Just from listening to this guy ..he sounds scary😮 to fly with. Just my 30 years experience...no worries. Kind of 🤪 goofy. A poor workman blames his tool
@@dylanllewellyn6792 Unlike Jerry Dyer of BigJetTv who shot the American Airlines at LHR. He travels the world and brings you some of the best footage out there. He's currently in Hawaii getting more outstanding footage. He has professional pilots and crew on the live streams that join in his chat and share their knowledge, much like Kelsey. His reaction to this landing might seem a bit strange but, when heard in the context of previous reactions in the stream, it works. For the record, his Dad was a pilot flying constellations with Skyways and DC8s with IAS Cargo and also Saudia 747 200s so he has family links with the industry, not just some geeky interest as you suggest. Maybe you should look at yourself with your comment and even consider why you're criticising someone for being interested in aeroplanes on a channel operated by a 747 pilot.
Him believing in aliens makes me like him more 😂 To be fair though, I once had a customer tell me Bigfoot only lived in Kentucky 🤷♀️ he didn’t explain why though
🤣😂🤣 technical/scientific joke......makes perfect sense..... ...except the alien part.... ...which throws everything out the window ...but still, makes perfect sense.....
Retired airline pilot here. I really enjoy your videos. You’re the type of pilot I would have loved to fly with. You seem to be by the book and be able to maintain a sense of humor at the same time. That is a very valuable skill! It allows you to enjoy the job but switch gears to entirely focus on situations that require it. I’m a relatively new subscriber, however, I’ve watched many of your videos. In my opinion, pilots new and experienced could get valuable information from watching your videos! Keep up the good work brother! Also, keep the blue side up!🙂 Thank you for the hard work you put into making these videos!
@@nick39 Thanks that means a lot, I’ve done a bunch of research and I love aviation so much and it’s the career I wanna have. Also my grand father was an ATC at George W. Bush intercontinental from I think 1986 to 2015 or 2016.
@@ThatAviatorKyberYou’re very welcome! It definitely sounds like you have the desire and passion required! It’s definitely a career I think you’re born to do. Coming from an aviation background ( your grandfather), it’s most definitely in your genetics. Fun fact: I probably conversed with your grandfather! I flew many trips in and out of KIAH between 2004-2018! In fact my last trip before I retired, I had an overnight in Houston (KIAH)! Tell your grandfather that I said thanks! I considered some of those ATC controllers as the best in the world! I wish you the best in your flying career!🙂
I had to stop the very begging of this video because I was laughing so hard. I'm not a pilot, but I find aircraft fascinating and I love the sound of the engines when planes are taking off. I love to fly, I hate going through the airports.
" . . . why aliens are using flying saucers because they don't want to deal with the cross winds and this type of strategy." : ) Your humor is flying straight on and level, Captain.
Which is funny, because that's something remarked by "saucer" pilots from back in the day in those experimental aircraft (propeller). They had less control, but they were also less affected by wind.
Congratulations Kelsey on Captain. The humble nature of this man needs to be seen by so many other people. As long as the crew has good CRM, rank doesn’t matter. They all have incredible skill.
Every time I fly on the way out of the plane I always say thank you to the Pilots and their crew for getting me to my destination safely it's a massive responsible Pilots have ; much respect to you sir and your colleges
For the Air Canada landing, they’re landing on the south runways in Toronto. With the wind from the north (right of the aircraft), it passes around the main terminal, causing well-known mechanical turbulence. As a pilot based there I felt it all the time. If you fly in and out of YYZ and land on 06L or 06R with a north wind, it’s usually a rocky ride due to that mechanical turbulence.
@@SEBBARU Generally speaking, they won’t switch to the 33s or 15s until the crosswind component exceeds 25kts, because doing so significantly reduces traffic flow (arrival and departure rates). Airline pilots and commercial jets can perform in these conditions without issue, other than perhaps an occasional unstable approach leading to a go around. Max crosswind component on a dry runway is often in the 35kt range (although this is aircraft/operator specific).
I realy like how he quickly learned to be a captain: 3:19 - He is using his left hand for steering, right hand for handling the power! 😂😂😂 We love you Kelsey! You are the best!
