didn't he say it would take about an hour to open manually? I imagine pilots not doing that, that would be ground crew or Cargo Specialist if they fly as crew. In the Military that is handled by a person called a Load Master.
Hey joe, I think you should make a video on how your employer reacts to your RU-vid channel. As in in when you were in air Berlin you never acknowledged it on camera, but after joining cargolux, you are open about your flying job. And also, do airlines see that having another aviation hobby (e.g. your yt channel) as an advantage in your CV? Thanks, and happy landings.
There was a channel from a dutch train driver on youtube once. One day the dutch-train-company has forbidden him to show internals of the train displays / gauges while the train is running. He had to delete such videos on the channel...
Cal Reminds me of boot camp forty five years ago when our company commander would yell at us to "tighten it up, nut to butt, make that man in front of you smile"...ah good times, good times. Lol.
I have flown by C-5, You sit on the 2nd deck under the tail facing the wrong way. And you do not get a window seat. Take offs are odd feeling too as it feels like your face is being pulled of you as you are pulled out of your seat on the climb out. More fun if the pilot thinks he should of been a fighter pilot.
I have experienced flying facing the back of the plane several times on British Airways, I also sort of like the unusual "pulling" sensation on takeoff, plus for some reason I don't know I happen to sleep better during the flight in rear facing seats. :)
I saw a group of those parked on the other side of the runway at Wright Patterson AFB. Even from a distance away, they looked gigantic. They may have been the c-17 though, not sure.
@@toolhog10 I used to marshal i.e guide and park all kinds of aircraft I still remember the first time I marshaled in a C5 that was an experience. I was an E-1 just assigned to Norton AFB and I was at my unit signing in and my new Supervisor took me around the Hangars and a C5 landed needless to say I stopped in my tracks, when it taxied by the hangar all you saw was the T tail which was taller than the building. I'm still impressed by that Airplane to this day .
I appreciate the level if detail you go into in your videos. I don't know why I need to know that there exists two turning rods which can be inserted into coupling rods next to the gearboxes of a Boeing 747 nose cargo door for manual operation, but I'm glad I do.
Pretty complex latching scheme. You need to understand the manual release when you are stuck delivering something very large in some unexpected place. Also, if we can't confirm door locked and closed, we don't get to leave!
Hey Captain Joe, you should check out the Boeing Dreamlifters. There heavily modified 747s and we made to transport parts from around the world up to Everett. We see them here pretty much every other day or so!
I was just about to post the same comment about the 747 BLCF. I think Joe probably left them out since Atlas Air is operating them for Boeing to transport the 787 Dreamliner parts and not as a cargo plane.
The nose door is one of the main reasons the 747 exists. Boeing didn't know if the market for large capacity airliners would cover the cost of developing the aeroplane. But they figured there would be a market for a heavy lift freighter capable of carrying oversize items, that could cover costs if the airliner failed to sell.
Hence the "hump" containing the cockpit to be above the cargo door, which was extended to provide those first class seats or lounges. It's an almost perfect example of a company engineering its way around a possibly fatal problem (not enough committed customers for a plane that they were betting the company on) and coming up with what is one of the most iconic and long lived airframes ever built. She may be long in the tooth but when you see that characteristic outline you still can't help think, "Damn, that's a fine plane!" No jumbo after her will be as memorable.
@@msr1116 The cargo variant was actually Plan A. The prototype aircraft, which was never built, only designed, that eventually became the 747, was originally Boeing's entry into the USAF C-5 competition. Lockheed won that one, and Boeing re-worked the design into a combination cargo/passenger aircraft, and the 747 was born.
I was literally thinking about the nose door of the 747-8F recently - Used to think the cockpit went up with the nose haha - Now the thought of that makes me look dumb :P
AIUI some specialist planes (e.g the super guppy) do have the cockpit in the nose door. The problem is it causes difficulties with routing the flight controls, putting the cockpit above (as in the 747 and I belive also the AN124/AN225) or below (as is the case in the beluga) the cargo area avoids these issues.
