I am the same as you eric. I am terrified of flying. In fact i walked off a plane once when i sat down and looked outside the window and saw the runway at heathrow. The air steward did everything to persuade me to stay but i got off...couldnt handle it. Then, as a result of me leaving, they asked all passengers to have their bags ready for another inspection incase i planted something lol. My mum was on the flight with my kids and she knew it would take a lot for me to go through with it. She said ill see u in scotland tomorrow... I ended up getting the train. I caused embarassment for her on the flight but its my biggest fear ever. Any slight turbulance and i panic and grab my partners leg lol. I become hysterical and the air hostesses have to calm me down. I wish i could relax and enjoy it because its an amazing experience to fly. But i am a total wreck from the minute we book till we are just above the runway on touch down. As soon as we come into land and we are just above the runway im like thankyou god. Thankyou for sparing my life lol
I live in Birmingham and I love standing in Sheldon country park watching the planes take off and land at Birmingham Airport. I have landed in Birmingham airport many times but for me take offs and landings at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland are the windiest. They have very strong winds up there. When i go back to my home country I seem to go when winds are bad up there and the plane is always climbing and dropping above the firth of forth as we come into land due to high winds and hills. I know its nothing the pilots cant handle...its a breeze for them.... its just a little scary for us nervous passengers when that happens.
I find the noise of a jet being throttled back from take-off thrust to climb thrust quite alarming. My missus absolutely hates it -- to a point where she almost wets herself as she thinks we're about to drop out of the sky! Great vid though. Nice touch to display and explain some of the cockpit equipment too. Leeds Bradford airport experiences similar problems to Birmingham during stormy weather as their runway is orientated in a similar direction, in that it is almost at right angles to the UK's prevailing wind systems.
I empathise with her, you get all the noise and power to take off. Then you hear the engine noise go quieter. On my first ever flight (night time) I actually went into a panic attack at this sequence of events, close to tears until a stewardess was able to come down and reassure me. Still to this day I listen out for it LoL
It has dual GPS, but during quick rotation on a small scale the ND cannot display smooth movement. The actual position is not infringed. You'll see the same behavior in your car if you switch your GPS to the smallest range.
EGBB is the ICAO code for Birmingham airport, BHX is the IATA code. LHR/EGLL stands for London Heathrow, CDG/LFPG for Paris de Gaulle and so on. There are airports with two codes, Strasbourg is the only airport with three different codes ;-)
This might seem like a silly question but how is any language barrier avoided (referring to the German being spoken) or is basic English essential being a pilot I.e phonetic alphabet
With "western" Airlines all procedures and checklists, all manuals and documentation is English anyway. Pilots also need to have their language proficiency checked by language proficiency examiners with minimum grade 4 out of 6, with 6 being near native speaker level. English needs to be 4 at least.
All checklists and briefings are in English, private conversation doesn't need to be. By the way there are many more official ICAO languages than English throughout the world.
I’m a nervous flyer, and to hear the pilots laughing during a takeoff tat’s probably terrifying to a person like me, eases my nerves. Great video!
Good to hear. A little turbulence is nothing to worry about.
I am the same as you eric. I am terrified of flying. In fact i walked off a plane once when i sat down and looked outside the window and saw the runway at heathrow. The air steward did everything to persuade me to stay but i got off...couldnt handle it. Then, as a result of me leaving, they asked all passengers to have their bags ready for another inspection incase i planted something lol. My mum was on the flight with my kids and she knew it would take a lot for me to go through with it. She said ill see u in scotland tomorrow... I ended up getting the train. I caused embarassment for her on the flight but its my biggest fear ever. Any slight turbulance and i panic and grab my partners leg lol. I become hysterical and the air hostesses have to calm me down. I wish i could relax and enjoy it because its an amazing experience to fly. But i am a total wreck from the minute we book till we are just above the runway on touch down. As soon as we come into land and we are just above the runway im like thankyou god. Thankyou for sparing my life lol
Thanks for sharing. Flying terrifies me but these videos help me feel better when I have to take a plane
Love the little chuckle as the pilots deal with the conditions.
02:42 "Checks." sounds so impressive
I live in Birmingham and I love standing in Sheldon country park watching the planes take off and land at Birmingham Airport. I have landed in Birmingham airport many times but for me take offs and landings at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland are the windiest. They have very strong winds up there. When i go back to my home country I seem to go when winds are bad up there and the plane is always climbing and dropping above the firth of forth as we come into land due to high winds and hills. I know its nothing the pilots cant handle...its a breeze for them.... its just a little scary for us nervous passengers when that happens.
Come to my house and you can watch it im near it
I love the A320!! Great plane!!
I find the noise of a jet being throttled back from take-off thrust to climb thrust quite alarming. My missus absolutely hates it -- to a point where she almost wets herself as she thinks we're about to drop out of the sky!