Hi Kelsey, from the United Kingdom, you are off the charts with your humour 😂 British plane spotters are so Over The Top 😂😂. I really enjoy listening to your voice and your videos. I have learn so much from your insightful videos as to what happens in and with planes when I fly as a passenger. Stay safe and keep that great spirit. I have so much appreciation and admiration for you 💙
Congratulations on earning your captain's wings! Today marks the day you join the illustrious rank of captains soaring the skies. Well done, Captain! Your journey from First Officer to Captain has been nothing short of remarkable. Welcome to the captain's club, where the skies are our playground, and the clouds are our canvas. You've earned your stripes, and now it's time to spread your wings and embrace the responsibilities and privileges that come with being a captain. Just like me, you've proven your mettle in the cockpit, and now you're ready to command the skies. The thrill of flying takes on a whole new dimension from the captain's seat, and I have full confidence that you'll navigate the skies with skill, precision, and the same passion that brought you here. So, here's to you, Captain You're one of us now, a captain in every sense. The aircraft itself is all in capable hands. May your flights be smooth, your landings be gentle, and your adventures be countless. Flying starts now, Captain! The skies await your command. Buckle up, soar high, and enjoy the incredible journey that lies ahead. Congratulations once again, and blue skies always! 👍✈ Safe travels and smooth skies,
I know the fact that the planes fly is supposed to be the impressive part of aviation, but I will always be in awe of the landing gear... They almost never fall off, and still work when they're pointed the wrong way, or lose their tires. Also: congrats Captain!
"They almost never fall off" Perhaps even more impressive is that they stay put as well as they do even though they are designed to fall off under certain loading conditions: In order to reduce the chance of a wing fuel tank rupture from the landing gear poking through after a runway departure, a "weak spot" is designed into the landing gear so that a main gear will collapse backwards and depart behind the wing. On a DC-9, for example, that weak spot (though still very strong) is the metal pin that the landing gear strut pivots on.
Especially because they are fairly complex as well with the various ways they must turn and fold to fit inside the airplane. It's kind of phenomenal that sav A380 or 747 can land at 30 degree angle and the gear can withstand that sideways force as well as the usual backwards force. Then they're are the impact forces they need to take.
@@zlm001 One thing which helps in regard to to side forces is that a tire can only resist a certain amount before it skids, limiting side load to about 0.8 of whatever the vertical load is... and then that load drops to somewhat less if skidding starts (because sliding friction is less than "static" friction). It turns out that impact forces are normally less than the braking forces soon to follow, for a couple of reasons: The shock strut's air spring reduces the peak dynamic load quite a bit; Spoiler deployment doesn't come until after peak touchdown loads, and until those spoilers are out most of the aircraft weight is still supported by wing lift (if the flare is done properly). So the various landing loads are "spread out" in time rather than everything piling on all at once.
If you want to see some powerful landing gears, look at models of aircraft designed for landing on an aircraft carrier instead of a similar model that doesn't go on a carrier. Those are some very thick landing gears.
I had a flight on United to IAH recently where the Captain was dealing with a crosswind in IFR conditions. It was a fun ride down, and somehow he absolutely greased the landing. Dude floated onto the runway like a feather. Seriously impressive to be able to do that in such challenging conditions.
Winds here Coastal Texas be like that. I've been on an IAH landing like the first plane - Code Screaming in the cabin. Cheap seat in the back meant it was a roller coaster. The clapping after landing was mixed.
Hello Kelsey (from South Africa)😊 This first dude that was saying " Ooooh oooh, stop that...(etc)" is a long-time plane-spotter who absolutely *LOVES* what he does. While he may be exaggerating his dialogue, he's a really cool guy and is quite switched-on for the sake of his viewers. Excellent video, as usual! Love your channel, friend. :)
I know, right? Im not a pilot, nor going to be, but everything just makes sense. If nothing else, the graphics help me understand. I even noticed some similarities with dressage (fancy horse ballet, as my husband calls it), since opposite controls makes horsie go sideways too.
I used to fly a lot. *A lot.* Mixed business and pleasure. During my "flight hiatus", which lasted a number of years, I stumbled upon 74 Gear and Mentour Pilot, and began watching just about every video from these channels. Very recently, I went on a couple of flights, the first one to Norway, and the second one to Switzerland. Suddenly, most of the signs along the taxiways made sense, and I knew much more about what was happening during the different phases of flight. Being the geek that I am, I GPS tracked some of the flights (for some reason, I couldn't get a signal inside an ATR 72), and studied the logged data afterwards. I could see the exact taxiways and runways that were used, and also the take-off and touchdown points. (The first plane landed smack on the 1000 foot marker, and the second seemed to float a bit.) I could see the turns to base and final, and could even see when the planes caught the localizer and glide slope. For fun, I calculated the angle of a glide slope, and got disturbingly close to 3°. I thank you, Kelsey (and Petter from Mentour Pilot), for making flying interesting again! ☺
I got hooked on those two channels after sitting behind a wing and discovering that the front edge of the wing moves as well. Asking "well how does that work" just snowballed!