Floor rollers. Reminds me of the time decades ago when I was a Crew Chief on a C-141b. We went up on a pallet drop flight. I got a great view of the operation from my perch up in the crew rest platform. Once the clam shell doors opened and the pressure door was up, the parachute was deployed, and the first, aft, pallet was ripped from the fuselage. Then bam, bam, bam, like that, all seven or eight pallets were pulled from the aircraft. By the time the last, forward, pallet had exited the plane, the floor rollers were glowing red. I flew on a C-5 once. That plane is HUGE. Sitting facing the rear in the hump at the base of the vertical fin felt like we were not moving. Funny, I don't recall a stewardess on that flight.
Boeing and Lockheed were in a 1960s competition to build a military cargo freighter. The C-5 became the military transport, but Boeing used their own research/design to build a passenger/freight jet which became the 747. Hence the nose door and upper flight deck.
Correct securing of cargo essential, See: National Airlines Flight 102 R.I.P. Re: National Airlines Flight 102, would @ Captain Joe know how they loaded large military vehicles in to a 747BCF
@Don Taylor vehicles with tires would not be affected, automobile tires can easily take the pressure difference. I also thing you are right though, I think the cargo bay is pressurised (don't quote me on it though lol)
Pressurized and air conditioned/heated. One type of cargo they can carry is race horses, need pressurization and climate control for them. There's another channel that posted a video of a Lufthansa MD-11F flight where they carried horses, the cargo area is pressurized but anyone venturing there mid-flight needs to carry an oxygen bottle as there are no drop-down masks.
@@mikeL5183 I watched that same video! That was so cool, and it must have been hard to keep the horses from spooking, they must have been quite bomb proof horses
They're pressurised and temperature controlled One time a FedEx 777 carried a panda all the way to china And the plane was totally configured for its comfort
Like the way you respectfully talk about the Queen of the skies. I understand her future is uncertain but now that the A380 will be out of business sooner than expected, the passenger version B747-8i have better chances to continue flying. Long live the Queen!
I fly out of Doncaster airport. Pretty much every Friday a 747 BCF operated by Astral flies in. I didn’t know that they were quite as rare. Guess I’m lucky to see one.
I`m really happy to see your channel growing and growing, usually channels who focus on one subjects might have a hard time growing, so it`s really fun to watch this channel getting bigger and bigger :D you really deserve it, such an interesting channel with exciting topics, you always learn something when watching one of your vids! :)
@@flywithcaptainjoe 🔧you are correct about Engineers. They are amazing. Built in what if, what happens when, safety fallback just in case something may happen... all down to the Nth degree of technical thought. Engineers are the least respected in general .... in the UK.
Hey Joe! Hope you’re doing great! Anyway, I have a question... you’re a pilot and you see the world from above all our heads... can you please explain or show those flat earth people that they are wrong? Please??? It’s so annoying!!! Whatever... I love your videos! Can you also make a video about the plates on the back wings on the Boeing 747SCA from nasa? That would be great!
I'm pretty sure that An-124 has a nose cargo door as well. It's also an interesting fact that when the nose cargo door opens, the An-124 front gear lowers it self and gets into a kneeling position.
This might sound like a weird question, but did you ever find it funny or amusing to hear the grown, and moans of disappointed passengers, when you would inform them of a delay?
The amount of views has to be checked before it can be shown to be higher than 31... The amount of likes? Whatever, we don't care if you hire bots to like your videos :P
*This channel is supposed to be about piloting aircrafts, not opening doors* (I put here space because I wanted to troll a little bit :D) Just kidding! I enjoyed A LOT this video, becase Joe has shown us the mechanisms, redundant systems and even the controls of the door. I JUST LOVE BUTTONS AND LIGHTS!!! What else can be expected? The most iconic civil aircraft ever build exceeds expectations :)
@@becsterbrisbane6275 That's a good point! Just in case, my previous comment is a few lines long, perhaps you haven't realised the first sentence is a joke.
