Cpt Fulvio Chianese (16 NOV 1942-26 Ago 2022) - Kai Tak ( HKG ) approach - MD11 ALITALIA 1993 

Mi dispiace tantissimo

condoglianze sincere

sentite condoglianze

Condoglianze. Questi video fantastici lo faranno in qualche modo ancora ri-vivere. Buon viaggio Fulvio.

Mio padre era capitano sulle petroliere, per certi versi una vita professionale simile. Lui ha fatto il suo ultimo viaggio già da 10 anni. Condoglianze.

Yes... on top of a building that was a multi-floor restaurant for dim sum

Neither did I!

"Checkerboard Hill" remains a famous Hong Kong landmark ... and recently restored, too.

anvedi chi ce sta...

So true about sitting on the right (starboard) side of the aircraft as o n the last 45 degree turn to the right you literally see the big Sanyo or SANKYO neon sign just below the aircraft just before the wings leveling out to finally be on top of the papi lights (landing lights).Thanks

Forgot to mention I'm also from Aus.

Wow che bello🤩🤩 purtroppo sono nato dopo 11 sett 2001 quindi fara fare gli atterraggi in cabina è impossibile

OK, then how is Reggio Calabria harder than Kai Tak? At Kai Tak, you need to swing half-90 right extremely close to the runway threshold with additional crosswinds, so does Reggio Calabria throw in any further curveballs?

@@adamp.3739 As Captain Chianese said at around 5:05 (in italian), in Reggio Calabria you're touching ground while you're pretty much still inclined, whereas at Kai Tak you have got a few meters after the right veer to level the aircraft. But still, he makes it look easy but this approach looks like a pilot's nightmare to me 😂

@@adamp.3739 you have much less space to level out of the last turn, and there are houses right after the end of the runway, pretty much like Lukla. reggio has 2 runways but one is closed, the other one can be used only in one direction for landings and the other for takeoffs due to obstacle limitations, no matter the wind, so tailwind is likely to be a factor. Oh and the runway is quite narrow and short. Some AZ captains have a story saying that you cant get the landing at reggio right unless you deploy the reverse thrust during the flare and apparently someone even tried it - or at least thatvs how the story goes. Finally, being on the sea, it's quite windy... Only good side is that being a regional airport, the largest thing landing there was MD80s and now A320s.. Much better than landing an MD11.

@@adamp.3739 Because ther captain said!

But reggio was a lot peggio.....

non ci avevo mai fatto caso alla rima... ahahah saluti da Gorizia, ciao

@@FlavioChianese Gorizia, siamo corregionali, saluti da Pordenone! Grazie per questo bel documento, mandi !

@@Alex_BF prego. Grazie a te per il commento. Mandi. Ps ne abbiamo caricati altri, con google li trovi facilmente.

@@FlavioChianese ci atterro spesso a Reggio....visto che sono della provincia .... ma francamente non saprei quanto sia peggio rispetto a Kai Tak visto che nn ci sono mai stato.

Sul mio canale trovate un video sul nuovo fs2020 con atterraggio su Reggio Calabria. Bello sapere di essere nato appassionato di aviazione proprio nella città dove vi è l'aeroporto più pericoloso ma anche più emozionante d'Italia, ed è bello girare su RU-vid aprire un video a caso e scoprire che se ne parla tanto di questo aeroporto ormai in crisi

No ma davvero?? Se è così è pazzesco!

Mitico Italo

@@airplanewhat5316 aveva già gli occhiali polarizzati

@@lfnq879 e aveva gia i target ben precisi

@@lfnq879 e aggiungeva gia un po di curry

Piacere di fare sua conoscenza, saluti da Gorizia, Flavio Chianese

@@FlavioChianese Piacere anche mio..... poter vedere queste foto e video fa rivivere bei momenti di vita trascorsi con eccellenti persone della nostra gloriosa Alitalia!

Obviously! Italian pilots are superior then stranger engineers, then THEY decide the right speed in that particular condition. :-)

W Trieste, "ciao mulo!" B serata da Gorizia, flavio e fulvio

I never tired of these cockpit video's flying into Kai Tak. I also used to sit on the Checker Board with my Son & Daughter fascinated by the planes approach over our flat which you can see in the video. There was another place to watch planes in Kowloon Park near the Pagoda where you'd get the backwash from the engines as the plane descended onto the runway, amazing experience, I'd go home smelling of jet fuel. Happy Days in Hong Kong.

@@sean380 wish I was there with you there, went back to H.K recently, and have lived in Australia since 1982-now 40 years old. Thanks

Those numbers actually seem to be the altitudes read on radioaltimeter, even if cpl says 1200 (milledue cento) when the female voice radioaltimeter calls the 100 feet... weird!

yep, I suppose these are descent rates varying from 1000 to 700. Cpt has found itself a little high in short approach and made some nose down, confirmed with the rising descent rate, recovered just before the touchdown. I think this was a very normal landing in KayTak!! :)

Probably enjoying his early retirement now due to Alitalia's former excellent social benefits.

No no, non il radio alt. Il fo comincia dicendo 700, durante la virata per l'allineamento, poi continua tipo: "700...600...700...800...900...1000 etc"

Si tratta della Velocità verticale, la velocità con cui il velivolo scende espressa in piedi al minuto.

a me passato il Checkerboard tornò su la colazione dallo stomaco...

The ground controller was definitely an Aussie, the tower controller was English.

A lot of Australian expats work in Hong Kong

Hi, according my father, Fulvio, MD11 was not so bad in terms of "heavy landings", at least regarding main gears. Style of Fulvio was military, it means that landings must be not so much "light & soft", especially in runways so close to sea (very critical when wet). Have a nice day and greetings from Gorizia :) ciao

suppongo siano riporti dei valori di variometro a scendere, quindi 800 piedi/minuto a scendere, 1000, 900, e così via. Sempre suppongo che in un avvicinamento del genere il PF (pilot flying, ossia quello che porta l'aereo, in questo caso il Comandante) sia agevolato nel sentire le letture del variometro invece che alternare gli occhi fuori e dentro; non c'è molto margine di errore in un avvicinamento del genere.

Non è l’altezza capra

the correct official landing must be a little bit hard. Soft landing is only for spoiled passengers and not informed jourlalists (as always they are).

@@FlavioChianese Ha ha Thanks for that information.

@@FlavioChianese Hi Flavio, do think that there could have been some moisture on the runway necessitating a hard landing in order to avoid aquaplaining?.Thanks

@@kenlee9874 my father, Fulvio, captain in the video says "the correct landing according the manual must not be too much soft. Moreover, that runway was not so long and with sea at the end, consequently, better to engage "max breaking" selector and avoid too much soft landing" . Regards.

Smettendo di immetterci denaro pubblico possibilmente

Reminds me of the computer voice from the original Star Trek series!

Alex Momeyer wow thts nice :)

Yes...She is called Bitchin' Betty

Kvvint lol

@@alexmomeyer9 LOL I was about to write that!!!!

Still, it's better to plant her rather than float and end up in the drink past the runway end...