Hi Felix, this window seat footage is truly a work of art. The sounds, the cloud studies, the duration, its all enthralling stuff. I'm an artist and a big fan of McDD equipment, particularly the DC-9 family. I love this video
idk, i just assumed since there are so many flights these days with crashes. You know the news always talks about the bad and u hardly ever see the good. So thanks for sharing something good. :D
@1091Alcatraz Pilots sometimes have to do this in order to keep the aircraft steady when the wind does not blow constantly or changes its direction. In this case we were experiencing some strong headwinds which suddelny appeared and disappeared again (wind shear). In order to maintain the airspeed at a constant level, the captain was forced to do these power changes.
@MrFlightnoob thank you for pointing that out to me, I always thought the term windshear described suddenly upcoming wind, no matter from what direction.
@1091Alcatraz This can also be done if he needs to cut throttle if the rate of descent is increased in oder to maintain a certain speed. Then when it flattens out a bit he will increase to keep from stalling.
Hey Felix nice vid thanks for uploading a great quality video.Any reason why the pilot was hitting max thrust whilst in the air? and then just stopped and then just did it again?
windshear can be dangerous if you get the tailwind, which the pilot compensates for with increased speed; then the middle which can be normal; and then a violent headwind which the pilot reduces engine speed to compensate for. This is extremely dangerous when close to the ground because there is no margin for error or compensation and the plane can be forced into the ground.
@Cinlouxx yes and no. i mean your acually going faster than it looks, because of how high you are. but when ur at cruising altitude you go about 500 mph. but then you slow down to between 100 and 200 mph. and takeoff speeds are at about 250mph. haha. but the plane will always stay in the air. haha.
I have a fear about sitting in the back of MD-80's. I always fear that the intake fans may somehow slice into the fuselage... I know, its ridiculous, but I still fly them when I have to. Its just something I fear may happen.