But have you noticed how often Mentour pilot exonerates those that did wrong , by using the excuse of " improperly trained" ? Its like a broken record he does this so much and if you use facts and logic to question his conclusion , he will either give you a rude sanctimonious response or just delete your comment and block you from commenting on his channel. This happened to a few of my friends , and to me when i pointed out the clear error in his assessment regarding the time the window blowout occurred because a tach used the wrong sized bolts ... Rude snotty response ... deleted and banned.. Most viewers of his channel are simply " fan boys" with the majority of comments praising him . At least this channel calls it like it is
@@MereMeerkat During my once frequent car trips between Jutland and Zealand, I began saying "Flaps 5" to myself when I reduced the speed of the car, and pulled the shifter back from fifth to fourth gear. No, I'll probably never become too old to do make-believe stuff like that. 😂
@@erikthomsen4007don’t worry, even pilots do or think silly things like that. I used to fly helicopters and would often hold the parking brake while driving and had to get myself out of that habit.
Hello Kelsey and congrats Cap! I too subscribe to BIGJETS and was watching live that day when the American 777 performed that pucker landing. The very next thing that I thought was: "I do hope that Kelsey is watching this and will comment on it"! Wish fulfilled!! Thanks and I figured that it wasn't a stable approach along with a bit of wind shear that got them. Not to mention that it was a flight (if I remember correctly) from LAX landing at Heathrow and the pilot(s) just weren't as fresh as if it was a shorter flight.
“I don’t know, they make the rules, I’m just here to fly the plane safely” Kelsey demonstrating how to hand out back hand comments to the FAA publicly 😂
Thanks for a good explanation of the shape of the flying saucers! - makes sense, this was completely omitted in the "Principles of flight" Exam material from CAA.
So glad you covered that AA landing at LHR and filled in the details. And if any passengers loved rollercoasters, that giant nose bounce was an added bonus.
Roller coasters? Most here aren’t children. That “giant nose bounce” you think is fun can do structural damage to the aircraft. That’s why pilots strive for gentle touchdowns.
@RioJudy The amount a hit a nose gear can take is far in excess of that bounce. Pilots dont always strive for smooth landings. They strive for safe landings. They arent always the same thing.
@@RioJudy What an unnecessarily rude, argumentative and truculent comment. Most people here might not be children, but some sure do match the emotional intelligence of toddlers...
@@RioJudy _Roller coasters? Most here aren't children._ You were saying only children can/may enjoy roller coasters? Any additional wisdom of that kind, computer “games”, doll collections, comics, anime, … just being for children that you could offer?
@@ninethetwotailedfox Could've, would've, should've...it didn't end in anything but what the babbling narrator and the rest of us, saw with our own eyes.
These videos gives us a lot of info. I hate flying, but at least on an academic/intellectual level I am in full control after watching a huge numbers of Kelsey’s and Mentor Pilot’s vids, but still the more primitive parts of my brain still says 🥶.
I was watching Big Jet TV live when that happened. I honestly thought we were witnessing a crash live. Thank god it wasnt. It was a wild weather day for landings thats for sure
I took flying lessons at Ft Eustis, VA. My instructor was a retired Air Force Colonel pilot 6:23 and knew what he was doing. I was not yet learning to land. The crosswinds that day were bad and he had to crab. He came in sideways and at the last minute turned to be straight on the runway for a perfect landing. It scared me so bad that I said no more. That was my last lesson.❤❤❤
Kelse I love you're no BS brand of aviation. I've always been a nerd for all things that fly but more specifically what goes on behind the scenes. I'm the guy leaning hard into the aisle just to get a glimpse of something they're doing. Voila! Your channel, yay! You make being a 74 pilot and hosting a RU-vid channel look easy... except when you're tired.
I usually don't comment on videos but since i watched Jerry's Livestream that day I replayed the sequence of the 777's a few times to see what I can learn. There are a few basic aero phenomena the pilots are caught by. When airplanes descend into ground effect ailerons increase in sensitivity and elevator sensitivity decreases as they are being shrouded partly in the wake of the wing. Plus the 777 has like all airliners weight on wheel sensors. You can clearly see that the plane responds very well to roll inputs....maybe a bit faster that the pilots expected but it's really the pitch attitude that messes up their landing in the end. In order to prevent the plane from taking back off, the pilots apply quite a bit of downward elevator but the response is slow and the 777 touches down quite gently however lifts back up yet the weight on wheel system had already kicked in and the spoilers are extending. Also bear in mind that Stall AOA in ground effect is lower. The combination of reduced stall AOA, spoilers up and nose down elevator in the end slams the plane down for the second touchdown.
Still extremely undesirable situation. No one wants to be the person who left fresh groves on the runway and puts the plane out of commission while it’s checked.
The second 777 video, the AirCanada landing in YYZ (toronto) encountered mechanical turbulence from a nearby building - this is unique to wind direction.
@@StorymasterQ I take it you dont understand the concept of mechanical turbulence then? Also, the lee side of a building during strong xwinds - its NOTAMed at YYZ
Hi kelsey. I am a retired Avionics Engineer. I watch your video's with great interest. I notice you now have your four stripes. Congrat's to you as Captain. Keep up the good work. Phil Harris. Philippines.
