was their home base and the runway was long and apparently dry, otherwise they are just trading safety for comfort and undeserved kudos.
The A380 looks like it handled the banking with ease! JMO The "Butter" landing . . . it's definetly one of the smoothest landings I have ever witnessed!
I have MUCH respect for KLM. That airline rescued me and approximately 30 other passengers who were stranded in West Africa after SwissAir went bankrupt and forfeited our round-trip tickets. Phew! Props to this captain and all the others. But MUCH love and respect goes to The Royal Dutch, from this thankful passenger.❤🇳🇱❤
That first 380, don't know if anyone has ever flown the Bridge climb at JFK in the last two seat at the back of a 747. I'm telling you it's one heck of an experience especially after the immidittly leaft turn. If you'er sitting at a window, it's like the window is directly pointing towards down the water and you feel like you're going to fall out, almost touch the water. My favorite climb.
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 make sense if ur seating in front of a computer all year plasterrd to a seat by ur ass that's seald by a chemical compound the last for ever and ever. 😂 😞 💤💤💤 ... try getting sum fresh air. 🥀
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 lol....he's been flying for 30 years 😆 😆 😆 yeah ok 😂 maybe a kite and then moved up into SIM's. 😂 bro, just with your trolling alone I can tell you, maybe? you made it past hight school. Flying 30 years? GTFOH....that would make you at least over 50 and you got time for trolling 😆? Look, I'm just gonna pretend I didn't even read that. X-mas Capt. Sully...🤣🤣🤣 Go back to sleep.
KLM are an amazing airline. I chose them before for long haul and didn't regret it, even when I missed my return flight - it was all taken care of and they automatically booked me onto the same flight next day at no extra charge.
Hmm. Maybe when they cancelled my flight, made me late for my connection on the next flight, lost my bags, smashed my guitar, then had a take off rejected on the flight home before being made to switch planes and getting home hours late as a result, I was just unlucky. An absolute shower of shit of an airline.
The display at Farnborough back in 2008 when the A380 was new was a frightening watch from close quarters, the tight turns by a large aircraft was and still is one of my fondest memories.
they did the same in Istres at the Centre d'Essais en Vol with low, almost stalling, passes, hard banks, even engine shut down and restarts. quite a frightening sight the first time on the freeway then only a sense of wonder remains every time you see them doing that kind of things after... 😻👌
The best thing was in the practice week before that show, the A380 did a very near vertical shortly after take-off ... it was ridiculous, and I believe the pilot did get a slap on the wrist for it. Worth noting obviously it had no passengers, and very little fuel onboard.
@@andychurches7280 The size of the 380 tricks you mind into thinking it is going slower than it is, in reality it is usually further away and going faster than it looks.
I just learned yesterday that any airport where military aircrafts might operate is required to have an arrest hook set up. Turns out my small-ish local airport has one too. Pretty cool.
You don't see sparks on the wooden carrier decks. This fighter caught an arresting cable on a land based runway, so obviously it is a carrier training base.
@@billplatt Cool, thanks for the info, now I've learnt 2 interesting things today! 😁👍 I can go back to being an ignoramus for the rest of the day now!! 😂
I used to train KLM Pilots at ATTI in Tucson Arizona. They were all really good students, they arrived with a full year of ground school that they did in Holland. We trained them for their Private, Instrument, Commercial and Multi engine... They went home and got a Right Seat assignment on the Airbus at around 800 to 1000 hours!! Super good kids and always well prepared.
Trained in a mostly good weather, almost artificial environment . A spoon fed, tick the box exercise that does not really prepare them for flying in the real world.... Give me ex-military and General Aviation guys any day... that pass my airlines recruitment and induction process.
@@daftvader4218 HATER ALERT!! Salty commenter identified! Look at me I have a different opinion that everyone else should share! I don't believe anyone is successful at their job but me! Blah, blah, blah!!!
The 380 turn reminded me of the Air Force 1 landings (747) at Andrews AFB. They turn them so sharply that at a distance they look like they are standing still, incredible to see.
The first landing I made onboard an HS-748 (about 50 tons empty) was so soft I didn't notice until I was reprimended by my fellow student. He complained he could never land so softly. I could never repeat that, either.
Love "3 minutes of aviation" and watch it frequently. FYI, that American eagle did not experience "severe turbulence" as the FAA and pilots define it. That was light to moderate turbulence. Severe turbulence is defined by either periods of loss of control of the aircraft, objects flying about the cabin, structural damage, and for the pilot, the inability to read gauges and displays and/or manipulate controls. Thanks for the great videos! keep 'em coming!
When the altitude is this low turbulence that bad is severe because the consequences can be much more severe than if it happens at 20,000--30,000 feet.
The first clip is clearly from an air show (the plane even indicates it is Boeings own property and not a plane from an airline). This is a demonstration of the extreme power in the engines powering this graceful behemoth of the air. I think clip no. 2 is not turbulence but windshear. There is little information about the clip so we have no knowledge of how many minutes ago the last plane landed. If it is less than 5 minutes windshear is the more logical explanation on this phenomenon.
On every flight I compliment the crew on a great flight whether it was great or not, they are always trying to do their best and appreciate the pat on the back.
@@truckguy6.7 ... thereby creating the false impression amongst the staff that they are competent and ensuring that those who follow after you will get the same lousy service. Are you sure you are doing the right thing ?
Flew KLM to Nairobi in late November, and that landing was just lovely. Not surprising since the captain stopped by my seat to say hi, and we had a wonderful conversation! My favourite airline by far!
Saw a A380 being demoed at Farnborough years ago not long after it came out. They were flying figures of 8 like it was a little single engine pleasure plane. Amazing!
Years ago I was a passenger in a plane landing in New Orleans...Lightning flashes lit the sky purple, rain was streaming across the window. The whole time I'm thinking 'Did I write a will? Anyway the intercom chimes and the captain welcomes us all to New Orleans...I didn't even feel the wheels hit the ground. To this day thirty years later it was the smoothest landing I have ever experienced.
