Can I land an Airbus A380? An incredible bucket list day. 

There's a longer version of this video with more detail from the sim here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jqAEuwMc2_0.html

Well done Charlie!! I’m lucky, I get to fly this plane for a living & it still fills me with all the emotions you described. An amazing aeroplane - pax & pilots alike will miss it when it finally leaves our skies. So glad you got to experience it - welcome to our club.

For a channel with so few followers, your production, narration and script in this video is amazing. Such an entertaining and obviously heartfelt video, it really felt like we were with you right there on the flight deck. As a fellow 50 year old man, this sings right to my heart. Well done.

Time to change you name to Charlie Landin because that was smooth as glass. The joy and awe in your eyes is really enchanting, it was really cool being able to watch you on that journey. Job well done, that nostalgia is a strong drug.

OMG I am so jealous.!!! It's on my bucket list to. When I was 3yrs old my neighbours had a tiger mother. He'd take the whole family up for rides on the weekend in the summer months. Everyone had to sit me on their lap as you couldn't pry me out. I wouldn't get out for lunchtime and at days end they literally had to force my grip off and haul me out. At age 7 it was sold, my mum said I went into mourning. At age 10 I had my first go at taking the control of a six seater Cessna. Loved it. By the time I left college females were still not allowed to join the air force as a pilot so that dream got dashed. Work, marriage, kids....In 1988 I flew to Australia and on my flight home I asked if I could got up to the cockpit. I spent 2 hours up there but can't even remember what the plane was. I love flying and in a 2yr period from 2008-2010 I travelled the world and took over 150 flights. BUT I still love helicopters more. Age 8 was when I first experienced that. Oh Lord give me a chopper any day. Happy flying everyone.!!

Wow. Thank you algorithms for allowing me to happen across this. As a current A380 pilot with BA, this was pretty humbling, and moving (all credit to your editing skills). So often we’re regarded as glorified bus drivers or mere button-pushers, so thank you for such a heartfelt appreciation of this majestic beast, and the way she reacts to a gentle yet precise touch. That said, I’m convinced landing a sea plane is far more difficult! Followed and subscribed and look forward to watching your adventures unfold.

You already know how I hold you in very high regard, and as such I'm absolutely ecstatic for you in being able to live out one of your all time aviation dreams, and reconnect with those special childhood memories. 2 hours is not long at all, considering the complexity of the sim, but it looks like you handled everything well and your landing was awesome. I'm sure your cabin would have erupted into applause with that one. I'm very much looking forward to our long awaited day out flying together you promised me, it will be good!

As a retired BA Pilot this video also took me back. Nice landing Charlie glad you had fun 😎

The song of Anapura was used also in a KLM-commercial on Dutch public television in the nineties. Somehow this song is connected to flying experiences.

Incredible, In 1992 when i was 12 years old i also got to sit in the jump seat on a British Airways 747-400 landing into Heathrow at night. I also will never forget that moment and why i have such a passion for aviation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Let me hear you say WAY-O!" IFYKYK.

1980 I also entered the cockpit of a 747 from the UK to LA, aviation was my life, several years later I visited Fairford airshow by riding my bike from Bristol to Swindon, simply had to go. I made the decision there & then to be on the other side of the ropes, a few more years later I was there the 1st Naval maintainer to fly in the EH101 helicopter to stand behind the ropes at the Fairford airshow. The power of dreams is real. Great video even better passion.

Great work. Always a privilege to fly the sim (almost as much as the real thing), even when heading into the sim for my annual check to experience these amazing machines. Glad you enjoyed your day!

This video is amazing! I hope you get to fly your family around the world. A few months back I was lucky enough to fly a Qantas 737-8 simulator at Aviation Australia, and as an airplane fanatic, I know exactly how you felt 😆

Just found your channel Charlie, but my feelings as you touched down were out of this world

1:55 I love your excitement but worlds favourite airline? Maybe 30 years ago. Maybe. 😂 Great video!

