Short video of our take-off in an Airbus A340-600 on a beautiful sunny afternoon at New York Kennedy from runway 22R. Enjoy! :-) For more exciting content, please subscribe to my channel: / @papapadde
Back in 2022 after i graduated from primary and i passed my PSLE when I was primary 6 During December holidays i took the aircraft called Airbus A350 Singapore airlines to Vietnam with my family and my first time experiencing a bigger plane every before
Sorry to say but this one is real. If it would have been in the simulator, I would have given the info about it!😉 Well, I sat on the observer seat during the departure and for me it was quite real.☺️ Today‘s simulator graphics are good but not that good. If you check out my short video of an approach to Hongkong in the simulator, you will see the difference.
@@PapaPadde Yeah, i think i got mistaken by the really colorful / smoothed angles that the camera seems to do. It really gives Flight Simulator vibe, you know like some creators here that make "8K ultra realistic MSFS video" with color grading and such to make it feels more real. What camera did you use to film this?
Patrick, es so cool: der Algorithmus von RU-vid hat mich zu deinem Kanal geschickt! Ich freue mich so sehr, dich hier und auf Insta zu sehen. Gerne erinnere ich mich an die Zeit bei der CiB und an einen Flug mit dir nach Boston. Letzterer muss schon 10 Jahre her sein. War aber auch auf dem 346er, meine ich mich zu erinnern. Vielleicht und hoffentlich sieht man sich mal wieder in der Realität. Bis dahin freue ich mich auf weitere Videos von dir. Liebe Grüße aus Berlin nach Schweden Jan
Hey Jan, das ist ja ein Ding! :-D Freut mich, dass Du hierher gefunden hast! Und ich arbeite natürlich an weiteren Videos... :-P Ja, die guten alten Zeiten - wo treibst Du Dich herum? Liebe Grüße zurück! :-)
In MUC, als SFO A350/380. Halt ich gut aus hier, erst recht als Shuttler und als „Übergangener“ 😊 Mal schauen, wann und wo die nächste Station im Berufsleben kommt. Ich bin entspannt und genieße es einfach. Liebe Grüße aus LAX
As a longhaul airbus pilot, I am rated on the A340 and A330/350, although the latter (A350) requires a conversion course to actually be allowed to operate it. Our company differentiates between bases (FRA and MUC), FRA based crews get to fly the A330 and A340 whereas MUC based crews the A350 and A380.
@@PapaPaddeUnderstood. Couple more questions: How does the a340-300 compare with the a330 in terms of efficiency and capability? Seems that most airlines went with the 330 due to the twin engine combo for less maintenance cost. Also, is it more difficult to fly such huge place like the a340-600 or are all of the widebodies similar in terms of operation? Cheers
Basically, the A330 and the A340-300 share the same fuselage but the A340 has a center gear and structural components to allow for higher weights, as well as an additional center tank thus carrying more fuel and having a wider range. The A340-600 can accomodate even more passengers than the former two with larger tanks as well. The A330 with its twin engines burns a bit less fuel and, as you already mentioned, is a bit more economic in terms of maintenance cost. The differences in operating the A330 and A340-300 are marginal. The A330 is better performance-wise and handles almost like a heavy A321 but the A340-300 lacks power due to its underrated engines and is a bit more sluggish. The A340-600 in comparison really feels like a large aircraft - it is way heavier than the other two (landing weights mostly around 230 to 250 tons, whereas the A330/343 usually have 160 to 170 tons), and it is significantly longer which makes it challenging to operate on the ground, especially on narrow airports. But we have cameras in the tail and at the nose gear to help with taxi during tight turns. In the air it feels close to flying a B747 but not as direct in terms of control inputs. When flying an approach in gusty conditions, it is quite a challenge... ;-) Hope that answered your questions? Cheers!
Exactly - a trip which normally consists of two flight sectors (so-called 'legs') is divided into one leg as Pilot Flying and one as Pilot Monitoring and we do take turns. Only when the weather is really bad or the apporach very challenging is the captain required to perform the landing.
Lufthansa reactivated nearly all of their -600s due to the high demand and limited availabillity of new aircraft to join the fleet. I have been lucky anough to fetch two of them from Teruel in Spain and fly them to Frankfurt. :-) You might want to check out this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U8t-zRQEcTA.html
Well, the -600 is not as bad performing as the -300 is in terms of engine performance. I filmed this a while back, so I do not remember the conditions exactly but most of the time, we do not take off with full power, we rather reduce the take-off thrust as much as possible in order to save on engine life, fuel and noise. Depending on the actual weight of the aircraft and the atmospheric conditions, we calculate our take-off speeds and thrust to achieve that while still taking into account a safe trajectory and climb profile, even with an engine failure. So in favourable conditions, this might lead to a significant reduction in take-off thrust and thus a rather shallow climb which might have been the case here. ;-)