"For manual turns up to 33° bank, no sidestick back pressure is required as the system automatically trims the aircraft to maintain level flight. The system freezes the auto-trim when the angle of attack becomes excessive, the load factor exceeds 1.3g or when the bank angle exceeds 33°. If these situations occur as the result of a deliberate manoeuvre, the pilot must apply back pressure on the sidestick to maintain the selected attitude. In all cases, Load Factor Protection automatically limits the control inputs so that the aircraft remains within AOM “g” limitations and Pitch Attitude Protection limits the aircraft attitude to a maximum of 30° nose up or 15° nose down." "Bank Angle Protection limits the maximum bank angle of the aircraft. Within the normal flight envelope, if the sidestick is released when bank angle is above 33°, the bank angle is automatically reduced to 33°. With full sidestick deflection, the maximum achievable bank angle is 67°. If either Angle of Attack or High Speed Protection are active, full sidestick deflection will result in a maximum bank angle of 45°. With High Speed Protection active, release of the sidestick will cause the aircraft to return to a wings level (0° bank)attitude."
The best flight I ever experienced was on a KLM B332. The flight was fantastic, the crew were fantastic, the inflight movies were wonderful too. I literally enjoyed every second of it. It was a Red Eye KLM flight from Lagos to Amsterdam end of September 2015. I was the only passenger awake, giggling hysterically at the latest “Gru and his Minions” movie.
I was on a DC-10 landing in Orlando that was just like that KLM landing. I never felt the plane touch the tarmac and then I felt the reverse thrusters.
That KLM landing was nice but it doesn’t even come close to one I had with spirit in Chicago. It was a cloudless blue sky, 60F day, without even a breeze. Our pilot was so talented that when we hit the ground, the jolt completely straightened out my spine and gave me a nosebleed, which was really kind of him because I couldn’t take my neck pillow without paying extra and the blood kept me from smelling the sweaty seat. ❤️
The KLM landing is indeed one of the most beautiful,perfect landings I’ve seen,and being around airplanes for more than 30 years, I’ve seen a lot…just perfect!!!🇨🇦✈️🇨🇦✈️🇨🇦✈️
how is it that low that there is so much turbulence ? empty pockets of air ? or that's just very windy.. if not doesn't turbulence usually occur in upper altitudes where air is less dense ?
I may had been on that KLM flight... I remember flying KLM into Schiphol and while I knew we were landing -- never felt the touchdown. Had a similar experience in a C-17 -- while we did perform a tactical landing (very rough) -- the touchdown was butter... KLM has some great pilots -- I use to fly a lot; KLM was my 2nd favorite to fly while Emirates and Qatar would probably tie for 1st. But, if it is first-class, I will go with Emirates any day of the week.
I was going to ask the same question,never seen an air force jet use one even in an emergency before,but if they do have them how many runways are equipped with an arrestor cable catch system for them to hook on too other than an aircraft carrier or a few naval test locations.oh well came in handy for this guy.
KLM flight is beauty of the fly by wire system on the Airbus along with a crew who have the confidence and knowledge to use it. Flew IN 1998 on an Air Austrian A321 into Heathrow on a still late summers evening after all the thermals had gone, pilot throttled back dropped a wing and took in a long gentle gliding turn across central London which was beautifully illuminated in the red light of a late evening, the engines did not throttle up until the reverse thrust engaged as we rolled down the runway. On the way out I congratulated the Captain, he said thank you, but he said 80% was the electronics and 20% was the air traffic control clearing them to round the corners off the approach due to the favourable weather conditions and lack of traffic. I must flown on commercial aircraft some 300+ times since then and never have I experienced such a majestic approach.
I just flew American Airlines and had the best pilot ever...his landing was so smooth I couldn't tell the wheels had touched down....I let the pilot know it and he just gave me a big smile...he already knew.
Landed in Frankfurt once with Lufthansa in a A380 with Hauptmann Hartmann. He must have been the grandson of Erich cause boy did he know how to put that big bird down after a similar steep banking turn and touching down just as she leveled out with the smoothest landing ever!
I recall my first flight. It seemed crazy. The pilot would steep climb and then level out, and then steep climb again, and level out, and repeat this. Once reaching Texas, he reversed the procedure and was doing nose dives, one after the other. Once we had landed, the fellow sitting next to me said that he flies weekly, and that this was the worst flight in his history, but he thought it was best not to tell me this until we had landed..
was on a flight to NY. plane had a stop in MO. Plane starts dropping altitude, had a window seat, plane drops what looked the edge of runway approach. then it starts gaining speed, slows, gains speed, slows, I'm looking out the window, plane is 60ft off the ground flying along cows, pastures, cows, pastures. for about 4 mins. I deduced the pilot was slightly lost. I could the barbs on the barbed wire fences, the eye lashes on the cows, the plane couldn't have been like 7 to 9 ft from pasture grasses.
I was an Eagle Keeper during my time in the USAF. Never worked at LN, but I did work at MH for ten years…always hated seeing the hook come down, I knew it was going to be a long weekend of 12s.
My one and only trip on an E145 was just as turbulent. Coming into land the plane was crabbed so much I could see the ruway myself. Then as we landed it was with such a bump and immediate application of the brakes, I damn near slid out from under my seatbelt!
Flew into SeaTac returning from Christmas leave to Ft. Lewis one early January evening during a Winter storm. Plane went up down, right left, plus some directions not yet invented. Another time flying into ATL two weeks after 9/11 going to an Army Conference, the Delta flight dropped 100-300 feet (but felt much, much more) all of a sudden. W/ 9/11 in everyone’s mind, everyone yelled out & immediately thought the worst.
Under such conditions, you should not try to make a soft landing. You have to make a bump and break immediately so that the plane cannot be lifted again by a gust. In heavy rain, the bump is also necessary to avoid aquaplaning. Then one should also break with reverse thrust because wheel breaking with aquaplaning on one gear only is also dangerous.
The KLM landing reminds me of some landings I've had in A320 and 737s (as a passenger). Conditions were windy with gusts and there were several occasions where we landed so hard I was surprised that the landing gear struts didn't come up through the body. You could feel the force of impact come up through the seat. Only on one occasion did the pilot come over the intercom and apologize for the rough landing.
I experienced a landing like that from a Virgin America crew. Flight out of Ontario, CA, to PDX (Portland, OR). A320? Can't remember, but super smooth and the reversers being engaged was the first real clue we were down.
The F-15 at the end was at RAF Lakenheath. It would be great if all comercial airports had this system near the end of the runway so V1 could be extended. Oh and airliners had arrester hooks of course. 😄
I believe I was there that day. It happens quite often at Lakenheath. Some of the F15's there are not so young and it F15's taking the cable with the tail hook happens more than it used to.