So pure, honest and no sensational stuff. Wonderful to see and witness this. My parallel would be, wait for it, having a nice arrangement or composition of my own for one of my choirs and hearing it sung back to me. OMG...

What a wonderful story..almost tearful.

Brilliant! I would love to try that. I'll put it on my Christmas list 😀

That was awesome Charlie! Glad you were able to put the vid online, next up I'm going to watch the long video. Congrats on the butter smooth landing! Bet that gave you an unfathomable sense of achievement.

Amazing !!! What an experience . I flew to the USA when I was 8 in the early 70’s and got to go in the cockpit . Years later British Caledonian was one of clients and again got to sit in a cockpit this time on the tarmac of Gatwick . I’ve now taken a few flying lessons in a 2 seater . Such an amazing experience. Well done Charlie 👍

First time viewer and my god Charlie - if that wasnt brillaint to watch! Nailed the landing and brought tears to my eyes! Bernie in Sydney

Thank you for sharing your experience. I felt emotional watching it. I've had a fear of flying for most of my life, however trips to Oz in the A380 have helped enormously. I'm totally obsessed with that aircraft. Beautiful landing👍

Well done Charlie, fantastic video. You pilots have nerves of steel whatever you're flying, respect.

That was so amazing to watch. I can see why pilots train o these and go straight to flying on the line.

Nice seeing how much you impressed the SFO with that landing. Some might call it beginners luck but what the hell. You greased it. Well done!

Absolutely loved it. It’s even made me cry. Well done 👍

Wow, that was fabulous Charlie, what an amazing experience/opportunity and a greaser at the end 👌 Nice video edit, with some Aria on Air and Adiemus thrown in, too 👌😂. My first visit to the cockpit ended up with landing in the jump seat (Britannia 737-2 back in 91). A family friend pilot took me LHR-CPH-LHR BA 757 in 92 (they paid £10 to charity for a friends/family jumpseat ticket back then), I was only 16, and it was incredible. Thank you for sharing your Aviation videos Charlie, it's greatly appreciated 👍.

This was so amazing to watch. So happy for you!

I have a similar story, flew to see my cousin in Canada on my own. I was 11 years old the year 1986 and I rode the jump seat in a Lockheed Tristar all the way landing in Montreal like you still in the jump seat. I had my PPL at 19 never looked back. Aviation consumes my life and has ever since that experience

I can literally feel your emotions.... God Bless

Good for you. All I ever wanted to do was be a BA pilot. My dad had his whole career with BA, but as a Senior manager not air crew. Alas, I was born in 1963, so when I was the age to be recruited, they had a ban on pilot recruitment from about 1980 until 1988. By the time they started recruiting again, I was too old to apply. I became an Accountant. I had mates who went off to the US to self fund their way to become pilots, and some eventually became career pilots, but not me. I was too busy chasing my career as an Accountant which I hated. Always regretted it. Now retired. Too late. I love the A380. I used to fantasize about piloting a 747, but I think an A380 must be about equal. I just love the idea of being in control of such a large but graceful craft. I don't know why, but light aircraft have never appealed to me, and neither did flying for the RAF and getting shot at!

Amazing Charlie. I am very envious! As a young man, I was fortunate to spend time in the flight deck of a 747 to Johannesburg during my night flight. A memory I will never forget. Keep up the great work good sir.

As a former cabin crew with BA, now retired, and whenever loads were light in UD, I spent all the time I could in the flight deck of a 747 for TTOL, and it always struck me how easy the BA flight crew made it look, even when flying manually. After I retired, I had the opportunity to go in a 737 sim, and only then did I fully appreciate how demanding it really is, even in a relatively smaller 737!

Congrats on your first ‘official’ a380 flight ! I’m lucky to fly any ‘planes’ at any time being a simulator engineer at cae. The first time experiencing it with full motion when I first joined was absolutely out of this world. Had the exact same feelings as you in the video. Great video !

Nice one, love this story.

