From one dad to another, thanks for posting these videos. I enjoy air travel, though economy might suck, but it's still an amazing experience and a privilege to be flown by professionals like you.
as someone who has an absolute fear of flying, these videos are not only stunning to look at but extremely comforting and seeing the cockpit and what y'all do helps alot, thank you :)
At around 13:45 there's what looks like a massive shark just over your instrument panel. And it's keeping up with the plane right until you second last turn for the final approach 45 seconds later 😮
doubt it would be a shark for 2 reasons. 1. The plane never passes over it during that time. Either it is the the planes shadow casting ( hence the position never changes) or the shark is swimming at about 300km/h. 2. From that height , that would be about a 20m long shark. I would go with the plane's shadow since the thought of a 20 meter long shark that can swim at 300km/h would be frightening.
Very nice video, thank you. If I may suggest , the cockpit camera does not add much to the video as we cannot see the instruments. Perhaps you could position the camera to look directly at the flight display? Additionally, it would be very informative if you could patch the second camera audio into the radio to record the tower air traffic. Thanks again for the video, I landed there many times in the distant past.
Thank you very much for your feedback. I am constantly experimenting with camera positioning, so any suggestion is more than welcome. I will try this out - cheers!
Surprised to see CRT displays, I had thought they were all replaced. Thanks for the video. By the way, I’m a happy customer of your airline - flown dozens of times from USA to Asia. It’s good to see a cockpit video.
Many thanks for your comment and I am surely thankful that you are a satisfied customer! Always welcome! :-) As far as I know, there was a retrofit to replace the CRTs available but it was originally planned to put the A340-300 out of service and replace it with newer aircraft much earlier than they are planning to do now. So my guess is that it was just not worth the cost. There are TFTs in the A340-600 and A330 but the A340-300s that we a have still have the classic CRTs.
Thanks for the feedback! I agree that would be a nice addition but I do not want to use more technical gadgets than the camera, so I have to sacrifice sound quality. Sorry!
Great video, superb landing, love the long approach over the coast. North west was blowing, rainy day. Is this the A340 operated by Lufthansa, or the SAA one being brought out of retirement? Oh and ofcourse, my home city!
I am curious to know what communication systems FAJO - Johannesburg Oceanic uses, do they use ACARS and CPDLC exclusively, ADS-C? Or do they still use HF radio, have not heard them on my HF radio in quite a while.
I am not sure about that area as we normally do not get to fly in that area and can only assume that they - like in similar areas - like Shanwick, Gander, Santa Maria and so on - are using the same equipment and means of communication which normally are CPDLC, ADS.B and HF radio as back-up. The latter is still being used if CPDLC or any data conncection of the aircraft fails.
This might be wrong but!! I Flew to cape town around 2 monthts ago so you may or may not of been my pilot lol!! This is probably a coincidance but who knows? Lol!
Cape Town is simply the most beautiful city in the world. ❤
Whaaaaaaat! Absolutely butter!!!!!
It's a wow factor to see these large babies making their approach and gearing back amazing thank you to who took this video
"Large babies"
Ooo you know it's butter when you hear the "5"
This must be one of the best CPT landing videos I've seen of many. Keep up the good work.
Wow, thank you - appreciate your comment! 🤩
butter landing!
From one dad to another, thanks for posting these videos. I enjoy air travel, though economy might suck, but it's still an amazing experience and a privilege to be flown by professionals like you.
Thank you, apreciate your comment! Take care!
Great video. My home city
I love being there!
@PapaPadde especially this time of the year. The first time tourists must love flying over the city
What a nice video. THANK YOU ❤
I Liked for that double butter with some extra butter landing. Also awesome view, thanks for sharing.
I fly twice a month (return) to my home city of Cape Town. So good to see it from the cockpit. Thank you, liked and subscribed!
Thank you - glad that you like it!
as someone who has an absolute fear of flying, these videos are not only stunning to look at but extremely comforting and seeing the cockpit and what y'all do helps alot, thank you :)
Thank you for your comment! It is a good feeling knowing that these videos are doing good things! Thank you!
Home Sweet Home 💚😊
Great video boet. I just landed in CT and was wondering about which approaches we taken and it’s cool to see this one! Awesome landing too!