That was an F-14 Tomcat. Not an F-15. The F-14 is very similar, but has a more robust airframe for Catapult Launches, and a Tail-Hook for Arrested Landings. The F-15 does NOT have a Tail-Hook.
@@kennethsmith1341 that WAS an F-15. USAF planes have tailhooks for emergency landings, although they are not robust enough for a carrier landing. You'll note the run out far exceeded a carrier flight deck.
@@kennethsmith1341 I imagine you feel just a tad foolish after Kenneth Smith's response. Then again, probably not - you'll argue black is white, F-15 is F-14 ...
At 1:00 that was some rough turbulence but I wouldn't call it "severe." I've been on flights where the wings looked like a damn bird flapping away at their utmost limits - with sudden drops and uptakes with a ton of noise.
Correct. That was light to moderate chop, but it was smart to do the go around, since even that amount of turbulence near the ground can be risky. Severe has you slamming against your seatbelts, and has people screaming.
@@andrewmara2401 Yeah, it was barely moderate chop. I found this out when I was first learning to fly and we would encounter turbulence like this. I would say, "Whoa, that's some pretty heavy turbulence!" And my instructor would just laugh and reply, "Nah, that's just some light chop." But yeah, definitely good call on the go-around.
@@andrewmara2401 I learned what severe turbulence is like… it was rather harrowing. My butt floated above the seat for a time but being short spared me from smacking my head. Had to divert due to injuries & to inspect the plane. It was a long, memorable night.
@@drkatel that DOES sound harrowing. I experienced it flying out of Ontario airport near Los Angeles during the Santa Ana winds. We were getting repeatedly slammed against our seatbelts and the wings were absolutely bouncing, as the folks on the plane were screaming, and several folks were just breathing into their barf bags. We had to stay strapped in the entire flight. The flight attendants were actually crying and the pilots were incredibly apologetic and sounded shaken. Fortunately, we didn't have any injuries. I'm sure it only l lasted a few seconds, but it felt like hours. Honestly, the flight was perfectly safe, but it felt no bueno.
My favorite plane story was when I flew out of John Wayne Airport and the pilot calmly comes over the intercom... and I didn't really pick up on all of it because of his calm demeanor... but I heard him say something about noise abatement, etc... and he ended with... "Welcome aboard the Chicago rocket". Then when he took off.... and I'm in the back of the plane and looked up the aisle and you would have needed a ladder to go to the front. It seemed like that take off was straight up but most likely 45 degrees or so, but still very impressive.
Had an approach into Fort Myers last year w an insane bank angle. We lost so much altitude quickly i about passed out. I swear it must have been a TCAS warning. Been flying for 45 years and never experienced anything like that.
Yes Missouri has a lot of turbulent air. I used to skydive and even square canopy bounces around at 300 feet. Just in itime for your down wind approach.
Took a flight from Milwaukee to Grand Rapids. A strong cold front was blowing through GR just as we were landing. With a really strong crosswind.....I could easily see the runway out my passenger window as we were coming in on final approach. As soon as a wheel touched down, the pilot pivoted the plane and straightened it up to the runway. It was amazing.
That approach into Joplin reminds me of the last time I flew into Springfield, IL. Similar amount of turbulence but the pilot said screw it and put her down. Apparently caused a bit of damage doing it, too.
One of my very first flights in the Metroliner, going into SPI in severe turbulence. Once we parked, it was my job as F/O to go back and open the air stair door. Having spent the first 8 years of my flying career in freight, I had no experience in tactful passenger relations. I pulled back the curtain and joked, "Any survivors"? Just 18 blank stares.
It's A380 Pilot or Pilots like that, that make everyone go WOW, but eventually end up killing a lot of people showing off. There's very little room in Aviation for Error, but there's plenty of room for Horror, do it right and live or don't go into the air. Ironically you can see the difference in skill between the A380 and the KLM Pilot. Both got high praises, but only the ones that do there job will be remembered favorably. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Back in the early to late 2000s I'd regularly fly the 14 hour Qantas 747-400 Syd / Brisbane to LAX. Arrival in LA would be around 6am and virtually every landing was so absolutely perfect that you would never know the plane had even touched down until reverse thrusters were activated. Captains were all in their 50's & 60s, at the top of their game- many ex military , on big bucks, & would be well retired by now. Cheers to all those ex Qantas "barons" as they were known as in house !! Flawless.
And the 747 were not fly by wire . The airbus is entirely computer controlled . The Airbus joystick is simply a pilot "request" and the plane does what it wants .
If I recall correctly, airbus’s flight envelope allows the aircraft to maintain a 33 degree bank without pilot intervention and anything beyond that requires constant flight stick pressure. It’s max bank angle is like 65 degrees or so. All I remember is it was some odd number like 67 or 69 degrees
I'm by no means a nationalist, but it does make me kind of proud to always see in these videos how great KLM pilots are, and how well they do their work at Schiphol airport
I have experienced that KLM landing. As a passenger you don't even notice the touchdown and only hear the reverse thrusters and feel the slowing down. I have also experienced turbulence similar to that Embraer (flying in an Embraer coincidentally) and the aircraft bounced twice before activating the reverse thrusters. The pilot was very experienced and very professional about the landing.
@@NtoDyslexci It was an air show, it was supposed to bank that steeply, the onboard flight protection system would stop it banking "too steeply" so again, in what sense is it banking too steeply?
It was awesome to see. I never actually seen one take the hook before. I spoke to a ATC officer afterwards and another baseop and they said they class it as a "Major" Emergency Landing. So I named my video just that! But people didn't read the description and called me out for saying it isn't a major thing, wrong lol.
That KLM landing was amazing.
Yes, it was beautiful.
🤩🤩🤩
ASMR-level stuff. It should be made a loop with some lo-fi music.
Butter with a side of margarine.
@@Abelius
Let's not go overboard now.
Ya that was boss af
Let's be honest, being an airline pilot, the KLM guy will brag about this landing on every party till the end of days. :D
The passengers only realized they landed when the 'bling' sound indicated the fasten seatbelt sign went off and they were already at the gate.
I agree, grin before i get banned..lol
Hardly any tire smoke, just became part of the ground.
Oh we must be going aroun.....
Passengers please stay seated until the plane comes to a full stop
Correction: EVERY KLM pilot will brag this landing... who can tell it wasn't you at the controls? LOL
I was on a flight to San Fran several years ago. The landing was so smooth I couldn't tell when we were on the ground until I felt some of the roughness and cracks in the runway. When we were getting off the plan, the cabin crew was standing in the entrance so I told the captain how smooth it was (as if he didn't know already) and he was clearly very proud of it. I've always loved observing people doing things they love and excel at. That was one of those times. I'm sure from the outside it looked just like the KLM landing.