I did this about a month ago in easyjets CAE full motion sims. I buttered it!!! Great video 😃

OMG Charlie soooooo jealous. You lucky man and you even greased the landing. Wonderful video I have no idea how you manged to get this experience of a lifetime but I would say you were the perfect person for BA, if we both had our times again? Loved this video.

Wow 🤩 awesome Charlie!

My dream you've experienced.. I flew in the cockpit of a DC-10 and I think it was the Empress of Fiji from Honolulu to Vancouver on CP air in 1983 and that sealed my flying ambitions.. I now have a commercial license albeit lapsed (light aircraft and multi, floats) and imagine this often.. I sometimes hope that the flight crew gets ill from an overcooked Swanson dinner and a flight attendant runs back and asks, is there a pilot on board! lol... Excellent video i will watch the longer version next! Cheers 🇨🇦👊

Awesome video Charlie. When I was 14 my first holiday abroad changed my life when I was lucky enough to experience a cockpit landing in an Airtours International B757. On leaving school I joined the same airline in the ground operations team and managed to work there for 21 years. Sitting in the flight deck was a regular occurrence when I went on flights. I have since gained a PPL and have managed to get myself in to an A320 and B737 simulator at Burgess Hill. Expensive but worth it. You have described the same feelings I had.

Congrats on flying and and landing the mighty a380

I can really resonate with your experience as an 8 year old, I had something similar as a 23 year old in 1995 flying from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Cathay pacific. Being an incredibly nervous flier I requested to meet the pilot for a minute or two, my wish was granted to go into the cockpit of a 747 just as we were approaching Taiwan. We could see two thirds of the beautiful island and it was wonderful. Sadly those days are now gone and I count myself very fortunate. Many thanks Paul

Good work man!!

Gr8 vlog and I concur commercial aviation has been in my blood since I flew to Miami as a 10 yar old on BA's "Sir Francis Drake" 747-200, from that day Ive been in awe.

Great!! Being a hobby pilot myself I understand every second of your feeling atnd the joy you felt - a life-time-experience, thanks for your authenticity (and by the way great background-music-!!)/Warm regards from Sweden!!//Michael

Damn sight smoother landing that a lot of landings I've been on Charlie!

I could see in every single second of the video that you loved it... well done 🙂

I think you've facial expression was equal to mine when I flew to Europe on a stretch DC-8 at 5 years old.

Brilliant!

Awesome buddy!!! Great job!

Awsome vid!

Incredible!

At the time of writing I've only skipped through certain parts of your video, but look forward to watching it properly in full later. I had the opportunity to fly one of the BA 777 sims when they were still based in Cranebank about 12 years ago, incredible experience. It looks like they don't offer them to the public any longer (not sure what route you got access through), but I am seriously considering buying some time in a A320 sim elsewhere having spent a lot of time in the FBW/Fenix A320 in MSFS. Got about 50hrs real world in C152 but never actually qualified for PPL, for a bunch of reasons.

Nice one Charlie - the sims these days are incredible! ✈️ Did Ryan nip back across the bridge and let you fly a circuit on your own?! Now that would be a first solo to remember!! 😉😂

New sub from a microlight pilot who has had similar boyhood and sim experiences ...great video😊

Incredible memories. Excellent work in the simulator. 👌

You look at home in that cockpit sir, well done 👍

Greased it Charlie! Well done. What an experience 😎 We have a couple of easyJet pilots at my club. I tried to find out if we could get a group of us to have an experience day at Gatwick, but very little interest from members sadly. Maybe one day I'll get the opportunity.

That was great, thankyou.

This is awesome man! Such a cool plane to fly! I was lucky enough (and me only being a Flight Sim pilot) to fly CAE full motion 777, 787 and A320 simulators... I was surprised I was able to land (a bit hard but still land) the likes of a 777 with only having experience in MSFS. Such a crazy feeling the way the thing feels when braking and maneuvering, it feels VERY realistic. In a 787 the engineer put us into a full storm and the whole thing was shaking violently - was so cool! Makes me want to get back into one!