Personally, I don't like or trust anything made by Airbus. I do recognise that some of Boeing's business practices are, umm, questionable, but I still prefer their planes to all others.
@@R3dp055um eh, they're both highly competent companies on their products at least, well tested and advanced machines. What I wouldn't trust is an experimental aircraft or something with a big accident history or glaring project failures. I mean both Boeing recently had huge issues with the 787's batteries bursting into flames mid air, and Airbus had that huge problem on the A320s flight computers not recognizing properly a touch & go on some airports, both fixed weren't they? I get it that one could prefer the fact that in a Boeing you still have the hydraulic controls at hand/feet even with terrible electrical failures, but I doubt any pilot could (and that the controls would resist) handling such a huge machine with power assists down.
Very awsome Video but now i'm very keen to know how the upper Deck on a 747F looks from the inside and if there are maybe still some Combi Models around.
Great reminder on the Cargolux 747, that DB is more interested in being an international logistic company, than sorting out the train travel in Germany.
This is SO COOL! I love how I can totally geek out on this kind of detailed stufd with your videos. Thanks Joe! Ps: I’m superglad you are so happy at CargoLux 😊 Lieben Grüß aus Berlin!
5:33 Since a nautical mile is longer than a statute mile, the units kts/mph look reversed: either 35kts are 40mph and 56kts are roughly 65mph respectively, or 40kts are 46mph and 65kts are 75mph. No?
"That 7-6 must be cotton that went into the dryer because it's actually a 7-5." How does Kennedy Steve think up something this clever while still running ground?
I hope it's gonna be a big enough door to make way for all those Captain Joe hats! Love the videos!!! Amazing work and a beautiful explanation, as captivating as day 1 of your channel!
How many pilots have a chance to show up for flying and the plane is waiting for you with a “big smile”? Even my wife don’t sometimes...😂 Awesome! 😉 Thank you for making us more “familiar” with the Queen! Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷
I had to make accommodations for a few 747-8's on a cargo apron I was overseeing the design and construction of. I also had to take into consideration how to interface the nose unloaders and the GSE supporting them would interact with the air cargo handling equipment for the facility. It was really great to see a detailed description of how the nose opens! In your video you said that the nose won't open if an engine is running. What about while the APU is running? If you're on a hard stand without access to a GPU you'd be out of luck?
****hey cap! why not bring along a battery impact drill? to open nose cone manualy? or ground crew plug in a 110volt impact drill. u could carry one with a long extension cord in plane.
why not a hyd system ? if 1 lock pin sticks i just hit it with a hammer. lol. u can mix grafite power at 500 to 1 ratio and smear it on pins. just enough greese to make a dry paste of grafite to stick it to pin
Operation Babylift was the most prominent aircraft crash that involved the C-5A Galaxy due to failure of the latching systems that held the rear cargo door. It climbed to an altitude of 23,000 ft and the door locks gave way and causing the cargo door to open explosively. This caused explosive decompression, temporarily filling the cabin with a whirlwind of fog and debris. The blowout severed control cables to the tail, causing two of four hydraulic systems to fail, including those for the rudder and elevator, and leaving the flight control with only the use of one aileron, spoilers, and power. 155 died mostly those seated in the lower cargo bay area when the plane crash into a muddy rice paddy near the Saigon River. Those locks on the cargo doors are very important as previous air crashes with cargo door exploding causing the plane to lose flight controls and falling out of the say Just to name a few flights which the cargo door blew out in the air Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Japan Airlines Flight 123 United Airlines Flight 232 United Airlines Flight 811 American Airlines Flight 96 American Airlines Flight 96 was the luckiest as there was no fatalities the worst crash was JAL 123 followed by Turkish Flight 981
I found it very interesting to see how the 747's cargo door works after having the opportunity to go inside a super guppy and get a tour of the plane. The two are very different in terms of mechanisms!