I did that once getting off a Southwest flight in Denver. This guy greased it on so nicely it was hard to know we are on the ground for sure. As I exited they crew was standing there too. I looked at the Captain and said "man, you sure nailed that one" to which he said. "Why thank you, thank you very much." Right then the copilot spoke up.......yeah, you're welcome.......that was *my* landing! Fun banter.....now I always just say "Whomever stuck that landing was great at it......"
I would have like to congratulate the flight crew on how smooth my landing was. Unfortunately the door was still closed though.
KLM at Schiphol - a real "the boss is watching" landing.
Yepp been once in butter landing.. the cockpit door was still closed when I disembarked, so I told the F/A at the door, the landing was superb, and she was quite surprised a passenger noticed, and thanked me... Guess she did convey my message later to flight crew, because it's quite rare moment for them...
they should just make the runways out of butter.
As a former aircraft mechanic in the navy (F-14 tomcats) , I've heard pilots say that it's not flying the thing that's hard, it's what to do in an emergency that makes a great pilot. Thank you for this, amazing.
F-14 is beautiful, first microprocessor ever is in that airplane
TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE so that when/if an emergency occurs, you treat it like a "normal event"....meaning you are fully prepared to handle it. BUT of course there will be major/catastrophic emergencies you can't fully prepare for and you hope you have Mr or Mrs. Valium in the Left Seat. Sully being the perfect example. APU turned on....almost immediate decision that he was going to HAVE to ditch in the Hudson River.
@@brieftactical2125 no.
that KLM "butter landing" was fantastic!!!!
Loved the reverse brakes without the nose down. Is that normal? I’m not a pilot, just a nerd who loves reverse engines during mid flight.
10/10
should be normal landing with AI
Not really...the ops manual calls for at least a 1g landing for passenger comfort and for the gear to ensure no high friction zones,proper pressure on struts etc.
Some passengers probably asking "are we there yet?" while the first ones have already disembarked
I had that super smooth landing once from Amsterdam to Oslo with KLM. Heavy fog and dark outside. We did not notice we had landed until the brakes kicked in. He delayed the engine reversal some seconds to give us that effect. People applauded standing in the aisles before deboarding until the captain came out from the flightdeck and bowed. It's a one in a lifetime landing. A perfect 10 in score.
He basically flexed on yall 😂. I'm not mad at him tho.
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful :)
Man i wish i could experience that! Lovely ❤ I loooove flying, but each time I travel the landing feels like I’m riding a meteor that’s entering the athmosphere 😂😂😂
Meanwhile ryanair pilots saluting for not breaking the plane on landing .
KLM landing was nothing short of majestic. Absolutely perfect.
That's because it was in Flight Simulator - a computer game. You can see the lag/low frame rate lol
yes the auroland system at shpihol works so smoothly, especially on airbuses
@GorillaWetsuit is it heck as like. Im on msfs almost every day and that is no way msfs2020.
Even on ultra with full colour and hue adjustments made to the graphics card you would get msfs2020 to look like that. Plus the lighting on the aircraft and reflections dont look like that in the sim either.
@@johnnymacf1 yes, it’s MSFS. the fact that you claim to play it all the time and can’t see the pixelization, frame rate drop when zoomed in and contrast issues is wild.
It reminds me of the opposite effect normally experienced unfortunately - like being dropped in a bucket on to the runway.
That KLM pilot deserves a pay rise just for having zero wear on the tyres! Seriously impressive touchdown, butter isn't as smooth as that!
You could have put a raw egg on top of the shocks and it would not have broken.
I'd be willing to bet that he has a whole bunch of those chevrons in the tread from this landing. Was still a nice greased on landing I have to admit!!!
Smooth landings put more wear on the tyres than reasonably harder landings.
The smoother the landing, the more runway you use before being able to apply the brakes. It may also be a symptom of excess energy.
It's OK that this was their home base and the runway was long and apparently dry, otherwise they are just trading safety for comfort and undeserved kudos.
@@spoozy666 how so?
The A380 looks like it handled the banking with ease! JMO
The "Butter" landing . . . it's definetly one of the smoothest landings I have ever witnessed!
Might have pushed that limit of 67 degrees. With a bit of physics that works out to something like 2g. Might be pretty surprising to the passengers
@@rabiatorthegreat6163 Probably no passengers, that was an Airbus owned demo aircraft
@@JMDickeyArts Exactly what I was going to say. Most likely one of several test flights and that was one of the tests.
Still I'm happy I wasn't inside...😅
I have MUCH respect for KLM. That airline rescued me and approximately 30 other passengers who were stranded in West Africa after SwissAir went bankrupt and forfeited our round-trip tickets. Phew! Props to this captain and all the others. But MUCH love and respect goes to The Royal Dutch, from this thankful passenger.❤🇳🇱❤
That first 380, don't know if anyone has ever flown the Bridge climb at JFK in the last two seat at the back of a 747. I'm telling you it's one heck of an experience especially after the immidittly leaft turn. If you'er sitting at a window, it's like the window is directly pointing towards down the water and you feel like you're going to fall out, almost touch the water. My favorite climb.
yes indeed . Really enjoyed that on a flight back in '85 :)
@@rydfree if you don't mind me asking, do you remember where you went?
@@Silo-Ren why would that even matter? 😂
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 make sense if ur seating in front of a computer all year plasterrd to a seat by ur ass that's seald by a chemical compound the last for ever and ever. 😂 😞 💤💤💤 ... try getting sum fresh air. 🥀
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 lol....he's been flying for 30 years 😆 😆 😆 yeah ok 😂 maybe a kite and then moved up into SIM's. 😂 bro, just with your trolling alone I can tell you, maybe? you made it past hight school. Flying 30 years? GTFOH....that would make you at least over 50 and you got time for trolling 😆? Look, I'm just gonna pretend I didn't even read that. X-mas Capt. Sully...🤣🤣🤣
Go back to sleep.
KLM are an amazing airline. I chose them before for long haul and didn't regret it, even when I missed my return flight - it was all taken care of and they automatically booked me onto the same flight next day at no extra charge.
try Qatar then, even better
Lost more bags w KLM than all others combined.
oh nice, what year was this? was this in Amsterdam?
