How Brand New Aircraft are Cruelly Tested During Vertical Takeoff Before Being Sold 

You have to commend these test/pilots for their skill, but most of all their 'extreme' courage knowing that if a test maneuver goes wrong, they just can't eject themselves from that flight cabin as if they were in a fighter jet. Total respect!.

Seeing a commercial airliner doing a near-vertical takeoff has to be one of the most badass things ever😮

Back in the 80s, I was taking off from the Denver airport (Stapleton at the time) in a Continental Airlines DC 9 when the starboard engine ingested parts of a tire that blew after their abort point. After a loud pop, the man sitting next to me, who happened to be a pilot on a different airline, explained to me that we probably blew a rear tire, and bits of it were ingested into the engine (on that plane, the engines were located not on the wing but on the fuselage behind the rear landing gear), causing it to shut down. He calmly explained to me that the plane was totally capable of flying with only one engine, and that we would circle back and land at the same airport. No problem. I wasn't so calm, nor were the other passengers that also heard the loud pop. The take off, now with only one engine, seemed perfectly normal to me. When it was time to land, the pilot expertly put the plane down first on the side with the good tires, then the nose wheel touched down, then the damaged wheels were ever so gently put down. Fire trucks followed us as we landed; when the plane went to turn off the runway, the other tire on the damaged side popped and went flat. That stopped the plane in its tracks. A bus came to offload the passengers, and as we deplaned the pilot greeted us all. I asked if he would be the pilot on our replacement aircraft; he said he would be. I told him I was glad that he would be flying the next aircraft and praised him and his crew for their expert handling of the situation. We would all be late getting to our destinations, but we'd still be alive. Long story short - modern jet aircraft can certainly take off and fly with only one engine!

As a plane I can confirm we are afraid of these tests

Thank you to all pilots, engineers and everyone involved doing their jobs, such a huge and important responsibility

I remember when they tested a 747 at Dublin airport years ago with vertical climbs, dives, and all round crazy maneuvers. It was some time after the El Al Flight 1862 disaster in Holland. They where testing out new pins (the cause of the crash in Holland) on the engines and pushing that 747 to its limits. A friend worked in the airport at the time and had heard it was going to happen, and what time. He let us know, and we all got as close as we could to the airport when the time came. Jaw dropping stuff, and i was blown away that a 747 could actually fly the way it did.

A like for all these test pilots and hats off to them.

Massive respect for the test pilots

Note - Airbus is not a French company. It's multinational, with many countries taking part as well as France. Germany, the UK and Spain are the other three major members.

Gotta correct you on something. The tires on aircraft undergoing rejected takeoff testing are not deflated by ground crews, they automatically deflate by way of 'blowout plugs' on the wheels that are designed to release the pressure in an overheated tire to prevent the TIRE from blowing out. Just wanted to clarify that.

I don't think I'll ever get over my fear of flying sadly. I've only flown once and it was a horrible experience with extreme turbulence and an odd event that freaked us out. We apparently hit an airstream (??) from another airplane that was in front of us I think (I don't remember exact details or what the pilot said; I just remember something about an airstream). Anyways, the plane kind of dropped down a little bit (maybe like 10 feet?) but it happened in a split second. Think of a quick bunny hill on a rollercoaster. I remember seeing everyone lift up in their seats and women's hair flying upward. It happened SO quickly. It felt like we hit a giant wall of air that knocked the plane downward. It was terrifying. I know planes are safe. Just like rollercoasters are safe. Accidents are exceedingly rare. But my fear is rooted in fear of heights. And having an anxiety disorder doesn't help LOL

I think it’s impressive how maneuverable such a large bird is

Seen a vertical stabiliser of an airliner tested. Huge hydraulic cylinders pushed the poor thing up and down. Squeek squeek squeek and 24-7. Doing one year of heavy weather in one week, or so. Now that is impressive testing. And this crucial airplane part did perform as designed.

Anyone here after Boeing fell apart?

Also bare in mind these vertical climbs in commercial aircraft are with no pax, baggage and often minimum fuel, so they’re far lighter. Much more difficult to achieve when weighed down but that doesn’t mean they aren’t stable or safe, they absolutely are. It’s just far more difficult to vertically climb aircraft when it’s bogged down with everything. Military aircraft are a completely different breed though. They can do a lot more when weighed down.