That was the best congrats guys♥️
Best air port in the world..keep it up.
At around 13:45 there's what looks like a massive shark just over your instrument panel. And it's keeping up with the plane right until you second last turn for the final approach 45 seconds later 😮
doubt it would be a shark for 2 reasons.
1. The plane never passes over it during that time. Either it is the the planes shadow casting ( hence the position never changes) or the shark is swimming at about 300km/h.
2. From that height , that would be about a 20m long shark.
I would go with the plane's shadow since the thought of a 20 meter long shark that can swim at 300km/h would be frightening.
I can see my home as you flew past.❤❤❤
Awesome video, keep up the good work.
That is awesome!
What was shown as Somerset West was actually the Strand. Somerset west is to the left on the video.
Ah ok, many thanks for setting this right!
Tried to be as precise as possible without being too familiar with the area…apologies…☺️
Beautiful approach! Thanks for the ATC on speaker as well!
Such a calm approach over those mountains and beautifully smooth landing. Welcome to Cape Town :) Hope you enjoyed your stay
Thank you!
Always a pleasure being there - I absolutely enjoyed it! 🤩
Nice landing man
Thanks!
Very nice video, thank you. If I may suggest , the cockpit camera does not add much to the video as we cannot see the instruments. Perhaps you could position the camera to look directly at the flight display? Additionally, it would be very informative if you could patch the second camera audio into the radio to record the tower air traffic. Thanks again for the video, I landed there many times in the distant past.
Thank you very much for your feedback. I am constantly experimenting with camera positioning, so any suggestion is more than welcome. I will try this out - cheers!
Very nice approach!
Thank you! :-)
Surprised to see CRT displays, I had thought they were all replaced. Thanks for the video. By the way, I’m a happy customer of your airline - flown dozens of times from USA to Asia. It’s good to see a cockpit video.
Many thanks for your comment and I am surely thankful that you are a satisfied customer! Always welcome! :-)
As far as I know, there was a retrofit to replace the CRTs available but it was originally planned to put the A340-300 out of service and replace it with newer aircraft much earlier than they are planning to do now.
So my guess is that it was just not worth the cost.
There are TFTs in the A340-600 and A330 but the A340-300s that we a have still have the classic CRTs.
That rwy is so long he could probably roll to a stop without brakes. 😆
Woulda been nice to see the plane you flew, a nice thumbnail at the end 🎉
Very nice!
Great video! Only improvement I can think of is being able to hear ATC properly
Thanks for the feedback!
I agree that would be a nice addition but I do not want to use more technical gadgets than the camera, so I have to sacrifice sound quality. Sorry!
Great video, superb landing, love the long approach over the coast. North west was blowing, rainy day. Is this the A340 operated by Lufthansa, or the SAA one being brought out of retirement? Oh and ofcourse, my home city!
its lufthansa
I hope you requested a scenic departure around the peninsula above 5000ft
is it the Lufthansa A340-300 from Frankfurt?
I am curious to know what communication systems FAJO - Johannesburg Oceanic uses, do they use ACARS and CPDLC exclusively, ADS-C? Or do they still use HF radio, have not heard them on my HF radio in quite a while.
I am not sure about that area as we normally do not get to fly in that area and can only assume that they - like in similar areas - like Shanwick, Gander, Santa Maria and so on - are using the same equipment and means of communication which normally are CPDLC, ADS.B and HF radio as back-up. The latter is still being used if CPDLC or any data conncection of the aircraft fails.
This might be wrong but!! I Flew to cape town around 2 monthts ago so you may or may not of been my pilot lol!! This is probably a coincidance but who knows? Lol!
That would have been a very nice coincidence, indeed! :-D
@@PapaPadde : -D Hope so!!
A343 is the perfect fit for High Elevation Airports! The thrust decay is minor compared to the others
Th only problem is when you fly over khayalitsa the zink reflects the crap outa you on a summersday😂😂
Edelweiss or Swiss maybe?
Airline?
Lufthansa
Where curve?
What do you mean?
@PapaPadde the curvature of the earth
You cannot see it at this low of an altitude...
DFTT
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