Hmm. Maybe when they cancelled my flight, made me late for my connection on the next flight, lost my bags, smashed my guitar, then had a take off rejected on the flight home before being made to switch planes and getting home hours late as a result, I was just unlucky. An absolute shower of shit of an airline.
Except at Tenerife
The KLM landing was pure silk! Beautiful work.
00:14 : Co-pilot: "I smell something really gross." Pilot: "I know. I'm sitting in it."
The display at Farnborough back in 2008 when the A380 was new was a frightening watch from close quarters, the tight turns by a large aircraft was and still is one of my fondest memories.
they did the same in Istres at the Centre d'Essais en Vol with low, almost stalling, passes, hard banks, even engine shut down and restarts. quite a frightening sight the first time on the freeway then only a sense of wonder remains every time you see them doing that kind of things after... 😻👌
Yes, I was there - I thought it was going too slow to stay in the air for some of those maneuvers.
The best thing was in the practice week before that show, the A380 did a very near vertical shortly after take-off ... it was ridiculous, and I believe the pilot did get a slap on the wrist for it. Worth noting obviously it had no passengers, and very little fuel onboard.
@@andychurches7280 The size of the 380 tricks you mind into thinking it is going slower than it is, in reality it is usually further away and going faster than it looks.
The Airbus 380 is an amazing airplane. Such a smooth and quiet experience for passengers. The best plane for long-haul flights!
KLM 10 year old A330 for sale: *with original tires
Belongs to a german old lady who got it out only on her ways to bakery:)
That was a great clip. That really was butter. And cool to see the F-15 use the hook. Never saw that before.
Came here looking for this comment. Pretty innovative thinking.
Navy pilots: Wait, what?
@@mrgone658 A Navy pilot would have set their bird down no more than 10 feet before the wire. LOL!
I just learned yesterday that any airport where military aircrafts might operate is required to have an arrest hook set up. Turns out my small-ish local airport has one too. Pretty cool.
You don't see sparks on the wooden carrier decks. This fighter caught an arresting cable on a land based runway, so obviously it is a carrier training base.
2:10 - I don't think I've ever seen a smoother landing than that. Wow.
I've never heard of the term "butter landing" until now but I certainly can see why it's given that name now! 👌
Another term for this kind of landing is also known as a "greased" landing.
@@billplatt Cool, thanks for the info, now I've learnt 2 interesting things today! 😁👍 I can go back to being an ignoramus for the rest of the day now!! 😂
I've been a few too many, "I can't believe it's not butter" landings
@@tomstamford6837 😂😂😂
@@FozzyZ28 😉
I'm still being thrown around form that American Eagle Landing! Thanks for sharing the clip my friend!
Hi
Had a butter landing like that into Montego Bay in Jamaica on Air Jamaica! Completely flawless!!! We gave him a standing ovation too.
So where is the part where the A380 banked "too steeply"? Everything was fine, no problem at all, no drama, no excitement, no incident, nothing.
Ditto. Only beyond 60 degrees is aerobatic flight. But 60 is a quite a bank angle I think it is 2G.
Thanks for the heads up.
@@DavidBostock-ti2fv correct, a coordinated 60 degree bank turn is 2gs.
Also I’ve seen 100s of a380 take offs and turns living next to Heathrow. I can assure you they don’t bank that steep.
It was a test flight. Test pilot stuff.
1:45 I had absolutely no idea what butter landing means, had not even heard the term.. until I saw this video. Amazing!
I used to train KLM Pilots at ATTI in Tucson Arizona. They were all really good students, they arrived with a full year of ground school that they did in Holland. We trained them for their Private, Instrument, Commercial and Multi engine... They went home and got a Right Seat assignment on the Airbus at around 800 to 1000 hours!!
Super good kids and always well prepared.
Wow, that is nice to read!
Trained in a mostly good weather, almost artificial environment .
A spoon fed, tick the box exercise that does not really prepare them for flying in the real world....
Give me ex-military and General Aviation guys any day... that pass my airlines recruitment and induction process.
Just FYI: Holland is a part of the Netherlands
@@daftvader4218 HATER ALERT!! Salty commenter identified! Look at me I have a different opinion that everyone else should share! I don't believe anyone is successful at their job but me! Blah, blah, blah!!!
@@TheFberry100 ..there is always that ..one
The 380 turn reminded me of the Air Force 1 landings (747) at Andrews AFB. They turn them so sharply that at a distance they look like they are standing still, incredible to see.
Reminded me of that suicidal B-52 pilot who thought rolling past 90 degrees of bank while 300 feet above ground level at low speed was a good idea.
@@josephastier7421Bud Holland
1:50 That's the smoothest landing I ever see!
Even the wheels did not realize when they landed.
Isn‘t the A330 exactly known for their buttery landings? There are some compilations on these.
Thank you. I did my best.
That's because it was in Flight Simulator - a computer game. You can see the lag/low frame rate lol
The first landing I made onboard an HS-748 (about 50 tons empty) was so soft I didn't notice until I was reprimended by my fellow student. He complained he could never land so softly. I could never repeat that, either.
Love "3 minutes of aviation" and watch it frequently. FYI, that American eagle did not experience "severe turbulence" as the FAA and pilots define it. That was light to moderate turbulence. Severe turbulence is defined by either periods of loss of control of the aircraft, objects flying about the cabin, structural damage, and for the pilot, the inability to read gauges and displays and/or manipulate controls. Thanks for the great videos! keep 'em coming!
that was low level wind shear
When the altitude is this low turbulence that bad is severe because the consequences can be much more severe than if it happens at 20,000--30,000 feet.
The first clip is clearly from an air show (the plane even indicates it is Boeings own property and not a plane from an airline). This is a demonstration of the extreme power in the engines powering this graceful behemoth of the air. I think clip no. 2 is not turbulence but windshear. There is little information about the clip so we have no knowledge of how many minutes ago the last plane landed. If it is less than 5 minutes windshear is the more logical explanation on this phenomenon.
On every flight I compliment the crew on a great flight whether it was great or not, they are always trying to do their best and appreciate the pat on the back.
Same at a restaurant. I always tip 30% even if the food is horrible, takes forever and comes out cold.
@@truckguy6.7 ... thereby creating the false impression amongst the staff that they are competent and ensuring that those who follow after you will get the same lousy service. Are you sure you are doing the right thing ?