Can't imagine a world without planes,amazing tech experience, respect 👏 🙏

**Pilot flies vertically** **Wing snaps off** Pilot: "can confirm, plane is not usable"

A couple of points here about the 747-8 RTO tests. It was loaded to max take off weight, equipped with fully worn down brakes, and could only use the brakes and spoilers to stop, no reverse thrust or other control inputs. Also once the plane comes to a complete stop a 5 minute timer is started and only after that 5 mins has expired are firefighters allowed to cool the brakes with hoses. The tires automatically deflate to prevent them from exploding and killing passengers/first responders and also to protect the plane itself.

4:27 Airbus is certainly not a "French" company! It is an European multinational company with production in Germany, France, UK and Spain!

I experienced such an "emergency" once, right before landing at Gatwick airport in London. We were 2 minutes away from touchdown when the airplane got a message about another airplane taking off from the same airstrip, and without any warning, the airplane went into full acceleration and pulled straight up (even though it might have been way less dramatic than what they're displaying in this clip). Anyways, we didn't get an explanation from the captain until we leveled off, circled around and again prepared for landing.

Great cameraman filming from mid air!

Wow that’s crazy! I never would have thought that jet could take off at that angle and so early.

Gotta give the test pilots such huge props for doing what they gotta do.

I really appreciate how much work is done to put together such magnificent planes 😍

Highly regarded for its "commitment to testing", What happened with the Max then? Uh huh... they got lazy and cut corners.

This guy wins the award for the amount of times he can say ‘test the aircraft before use’ in different ways. Get. On. With. It.

I'm curious about the current thoughts of the captains who made this test. Is there any chance of an accident somewhere in their head? How do they deal with this psychology? interesting job. very difficult.

its crazy how the plane can even take off when the pilots have such massive balls to perform these types of turns and take offs

The A400 can do incredible manouvers - proceeds to not show these manouvers and instead shows the plane flying straight

A plane can fly fine on a single engine. Two engines mean the engines aren’t being pushed hard all the time and extends their lifetime. You could have an engine failure and theoretically continue to your destination without any issue, but that isn’t done in case you did lose your last engine, regardless of how extremely unlikely that is in this circumstance. An engine failure really is rarely cause for concern. They’ll just find the nearest suitable airport but they won’t be rushing down to the ground, there’s no need for it. They’ll do the necessary checklists, best airport and then begin to begin their approach to land. A fire is a completely different ball game. You don’t want to hear those bells.

Did Boeing do the same testing on its 737 Max? Some of the tests shown would have found the MCAS issues .

Good video. Talking about cruel tests, it is also worth mentioning couple of other tests such as wing bending test and engine blade blow off test.

Thank you for this video. It is so comfortable knowing what the planes we ride on have to go through before we are able to trust them and ride in them!!!

This is what people forget about airplanes not only are they incredibly safe machines but there tested in ways that they will never have to go threw with passengers on board like extreme vertical take off or near loopings during flight and corckscrews . Airplanes truely are magnificent machines .

The purpose of any pre-commissioning and commissioning tests are to test the extreme condition performance along with normal general operating performance of the equipment. This is true and very required to ensure reliability. For equipment that is related to safety of people, the more strict and harsh the tests be, the better it is, than pulling favours to skip tests.

Amazing machines.

Airbus isn’t French. It’s a consortium of French, German, British and other European nations.

Very interesting, and informative.

The most exciting part, the ending at US Military lab was the shortest part. WHY?

Excellent content! Great video and rendering analysis.

The "vertical takeoff" is an everyday event at John Wayne Airport in Orange County CA. I love to watch the reactions of first-timers. Even though they make an announcement about the unusual flight path before takeoff, a lot of them still freak out.

That was so awesome!! Also I wish I could've went along for the ride, what a rollercoaster!

Thank you for another great informative video

Estupendos vídeos!! enhorabuena!! es una pena que los que no dominamos el inglés, no entendamos los comentarios para poder completar lo instructivos que resultan estos cortos de grandísima calidad que nos ofreces... por lo que sugiero la posibilidad de añadirles subtitulos para hacerlos mucho más comprensibles. Sería posible?. Muchas gracias.

RIP to all the hero test pilots that have died in the name of scientific research and safety.

Thanks for this documentary really enjoyed watching it

Worked at MDC in late 80s, 90s and early 2000. Besides pilots there are engineers depending on the test omboard.They test electronics, Hydraulics, mechanical-flaps, slats, stablizer. hardovers. hard landing and braking in standing water. high altitude hot and cold weather takeoff, engine out and restart in flight. etc.

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Vertical climb is somewhat interesting. would love to see a 360 degree barrel roll. that would be somethin

That was informative and interesting thanks for sharing

Excellent video! Thank you for creating and posting!!