The wind in that day was almost 100% crosswind with gusts. I was on a plane a little while later and although nothing like this we had a serious crab angle. I could see down the runway from my window seat.
@@maryeckel9682 yeah, I'm the one that in my early flights was constantly saying to myself, "well, I didn't know that happened, but it makes perfect sense."
@@youngeshmoney100% of that day. So he's saying the whole day was crosswind, gusty conditions or 100% of the landings that day. You can describe basically whatever you want as a percentage depending on how you word it.
I was watching live that day, and live (some distance) upwind of LHR, and it was a wild day, for sure. I looped that clip just to hear Jerry's reaction over and over.
Congratulations on your 4 stripes, I love your channel i started watching your channel because i got scared of flying not sure why i started getting scared, but you've helped me so much thank you. When i get on a plane & get worried i just think what would kelsey say it definitely helps having an understanding of how things work knowledge is power as they say 😂😊 love your humour too i have to stop your videos sometimes as am laughing so much. Thanks for all you do keep the blue side up ✈️
Having things like this explained is just so cool. I think if I was on a plane that had a really rough landing I may tend to not get back on a plane.😂 understanding it really does make it better. Thanks, Kelsey.
I knew that it was only a matter of time before you got promoted. You exemplify the passion, knowledge, personality and skills necessary to be a captain. Well done Kelsey Hughes. You Rock!
Crabbing or cross wind landing then more correction is also what I think on the first plane. I never thought flying saucers won't have these issues, 😂 and your right about that truck, right in the way of us seen what is happing, rude of him 😂, on the second one. Always fun and insightful video.
Really appreciate you explaining difficulties during crosswind landings. I've had my PPT certificate for 4 years now and working my Instrument ticket. Glad to hear it takes a very long time to get crosswind landings great. Now I know I just need more experience and practice and don't necessarily suck at it!
I appreciate your channel because I know I won’t have watch fatal accidents. I like learning what happened but I no need to re-live their last moments. Thank you for keeping us from unnecessary things that can wreck my day.
Man, this brings back the engineering I took in college. I specifically did electrical engineering, but, for some reason, we did thermodynamics and yes, we had to learn about fluids and do calculations on that. So, since air is a fluid like water and that brings up the curl, matrix calculations and so on. Brings back memories for me :)
Jerry from Big Jet TV is out there in all weather, especially named storms. The advice to stay safe and stay at home is a call for him to head to Heathrow. The videos he captures are fantastic.
Gerry (the BigJet commentator) is a character 🤣 Aircraft landing at Heathrow do sometimes experience crosswinds from the hangers, don't know if that played a part.
Hi Captain Kelsey. I love the videos and the point of view and real information of an experienced pilot. One of my best friends was a 747 pilot before MS forced him to retire early. Watching your videos reminds me of him. I know you are a modest guy but I would be VERY interested in the story of your journey from first officer to Captain.
First, thank you for your videos. I was terrified of flying most of my life. I would do it rarely when I absolutely had to but spent hours being miserable and scared. I’ve learned so much from your videos that I actually looked forward to getting on a plane to go somewhere fun. I’ve even flown alone which I never thought I’d ever do. You’ve helped me understand that it takes a lot of things to go wrong for an air disaster and flying is very safe. Question, does the FAA allow pilots to wear sunglasses? Would they be effective with that kind of sunlight on the horizon.
Thank you Kelsey. Great explanation. I wonder if people ever watch large birds fly and or come down to land. Especially geese, interesting how even birds handle wind to their advantage.
I like your videos so much. The way you explain things makes it so much easier for us to understand what is going on. I want you to know that you ADD VALUE! I was kinda sad when you thought about not making these videos anymore. "Kinda of" because I wish you the best and want you to have a happier and calmer life. So, please, don't forget about us. Is it possible to feel happier while sharing experience with us? Is it doable? If so, I'm just trying to say: We love your videos, and I'm happy you haven't given up... yet?! Fly safe. Happy 2024!!!
I experienced a pretty rough cross wind landing last week flying Alaska airlines into PDX. But we didn't bounce, and the pilot kept in on the runway, so I'd call it a good landing. At least the side of the plane didn't blow off, so I'll consider that a win!
Hey Kelsey love the channel 👍 you said you’re not sure why they call it a pod strike not an engine strike. I believe it is because verbiage is everything in communication especially when it comes to accidents, investigations, and maintenance, that being said “technically” you usually only strike the pod that encases the engine not the “actual” engine itself housed inside the pod. That’s just my thoughts not sure if it’s the reason they really call it that. Keep on flying man I’d love to go up with ya sometime ✌️
Congratulations Captain Kelsey. I enjoy your presentations and have learned a lot from you. Your hard work has made you successful in many ways. Thank You. Much respect.