Great vid though. Nice touch to display and explain some of the cockpit equipment too. Leeds Bradford airport experiences similar problems to Birmingham during stormy weather as their runway is orientated in a similar direction, in that it is almost at right angles to the UK's prevailing wind systems.
I empathise with her, you get all the noise and power to take off. Then you hear the engine noise go quieter. On my first ever flight (night time) I actually went into a panic attack at this sequence of events, close to tears until a stewardess was able to come down and reassure me. Still to this day I listen out for it LoL
I am the exact same ha
Awesome video! Thank you for uploading, it really is a must see with that amount of crosswind. I've never seen such fluctuating airspeed!
02:34 just before rotation I realized a full right stick input. Did you hold it till lift off?
Yes, due to the crosswind to prevent a leeward bank during rotation.
Nav. Cheeecked. 😎
Explained instrument reading is a unique touch if your wanting to build a following I'm ensuring you this is your niche to do so !
Thank you for this video. I really like the guided annotations because I learned a lot from them. =:)
Almost 10 degrees, that was really quite a fast takeoff and climb!
Excellent video. What was the flaps setting if you remember? Is it 1+F or more?
It was 1+F, you can see the "S" on the speed indicator. With higher flap settings there would've been "F" as well.
@@Airplane_TV Excellent ! thank you :)
Awesome take off !👍🏼😉🇺🇸
Amazing, how. Such big heavy metal machinery can fly.
Honest question here (my ATPL is getting old :) ): why flex takeoff on such weather conditions? I would have thought a TOGA would get you out faster.
TOGA is only used when needed for performance reasons, FlexTO has advantages for maintenance costs.
Wow what beautiful clouds
funny take off, respect by crosswind :)
Birmingham seems to be very prone to cross winds. Would be even worse on 33
Wow awesome...
the pilots were struggling to keep the plane lined up with the Runway...Heavy Crosswinds
I didn't know OS fly to BHX. Was this a charter flight?
Yes, in the winter there's many charter flights from/to Innsbruck, also other UK airports like Manchester, Bristol, Gatwick, ..
Isn't the altimeter supposed to be corrected with the right barometric pressure?
Yes, but it is height above sea level, so in this case the airport is 320 feet higher than sea level.
Yes it is. QNH 1021 hPa as opposed to standard QNH 1013 hPa.
The airport elevation is 341ft ASL, setting it so the altimeter reads zero means you smash into the ground 300ft earlier than expected
Airline?
Austrian
Worked at bhx 1999 till 2003 with British Airways. Great airport then. Bit crap now.
Excellent !
What would be the angle of attack in TOGA mode?
Angle of Attack would be the same as it correlates with calibrated airspeed, pitch would be higher if not limited by maximum.
Is this aircraft equipped with GPS receiver or without? During departure it looked like position on ND was "jumping" a few times...
It has dual GPS, but during quick rotation on a small scale the ND cannot display smooth movement. The actual position is not infringed. You'll see the same behavior in your car if you switch your GPS to the smallest range.
Checked😎👨✈️
what EGBB stands for ?
EGBB is the ICAO code for Birmingham airport, BHX is the IATA code. LHR/EGLL stands for London Heathrow, CDG/LFPG for Paris de Gaulle and so on. There are airports with two codes, Strasbourg is the only airport with three different codes ;-)
Good takeoff
Didn’t take long to get to V2
Die Windänderungen sind krass :-D
4th longest runway in the UK for commercial aircraft
Chris R what are the others?
Is it? I didn't realise that. Cheers.
Interesting
This might seem like a silly question but how is any language barrier avoided (referring to the German being spoken) or is basic English essential being a pilot I.e phonetic alphabet
With "western" Airlines all procedures and checklists, all manuals and documentation is English anyway. Pilots also need to have their language proficiency checked by language proficiency examiners with minimum grade 4 out of 6, with 6 being near native speaker level. English needs to be 4 at least.
You HAVE to speak perfect fluent English to be a pilot for any airline in any country. Makes you realise how lucky we are to be English
So easy to them.. gd pilot.
v1 rotate :D
Amazing, I creamed my pants
Amjid Ali nice
Shame they were speaking German. I always thought the standard aviation language was English.
All checklists and briefings are in English, private conversation doesn't need to be. By the way there are many more official ICAO languages than English throughout the world.
@@Airplane_TV OK, thanks for your
comments. I stand corrected.
Gary Dunn
Good lord. Let’s all hope the shared primary language is spoken in the cockpit. Safety - before hubris - first.
Dangerously low climb speed
How so? Takeoff performance is calculated with "flysmart" and actual speeds are above required minimum.
SRS
No - rate of climb is calculated by onboard computer - rtow input - no chance of stall
Are you a pilot or a computer gamer ?
Wow you most know it all