The bad ass workers who worked for Alaska Airlines in Seattle already showed all viewers what Boeing airplanes are capable of doing.

Nice video.

Ngl that looks like a really fun job. "Here's a new aircraft, go put it through the wringer!"

I can imagine the conversation with the insurance company. You gunna do whaaaaat?😅😅😅😅

G’day as usual a very interesting and something you would know about, the best thing that I ever did on Facebook was to subscribe. Regards John

Very Interesting and informative.,it's nice to know that Boeing and Airbus test these aircraft's in such a really tough and thorough way . To prove safety and durability of the aircraft's.

fantástico, muito boa e esclarecedora matéria.

Thank you for this interesting vedio. Can you please make a detailed vedio on vertual flight cockpit training and its limitations.

great video 👍

The best story I heard I actually read. In the 50s in the Seattle area before bridges were built over Lake Washington and the towns on the east side were sleepy and not where the homes of people working in Seattle were located, commercial jets were just being tested. And I think of someone out on Lake Washington midweek fishing and seeing this strange big plane with jet engines coming and watching as it did a BARREL ROLL. And when it got to the end of the lake it turned around and came back doing another BARREL ROLL. It was a Boeing plane being tested (Boeing there is located between Seattle and Tacoma). As a person who came of age with the commercial jet, I can't even conceive of seeing a big strange plane flying over my head and doing a barrel roll. And who would believe me if I told them?

Well done, thanks

In the BIAP (Bagdad International Airport) and took off vertically. It was probably the coolest take off I have ever experienced. (I have been in quite a few aircraft)

Boeing highly regarded?? seriously??..have you forgotten 737 MAX episodes???

"Boeing likes to know what its planes can do." Apparently not with the 737 max

WONDER ! BEAUTIFUL !

Those engines are insanely powerful. The plane can continue to fly with just one. 😮

Красивая речь диктора - британский английский всегда приятно слушать.

Try to do vertical takeoff with the plane fully loaded... that would be FUN

"Vertical take off" - I must have blinked and missed it.

Airbus is not a French company, it's a company founded by three Germans and a Frenchman, it's a European company after the merger of German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, French Aérospatiale Matra and Spanish CASA.

increíbles maquinas gracias

bro that first pilot is insane lmao

Airbus is NOT "a French company" my friend (I'm sorry). It's an european consortium with several national contributions : Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland etc.. and France indeed 😉

"Vertical takeoff" is not the same as a rolling takeoff into a vertical climb out.

Very good, thanks ;)

Very Interesting! Thank you

"Company has been highly regarded for its commitment to testing" Yeah, 737 Max never existed 346 people did not die and Boeing did not cut corners in design to get faster approval from FAA

dude takes a lot of pauses for every sentence , so annoying

Cool video, I may just have to watch one. 👍

Full respect to a company who builds jet engines when they totally destroy one costing millions in the name of safety and certification.

I don't believe an inanimate object can be treated cruelly.

They can deflate tires from cockpit?

This dude must be having a grand ol time performing all the manoeuvres the other normal pilots can only dream of...lol :p

The bending of the wings is amazing.

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"Cruelly tested". Those poor aircraft, being cruel to them is downright mean. Solidarity with airplanes, stop Aircraft testing now!

Wht a meaningful video, must watch

These pilots have nerves of steel

استغفر الله العظيم واتوب اليه

With all of Boeing's so-called thorough testing, I am still at a loss for the two 737 Max jets that crashed due to the defective and untrained pilots with the MCAS system. I'll be flying on Airbus planes in the future because I believe that Boeing has lost its way. A great example of this is the Boeing Starliner space vehicle that just can't get it right.

thats cool, try vertical landing too

I’m fascinated by airplanes, such amazing machines.

The real heroes are test pilots

When they come up out of San Bernardino, it sure looks steep, not vertical, but still impressive.

Wow fascinating!

What the thing on top of the tail in the 0900-1015min marks? Looks like a pillow cause that’s attached with a 10ft cord. What do they use that for, to test?

대형 에어크래프트가 하늘로 박차고 오르는 모습은 언제봐도 가슴이 웅장해져. 나도 다음 생에 태어나면 파일럿이 되어야지 .

Do they get parachutes? My very first flight felt like a vertical take off, the g forces were pinning me to my seat a million times worse than subsequent ones, my head was bursting by 3500 feet. Probably get sucked into the engine if you jumped out though...

The awesome beauty of flight