@@hb1338 I was being a sarcastic ass
if you walk off the plane at the airport gate, it's a successful flight/landing. PERIOD.
Flew KLM to Nairobi in late November, and that landing was just lovely. Not surprising since the captain stopped by my seat to say hi, and we had a wonderful conversation! My favourite airline by far!
Saw a A380 being demoed at Farnborough years ago not long after it came out. They were flying figures of 8 like it was a little single engine pleasure plane. Amazing!
I love catching one of those for a commercial flight. They have those fat little bodies too. Great aircraft.
yeah i saw that too. i couldn't believe what i was seeing!
Saw that A380 at that particular show in Farnborough, going back a few years. Amazing aircraft.
Years ago I was a passenger in a plane landing in New Orleans...Lightning flashes lit the sky purple, rain was streaming across the window. The whole time I'm thinking 'Did I write a will? Anyway the intercom chimes and the captain welcomes us all to New Orleans...I didn't even feel the wheels hit the ground. To this day thirty years later it was the smoothest landing I have ever experienced.
And… welcome to the “Big Easy”
"For manual turns up to 33° bank, no sidestick back pressure is required as the system automatically trims the aircraft to maintain level flight. The system freezes the auto-trim when the angle of attack becomes excessive, the load factor exceeds 1.3g or when the bank angle exceeds 33°. If these situations occur as the result of a deliberate manoeuvre, the pilot must apply back pressure on the sidestick to maintain the selected attitude. In all cases, Load Factor Protection automatically limits the control inputs so that the aircraft remains within AOM “g” limitations and Pitch Attitude Protection limits the aircraft attitude to a maximum of 30° nose up or 15° nose down."
"Bank Angle Protection limits the maximum bank angle of the aircraft. Within the normal flight envelope, if the sidestick is released when bank angle is above 33°, the bank angle is automatically reduced to 33°. With full sidestick deflection, the maximum achievable bank angle is 67°. If either Angle of Attack or High Speed Protection are active, full sidestick deflection will result in a maximum bank angle of 45°. With High Speed Protection active, release of the sidestick will cause the aircraft to return to a wings level (0° bank)attitude."
Good explanation!
The best flight I ever experienced was on a KLM B332. The flight was fantastic, the crew were fantastic, the inflight movies were wonderful too. I literally enjoyed every second of it. It was a Red Eye KLM flight from Lagos to Amsterdam end of September 2015. I was the only passenger awake, giggling hysterically at the latest “Gru and his Minions” movie.
bad case of brainwashing here
@@billb7876 its bad
That landing brought a tear to my eye. Absolutely magnificent.
I was on a DC-10 landing in Orlando that was just like that KLM landing. I never felt the plane touch the tarmac and then I felt the reverse thrusters.
That KLM landing was nice but it doesn’t even come close to one I had with spirit in Chicago. It was a cloudless blue sky, 60F day, without even a breeze. Our pilot was so talented that when we hit the ground, the jolt completely straightened out my spine and gave me a nosebleed, which was really kind of him because I couldn’t take my neck pillow without paying extra and the blood kept me from smelling the sweaty seat. ❤️
Your videos are 3 minutes of brilliance, thank you 👏
I agree, no nonsense, just 3 minutes of aviation, exactly what it says on the tin. 👍
False advertising it was 3:10 it needs to be exactly 3 minutes
@@jamesborck5908 3 minutes if rounded to nearest minute. Beside 10 seconds won't make you waste a whole lifetime.
@@GB-vn1tf Also, what you see in the thumbnail/video-title is always first up. Always. I love that respect.
@@jamesborck5908 Yeah, a lot to answer for there!
I was watching that A380 Farnborough flight from Fleet high street. It was amazing to see such a huge aircraft pulling such a banking turn. Awesome!
I used to live in Fleet (Reading Road South) back in the early 70s and I went to the Farnborough Airshow a few times.
Was that back in 2010?
@@brendanbloom6206 That sounds about right
That pilot definitely buttered up his passengers in a good way. 👍🏻🇺🇲
I'd love to be buttered by him
The KLM landing is indeed one of the most beautiful,perfect landings I’ve seen,and being around airplanes for more than 30 years, I’ve seen a lot…just perfect!!!🇨🇦✈️🇨🇦✈️🇨🇦✈️
how is it that low that there is so much turbulence ? empty pockets of air ? or that's just very windy.. if not doesn't turbulence usually occur in upper altitudes where air is less dense ?
I may had been on that KLM flight... I remember flying KLM into Schiphol and while I knew we were landing -- never felt the touchdown. Had a similar experience in a C-17 -- while we did perform a tactical landing (very rough) -- the touchdown was butter... KLM has some great pilots -- I use to fly a lot; KLM was my 2nd favorite to fly while Emirates and Qatar would probably tie for 1st. But, if it is first-class, I will go with Emirates any day of the week.
I had no idea that F15's had tail hooks. Thanks for the video!
Actually all US Air Force tactical Jets have a tail hooks.... Used for emergency landings
Same here. Never knew this and ive been an aviation buff for decades
Seriously?! USAF F-15s have tailhooks. It looked more like an F-14...
Correct me if I'm wrong!
@@johnleeson6946 an f-14 has variable geometry wings...or whatever they call them.
I was going to ask the same question,never seen an air force jet use one even in an emergency before,but if they do have them how many runways are equipped with an arrestor cable catch system for them to hook on too other than an aircraft carrier or a few naval test locations.oh well came in handy for this guy.
These 3 minute video's are starting to grow on me thx
Careful, they can get addictive as they are exactly as described 3 minutes of......what more can an aircraft enthusiast want?
@@GB-vn1tf True story bud :-)
I always thought that A330s looked like they were shy of the ground, smooth landings seem to come very easy for them, but that one takes the biscuit.
KLM flight is beauty of the fly by wire system on the Airbus along with a crew who have the confidence and knowledge to use it. Flew IN 1998 on an Air Austrian A321 into Heathrow on a still late summers evening after all the thermals had gone, pilot throttled back dropped a wing and took in a long gentle gliding turn across central London which was beautifully illuminated in the red light of a late evening, the engines did not throttle up until the reverse thrust engaged as we rolled down the runway. On the way out I congratulated the Captain, he said thank you, but he said 80% was the electronics and 20% was the air traffic control clearing them to round the corners off the approach due to the favourable weather conditions and lack of traffic. I must flown on commercial aircraft some 300+ times since then and never have I experienced such a majestic approach.