Wonderful video. I had dreams since six years of age where my parents took me to Speke Airport in Liverpool every weekend to view the planes. I had dreams of flying and became a pilot in 1978 for BA. Unfortunately my dream came to an end three years later due to being diagnosed with type one diabetes. One year later I decided to leave the UK and ventured across to the U.S. , things turned out well and my thrill is now fast cars and motorcycles. Thanks for the awesome video and best of luck on your venture around the world. ❤

Awesome landing Captain Lamdin ❤

Great video Charlie. My exwife was an air hostess with Aer Lingus and i was lucky enough to spend several landing and take offs in the 747 what a plane. I too got to fly a simulator but for a 737. To have done 2hat you have done leaves me in awe and what a great landing really well done. Ive just subscribed to your channel and im looking forward to watchingmore of your posts. Well done again, kindest wishes, Gordon

These airline flight simulators are amazing having had the pleasure of “flying” a Qantas 747 simulator about a decade ago.

It's highly unusual for me to subscribe to a channel after only seeing ONE video. But you, sir, have earned this. Fabulous video: I loved it. I am also an aviation enthusiast, having flown RAF Chipmunks as a teenager in the CCF. However for me, getting a PPL would be too expensive, so I never took it any further than Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane. Now you have re-inspired me to try a commercial simulator at some point - preferably full-motion, like you did here. Thank you for the inspiration!

Brilliant.

Love it

Really cool to hear this as I'm a resident of Antigua plus the a380 is my favorite aircraft. Was it the -200 that you flew into in Antigua and how'd you enjoy your stay?

I was lucky enough to go in an A320 simulator as CAE, who manufactures them, was a customer of mine. Their Montreal manufacturing location is next door to where I work and their is a huge Aitbus Logo on the building. It was an awesome experience. I can only Imagine an A380 must be 10 times that.

Wonderful

This is living the dream of another child who flew from under the age of 1 (1956) of which from 8 to 18 were unaccompanied; with many trips to the flight deck; who eventually ended up in a Marine Engineer career.

Have you read Sir Frances Chichesters book about flying around the world in a seaplane? I reccomend it

Looked excellent, I’ve only been on 737 sims. That’s the next level

BA didnt accept my application but still jave mad love for this airline. Anyone looking for a FAA cpl ifr pilot in uk?

Greaser of a landing !

Good video, well done. Claiming BA is the world's favourite airline is a bit far. They are well downe the pecking order. Did they make you say that?

When you said you'd been in the cockpit as an 8 year old, all I could think of was the scene from Airplane! 🙂

3:07 after watching the intro and nothing else so far, I'm going to say yep, easy. You'll already have the skills you need to nav into the pattern and pick up the localizer

Im jealous in so many ways making me want to continue my pursuit of flying further and close to your dream.

I had the opportunity to fly from Munich to Düsseldorf in the jumpseat of a 737 after I had a software project as a freelancer at an airline based in Munich. I also got access to the backrooms of the airport after a security screening. That was the experience of a lifetime ❤

It was the controls of the A380 simulator...

BA making dreams a reality every day.

For someone like me, watching intently, and trying to live the moment through you, I cannot for the life of me fathom why all that should be completely destroyed by background music.

This guy sure wanted to remind us he was 8 years old in 1980 😂

Did you land in the cockpit of a 747, when you were 8 years old, at Heathrow, at night?!😂

Have to wonder how many kids would have grown up wanting to be pilots now if we didn't lock the doors over a few extremists.

What an experience! Love the takeoff music.

Jammy git 😂

Cool video but could have done without the music.

Lmao, BA ain’t the world’ favourite airline - they’re a cheap ass airline nowadays

BA. Aka Bloody Aweful. My least favourite airline.

That bloody tune pissed me off so much i had to stop watching. Ok for people who simply cannot get enough ethnic tribal enya guff.

It is just sad that I won't be able to fly or experience the a380s in the future because they will all be grounded then.