Nice video! 🙂 But... Non-aviation peeps may get the wrong impression about the landing from the critical observations in the Comment section, so for their benefit, some further explanation may be helpful... The correct technique when landing on a wet runway is to touch down firmly in order to break through the film of standing water and avoid any chance of aquaplaning. Aquaplaning - when your tyres float on a film of water - leads to loss of directional control and prevents effective braking. So a 'firm' landing in the wet is not a mistake; it's not bad judgement; it's not a lack of skill. It's the right thing to do in the circumstances. Drifting down gently after the flare in order to 'grease' the tyres along the runway ("As smooth as spreading butter on rough, dry toast") is undesirable in wet conditions. Yes, it looks and feels good on your flight simulator, but in the real world it can get you into trouble. Brakes can only slow you down if the wheels are turning under load, and tyres can't grip unless they're in direct contact with the ground. If you're driving a car, dust, sand, snow, ice, wet leaves and water will all stop your tyres gripping; an airline pilot's most likely to encounter water, not wet leaves, but his concern is the same: to get good contact immediately. On a wet runway that means forcing the tyres through the film of water by touching down 'positively'. Just like the pilot in this video did. He (or she) planted the wheels firmly to ensure optimum directional control and gain maximum braking effectiveness. So... This landing was perfect for the conditions. Bedroom flight-sim experts will be screaming denials at this point; well, flight-sim experts are great at flying their simulators; professional airline pilots are great at flying real jets. Nice flooof, by the way. (Flooof = unofficial name for water vapour ['cloud'] condensed from low-pressure air.) Also for non-aviation geeks: flooof is exactly the same stuff as clouds and forms for the same reasons - low pressure, humid air, with the dew-point close to ambient temperature. Condensation forms on the top surface of aircraft wings as they're driven forwards. A wing held at a positive incidence angle creates low pressure on its upper surface, hence lift. The wings of big jets generate hundreds of tons of lift, so the pressure differences above and below are enormous and often create flooof in humid conditions. It also forms at the wingtips where high and low pressure masses meet violently, creating long tubular 'ribbons' of cloud. You can also see flooof forming inside the cowls of jet engines as the turbine blades spin up, accelerating the air and causing a pressure drop. If the air's humid enough, you'll see flooof. Yay, flooof. We all love a bit of flooof.
Hi Mate, that catch in your video was epic! Would it be alright if I included it in my next video? I'll credit your channel in the description and link back to the original. Let me know. Cheers
Awesome video and cool condensation effects! Would you be okay with me featuring this landing in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description as before. Thanks!
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whoa, that was quite a FIRM landing! stunning A350 view :)
Amazing landing footage! The condensation effects were stunning. Thanks for sharing this incredible moment.
Very nice video! High quality. A little heavy there on the landing but understandable for those conditions.
On dira ce qu'on veut sur la météo anglaise mais c'est tout de même grâce à elle que cette vidéo est si belle !
Nice video! 🙂 But... Non-aviation peeps may get the wrong impression about the landing from the critical observations in the Comment section, so for their benefit, some further explanation may be helpful...
The correct technique when landing on a wet runway is to touch down firmly in order to break through the film of standing water and avoid any chance of aquaplaning. Aquaplaning - when your tyres float on a film of water - leads to loss of directional control and prevents effective braking.
So a 'firm' landing in the wet is not a mistake; it's not bad judgement; it's not a lack of skill. It's the right thing to do in the circumstances.
Drifting down gently after the flare in order to 'grease' the tyres along the runway ("As smooth as spreading butter on rough, dry toast") is undesirable in wet conditions. Yes, it looks and feels good on your flight simulator, but in the real world it can get you into trouble. Brakes can only slow you down if the wheels are turning under load, and tyres can't grip unless they're in direct contact with the ground.
If you're driving a car, dust, sand, snow, ice, wet leaves and water will all stop your tyres gripping; an airline pilot's most likely to encounter water, not wet leaves, but his concern is the same: to get good contact immediately. On a wet runway that means forcing the tyres through the film of water by touching down 'positively'.
Just like the pilot in this video did. He (or she) planted the wheels firmly to ensure optimum directional control and gain maximum braking effectiveness.
So... This landing was perfect for the conditions.
Bedroom flight-sim experts will be screaming denials at this point; well, flight-sim experts are great at flying their simulators; professional airline pilots are great at flying real jets.
Nice flooof, by the way. (Flooof = unofficial name for water vapour ['cloud'] condensed from low-pressure air.) Also for non-aviation geeks: flooof is exactly the same stuff as clouds and forms for the same reasons - low pressure, humid air, with the dew-point close to ambient temperature.
Condensation forms on the top surface of aircraft wings as they're driven forwards. A wing held at a positive incidence angle creates low pressure on its upper surface, hence lift.
The wings of big jets generate hundreds of tons of lift, so the pressure differences above and below are enormous and often create flooof in humid conditions. It also forms at the wingtips where high and low pressure masses meet violently, creating long tubular 'ribbons' of cloud.
You can also see flooof forming inside the cowls of jet engines as the turbine blades spin up, accelerating the air and causing a pressure drop. If the air's humid enough, you'll see flooof.
Yay, flooof. We all love a bit of flooof.
Hell of a smash that
Nice landings. I did see the weather in London. It’s raining. Wasn’t too bad though.
Thrusts went to idle pretty early , but then again I don’t have a pilots license so, any landing is a good one !
Hi Mate, that catch in your video was epic! Would it be alright if I included it in my next video? I'll credit your channel in the description and link back to the original. Let me know. Cheers
Awesome video and cool condensation effects! Would you be okay with me featuring this landing in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description as before. Thanks!
Thanks once again @lucaas, go for it!
Wouldn't be surprised of a non-soft landing as it's wet conditions, longer stopping distances. Better to get it down rather than going around
That was quite a hard landing.
Cool man ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow that was a hard landing
Fab !!!!!🎉❤🎉❤
6:17 - Crew doesnt even know the ABCD or 1234 of *BUTTER*