I just flew American Airlines and had the best pilot ever...his landing was so smooth I couldn't tell the wheels had touched down....I let the pilot know it and he just gave me a big smile...he already knew.
Landed in Frankfurt once with Lufthansa in a A380 with Hauptmann Hartmann. He must have been the grandson of Erich cause boy did he know how to put that big bird down after a similar steep banking turn and touching down just as she leveled out with the smoothest landing ever!
If you say so. What you have described is an unstabilised approach, which is a big no-no except in the most extreme circumstances.
@@hb1338
Most likely was. It was rainy and mist at time so its possible it was not the usual approach. Still, was the smoothest touch down ever.
That KLM landing. Just wow
I recall my first flight. It seemed crazy. The pilot would steep climb and then level out, and then steep climb again, and level out, and repeat this. Once reaching Texas, he reversed the procedure and was doing nose dives, one after the other. Once we had landed, the fellow sitting next to me said that he flies weekly, and that this was the worst flight in his history, but he thought it was best not to tell me this until we had landed..
LOL!
Sounds like there may have been a mechanical problem.
Yes, It is difficult to exit at 30,000 feet.
was on a flight to NY. plane had a stop in MO. Plane starts dropping altitude, had a window seat, plane drops what looked the edge of runway approach. then it starts gaining speed, slows, gains speed, slows, I'm looking out the window, plane is 60ft off the ground flying along cows, pastures, cows, pastures. for about 4 mins. I deduced the pilot was slightly lost. I could the barbs on the barbed wire fences, the eye lashes on the cows, the plane couldn't have been like 7 to 9 ft from pasture grasses.
@@harleyhawk7959 I deduce that is b.s.
Nice to see a video whose thumbnail is actually not just a video in the compilation but the first video. Kudos.
I was an Eagle Keeper during my time in the USAF. Never worked at LN, but I did work at MH for ten years…always hated seeing the hook come down, I knew it was going to be a long weekend of 12s.
My one and only trip on an E145 was just as turbulent. Coming into land the plane was crabbed so much I could see the ruway myself. Then as we landed it was with such a bump and immediate application of the brakes, I damn near slid out from under my seatbelt!
Flew into SeaTac returning from Christmas leave to Ft. Lewis one early January evening during a Winter storm. Plane went up down, right left, plus some directions not yet invented. Another time flying into ATL two weeks after 9/11 going to an Army Conference, the Delta flight dropped 100-300 feet (but felt much, much more) all of a sudden. W/ 9/11 in everyone’s mind, everyone yelled out & immediately thought the worst.
That second vid looked like a 'rock polisher'.
Like an unexpected wind sheer hit them...scary!! They handled it so well !!
Under such conditions, you should not try to make a soft landing. You have to make a bump and break immediately so that the plane cannot be lifted again by a gust. In heavy rain, the bump is also necessary to avoid aquaplaning. Then one should also break with reverse thrust because wheel breaking with aquaplaning on one gear only is also dangerous.
2:23 - Didn't know Airforce jets has tailhooks..?
They don't
@@stevepoole8391😄
@@stevepoole8391Sure do.
@@stevepoole8391they certainly do
Why?
That landing was crème de la crème 🤌
How elegant!
The KLM landing reminds me of some landings I've had in A320 and 737s (as a passenger). Conditions were windy with gusts and there were several occasions where we landed so hard I was surprised that the landing gear struts didn't come up through the body. You could feel the force of impact come up through the seat. Only on one occasion did the pilot come over the intercom and apologize for the rough landing.
KLM Pilot: "Wow that was a great landing. Too bad I couldn't get a vid of it."
3 Minutes of Aviation: "Got your back buddy."
Aerosucre's spirit present during the A380's bank angle.
This KLM landing is insanely smooth... I've never seen anything like it
That's because it was in Flight Simulator - a computer game. You can see the lag/low frame rate lol
I experienced a landing like that from a Virgin America crew. Flight out of Ontario, CA, to PDX (Portland, OR). A320? Can't remember, but super smooth and the reversers being engaged was the first real clue we were down.
That butter landing was absolutely perfect.
that second video. i LOVE that feeling, watching the wings and feeling that engine surge... i love flying
Just goes to show what an incredibly responsive aircraft the 380 is!
The F-15 at the end was at RAF Lakenheath. It would be great if all comercial airports had this system near the end of the runway so V1 could be extended. Oh and airliners had arrester hooks of course. 😄
I believe I was there that day. It happens quite often at Lakenheath. Some of the F15's there are not so young and it F15's taking the cable with the tail hook happens more than it used to.
that cable isn't stopping a heavy aircraft, and would never be allowed to somehow increase V1 LOL
That was an F-14 Tomcat. Not an F-15. The F-14 is very similar, but has a more robust airframe for Catapult Launches, and a Tail-Hook for Arrested Landings. The F-15 does NOT have a Tail-Hook.
@@kennethsmith1341 that WAS an F-15. USAF planes have tailhooks for emergency landings, although they are not robust enough for a carrier landing. You'll note the run out far exceeded a carrier flight deck.
@@kennethsmith1341 I imagine you feel just a tad foolish after Kenneth Smith's response. Then again, probably not - you'll argue black is white, F-15 is F-14 ...
At 1:00 that was some rough turbulence but I wouldn't call it "severe." I've been on flights where the wings looked like a damn bird flapping away at their utmost limits - with sudden drops and uptakes with a ton of noise.
Correct. That was light to moderate chop, but it was smart to do the go around, since even that amount of turbulence near the ground can be risky. Severe has you slamming against your seatbelts, and has people screaming.
@@andrewmara2401 Yeah, it was barely moderate chop. I found this out when I was first learning to fly and we would encounter turbulence like this. I would say, "Whoa, that's some pretty heavy turbulence!" And my instructor would just laugh and reply, "Nah, that's just some light chop." But yeah, definitely good call on the go-around.
@@andrewmara2401 I learned what severe turbulence is like… it was rather harrowing. My butt floated above the seat for a time but being short spared me from smacking my head. Had to divert due to injuries & to inspect the plane. It was a long, memorable night.
@@drkatel that DOES sound harrowing. I experienced it flying out of Ontario airport near Los Angeles during the Santa Ana winds. We were getting repeatedly slammed against our seatbelts and the wings were absolutely bouncing, as the folks on the plane were screaming, and several folks were just breathing into their barf bags. We had to stay strapped in the entire flight. The flight attendants were actually crying and the pilots were incredibly apologetic and sounded shaken. Fortunately, we didn't have any injuries. I'm sure it only l lasted a few seconds, but it felt like hours. Honestly, the flight was perfectly safe, but it felt no bueno.
A very good demonstration of the capability of a huge passenger aircraft to carry out extreme maneuvres.
My favorite plane story was when I flew out of John Wayne Airport and the pilot calmly comes over the intercom... and I didn't really pick up on all of it because of his calm demeanor... but I heard him say something about noise abatement, etc... and he ended with... "Welcome aboard the Chicago rocket". Then when he took off.... and I'm in the back of the plane and looked up the aisle and you would have needed a ladder to go to the front. It seemed like that take off was straight up but most likely 45 degrees or so, but still very impressive.
The butter landing was a thing of beauty. Soft as the other side of the pillow. 🙂
Had an approach into Fort Myers last year w an insane bank angle. We lost so much altitude quickly i about passed out. I swear it must have been a TCAS warning. Been flying for 45 years and never experienced anything like that.
Nonsense
That KLM landing....That pilot was showing off, too smooth. Simply OUTSTANDING!!!
KLM Pilot made that landing while crooning to smooth operator by Sade 😎😎😎
Yes Missouri has a lot of turbulent air. I used to skydive and even square canopy bounces around at 300 feet. Just in itime for your down wind approach.
Took a flight from Milwaukee to Grand Rapids. A strong cold front was blowing through GR just as we were landing. With a really strong crosswind.....I could easily see the runway out my passenger window as we were coming in on final approach. As soon as a wheel touched down, the pilot pivoted the plane and straightened it up to the runway. It was amazing.
For the record, that turbulence was by definition moderate due to only brief loss of control if you can call it that
That approach into Joplin reminds me of the last time I flew into Springfield, IL. Similar amount of turbulence but the pilot said screw it and put her down. Apparently caused a bit of damage doing it, too.
Damage on this one too. Wing tip is bent upward from a ground strike.;--)
One of my very first flights in the Metroliner, going into SPI in severe turbulence. Once we parked, it was my job as F/O to go back and open the air stair door. Having spent the first 8 years of my flying career in freight, I had no experience in tactful passenger relations. I pulled back the curtain and joked, "Any survivors"? Just 18 blank stares.
A380 didn't appear to lose any height during that turn so I'd call it a coordinated turn, not banking too steeply.
0:18 How can it hold its altitude when banked vertical like that? Is it getting its lift from the tail?
It's A380 Pilot or Pilots like that, that make everyone go WOW, but eventually end up killing a lot of people showing off. There's very little room in Aviation for Error, but there's plenty of room for Horror, do it right and live or don't go into the air. Ironically you can see the difference in skill between the A380 and the KLM Pilot. Both got high praises, but only the ones that do there job will be remembered favorably. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
The butter landing made me cry
Back in the early to late 2000s I'd regularly fly the 14 hour Qantas 747-400 Syd / Brisbane to LAX. Arrival in LA would be around 6am and virtually every landing was so absolutely perfect that you would never know the plane had even touched down until reverse thrusters were activated. Captains were all in their 50's & 60s, at the top of their game- many ex military , on big bucks, & would be well retired by now. Cheers to all those ex Qantas "barons" as they were known as in house !! Flawless.
And the 747 were not fly by wire . The airbus is entirely computer controlled . The Airbus joystick is simply a pilot "request" and the plane does what it wants .
Bravo on that go around. I was hoping he would...and he did!
2:15 whats that figure inthe distance?
That KLM landing was so smooth and beautiful!
If I recall correctly, airbus’s flight envelope allows the aircraft to maintain a 33 degree bank without pilot intervention and anything beyond that requires constant flight stick pressure. It’s max bank angle is like 65 degrees or so. All I remember is it was some odd number like 67 or 69 degrees
I'm by no means a nationalist, but it does make me kind of proud to always see in these videos how great KLM pilots are, and how well they do their work at Schiphol airport
Nah you're not a nationalist, you are a chauvinist.
It really is pretty much the norm for KLM pilots to land that smoothly at Schiphol. It's always impressive.
Sorry whats wrong with being proud of your nation?
@@shifty7739 Hmmmmm, now let's see... boy is that an open question. You only have to look around to see what it turns into 🤔
@@tomstamford6837 What does it turn into? A bit of a stretch to have national pride turning into anything else. What a F'd up way of thinking.
I was hoping for an Aerosucre before Christmas miracle.
there is still time!
I have experienced that KLM landing. As a passenger you don't even notice the touchdown and only hear the reverse thrusters and feel the slowing down.
I have also experienced turbulence similar to that Embraer (flying in an Embraer coincidentally) and the aircraft bounced twice before activating the reverse thrusters. The pilot was very experienced and very professional about the landing.
That KLM landing was flawless
In what sense does this A380 bank too steeply?
If ya play the video at half-speed you'll see exactly what it means, silly!
@@NtoDyslexci It was an air show, it was supposed to bank that steeply, the onboard flight protection system would stop it banking "too steeply" so again, in what sense is it banking too steeply?
It’s almost as if the A380 is a test pilot at an airshow 🙄
0:47
What on earth do you mean by “In normal law, the Airbus A380?”
There is no air law governing the bank angle of *ANY* aircraft. Get real please.
Normal Law is the normal limits the flight computers impose on the plane, there's also Alternate Laws for irregular situations
That landing is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a while.
That F15 landing must have been intense in the moment ! Great video 👍
It was awesome to see. I never actually seen one take the hook before. I spoke to a ATC officer afterwards and another baseop and they said they class it as a "Major" Emergency Landing. So I named my video just that! But people didn't read the description and called me out for saying it isn't a major thing, wrong lol.
@@LewisMacdonaldMedia- I would expect the control surfaces are hydraulic at insane pressure... guys are likely flying with one hand on the eject LOL !
That KLM landing was exquisite. They just don’t get any better!
Awesome landing by that KLM pilot.
And I never knew that F-15s had tailhooks, like real planes.😉
Noted, Squidward. 😅
At least a channel where thumbnail gets shown in a video. Thank you!!!
KLM pilots are the best of the best as we just saw with butter landings and steep turns to land.
That A380 landing was amazing!
The A380 steep bank angle was not a scheduled passenger flight. It was a demonstration fly past by the Airbus development team.